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Teaching Fellow in Medieval History at University College Dublin

Historian of the British-Irish Isles & the Papacy in the 11th & 12th c.

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Dan Armstrong @historydan1066.bsky.social · Jul 1
Michael Staunton and I are running a conference here at UCD in June 2026 on 'The Past, Present, and Future after Conquest: 1066, 1169'.

Details of the Call for Papers below 👇

#medievalsky #Normans @leverhulme.ac.uk

Deadline for the submission of abstracts is the 26th September
Separated by almost exactly a century, England and Ireland were conquered by Norman invaders. The years of conquest, 1066 and 1169, mark major turning points in the national historiographies of England and Ireland, with these invasions leading to the violent imposition of foreign rulers and regimes that altered the very past, present, and future of the British-Irish Isles. The violent subjugation of England and Ireland were part of a wider pattern of expansion and colonisation across eleventh- and twelfth-century Europe, a process in which the Normans played a defining role. This conference aims to consider the Norman conquests of 1066 and 1169 in parallel. Rather than treating these invasions in isolation, we will explore their similarities and differences. It will seek to understand external perspectives on these invasions, beyond England and Ireland, and will encourage comparison with other invasions and conquests of the period. Whilst the conference will examine the immediate impact of these violent and disruptive events, it will also consider how these invasions led to a rethinking of the past. The crisis of these conquests led individuals and institutions to rethink their past, rewriting history to justify their actions and establish their place in a new and uncertain world. Applicants should submit an abstract of no more than 500 words for a 20-minute paper. When submitting a paper proposal, please nominate one or more of the following thematic strands: • Session 1: Rewriting the Past after Conquest • Session 2: Justifications of Conquest and Violence • Session 3: Beyond England and Ireland: The View of 1066 and 1169 from Wales, Scotland, and Continental Europe • Session 4: The Church, the Papacy, and Conquest • Session 5: Society, People, and Cultural Exchange before and after Conquest Paper proposals should be emailed to Dr Dan Armstrong (daniel.armstrong@ucd.ie) AND Professor Michael Staunton (michael.staunton@ucd.ie) by the 26th September 2025
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3-year postdoc with CODICUM project for a medievalist placed in Odense, Denmark!

Special focus on Latin, palaeography & Dominican text and book history 📖😍🕵️

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3-year postdoc position in medieval studies
3-year postdoc position in medieval studies The Department of Culture and Language invites applications for a 3-year postdoc position in Dominican studies within the CODICUM project. The position is e...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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The Department of Medieval History at the University of St Andrews invites applications for the Donald Bullough Fellowship to be taken up during either semester of the academic year 2026-2027.

The closing date for applications is Monday 1 December 2025.
October 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Five years, four authors, one book. Out now (fully open access), our new book on local priests in the tenth century 🌟 www.cambridge.org/core/books/l... @jbwaagmeester.bsky.social
Local Priests in the Latin West, 900–1050
Cambridge Core - European Studies - Local Priests in the Latin West, 900–1050
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November 3, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Very pleased to read another positive review for 'Borders and the Norman World'. The latest one is by Max Lieberman in Deutsches Archiv für Erforschung des Mittelalters: data.mgh.de/databases/da... @monumenta.bsky.social @rozierhistorian.bsky.social @lvhicks.bsky.social
DA-Rezensionen online
DA-Rezensionen
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October 30, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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ecrmedieval.bsky.social
📣Seminar Announcement!📣
Join us on 4 Nov at 4 PM in room K114 at UCD for a seminar on medieval gender
Papers will be delivered by Prof. Ruth Karras @rmkarras.bsky.social speaking about The Invention of Gomorrah, and Aisling Walsh on the expectations of women as crusaders
Hope to see you there!
Poster for the next evvent of the Interdisciplinary Seminar for Medieval Studies. Green and tan parchment-like background, and an interlinked male and female symbol in the corner. Poster text: Interdisciplinary Seminar for Medieval Studies, Tuesday 4th November at 4.00 PM in room K114, Newman Building, to be followed by refreshments. Paper 1: Professor Ruth Karras, Trinity College Dublin, Title: "The Invention of Gomorrah" Paper 2: Aisling Walsh, University College Dublin, Title: The Expectations of Women as Crusaders: A Case Study of Alice de Montfort and the Albigensian Crusade. To sign up to our mailing list for future events, please contact Dan Armstrong via email: daniel.armstrong@ucd.ie
October 21, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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The Department of the History of Art and Architecture at Brown University seeks applicants at the rank of Assistant Professor (tenure-track) whose scholarship focuses on histories of medieval (ca. 500s-1400s) European art and architecture in the world.

