Christian Cooijmans
@ccooijmans.bsky.social
Viking Historian | Research Fellow @uio.no | Assoc. Researcher @livunihss.bsky.social | vikings in continental Europe | medieval(ism) | histor(iograph)y
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Apardjón is pleased to present its newest special volume, Connections and the Church in Late Norse Scotland, edited by Caitlin Ellis and Tom Fairfax. We would like to thank all authors for contributing, and Caitlin Ellis and Tom Fairfax for their work. #MedievalSky
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January 22, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Apardjón is pleased to present its newest special volume, Connections and the Church in Late Norse Scotland, edited by Caitlin Ellis and Tom Fairfax. We would like to thank all authors for contributing, and Caitlin Ellis and Tom Fairfax for their work. #MedievalSky
www.abdn.ac.uk/dhpa/researc...
www.abdn.ac.uk/dhpa/researc...
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Tomorrow - livestream of a #Viking evening at the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden, with talks in Dutch but then at 20:00 UK time in English! rijksmuseum-van-oudheden.webinargeek.com/vikingverhal...
22 januari: Vikingverhalen
Tijdens de eerste editie van Vikingverhalen nemen vier internationaal gerenommeerde wetenschappers ons mee in boeiende verhalen over oud en nieuw onderzoek naar de Vikingtijd. Het gaat deze avond over...
rijksmuseum-van-oudheden.webinargeek.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Tomorrow - livestream of a #Viking evening at the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden, with talks in Dutch but then at 20:00 UK time in English! rijksmuseum-van-oudheden.webinargeek.com/vikingverhal...
The past is a foreign country selectively summarised by an outside author in a sponsored travel guide
January 21, 2026 at 9:43 AM
The past is a foreign country selectively summarised by an outside author in a sponsored travel guide
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Dutch pals! Er zijn nog enkele laatste tickets vrijgegeven voor de (gratis) 'Vikingverhalen'-avond @rmoudheden.bsky.social deze donderdag. Lezingen van Eleanor Barraclough, Nelleke IJssennagger-vd Pluijm, Annemarieke Willemsen, en ikzelf.
Vikingverhalen - Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
In het avondvullende programma 'Vikingverhalen' laten internationaal gerenommeerde wetenschappers hun licht schijnen over oud en nieuw onderzoek naar de Vikingtijd.
www.rmo.nl
January 19, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Dutch pals! Er zijn nog enkele laatste tickets vrijgegeven voor de (gratis) 'Vikingverhalen'-avond @rmoudheden.bsky.social deze donderdag. Lezingen van Eleanor Barraclough, Nelleke IJssennagger-vd Pluijm, Annemarieke Willemsen, en ikzelf.
Dutch pals! Er zijn nog enkele laatste tickets vrijgegeven voor de (gratis) 'Vikingverhalen'-avond @rmoudheden.bsky.social deze donderdag. Lezingen van Eleanor Barraclough, Nelleke IJssennagger-vd Pluijm, Annemarieke Willemsen, en ikzelf.
Vikingverhalen - Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
In het avondvullende programma 'Vikingverhalen' laten internationaal gerenommeerde wetenschappers hun licht schijnen over oud en nieuw onderzoek naar de Vikingtijd.
www.rmo.nl
January 19, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Dutch pals! Er zijn nog enkele laatste tickets vrijgegeven voor de (gratis) 'Vikingverhalen'-avond @rmoudheden.bsky.social deze donderdag. Lezingen van Eleanor Barraclough, Nelleke IJssennagger-vd Pluijm, Annemarieke Willemsen, en ikzelf.
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You'll love academic publishing, where it's quite common for publishers just not to pay royalties if they fall below £50, as they say the admin costs of paying them are uneconomic
Holy shit, that’s just actual theft.
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 16, 2026 at 11:10 AM
You'll love academic publishing, where it's quite common for publishers just not to pay royalties if they fall below £50, as they say the admin costs of paying them are uneconomic
'Save time by depriving your text of substance, nuance, and humanity.'
