Adrienne Williams Boyarin
@aboyarin.bsky.social
UVic prof, medievalist, Anglo-Jewish women, Early Middle English, etc
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Hello, new followers! I’m a Canadian medievalist who specializes in twelfth and thirteenth century English history and lit, with special expertise in anti-Jewish polemic, Anglo-Jewish women, early Middle English, and manuscript and archival studies. Find some links to my work in this thread. (1/4)
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Furry seal skin AND tiny Icelandic manuscripts!
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Eight pages bound in furry seal skin may be Norway's oldest book
The little book is so rare that the National Library of Norway is bringing in experts from around the world to learn more.
www.sciencenorway.no
November 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Furry seal skin AND tiny Icelandic manuscripts!
www.sciencenorway.no/cultural-his...
www.icelandreview.com/news/rare-15...
www.sciencenorway.no/cultural-his...
www.icelandreview.com/news/rare-15...
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It's true: I wrote a book. And what's more, the book is done and soon you'll be able to own a copy. And what's more more, if you want a hard copy you can order one for 50% off now, with the code SAR50. And if you want it digitally, it'll be open access!
www.arc-humanities.org/978180270163...
www.arc-humanities.org/978180270163...
Trans Histories of the Medieval Book - Arc Humanities Press
Archival collections are political spaces: the decisions that govern whose histories are preserved, when, and by whom are not neutral. They reflect the commu...
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October 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
It's true: I wrote a book. And what's more, the book is done and soon you'll be able to own a copy. And what's more more, if you want a hard copy you can order one for 50% off now, with the code SAR50. And if you want it digitally, it'll be open access!
www.arc-humanities.org/978180270163...
www.arc-humanities.org/978180270163...
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Come be my colleague! Research Chair in Trans Studies position open at @uvic.ca www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...
SOSC/HUMS 250-108 - Faculty & staff - University of Victoria
Inspired by and honouring place, we are a community-minded, globally engaged university where we transform ideas into meaningful impact.
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September 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Come be my colleague! Research Chair in Trans Studies position open at @uvic.ca www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...
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It was a pleasure to work with Rory on this exciting new project! We had so much fun working with the Barbican community!
@medievaljews.bsky.social and I were quoted in The Times last week about a project we've been helping on to commemorate London's medieval Jewish cemetery. A free exhibition on the site is now at St Giles Cripplegate church until 16 September. #medievalsky
www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...
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Britain’s oldest Jewish cemetery discovered at the Barbican
A team of amateur historians found the site, which dates from Norman times, just outside London’s ancient Roman wall
www.thetimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 5:20 AM
It was a pleasure to work with Rory on this exciting new project! We had so much fun working with the Barbican community!
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**FINAL ORDERS** Just four days to get your abstracts in the Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages. We've already had an amazing response to the Call for Papers, but don't miss you chance to be included!
September 11, 2025 at 7:31 AM
**FINAL ORDERS** Just four days to get your abstracts in the Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages. We've already had an amazing response to the Call for Papers, but don't miss you chance to be included!
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Here are two tenure-track jobs in the English Department at the University of Victoria:
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ENGL 250-106 - Faculty & staff - University of Victoria
Inspired by and honouring place, we are a community-minded, globally engaged university where we transform ideas into meaningful impact.
www.uvic.ca
September 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Here are two tenure-track jobs in the English Department at the University of Victoria:
www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...
www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...
www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...
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Just over 2 weeks left to apply to the Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers conference! It will take place in Oxford on April 20-21, 2026. We hope to provide bursaries to help with attendance. Email your abstracts to bordersboundariesbarriers[at]gmail[dot]com
#medievalsky #skystorians
#medievalsky #skystorians
August 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Just over 2 weeks left to apply to the Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers conference! It will take place in Oxford on April 20-21, 2026. We hope to provide bursaries to help with attendance. Email your abstracts to bordersboundariesbarriers[at]gmail[dot]com
#medievalsky #skystorians
#medievalsky #skystorians
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Very excited to be presenting my paper “Meir of Norwich and the Formation of an Insular Hebrew Poetics” at next summer’s New Chaucer Society Congress in Freiburg!
Did Meir of Norwich know any French or English poetry? Probably! And I’ve got the Hebrew metrical evidence to strongly suggest it!
Did Meir of Norwich know any French or English poetry? Probably! And I’ve got the Hebrew metrical evidence to strongly suggest it!
June 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Very excited to be presenting my paper “Meir of Norwich and the Formation of an Insular Hebrew Poetics” at next summer’s New Chaucer Society Congress in Freiburg!
