Florence Bourgne
@florencebourgne.bsky.social
Professor of English Medieval Studies & head of @cema-su.bsky.social, the Centre for Medieval English Studies at @sorbonne-universite.fr
VP of the AMAES (French Society for the Study of Medieval England)
Singing/Cotentin/Medieval Inscribed Objects
VP of the AMAES (French Society for the Study of Medieval England)
Singing/Cotentin/Medieval Inscribed Objects
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Beowulf & Circulations
A website for Sorbonne Université's Beowulf & Circulations conference, featuring a home page with Sorbonne and Beowulf manuscript images, and easy navigation to the call for papers, progra…
cemasorbonne.org
#medievalsky
@cema-su.bsky.social is organizing a 'Beowulf & circulations' conference in Paris on March 13-14, 2026.
Come enjoy a public reading of the poem, and two great keynotes!
CFP & free (but compulsory) registration via the CEMA's new website:
cemasorbonne.org
@cema-su.bsky.social is organizing a 'Beowulf & circulations' conference in Paris on March 13-14, 2026.
Come enjoy a public reading of the poem, and two great keynotes!
CFP & free (but compulsory) registration via the CEMA's new website:
cemasorbonne.org
Definitely for @mathile.bsky.social !
November 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Definitely for @mathile.bsky.social !
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#medievalsky
@cema-su.bsky.social is organizing a 'Beowulf & circulations' conference in Paris on March 13-14, 2026.
Come enjoy a public reading of the poem, and two great keynotes!
CFP & free (but compulsory) registration via the CEMA's new website:
cemasorbonne.org
@cema-su.bsky.social is organizing a 'Beowulf & circulations' conference in Paris on March 13-14, 2026.
Come enjoy a public reading of the poem, and two great keynotes!
CFP & free (but compulsory) registration via the CEMA's new website:
cemasorbonne.org
Beowulf & Circulations
A website for Sorbonne Université's Beowulf & Circulations conference, featuring a home page with Sorbonne and Beowulf manuscript images, and easy navigation to the call for papers, progra…
cemasorbonne.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
#medievalsky
@cema-su.bsky.social is organizing a 'Beowulf & circulations' conference in Paris on March 13-14, 2026.
Come enjoy a public reading of the poem, and two great keynotes!
CFP & free (but compulsory) registration via the CEMA's new website:
cemasorbonne.org
@cema-su.bsky.social is organizing a 'Beowulf & circulations' conference in Paris on March 13-14, 2026.
Come enjoy a public reading of the poem, and two great keynotes!
CFP & free (but compulsory) registration via the CEMA's new website:
cemasorbonne.org
Reposted by Florence Bourgne
The world is beginning to wind me up!
BL Harley MS 4940; Matfre Ermengaud's Breviari d'amor; France (Toulouse?); 14th century; f.28r
BL Harley MS 4940; Matfre Ermengaud's Breviari d'amor; France (Toulouse?); 14th century; f.28r
November 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The world is beginning to wind me up!
BL Harley MS 4940; Matfre Ermengaud's Breviari d'amor; France (Toulouse?); 14th century; f.28r
BL Harley MS 4940; Matfre Ermengaud's Breviari d'amor; France (Toulouse?); 14th century; f.28r
Tony Hunt (1944-2025) 😢
November 14, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Tony Hunt (1944-2025) 😢
Medieval bathing for #M402
Mens sana in corpore sano 😉
Mens sana in corpore sano 😉
Did people in the Middle Ages take baths? www.medievalists.net/2023/11/peop... #Medieval
Did people in the Middle Ages take baths? - Medievalists.net
It was said that the Middle Ages was 'one thousand years without a bath.' However, a closer look shows that baths and bathing were actually quite common in the Middle Ages, but in a different way…
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November 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Medieval bathing for #M402
Mens sana in corpore sano 😉
Mens sana in corpore sano 😉
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Under Pressure to Cut Costs, a University Closes Its Press (Bucknell University, Pennsylvania) www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
Under Pressure to Prove ROI, a University Closes Its Press
Bucknell University says it’s closing its storied academic press to focus more resources on undergraduate students. But faculty and other scholars say the press has long been a part of the value propo...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Under Pressure to Cut Costs, a University Closes Its Press (Bucknell University, Pennsylvania) www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
#medievalsky
Learn to read Old English from scratch! The CEMA has been hosting monthly manuscript reading sessions at @sorbonne-universite.fr since 1984 🥰 We are now also online, one Saturday morning a month -- next session this coming Saturday, 10-12 CET. Ping me if you want to partake 🎉🎉🎉
Learn to read Old English from scratch! The CEMA has been hosting monthly manuscript reading sessions at @sorbonne-universite.fr since 1984 🥰 We are now also online, one Saturday morning a month -- next session this coming Saturday, 10-12 CET. Ping me if you want to partake 🎉🎉🎉
![Illustration = the Old English Hexateuch, w. an image of the creation of Eve.