No, no, no, never! If I’m reading a document, whatever its length, I was to do my own analysis. This is so awful, people will lose the ability to read and critically engage with material. #feckoffAI
January 15, 2026 at 1:27 PM
'Save time by depriving your text of substance, nuance, and humanity.'
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Five Gazan scholars welcomed by @liverpooluni.bsky.social as part of its Humanitarian Postgraduate Scholarship programme 🎓
University welcomes Gazan scholars - University of Liverpool News
University welcomes Gazan scholars
news.liverpool.ac.uk
January 14, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Five Gazan scholars welcomed by @liverpooluni.bsky.social as part of its Humanitarian Postgraduate Scholarship programme 🎓
Five Gazan scholars welcomed by @liverpooluni.bsky.social as part of its Humanitarian Postgraduate Scholarship programme 🎓
University welcomes Gazan scholars - University of Liverpool News
University welcomes Gazan scholars
news.liverpool.ac.uk
January 14, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Five Gazan scholars welcomed by @liverpooluni.bsky.social as part of its Humanitarian Postgraduate Scholarship programme 🎓
No idea where all the new followers are coming from, but hi everyone! You've come to the right place if you like vikings, random medieval(ist) stuff, and scrappy Border Terriers named Potatoes 🐶🥔
January 13, 2026 at 10:59 AM
No idea where all the new followers are coming from, but hi everyone! You've come to the right place if you like vikings, random medieval(ist) stuff, and scrappy Border Terriers named Potatoes 🐶🥔
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For #FindsFriday a map of Danish single finds of Carolingian coins from 2016 to 2025, most unpublished. This is for a chapter in a book being edited by @ccooijmans.bsky.social. It shows that Frankish coins were reaching all parts of Denmark, not just trading centres or royal estates.
January 9, 2026 at 3:19 PM
For #FindsFriday a map of Danish single finds of Carolingian coins from 2016 to 2025, most unpublished. This is for a chapter in a book being edited by @ccooijmans.bsky.social. It shows that Frankish coins were reaching all parts of Denmark, not just trading centres or royal estates.
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📖 | First six months have come and gone already!
What a privilege to work with such amazing collections, inspiring colleagues, and lovely readers and visitors. Fair to say I love my job @natlibscot.bsky.social!
What a privilege to work with such amazing collections, inspiring colleagues, and lovely readers and visitors. Fair to say I love my job @natlibscot.bsky.social!
January 8, 2026 at 2:53 PM
📖 | First six months have come and gone already!
What a privilege to work with such amazing collections, inspiring colleagues, and lovely readers and visitors. Fair to say I love my job @natlibscot.bsky.social!
What a privilege to work with such amazing collections, inspiring colleagues, and lovely readers and visitors. Fair to say I love my job @natlibscot.bsky.social!
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A week into 2026 and we're off to a great start.
January 8, 2026 at 7:35 AM
A week into 2026 and we're off to a great start.
A week into 2026 and we're off to a great start.
January 8, 2026 at 7:35 AM
A week into 2026 and we're off to a great start.
'Reclaiming academic publishing as a public good will require a return to not-for-profit models and sustainable open-access systems. Quality, accessibility and integrity need to be put ahead of profit.'
The 5 stages of the ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing
Academic publishing now shows the same decline that has hit social media and online marketplaces.
theconversation.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:59 AM
'Reclaiming academic publishing as a public good will require a return to not-for-profit models and sustainable open-access systems. Quality, accessibility and integrity need to be put ahead of profit.'
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Due to popular demand, 'Traversing the Inner Seas' is available in print again, in case you missed it the first time around!
You asked, we delivered! Our volume 'Traversing the Inner Seas' (ed. Chris Cooijmans, 2017) is once again available in print! If you've been hoping to get your hands on a copy of the book, here's your chance - featuring landmark research by Clare Downham, Alex Sanmark, Mark Hall, and many others
Traversing the Inner Seas (2017) - Scottish Society for Northern Studies
Representing foremost research from SSNS's recent residential conferences, exploring the history of the interconnected seascapes of Scotland and Ireland.
www.ssns.org.uk
January 5, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Due to popular demand, 'Traversing the Inner Seas' is available in print again, in case you missed it the first time around!