Did Meir of Norwich know any French or English poetry? Probably! And I’ve got the Hebrew metrical evidence to strongly suggest it!
Did Meir of Norwich know any French or English poetry? Probably! And I’ve got the Hebrew metrical evidence to strongly suggest it!
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OMG PEOPLE! I have the BL hack of all BL hacks. Why didn't this occur to me before? It turns out the Wayback Machine has snapshots of MS metadata from the old Digitised Manuscripts site. I tried it for the Benedictional of St. Æthelwold, in honor of his day, and lo! web.archive.org/web/20140305...
August 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
OMG PEOPLE! I have the BL hack of all BL hacks. Why didn't this occur to me before? It turns out the Wayback Machine has snapshots of MS metadata from the old Digitised Manuscripts site. I tried it for the Benedictional of St. Æthelwold, in honor of his day, and lo! web.archive.org/web/20140305...
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The Medieval Foremothers Society invites proposals for two hybrid sessions honoring Sharon Kinoshita (UC Santa Cruz) at the International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI in May 2026. Full CFP below!👇✨
July 31, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The Medieval Foremothers Society invites proposals for two hybrid sessions honoring Sharon Kinoshita (UC Santa Cruz) at the International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI in May 2026. Full CFP below!👇✨
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For the first time since the Princeton Geniza Project began in 1986, we have published our metadata collated from over 30,000 Geniza documents and the People, Places, and histories of the Middle East and premodern Jewish communities found therein!
zenodo.org/records/1583...
zenodo.org/records/1583...
Princeton Geniza Project Dataset
Since 1986, the Princeton Geniza Lab has been studying and digitizing historical documents from the Cairo Geniza, a cache of roughly 400,000 fragments of paper and parchment preserved in a medieval Eg...
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July 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
For the first time since the Princeton Geniza Project began in 1986, we have published our metadata collated from over 30,000 Geniza documents and the People, Places, and histories of the Middle East and premodern Jewish communities found therein!
zenodo.org/records/1583...
zenodo.org/records/1583...
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New book — Reading Across Cultures: Translating Romances, Fables, and Poetry in Medieval Ashkenaz, by Caroline Gruenbaum.
#jewishstudies
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#jewishstudies
mjsnow.hypotheses.org/18229
July 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
New book — Reading Across Cultures: Translating Romances, Fables, and Poetry in Medieval Ashkenaz, by Caroline Gruenbaum.
#jewishstudies
mjsnow.hypotheses.org/18229
#jewishstudies
mjsnow.hypotheses.org/18229
Very sad to say that the love of my pet-owning life suddenly died this week. RIP Leonard the cat. A noble and cuddly animal who always knew when I needed him. I will miss him very very much.
July 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Very sad to say that the love of my pet-owning life suddenly died this week. RIP Leonard the cat. A noble and cuddly animal who always knew when I needed him. I will miss him very very much.
After 2 weeks away, I’m about to head into the office and tackle the email I’ve missed. I’m sure it will be fine.
July 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
After 2 weeks away, I’m about to head into the office and tackle the email I’ve missed. I’m sure it will be fine.
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In the meantime, you can read the story of this object and the Roth Collection here: www.leeds.ac.uk/news-arts-cu...
Opening up pioneering Jewish historian’s treasured collection
Looked at from one side, it’s the leather sole of a child’s shoe, a scarce resource re-purposed during wartime.
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July 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
In the meantime, you can read the story of this object and the Roth Collection here: www.leeds.ac.uk/news-arts-cu...
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Hey kids! First time at the #IMC2025 @imc-leeds.bsky.social?
Here are some of Old Man Kramer's Hot Tips!
#medievalsky
Here are some of Old Man Kramer's Hot Tips!
#medievalsky
July 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Hey kids! First time at the #IMC2025 @imc-leeds.bsky.social?
Here are some of Old Man Kramer's Hot Tips!
#medievalsky
Here are some of Old Man Kramer's Hot Tips!
#medievalsky
All taken care of! A big public thank you to @medievaljews.bsky.social.
Does anyone have easy access to Cecil Roth's JEWS OF MEDIEVAL OXFORD? If so, I need to see pp 126–137 and would very much appreciate photos and/or scan sometime in the next few days. #medievalsky @medievaljews.bsky.social? @med-ljewishstnow.bsky.social?
June 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
All taken care of! A big public thank you to @medievaljews.bsky.social.
Does anyone have easy access to Cecil Roth's JEWS OF MEDIEVAL OXFORD? If so, I need to see pp 126–137 and would very much appreciate photos and/or scan sometime in the next few days. #medievalsky @medievaljews.bsky.social? @med-ljewishstnow.bsky.social?