Text = Everything you always wanted to know about medieval manuscripts — but were too afraid to ask
Attend the 2025-2026 CÉMA/AMAES Saturday morning sessions and learn to read medieval English manuscripts from scratch!
When — Saturday 10 am-12 noon — October 11, November 15, December 13, January 24, February 21, March 21, April 11, May 30, June 13
Where — Sorbonne & Zoom
To join at any point in the year, just e-mail us: florence.bourgne [at] sorbonne-universite.fr](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6hlwrmjv2f5tbvxno2r3342t/bafkreidcp4qdch723map5sjg4quxgqjohnccv3eokqtm7j4qzyly3boznu@jpeg)
November 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
#medievalsky
Learn to read Old English from scratch! The CEMA has been hosting monthly manuscript reading sessions at @sorbonne-universite.fr since 1984 🥰 We are now also online, one Saturday morning a month -- next session this coming Saturday, 10-12 CET. Ping me if you want to partake 🎉🎉🎉
Learn to read Old English from scratch! The CEMA has been hosting monthly manuscript reading sessions at @sorbonne-universite.fr since 1984 🥰 We are now also online, one Saturday morning a month -- next session this coming Saturday, 10-12 CET. Ping me if you want to partake 🎉🎉🎉
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🤞Va-t-on assister à des aurores boréales en France, ce soir ? Les probabilités sont fortes, mais il est toujours difficile de l'affirmer avec certitude. 🧵👇
November 12, 2025 at 11:31 AM
🤞Va-t-on assister à des aurores boréales en France, ce soir ? Les probabilités sont fortes, mais il est toujours difficile de l'affirmer avec certitude. 🧵👇
University of Cambridge - Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400:
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University of Cambridge - Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400 | MEMOs
Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400 (Cambridge, UK)
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November 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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University of Cambridge - Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400:
memorients.com/news/univers...
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University of Cambridge - Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400 | MEMOs
Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400 (Cambridge, UK)
memorients.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
University of Cambridge - Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400:
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Assistant Professor, Bilkent University - Department of English Language and Literature:
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Assistant Professor, Bilkent University - Department of English Language and Literature | MEMOs
Bilkent University, Assistant Professor (Anglophone Literature)
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November 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Assistant Professor, Bilkent University - Department of English Language and Literature:
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🎺🎺 Petit rappel de dernière minute: les candidatures pour l'atelier "Une carrière d’historien hors de l’université? Valoriser des parcours alternatifs" (Ciéra, École nationale des chartes, @dhi-paris.fr ) sont encore possibles jusqu'à demain (12.11.25)! Infos: www.dhi-paris.fr/de/termindet...
Une carrière d’historien hors de l’université?
Valoriser des parcours alternatifs
www.dhi-paris.fr
November 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM
🎺🎺 Petit rappel de dernière minute: les candidatures pour l'atelier "Une carrière d’historien hors de l’université? Valoriser des parcours alternatifs" (Ciéra, École nationale des chartes, @dhi-paris.fr ) sont encore possibles jusqu'à demain (12.11.25)! Infos: www.dhi-paris.fr/de/termindet...
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Schöner Anlass und verdiente Auszeichnung: Gudrun Krämer erhielt gestern den Preis des Historischen Kollegs in einem feierlichen Festakt in München: www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/fur-b...
