⛔ Second statement in one week #saveleicesterml #saveleicesterlanguages

Following last week’s formal letter to the University of Nottingham, AHGBI has now issued a second statement—this time to the University of Leicester—regarding the proposed closure of its Department of Modern Languages.

AHGBI, led by Professor Sarah Wright, opposes the University of Nottingham’s move to suspend—and effectively close—all Modern Languages degrees. SRUK/CERU, led by Dr Carlos Soler Montes, has also raised concerns.

AHGBI urges immediate reconsideration.

#SaveNottinghamLanguages

[book] Elena Caetano Álvarez, Alfonso X, the Dream of Empire, and (Re)Writing History in the Estoria de Espanna www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb...

Doctoral funding opportunities here at the University of Birmingham:

“We are delighted to launch our PhD funding opportunities for arts, humanities and law doctoral study at the University of Birmingham.

The BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants scheme is now open for applications. This opportunity allows postdoctoral – or equivalent – scholars in the humanities and social sciences to apply for funding to support their research projects. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3K4kEyA

Not *exactly* Estoria de Espanna, but I'm very grateful to the British Academy/Leverhulme Trust and the Royal Society for an APEX grant to study the DNA of Alfonsine manuscripts!

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/apex...

📜 Lecture: 'From Manuscript to Print to Digital: Petrarch and the Renaissance Filter', Isabella Magni, University of Sheffield | Kislak Center, Upenn (Hybrid)

📆 Thurs. Apr. 10, 5:15-6:30 pm EDT
▶️ Info and registration: www.library.upenn.edu/events/renai...

Ben Griffiths from the University of Birmingham discussing misleading editorial strategies of 17th century printer-booksellers.

Annual conference of the AHGBI under way! AGM in full flow. @hispanists-ahgbi.bsky.social

📜✍️ Interested in Spanish Palaeography? Join us for our
@ies-sas.bsky.social online course!
We'll cover everything from Visigothic to Gothic scripts🤓, it'll be great!!
🗓️28 April – 1 May, 2025
🗣️ @ainoacastro.bsky.social, @manuelmunoz.bsky.social, and humbly yours truly.
ies.sas.ac.uk/events/intro...

My video, "The Vanished Synagogues of Medieval Spain," just dropped on the Middle Ages for Educators website. And check out the other video resources in our great series, "Jewish Life in the Middle Ages"!
#medievalsky
#jewishstudies
middleagesforeducators.princeton.edu/vanished-syn...