apply.interfolio.com/174923
A digital job announcement, with text above in yellow against a rust background, and below a medieval scene of an audience before a king or potentate seated on a throne.
October 17, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Tenure-track assistant professor "Early medieval history" (Univ. of Copenhagen) www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-1...
Tenure-track assistant professor "Early medieval history" (Univ. of Copenhagen)
Tenure-track assistant professor in early medieval history at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen The Saxo Institute, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen (UCPH) invites ap...
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October 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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📣 BSR / Early Medieval Europe Fellowship – Call for Applications!

Are you a PhD student or early career researcher in early medieval European history?
Apply now!

⏳ Deadline: 30 January 2026
More info here: bsr.ac.uk/awards-resid...
October 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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📣Next event! 📣
Join us on 14 October at 12 PM in the UCD Global Lounge for a roundtable on Navigating a Career in Medieval Studies! 📚 The panel will include professionals from a variety of subjects, and will provide advice and guidance relevant to careers in and outside of academia.
See you there!
Poster for the next event of the Interdisciplinary Seminar for Medieval Studies. Green and tan parchment-like background, and an image of a stack of colourful books in the corner. Poster text: Interdisciplinary Seminar for Medieval Studies, Tuesday 14 October at 12.00 PM in the UCD Global Lounge. Lunch provided at 12:45 for attendees. Talk title: Navigating a Career in Medieval Studies: A Roundtable for Emerging Scholars. Panel Members: Prof. Michael Staunton (History), Dr. Courtney Selvage (Irish, Celtic Studies, Folklore), Dr. Matthew Thomson (Music), Dr. Millie Horton-Insch (Art History, Trinity) , and Dr. Eoin Ó Donnchadha (The Heritage Council) To sign up to our mailing list for future events, please contact Dan Armstrong: daniel.armstrong@ucd.ie
October 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Interested in letter-writing in early medieval Britain? A three-year postdoc on @francescatinti.bsky.social’s and my project is now available. Apps close on 17th Oct. Let me know if you have any questions and please circulate! 🙂 jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at the University of Kent: Postdoctoral Research Associate
Are you passionate about early medieval Britain?  Do you have advanced knowledge of Medieval Latin and interested in the analysis of Latin letter-writing?  If yes, then you may be interested in this f...
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September 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Call for applications! 📣

The German Historical Institute London is seeking a Research Associate with a particular research interest in medieval history (with a focus on late medieval English history) for a part-time project position to start on 1 February 2026. 🤝
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September 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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The much-anticipated news is now here. I am very excited to announce that my book, soon out with York Medieval Press, is now available for pre-order! Hats off to @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social and the awesome Mont-Saint-Michel design team for the cover!

boydellandbrewer.com/book/robert-...
September 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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The Ó Cléirigh seminars in @ucddublin.bsky.social
resume on 10 Oct 2025.

Fáilte roimh chách /all welcome.

And feel free to re-post.
September 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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A final reminder that the deadline for abstract submissions is the end of next week #medievalsky

Details 👇
historydan1066.bsky.social Dan Armstrong @historydan1066.bsky.social · Jul 1
Michael Staunton and I are running a conference here at UCD in June 2026 on 'The Past, Present, and Future after Conquest: 1066, 1169'.

