aelura
@aelura.bsky.social
Kit: Celticist, medieval Welsh literature, Arthuriana. MSCA Fellow working on gender and pseudo-romantic language in medieval Welsh praise poetry. Opinions (and there are many of them) all my own.
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@aelura.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Now that I've decided to use this, guess an intro is in order? I'm a postdoc looking at the figure of the bard in medieval Welsh poetry, and the trope where he writes about himself as spouse of his patron. Well-documented in Irish, not in Welsh. Here for all the Celtic, gender & weird medieval shit.
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UK immigration consultation. Designed terribly and probably intentionally to make it difficult to disagree, but worth doing if you do.
Here's the link if you would like to have a go:
Earned settlement
The government is consulting on how the current settlement system should be reformed and how those reforms should be implemented.
www.gov.uk
November 22, 2025 at 11:35 AM
UK immigration consultation. Designed terribly and probably intentionally to make it difficult to disagree, but worth doing if you do.
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Very much looking forward to the book review panel of my book at 4pm today! It’s S22-336 if anyone’s interested. With superstars @drmjcwarren.bsky.social @brownsmith.bsky.social and Acacia Chan. #aarsbl25 #sblaar25
November 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Very much looking forward to the book review panel of my book at 4pm today! It’s S22-336 if anyone’s interested. With superstars @drmjcwarren.bsky.social @brownsmith.bsky.social and Acacia Chan. #aarsbl25 #sblaar25
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🚨Eleanor Knott Memorial Lecture next Thursday!
🦅 Dr Emma Nic Chárthaigh (University College Cork) will speak on "Intertextual weavings in the Colloquy between Fintan mac Bóchrai and the Hawk of Achill".
🗓️ 27th November, Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin, 6pm
🔗 www.tcd.ie/Irish/gaeilg...
🦅 Dr Emma Nic Chárthaigh (University College Cork) will speak on "Intertextual weavings in the Colloquy between Fintan mac Bóchrai and the Hawk of Achill".
🗓️ 27th November, Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin, 6pm
🔗 www.tcd.ie/Irish/gaeilg...
Eleanor Knott Memorial Lecture - 27.11.2025 - Irish and Celtic Languages - Trinity College Dublin
www.tcd.ie
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
🚨Eleanor Knott Memorial Lecture next Thursday!
🦅 Dr Emma Nic Chárthaigh (University College Cork) will speak on "Intertextual weavings in the Colloquy between Fintan mac Bóchrai and the Hawk of Achill".
🗓️ 27th November, Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin, 6pm
🔗 www.tcd.ie/Irish/gaeilg...
🦅 Dr Emma Nic Chárthaigh (University College Cork) will speak on "Intertextual weavings in the Colloquy between Fintan mac Bóchrai and the Hawk of Achill".
🗓️ 27th November, Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin, 6pm
🔗 www.tcd.ie/Irish/gaeilg...
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Marjorie McLean Oliver Post-Doctoral Fellowship – History of Classical and/or Medieval Europe. Deadline: January 15, 2026. #cdnhist @queenshistory.bsky.social cha-shc.ca/careers-and-...
November 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Marjorie McLean Oliver Post-Doctoral Fellowship – History of Classical and/or Medieval Europe. Deadline: January 15, 2026. #cdnhist @queenshistory.bsky.social cha-shc.ca/careers-and-...
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#FolkyFriday
Welsh still uses the word 'Gwyddbwyll' for modern chess, but there was once a much older game, similar to the Irish Fidchell.
Amongst the Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain was a magical Gwyddbwyll board, made of gold and silver, who's enchanted pieces would play by themselves.
Welsh still uses the word 'Gwyddbwyll' for modern chess, but there was once a much older game, similar to the Irish Fidchell.
Amongst the Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain was a magical Gwyddbwyll board, made of gold and silver, who's enchanted pieces would play by themselves.
November 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
#FolkyFriday
Welsh still uses the word 'Gwyddbwyll' for modern chess, but there was once a much older game, similar to the Irish Fidchell.
Amongst the Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain was a magical Gwyddbwyll board, made of gold and silver, who's enchanted pieces would play by themselves.
Welsh still uses the word 'Gwyddbwyll' for modern chess, but there was once a much older game, similar to the Irish Fidchell.
Amongst the Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain was a magical Gwyddbwyll board, made of gold and silver, who's enchanted pieces would play by themselves.
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Honestly, I did NOT have "punching the air and going HELL YES to Chris Patten" on my bingo card today. But what he says is SO rarely said and needed saying SO badly!
