Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️
@ellisnilsson.bsky.social
Canadian Medievalist
Senior Lecturer/Associate Prof @Linnaeus Uni.
Docent @Lund Uni.
PI @MappingSaints.
WebEditor @info_Scandia.
Saints & society; Digital History; Medieval book fragments; Mediating the past via reconstructions/re-creations, (re)enactment
Senior Lecturer/Associate Prof @Linnaeus Uni.
Docent @Lund Uni.
PI @MappingSaints.
WebEditor @info_Scandia.
Saints & society; Digital History; Medieval book fragments; Mediating the past via reconstructions/re-creations, (re)enactment
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The open-access digital research and educational resource, 'Mapping Saints', has now been officially launched!
Check it out here: saints.dh.gu.se
Check it out here: saints.dh.gu.se
Reposted by Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️
I behov av något att pigga upp i januarimörkret?
Lösningen finns på Scandia blogg!
Nytt inlägg av Peter Bauer om 'Sexualpolitikens folkliga dimension': journals.lub.lu.se/scandia/anno...
Lösningen finns på Scandia blogg!
Nytt inlägg av Peter Bauer om 'Sexualpolitikens folkliga dimension': journals.lub.lu.se/scandia/anno...
January 7, 2026 at 4:43 PM
I behov av något att pigga upp i januarimörkret?
Lösningen finns på Scandia blogg!
Nytt inlägg av Peter Bauer om 'Sexualpolitikens folkliga dimension': journals.lub.lu.se/scandia/anno...
Lösningen finns på Scandia blogg!
Nytt inlägg av Peter Bauer om 'Sexualpolitikens folkliga dimension': journals.lub.lu.se/scandia/anno...
The suspense!! Happy 2026!
January 1, 2026 at 12:32 PM
The suspense!! Happy 2026!
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I tell my students explicitly to NOT do this and then I explain why - full of hallucinations, stolen material, mischaracterizations.
What about this is controversial? Beginning an inquiry by using AI to survey material is a very normal and appropriate use.
December 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I tell my students explicitly to NOT do this and then I explain why - full of hallucinations, stolen material, mischaracterizations.
100% agree!
December 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
100% agree!
Original thread is here:
bsky.app/profile/elis...
bsky.app/profile/elis...
And the thing I’m most proud of doesn’t have a link to share yet, but it’s almost done! I’ve been leading a time of computer scientists and medievalists to create an HCR for Medieval Latin legal records, like those digitized at AALT (example below).
December 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Original thread is here:
bsky.app/profile/elis...
bsky.app/profile/elis...
Sounds good!
December 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Sounds good!
Dreaming of this for the charters, etc at Riksarkivet!
This is going to be so helpful for research and teaching. I can’t wait till it’s up and running.
Having said this, I’d be much obliged if you could go back in time two decades and make it available for me before I began transcribing thousands of thirteenth-century cases!
Having said this, I’d be much obliged if you could go back in time two decades and make it available for me before I began transcribing thousands of thirteenth-century cases!
And the thing I’m most proud of doesn’t have a link to share yet, but it’s almost done! I’ve been leading a time of computer scientists and medievalists to create an HCR for Medieval Latin legal records, like those digitized at AALT (example below).
December 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Dreaming of this for the charters, etc at Riksarkivet!
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27th December is the feast of St John the Apostle and Evangelist who is depicted here seated at a lectern with a golden book and with his symbol holding a golden ink-horn.
#StJohn
BL Add 49598; Benedictional of Æthelwold; 963-984 CE; England S; f.19v
#StJohn
BL Add 49598; Benedictional of Æthelwold; 963-984 CE; England S; f.19v
December 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
27th December is the feast of St John the Apostle and Evangelist who is depicted here seated at a lectern with a golden book and with his symbol holding a golden ink-horn.
#StJohn
BL Add 49598; Benedictional of Æthelwold; 963-984 CE; England S; f.19v
#StJohn
BL Add 49598; Benedictional of Æthelwold; 963-984 CE; England S; f.19v
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"[N]ot only is “AI” not especially new; protesting it has a long history. Inspired by the collective objection represented in this photo, we are calling for resistance to the AI industry’s ongoing capture of higher education."