Details of the Call for Papers below 👇

#medievalsky #Normans @leverhulme.ac.uk

Deadline for the submission of abstracts is the 26th September
Separated by almost exactly a century, England and Ireland were conquered by Norman invaders. The years of conquest, 1066 and 1169, mark major turning points in the national historiographies of England and Ireland, with these invasions leading to the violent imposition of foreign rulers and regimes that altered the very past, present, and future of the British-Irish Isles. The violent subjugation of England and Ireland were part of a wider pattern of expansion and colonisation across eleventh- and twelfth-century Europe, a process in which the Normans played a defining role. This conference aims to consider the Norman conquests of 1066 and 1169 in parallel. Rather than treating these invasions in isolation, we will explore their similarities and differences. It will seek to understand external perspectives on these invasions, beyond England and Ireland, and will encourage comparison with other invasions and conquests of the period. Whilst the conference will examine the immediate impact of these violent and disruptive events, it will also consider how these invasions led to a rethinking of the past. The crisis of these conquests led individuals and institutions to rethink their past, rewriting history to justify their actions and establish their place in a new and uncertain world. Applicants should submit an abstract of no more than 500 words for a 20-minute paper. When submitting a paper proposal, please nominate one or more of the following thematic strands: • Session 1: Rewriting the Past after Conquest • Session 2: Justifications of Conquest and Violence • Session 3: Beyond England and Ireland: The View of 1066 and 1169 from Wales, Scotland, and Continental Europe • Session 4: The Church, the Papacy, and Conquest • Session 5: Society, People, and Cultural Exchange before and after Conquest Paper proposals should be emailed to Dr Dan Armstrong (daniel.armstrong@ucd.ie) AND Professor Michael Staunton (michael.staunton@ucd.ie) by the 26th September 2025
September 16, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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ecrmedieval.bsky.social
Reminder for tomorrow's event! ✨
Do come along and join us in UCD for a fascinating afternoon lecture

See post below for details ⬇️
ecrmedieval.bsky.social Interdisciplinary Seminar for Medieval Studies @ecrmedieval.bsky.social · Sep 4
New year, new seminar series! 📣
This year's inaugural lecture will be delivered by Dr. Patrick Wadden on the European Identity of Early Medieval Ireland. Join us on September 16th at 4:30 PM in room K114 in the Newman Building, followed by a drinks reception at 5:15 PM Hope to see you there!
Poster for the next lecture of the seminar series. Green and tan parchment-like background and an image of a black and white celtic cross in the corner. Poster text: Interdisciplinary Seminar for Medieval Studies, Tuesday 16/9 at 4:30pm in room K114 Newman Building followed by a drinks reception at 5:15. Dr. Patrick Wadden, Visiting Assistant Professot at UCD and TA in Medieval History at DCU. Talk title: The European Identity of Early Medieval Ireland. To sign up to our mailing list for future events, please contact Dan Armstrong via email: daniel.armstrong@ucd.ie
September 15, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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I'm excited to announce that I'll be sharing some findings of my PhD research at an online talk for UHI's Institute for Northern Studies on November 27, titled 'Families, Networks and Informants: The Making of Orkneyinga saga'. Click the link below to register!
insuhi.bsky.social UHI Institute for Northern Studies @insuhi.bsky.social · Sep 9
We're thrilled to announce our fantastic series of free @thinkuhi.bsky.social online and in-person seminars, conferences, and symposia for 2025-26! Discover the full line-up on our website and secure your place today!

www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-...
September 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Royal Historical Society vacancy: Events and Academic Engagement Officer bit.ly/3V8q5PC

We look to appoint an Events and Academic Engagement Officer (0.6 FTE) to join our professional Office to help us support history and historians. £36,433 pro rata.

Closing date: Sunday 5 October #Skystorians
Vacancy: the Society seeks to appoint an Events and Academic Engagement Officer - RHS
The Royal Historical Society seeks to appoint an Events and Academic Engagement Officer (0.6 FTE) to join its professional Office based at University College London. The post will help support and dev...
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September 9, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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Sharing this CfP for @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2026 - send us your ideas on castles and temporalities, we’d love to hear them!
willwyeth.bsky.social Dr Will Wyeth @willwyeth.bsky.social · Aug 13
Anyone up for another great set of castles papers at Leeds next year?