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Honestly, I did NOT have "punching the air and going HELL YES to Chris Patten" on my bingo card today. But what he says is SO rarely said and needed saying SO badly!
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
It's a small joy, considering the world, but I'll take it. Dodgers!!!
November 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
It's a small joy, considering the world, but I'll take it. Dodgers!!!
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New #WriterBeware blog post: an explainer on the huge Anthropic class action copyright settlement: what it is, how it happened, how writers with eligible infringed works may benefit financially, and what eligible writers should do next writerbeware.blog/2025/10/31/t...
The Anthropic Class Action Settlement: What You Need to Know Right Now - Writer Beware
One of the most urgent issues confronting writers and other creators right now is the use of copyrighted material for generative AI training. The large language models that power chatbots like OpenAI’...
writerbeware.blog
October 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
New #WriterBeware blog post: an explainer on the huge Anthropic class action copyright settlement: what it is, how it happened, how writers with eligible infringed works may benefit financially, and what eligible writers should do next writerbeware.blog/2025/10/31/t...
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Explore the world of medieval travel with Going Places: Travel in the Middle Ages, on view at the Getty Center through November 30, 2025.
🚣♂️ gty.art/going_places
📖 Alexander the Great in the Air (detail) from Weltchronik, about 1400–10, German. Getty Museum. Ms. 33 (88.MP.70), fol. 220v
🚣♂️ gty.art/going_places
📖 Alexander the Great in the Air (detail) from Weltchronik, about 1400–10, German. Getty Museum. Ms. 33 (88.MP.70), fol. 220v
November 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Explore the world of medieval travel with Going Places: Travel in the Middle Ages, on view at the Getty Center through November 30, 2025.
🚣♂️ gty.art/going_places
📖 Alexander the Great in the Air (detail) from Weltchronik, about 1400–10, German. Getty Museum. Ms. 33 (88.MP.70), fol. 220v
🚣♂️ gty.art/going_places
📖 Alexander the Great in the Air (detail) from Weltchronik, about 1400–10, German. Getty Museum. Ms. 33 (88.MP.70), fol. 220v
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It will also make this world a slightly better place. 🌍 We need PhDs, #ModernCelts! 🎓✊ #ScienceMatters
The reason to do a PhD is because you desperately want to. It will not make you rich. It will not make jobs easier to get. It will not make your life easier. It may make your life *better*, and that only you can decide. I don't regret mine; it's the best thing I've ever done, but it is HARD.
I sincerely wish that the people who defend PhD education were better at it.
A: this is objectively untrue.
B: the author’s premise is that critical thinking/deep reading/PhD soft skills are valuable career skills, so it’s all fine. (Nevermind that even though they are, they’re not golden tickets).
A: this is objectively untrue.
B: the author’s premise is that critical thinking/deep reading/PhD soft skills are valuable career skills, so it’s all fine. (Nevermind that even though they are, they’re not golden tickets).
November 1, 2025 at 12:49 AM
It will also make this world a slightly better place. 🌍 We need PhDs, #ModernCelts! 🎓✊ #ScienceMatters
The reason to do a PhD is because you desperately want to. It will not make you rich. It will not make jobs easier to get. It will not make your life easier. It may make your life *better*, and that only you can decide. I don't regret mine; it's the best thing I've ever done, but it is HARD.
I sincerely wish that the people who defend PhD education were better at it.
A: this is objectively untrue.
B: the author’s premise is that critical thinking/deep reading/PhD soft skills are valuable career skills, so it’s all fine. (Nevermind that even though they are, they’re not golden tickets).
A: this is objectively untrue.
B: the author’s premise is that critical thinking/deep reading/PhD soft skills are valuable career skills, so it’s all fine. (Nevermind that even though they are, they’re not golden tickets).
October 31, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The reason to do a PhD is because you desperately want to. It will not make you rich. It will not make jobs easier to get. It will not make your life easier. It may make your life *better*, and that only you can decide. I don't regret mine; it's the best thing I've ever done, but it is HARD.
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Martin Luther: the original Halloween decorator
It's 31 October. Most people will be thinking about Halloween. Historians, of course, will be thinking about Martin Luther, who nailed his 95 theses to the church door in Wittenberg on this day in 1517. 1/4
October 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Martin Luther: the original Halloween decorator
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🚨🚨🚨 Major announcement!!!
I am extremely pleased to announce that HAA is searching for a senior, endowed position in premodern art or architecture. The subfield is wide open. Please spread the word and encourage curious scholars to write to me with questions! 🚨🚨🚨
cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...
I am extremely pleased to announce that HAA is searching for a senior, endowed position in premodern art or architecture. The subfield is wide open. Please spread the word and encourage curious scholars to write to me with questions! 🚨🚨🚨
cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...