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A much-deserved reissue for this volume. I got my copy at Govan Old in 2018 and it's been heavily thumbed since then...
You asked, we delivered! Our volume 'Traversing the Inner Seas' (ed. Chris Cooijmans, 2017) is once again available in print! If you've been hoping to get your hands on a copy of the book, here's your chance - featuring landmark research by Clare Downham, Alex Sanmark, Mark Hall, and many others
Traversing the Inner Seas (2017) - Scottish Society for Northern Studies
Representing foremost research from SSNS's recent residential conferences, exploring the history of the interconnected seascapes of Scotland and Ireland.
www.ssns.org.uk
January 5, 2026 at 11:51 AM
A much-deserved reissue for this volume. I got my copy at Govan Old in 2018 and it's been heavily thumbed since then...
Due to popular demand, 'Traversing the Inner Seas' is available in print again, in case you missed it the first time around!
You asked, we delivered! Our volume 'Traversing the Inner Seas' (ed. Chris Cooijmans, 2017) is once again available in print! If you've been hoping to get your hands on a copy of the book, here's your chance - featuring landmark research by Clare Downham, Alex Sanmark, Mark Hall, and many others
Traversing the Inner Seas (2017) - Scottish Society for Northern Studies
Representing foremost research from SSNS's recent residential conferences, exploring the history of the interconnected seascapes of Scotland and Ireland.
www.ssns.org.uk
January 5, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Due to popular demand, 'Traversing the Inner Seas' is available in print again, in case you missed it the first time around!
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Today's vikingism: the various team badges for NASA's 1976 Viking Mars lander missions. 🚀🌕
January 3, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Today's vikingism: the various team badges for NASA's 1976 Viking Mars lander missions. 🚀🌕
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Today's vikingism: illustrations from Edmond Neukomm's 'Les dompteurs de la mer' (1897, published in English as 'Tamers of the Sea'), offering an archaic and heavily romanticised imagining of the viking presence in North America.
December 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Today's vikingism: illustrations from Edmond Neukomm's 'Les dompteurs de la mer' (1897, published in English as 'Tamers of the Sea'), offering an archaic and heavily romanticised imagining of the viking presence in North America.
Tato has clocked out for the holidays. Have a great one, everybody!
December 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Tato has clocked out for the holidays. Have a great one, everybody!
I've been to Aberdeen plenty, but somehow never before set foot inside the High Kirk of St Machar. Am I glad I did, though. Current structure mostly C14-C15 (with occasional tinkering since), chancel destroyed 1560, central tower collapsed 1688.
December 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I've been to Aberdeen plenty, but somehow never before set foot inside the High Kirk of St Machar. Am I glad I did, though. Current structure mostly C14-C15 (with occasional tinkering since), chancel destroyed 1560, central tower collapsed 1688.
Tato spots a distant elephant 🐘
December 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Tato spots a distant elephant 🐘
Seeing some shiny illuminations on this dreich winter's day
(@glasgow.ac.uk, MS. Gen. 1111, v.1, Flanders, C15)
(@glasgow.ac.uk, MS. Gen. 1111, v.1, Flanders, C15)
December 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Seeing some shiny illuminations on this dreich winter's day
(@glasgow.ac.uk, MS. Gen. 1111, v.1, Flanders, C15)
(@glasgow.ac.uk, MS. Gen. 1111, v.1, Flanders, C15)
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The Institute of Irish Studies is delighted to support The University of Liverpool Humanitarian Scholarship, which offers tuition fee and maintenance support for a Palestinian postgraduate taught student on the Irish Studies MRes.
For full details, please see www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
For full details, please see www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
University of Liverpool Humanitarian Scholarship in Irish Studies | Study | University of Liverpool
Learn about our University of Liverpool Humanitarian Scholarship in Irish Studies.
www.liverpool.ac.uk
December 17, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The Institute of Irish Studies is delighted to support The University of Liverpool Humanitarian Scholarship, which offers tuition fee and maintenance support for a Palestinian postgraduate taught student on the Irish Studies MRes.
For full details, please see www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
For full details, please see www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/fees-a...