Send your best proposals for papers on time, castles, and everything in between. #CfP #castles

Please share! @imc-leeds.bsky.social @castlestudies.bsky.social

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TIME FOR CHANGE: TEMPORALITIES & CASTLES Call for Papers - Leeds IMC 6-9 July 2026 - 'Temporalities' [photograph of a sundial on the wall of Duriston Castle, by Neil Owen] What is a castle in time? Is there a time of castles, for castles? Can castles be atemporal? What does a castle studies engaging with questions of temporality look like? Whose castle temporalities matter? Can we call time on the castle studies of yesterday, yesteryear? Can the lens of temporality challenge castle knowledges and interpretations? This panel welcomes proposals which examine temporalities and temporalities in castle studies as a field of inquiry at the intersection of (among others) medieval studies, architecture, archaeology, history, heritage and medievalism. Papers of between 15-20 minutes, by researchers at all career stages, discussing any aspects of castle studies research including but not limited to the following, are welcome: • Temporality in castle studies; • Remembering and memorializing in castle Obscured history, identities and heritages in spaces, communities, themes: past and castles past and present present; • Medieval temporalities and the heritage • Temporally situated antiquity, novelty and innovation in castles; • Planning, timing, scheduling, recording in • castle communities, lives, societies; • Ruined, lost and fictional castles in time Parallel and contradictory times; • Time and temporality in the reception of castles; Please send proposals (a title and abstract of no more than 200 words; short biography of 50 words or less), or any questions, to Dr William Wyeth (william.wyeth@english-heritage.org.uk) by 15 September 2025, This session is organised by Emma Fearon (Nottingham Trent University) and William Wyeth (English Heritage)
September 8, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Delighted to announce that Krisztina Ilko and I are organising a set of panels for next year's IMC as a continuation of the some of the themes of the Bonn workshop back in January, this time focusing on chronological shifts in high medieval political culture. Details below and do feel free to share!
September 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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ecrmedieval.bsky.social
New year, new seminar series! 📣
This year's inaugural lecture will be delivered by Dr. Patrick Wadden on the European Identity of Early Medieval Ireland. Join us on September 16th at 4:30 PM in room K114 in the Newman Building, followed by a drinks reception at 5:15 PM Hope to see you there!
Poster for the next lecture of the seminar series. Green and tan parchment-like background and an image of a black and white celtic cross in the corner. Poster text: Interdisciplinary Seminar for Medieval Studies, Tuesday 16/9 at 4:30pm in room K114 Newman Building followed by a drinks reception at 5:15. Dr. Patrick Wadden, Visiting Assistant Professot at UCD and TA in Medieval History at DCU. Talk title: The European Identity of Early Medieval Ireland. To sign up to our mailing list for future events, please contact Dan Armstrong via email: daniel.armstrong@ucd.ie
September 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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medivalist.bsky.social
My article 'Beyond Clontarf: links between Dublin and the earldom of Orkney' is out in the latest Medieval Dublin volume @fmdmedievaldublin.bsky.social covering political examples up to the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland with a wee bit of trade and archaeology at the end
Front cover of Medieval Dublin XX edited by Seán Duffy Contents page First page of Caitlin's article
September 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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The online version of my article for BBC History Magazine '1066: who was the rightful king?' is available to subscribers ‪@historyextra.bsky.social‬. www.historyextra.com/membership/1... (written before the broadcast of #KingAndConqueror)
1066: who was the rightful king?
Which of four main contenders for the English throne had the strongest claim? Was it the Anglo-Saxon strongman, the Norman duke, the ‘Thunderbolt of the North’ or a callow teenager? Caitlin Ellis size...
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August 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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On publication day for The First King of England, enormous thanks to @princetonupress.bsky.social and Doug Young of PEW Literary for making it possible
September 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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A bit of a role change for me here @ucddublin.bsky.social this academic year. Over the next nine months, I’ll be taking on the position of Teaching Fellow in Medieval History. I’ll then return to my Leverhulme grant in June 2026, which has a year remaining.
September 1, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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1/20 A thread about the appearance of the ‘Papal Banner’ in episode seven of #KingandConqueror. In an article that was published in 2021 in the @haskinssociety.bsky.social Journal, I expressed some scepticism about the veracity of William of Poitiers’ claim that the papacy sponsored the Norman...
Papal Banner depicted in the BBC series King and Conqueror
August 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM