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Diane Watt FLSW is a British medievalist, currently professor of medieval English literature at the University of Surrey. She previously… more

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Reposted by: Diane Watt, Katrina Navickas, Kathleen Kennedy , and 1 more

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I wrote something on my time on returning to Goldsmiths as an associate lecturer, 17 years after graduating with my first degree. It’s a plea to Frances Corner’s successor to learn from mistakes made over the last 6 years and change course. #UCU #UKHE

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Cutting Corners: a message to the next Vice Chancellor at Goldsmiths
On 1 October 2025, a short announcement was put on Goldsmiths’ website to say that Vice Chancellor Frances Corner was stepping down with immediate effect. This came off the back of an announcement …
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@constancebantman.bsky.social something to circulate amongst colleagues!
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Digital surveillance, stalking, helicoptering, whatever you want to call it. None of it anarchistic…
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It is!
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Love it when a reviewer gets my book ❤️
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T o celebrate the forthcoming print publication of our Encyclopaedia and Palgrave’s 25th anniversary this year, four chapters are free-to-view throughout October. blogs.surrey.ac.uk/medievalwome...
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Reposted by: Diane Watt, Martin Paul Eve, Greg Walker , and 3 more

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Pleased to announce @univeng.bsky.social small funding scheme now open to members. UE will fund up to 20 projects up to £250 each to support research/pedagogy/continuing professional development activities in Lit, Lang, Creative Writing. See details here: universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat...
University English Funding
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Reposted by: Diane Watt, Lesley A. Hall, Elena Woodacre

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We’re launching the results of our research into gender balance in the History curriculum today.

The report - The Great History Heist: Reclaiming Women’s Place in the History Curriculum - found only 12% of History lessons feature women as their main focus. 59% featured no women at all.
Sexism in the History Curriculum - End Sexism in Schools
End Sexism In School’s second crowd research project is looking into the History curriculum taught at KS3 (years 7-9) in England and Wales.
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22 Sept 1693: d. Sr Mary Cary #Benedictine daughter of Falkland Lord Deputy of #Ireland & Elizabeth Tanfield Cary #writer at Our Lady of Consolation Cambrai #otd She was also a biographer of her mother.
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Reposted by: Diane Watt, Will Jennings, Lesley A. Hall , and 3 more

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The British Academy and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation are inviting applications from early-career researchers in the humanities and social sciences to attend a research collaboration symposium on the broad theme of Truth, Justice and Peace in Germany. https://bit.ly/4nyWsmv
Graphic that reads ‘The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and The British Academy Knowledge Frontiers Symposium, with the date 10-12 June’
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You mean because it says are not were? 👻
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Really enjoyed giving my talk at the #gloshistfest and @historyrage.bsky.social gave me this great mug! Love it 🥰
A mug with medieval women are not stay at home mums written on it
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Thanks so much for coming along. Great to meet you (again).
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I had a record about Puff the Magic dragon as a kid. 😢
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❤️❤️❤️ 🐉
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by Carolyne Larrington — Reposted by: Diane Watt

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The Little Book of Dragons is published today (though you wouldn't know it from the British Library shop website). But all good retailers should be able to supply, unless you're in N. America where you have to wait a whole month for lovely dragon pix ..
A knight kicking a dragon up the arse.
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Hopefully there will be a few more people next week!
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Oh no! I am so sorry ☔️
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You are right! Well spotted. They must have been gutted when the lost it. It was found in the nineteenth century by a wagon driver entering a gate.
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What a lovely location for the launch of my paperback yesterday—The Holloway in Norwich. Support your local independent bookshop.
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The Matlaske reliquary pendant. This is the sort of ‘device’ Margaret Paston may have worn and it was found around 3km from her first marital home in Gresham. Now on display in the Gallery of Medieval Life in the Norwich Cathedral Museum. I saw it properly for the first time yesterday.
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HE today reminds me of the court of Henry VIII. Wyatt’s poetry resonates.
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☝️this
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by Diane Watt — Reposted by: Diane Watt, Heike Bauer

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My paperback is being launched tomorrow at the Holloway bookshop in Norwich. Do come along!
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Reposted by: Diane Watt, Charles West

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Job offer for medievalists at the University of Warsaw: historia.uw.edu.pl/en/job-offer....

My dear friend & colleague Grzegorz Pac is looking for a postdoc to join his project Recognising Saints in the High Middle Ages.
Job offer for postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Medieval History – Faculty of History
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Bank holiday weekend
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Amazing 🤩
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