June 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Does anyone have easy access to Cecil Roth's JEWS OF MEDIEVAL OXFORD? If so, I need to see pp 126–137 and would very much appreciate photos and/or scan sometime in the next few days. #medievalsky @medievaljews.bsky.social? @med-ljewishstnow.bsky.social?
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New article by Elisheva Baumgarten: "The Art of Weaving and the Art of Embroidery: Jewish Women’s Professions in a Medieval European Perspective."
#jewishstudies
mjsnow.hypotheses.org/17815
#jewishstudies
mjsnow.hypotheses.org/17815
The Art of Weaving and the Art of Embroidery: Jewish Women’s Professions in a Medieval European Perspective
Read this new piece by Elisheva Baumgarten, “The Art of Weaving and the Art of Embroidery: Jewish Women’s Professions in a Medieval European Perspective,” in: Von unbequemen Dominikanern, organisierte...
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June 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
New article by Elisheva Baumgarten: "The Art of Weaving and the Art of Embroidery: Jewish Women’s Professions in a Medieval European Perspective."
#jewishstudies
mjsnow.hypotheses.org/17815
#jewishstudies
mjsnow.hypotheses.org/17815
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Super excited to share the CFP for the 'Borders, Boundaries, Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages' conference. Organised by Tash Jenman (Oxford), Naomi Reiter (QMUL), and myself (Lincoln/OCHJS) this will be held in Oxford 20-21 April 2026. All welcome, please share!
June 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Super excited to share the CFP for the 'Borders, Boundaries, Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages' conference. Organised by Tash Jenman (Oxford), Naomi Reiter (QMUL), and myself (Lincoln/OCHJS) this will be held in Oxford 20-21 April 2026. All welcome, please share!
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A spec. iss. of EARLY MIDDLE ENGLISH, ed. S Fein and T Goodmann, in honour of late Osage poet & medievalist Carter Revard, is now live!: muse.jhu.edu/issue/54946. (A stand-alone book version is forthcoming from @archumanities.bsky.social—but u can reach out if you need access.) So proud of this one.
Project MUSE - Early Middle English-Volume 7, Number 1-2, 2025
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June 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
A spec. iss. of EARLY MIDDLE ENGLISH, ed. S Fein and T Goodmann, in honour of late Osage poet & medievalist Carter Revard, is now live!: muse.jhu.edu/issue/54946. (A stand-alone book version is forthcoming from @archumanities.bsky.social—but u can reach out if you need access.) So proud of this one.
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Extraordinary moment at the exhibition in the Bode Museum that brought, in the same room, Paul Klee’s Angelus Novus and the manuscript of Walter Benjamin’s On the Concept of History. Methodology of history’s equivalent of nuclear fission.
June 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Extraordinary moment at the exhibition in the Bode Museum that brought, in the same room, Paul Klee’s Angelus Novus and the manuscript of Walter Benjamin’s On the Concept of History. Methodology of history’s equivalent of nuclear fission.
A spec. iss. of EARLY MIDDLE ENGLISH, ed. S Fein and T Goodmann, in honour of late Osage poet & medievalist Carter Revard, is now live!: muse.jhu.edu/issue/54946. (A stand-alone book version is forthcoming from @archumanities.bsky.social—but u can reach out if you need access.) So proud of this one.
Project MUSE - Early Middle English-Volume 7, Number 1-2, 2025
muse.jhu.edu
June 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
A spec. iss. of EARLY MIDDLE ENGLISH, ed. S Fein and T Goodmann, in honour of late Osage poet & medievalist Carter Revard, is now live!: muse.jhu.edu/issue/54946. (A stand-alone book version is forthcoming from @archumanities.bsky.social—but u can reach out if you need access.) So proud of this one.
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Publication day! My new article in ASCHKENAS has appeared: "The Mother Tongues of Medieval English Jews"—ever wondered if the Jews of medieval England might have spoken English? This article's for you, #medievalsky. Check it out: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
The Mother Tongues of Medieval English Jews
Scholars of Anglo-Jewish history have traditionally described medieval English Jews as French-speaking, and there is strong and varied evidence of their facility with French, as well as with Hebrew, A...
www.degruyterbrill.com
May 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Publication day! My new article in ASCHKENAS has appeared: "The Mother Tongues of Medieval English Jews"—ever wondered if the Jews of medieval England might have spoken English? This article's for you, #medievalsky. Check it out: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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Five outstanding manuscripts acquired for the nation
We are thrilled to announce that the British Library has acquired five medieval manuscripts of outstanding national heritage significance, formerly in the collection of Longleat House. Together, these...
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June 4, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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