Für Buch über Muslimbruderschaft: Berliner Islamwissenschaftlerin Gudrun Krämer erhält den Deutschen Historikerpreis
Die Historikerin Gudrun Krämer von der Freien Universität Berlin bekam am Montag den wichtigsten Preis der Geschichtswissenschaften verliehen: für ihre Forschung zu Ursprüngen des modernen Islamismus.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Schöner Anlass und verdiente Auszeichnung: Gudrun Krämer erhielt gestern den Preis des Historischen Kollegs in einem feierlichen Festakt in München: www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/fur-b...
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🎧 Cette semaine @franceculture.fr reçoit les historiennes et historiens de la Grande Guerre
🎙️ J'étais hier au micro de @xaviermauduit.bsky.social, avec @lionelpabion.bsky.social, pour une passionnante discussion sur la préparation du soldat à la guerre et l'aptitude au combat
🎙️ J'étais hier au micro de @xaviermauduit.bsky.social, avec @lionelpabion.bsky.social, pour une passionnante discussion sur la préparation du soldat à la guerre et l'aptitude au combat
Apte au combat ! La fabrique du soldat de la Grande Guerre : épisode du podcast Nouveaux regards sur la Première Guerre mondiale
AUDIO • Nouveaux regards sur la Première Guerre mondiale, épisode : Apte au combat ! La fabrique du soldat de la Grande Guerre. Une série inédite proposée par France Culture. Écoutez Le Cours de l'hi...
www.radiofrance.fr
November 11, 2025 at 8:19 AM
🎧 Cette semaine @franceculture.fr reçoit les historiennes et historiens de la Grande Guerre
🎙️ J'étais hier au micro de @xaviermauduit.bsky.social, avec @lionelpabion.bsky.social, pour une passionnante discussion sur la préparation du soldat à la guerre et l'aptitude au combat
🎙️ J'étais hier au micro de @xaviermauduit.bsky.social, avec @lionelpabion.bsky.social, pour une passionnante discussion sur la préparation du soldat à la guerre et l'aptitude au combat
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Aaron Sachs, author of Up from the Depths, speaks with Donovan Hohn about chapter 72 of Moby Dick for @laphamsquarterly.bsky.social’s The World in Time podcast:
Episode 17: Queequeg and Ishmael in Love (with Alexander Chee, Aaron Sachs, and Caleb Crain)
The latest episode of The World in Time.
www.laphamsquarterly.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Aaron Sachs, author of Up from the Depths, speaks with Donovan Hohn about chapter 72 of Moby Dick for @laphamsquarterly.bsky.social’s The World in Time podcast:
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My kid just had an exam in school that involved being assigned some chapters, summarizing them, then having an open-book test on the details. The teacher encouraged them to use AI to prepare. This paragraph does a great job explaining why I found it so disturbing.
www.ru.nl/en/research/...
www.ru.nl/en/research/...
November 9, 2025 at 10:25 AM
My kid just had an exam in school that involved being assigned some chapters, summarizing them, then having an open-book test on the details. The teacher encouraged them to use AI to prepare. This paragraph does a great job explaining why I found it so disturbing.
www.ru.nl/en/research/...
www.ru.nl/en/research/...
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Do not forget to pre-register! forms.gle/tBYNu7Bx2NXs...
Beowulf & circulations in Paris, March 13-14 Are you in?
To help us fine tune our forthcoming conference at the Institut Historique Allemand and the Sorbonne--and keep you posted--, please take a few moments to answer this form.
Conference website and CFP: ...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Do not forget to pre-register! forms.gle/tBYNu7Bx2NXs...
Bonjour, fellow medievalists! I'm very pleased to announce a conference on Beowulf next March at the @cema-su.bsky.social Sorbonne. I have the honour of joining Francis Leneghan in giving one of the keynotes. Link below has the CFP and registration info, please spread the word!
cemasorbonne.org
cemasorbonne.org
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CEMA
cemasorbonne.org
November 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Bonjour, fellow medievalists! I'm very pleased to announce a conference on Beowulf next March at the @cema-su.bsky.social Sorbonne. I have the honour of joining Francis Leneghan in giving one of the keynotes. Link below has the CFP and registration info, please spread the word!