"We envision a resistance that is...a repudiation of the efficiencies that automated algorithmic education falsely promises: a resistance comprising the collective force of small acts of friction."
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
Four Frictions: or, How to Resist AI in Education - Public Books
We are calling for resistance to the AI industry’s ongoing capture of higher education.
www.publicbooks.org
December 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
"[N]ot only is “AI” not especially new; protesting it has a long history. Inspired by the collective objection represented in this photo, we are calling for resistance to the AI industry’s ongoing capture of higher education."
Reposted by Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️
26th December is the feast of St Stephen whose martyrdom is depicted in this 'Da' at the beginning of the Collect for the Mass of St Stephen.
#StStephen
BnF MS Latin 9428; Sacramentarium of Drogo; 9th century (between 826/837 CE & 855 CE); Metz; f.27r
@gallicabnf.bsky.social
#StStephen
BnF MS Latin 9428; Sacramentarium of Drogo; 9th century (between 826/837 CE & 855 CE); Metz; f.27r
@gallicabnf.bsky.social
December 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
26th December is the feast of St Stephen whose martyrdom is depicted in this 'Da' at the beginning of the Collect for the Mass of St Stephen.
#StStephen
BnF MS Latin 9428; Sacramentarium of Drogo; 9th century (between 826/837 CE & 855 CE); Metz; f.27r
@gallicabnf.bsky.social
#StStephen
BnF MS Latin 9428; Sacramentarium of Drogo; 9th century (between 826/837 CE & 855 CE); Metz; f.27r
@gallicabnf.bsky.social
Happy Second Day of Christmas! 🎄
December 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Happy Second Day of Christmas! 🎄
Woohoo! I knew it would be useful again one day. :D
December 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Woohoo! I knew it would be useful again one day. :D
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Värt att påminna om den hårda & rättvisa kritik som @malinmichea.bsky.social och @kuggla.bsky.social riktade mot Historiska museet. Tog någon utställningen i försvar?
Hittills har vi alltså tre kandidater anmälda till tävlingen "AI-klantigaste kulturarvsinstitutionen 2025". Anmälan öppen till jul!
Hittills har vi alltså tre kandidater anmälda till tävlingen "AI-klantigaste kulturarvsinstitutionen 2025". Anmälan öppen till jul!
Glöm inte Historiska muséets häxutställning! utstallningskritik.se/2025-1/slarv...
Slarvigt och obegripligt i ”Häxor”
Utställningen ”Häxor” på Historiska museet blandar illa utförda AI-bilder med slarvig historiegestaltning. Det färdiga resultatet är inget för den som är känslig för detaljer och historisk autentic…
utstallningskritik.se
December 19, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Värt att påminna om den hårda & rättvisa kritik som @malinmichea.bsky.social och @kuggla.bsky.social riktade mot Historiska museet. Tog någon utställningen i försvar?
Hittills har vi alltså tre kandidater anmälda till tävlingen "AI-klantigaste kulturarvsinstitutionen 2025". Anmälan öppen till jul!
Hittills har vi alltså tre kandidater anmälda till tävlingen "AI-klantigaste kulturarvsinstitutionen 2025". Anmälan öppen till jul!
Yay! Just no baptizing babies with it now. :) Enjoy!
December 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Yay! Just no baptizing babies with it now. :) Enjoy!
That is an idea for a new pub or something! :D (I also get the pun. haha!)
December 18, 2025 at 12:19 PM
That is an idea for a new pub or something! :D (I also get the pun. haha!)
I wasn't even thinking this fireplace was in the church itself, but the vestibule or sacristy (I know I've seen a reference to a heater somewhere).
But in the meantime I will be imagining a medieval (Byzantine) baptistry filled with beer...
But in the meantime I will be imagining a medieval (Byzantine) baptistry filled with beer...
December 18, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I wasn't even thinking this fireplace was in the church itself, but the vestibule or sacristy (I know I've seen a reference to a heater somewhere).
But in the meantime I will be imagining a medieval (Byzantine) baptistry filled with beer...