William S. Dietrich II Professor of Premodern Arts and/or Architecture
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
cfopitt.taleo.net
October 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
🚨🚨🚨 Major announcement!!!
I am extremely pleased to announce that HAA is searching for a senior, endowed position in premodern art or architecture. The subfield is wide open. Please spread the word and encourage curious scholars to write to me with questions! 🚨🚨🚨
cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...
I am extremely pleased to announce that HAA is searching for a senior, endowed position in premodern art or architecture. The subfield is wide open. Please spread the word and encourage curious scholars to write to me with questions! 🚨🚨🚨
cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...
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If you're more interested in the later middle ages, Jocelyn Wogan-Browne's elegant, rich and evocative lectures on French in Medieval Britain are available online here: www.history.ox.ac.uk/event/the-ja...
French in Medieval Britain: Cultural Politics and Social History, c. 1100-c. 1500
Professor Jocelyn Wogan-Browne (Fordham University)
www.history.ox.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
If you're more interested in the later middle ages, Jocelyn Wogan-Browne's elegant, rich and evocative lectures on French in Medieval Britain are available online here: www.history.ox.ac.uk/event/the-ja...
Been quiet on here because I've spent the past month in conflict with the US healthcare system, advocating for someone who has Medicare and good insurance and still was being bullied into giving up necessary care. It's been infuriating and exhausting. This system is so messed up.
October 30, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Been quiet on here because I've spent the past month in conflict with the US healthcare system, advocating for someone who has Medicare and good insurance and still was being bullied into giving up necessary care. It's been infuriating and exhausting. This system is so messed up.
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ladies and gentlemen...we got him
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
ladies and gentlemen...we got him
First day of HCC is a wrap! I got in late last night, didn’t realise my paper was today, uploaded the wrong slides (but fixed them) and am jet lagged in both directions but it was still a good day. 😆
October 11, 2025 at 1:54 AM
First day of HCC is a wrap! I got in late last night, didn’t realise my paper was today, uploaded the wrong slides (but fixed them) and am jet lagged in both directions but it was still a good day. 😆
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A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal
This is a comic about AI art.
theoatmeal.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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I LOVE ALL OF THIS!!
October 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I LOVE ALL OF THIS!!
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AMAZING JOB ALERT!!! Dorset Council are recruiting a World Heritage Officer to support the management of the Jurassic Coast! Would suit an Earth Science graduate with an interest in digital comms and content: deets here: www.jobs.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/vacancies/32...
World Heritage Officer in Dorchester | Dorset Council
View details and apply for this World Heritage Officer vacancy in Dorchester.
Join a passionate and collaborative team at the heart of Dorset's environmental and heritage work. As part of the Dor...
www.jobs.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk
September 30, 2025 at 10:54 AM
AMAZING JOB ALERT!!! Dorset Council are recruiting a World Heritage Officer to support the management of the Jurassic Coast! Would suit an Earth Science graduate with an interest in digital comms and content: deets here: www.jobs.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/vacancies/32...
I thought I'd disabled all of Copilot completely, but the sneaky bastard turned itself on in Notepad of all things. Which explains why it kept trying to 'correct' things I was trying to write in Welsh. Well, time to see if it needs scourging elsewhere. I had nothing important to do today I guess.
September 30, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I thought I'd disabled all of Copilot completely, but the sneaky bastard turned itself on in Notepad of all things. Which explains why it kept trying to 'correct' things I was trying to write in Welsh. Well, time to see if it needs scourging elsewhere. I had nothing important to do today I guess.
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A healthy reminder that two opposed evils are never equally evil, that you usually won't get anywhere better by refusing both of them, and that a hypocrite still has a better potential for good than someone lacking good ideals to begin with.
September 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
A healthy reminder that two opposed evils are never equally evil, that you usually won't get anywhere better by refusing both of them, and that a hypocrite still has a better potential for good than someone lacking good ideals to begin with.
Your periodic reminder that there is a good chance whatever you want to read/watch/listen to is on Hoopla, and also a good chance your library subscribes to it, and there is no downside. See also Libby, Kanopy, Freegal, etc.
September 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Your periodic reminder that there is a good chance whatever you want to read/watch/listen to is on Hoopla, and also a good chance your library subscribes to it, and there is no downside. See also Libby, Kanopy, Freegal, etc.
Conference paper this morning not my best work, but still went rather well. Lots of interesting discussion after which is always great.
September 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Conference paper this morning not my best work, but still went rather well. Lots of interesting discussion after which is always great.