cemasorbonne.org
cemasorbonne.org
(no title)
CEMA
cemasorbonne.org
November 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Bonjour, fellow medievalists! I'm very pleased to announce a conference on Beowulf next March at the @cema-su.bsky.social Sorbonne. I have the honour of joining Francis Leneghan in giving one of the keynotes. Link below has the CFP and registration info, please spread the word!
cemasorbonne.org
cemasorbonne.org
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The Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem; the Cave in Bethlehem
Bodleian Library MS. Canon. Gr. 127; Miniatures from a Proskynetarion, a pilgrim’s guide book to the holy places in Jerusalem and Palestine; 1693 CE; Jerusalem; f.34r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Bodleian Library MS. Canon. Gr. 127; Miniatures from a Proskynetarion, a pilgrim’s guide book to the holy places in Jerusalem and Palestine; 1693 CE; Jerusalem; f.34r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem; the Cave in Bethlehem
Bodleian Library MS. Canon. Gr. 127; Miniatures from a Proskynetarion, a pilgrim’s guide book to the holy places in Jerusalem and Palestine; 1693 CE; Jerusalem; f.34r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Bodleian Library MS. Canon. Gr. 127; Miniatures from a Proskynetarion, a pilgrim’s guide book to the holy places in Jerusalem and Palestine; 1693 CE; Jerusalem; f.34r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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The battle of Cat and Mouse
BL Harley 6563; Book of Hours; c.1320 CE-c.1330 CE; England, S. E. (London); f.72r
BL Harley 6563; Book of Hours; c.1320 CE-c.1330 CE; England, S. E. (London); f.72r
November 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The battle of Cat and Mouse
BL Harley 6563; Book of Hours; c.1320 CE-c.1330 CE; England, S. E. (London); f.72r
BL Harley 6563; Book of Hours; c.1320 CE-c.1330 CE; England, S. E. (London); f.72r
#medievalsky
This colleague working on linen maintenance is looking for medieval images of mousetraps!
(Tagging @enniusredloeb.bsky.social !)
This colleague working on linen maintenance is looking for medieval images of mousetraps!
(Tagging @enniusredloeb.bsky.social !)
Je suis à la recherche d'iconographie médiévale de souricières ou tapettes à souris. Je suis certaine d'en avoir déjà vu, et je ne remets pas la main dessus ... une idée @lamusee.bsky.social
Je travaille sur l'entretien du linge, si, si il y a un lien !
Je travaille sur l'entretien du linge, si, si il y a un lien !
November 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
#medievalsky
This colleague working on linen maintenance is looking for medieval images of mousetraps!
(Tagging @enniusredloeb.bsky.social !)
This colleague working on linen maintenance is looking for medieval images of mousetraps!
(Tagging @enniusredloeb.bsky.social !)
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Je suis à la recherche d'iconographie médiévale de souricières ou tapettes à souris. Je suis certaine d'en avoir déjà vu, et je ne remets pas la main dessus ... une idée @lamusee.bsky.social
Je travaille sur l'entretien du linge, si, si il y a un lien !
Je travaille sur l'entretien du linge, si, si il y a un lien !
November 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Je suis à la recherche d'iconographie médiévale de souricières ou tapettes à souris. Je suis certaine d'en avoir déjà vu, et je ne remets pas la main dessus ... une idée @lamusee.bsky.social
Je travaille sur l'entretien du linge, si, si il y a un lien !
Je travaille sur l'entretien du linge, si, si il y a un lien !
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Yeah you know what, the description of Lugaid beheading Cú Chulainn was really missing hand-drawn emoticons, that's absolutely what we needed in this specific moment
November 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Yeah you know what, the description of Lugaid beheading Cú Chulainn was really missing hand-drawn emoticons, that's absolutely what we needed in this specific moment
#M402 Bodies!
Map of Sweden with locations of some #Viking Age anthropomorphic figurines #MedievalMonday
Often studied for what they symbolised, new research analyses how they were made and used, moving beyond categorisation to understand how the objects 'intra-acted' with the world.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
Often studied for what they symbolised, new research analyses how they were made and used, moving beyond categorisation to understand how the objects 'intra-acted' with the world.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
November 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
#M402 Bodies!