But in the meantime I will be imagining a medieval (Byzantine) baptistry filled with beer...
haha!
December 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
haha!
I wonder what you mean here. Warm up your cup of water by the fire and it's not that much colder really. We now know that this idea of "no one drank water in the Middle Ages" is not entirely accurate.
I always assumed it was more that people assumed any liquid would do but of course water is best.
I always assumed it was more that people assumed any liquid would do but of course water is best.
December 18, 2025 at 8:35 AM
I wonder what you mean here. Warm up your cup of water by the fire and it's not that much colder really. We now know that this idea of "no one drank water in the Middle Ages" is not entirely accurate.
I always assumed it was more that people assumed any liquid would do but of course water is best.
I always assumed it was more that people assumed any liquid would do but of course water is best.
This one always amuses me as I assume it was a reaction to an actual event. :)
December 18, 2025 at 8:31 AM
This one always amuses me as I assume it was a reaction to an actual event. :)
We wrote about our/our partners' digitization work and the development of the 'Mapping Saints' research and educational resource.
December 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
We wrote about our/our partners' digitization work and the development of the 'Mapping Saints' research and educational resource.
The DIGARV book is now OA! Lots of useful & interesting digital humanities stuff in there.
Chapter 9 is about/by the Mapping Lived Religion project team.
Check it out!
www.vitterhetsakademien.se/nyheter/nyhe...
Chapter 9 is about/by the Mapping Lived Religion project team.
Check it out!
www.vitterhetsakademien.se/nyheter/nyhe...
Ny bok: Digitalisering av kulturarvssamlingar
Boken om forskningsprogrammet Digarv – Digitalisering och tillgängliggörande av kulturarvssamlingar har nu publicerats. I boken beskrivs samtliga fjorton projekt som ingick i programmet som var ett...
www.vitterhetsakademien.se
December 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The DIGARV book is now OA! Lots of useful & interesting digital humanities stuff in there.
Chapter 9 is about/by the Mapping Lived Religion project team.
Check it out!
www.vitterhetsakademien.se/nyheter/nyhe...
Chapter 9 is about/by the Mapping Lived Religion project team.
Check it out!
www.vitterhetsakademien.se/nyheter/nyhe...
Reposted by Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️
We are ten days out from Christmas which means that if you are Welsh, it's the time of year when a skeleton horse might show up at your door and challenge you to a rap battle.
If you lose the horse gets to come inside and drink your booze.
Happy Christmas from Mari Lwyd!
If you lose the horse gets to come inside and drink your booze.
Happy Christmas from Mari Lwyd!
December 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
We are ten days out from Christmas which means that if you are Welsh, it's the time of year when a skeleton horse might show up at your door and challenge you to a rap battle.
If you lose the horse gets to come inside and drink your booze.
Happy Christmas from Mari Lwyd!
If you lose the horse gets to come inside and drink your booze.
Happy Christmas from Mari Lwyd!
Reposted by Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️
Today's @thetimes.com is reporting that this new book published by Springer, on sale for £180 hb, contains 'footnotes that cite scientific publications that appear to have been invented....' Who'd have thought it!
www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
December 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Today's @thetimes.com is reporting that this new book published by Springer, on sale for £180 hb, contains 'footnotes that cite scientific publications that appear to have been invented....' Who'd have thought it!
www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
Final seminar/conference for the Swedish DigArv research program today with @MappingSaints .
Celebrating our joint publication & 14 successful digitisation projects!
Here's to fruitful & vital collaboration between cultural heritage institutions & universities! May it continue.
Celebrating our joint publication & 14 successful digitisation projects!
Here's to fruitful & vital collaboration between cultural heritage institutions & universities! May it continue.
December 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Final seminar/conference for the Swedish DigArv research program today with @MappingSaints .
Celebrating our joint publication & 14 successful digitisation projects!
Here's to fruitful & vital collaboration between cultural heritage institutions & universities! May it continue.
Celebrating our joint publication & 14 successful digitisation projects!
Here's to fruitful & vital collaboration between cultural heritage institutions & universities! May it continue.
Soon to also have a short bio!
December 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Soon to also have a short bio!