Hannah Purtymun
@hspurtymun.bsky.social
Academic Librarian - Medieval Historian interested in Book History, Crime, and Religion - Podcast Host (Medieval Murder) - Dog Mom 🌈
Anyone want to hire me to teach classes at the intersection of history, technology, and information science? I have so cool ideas but nowhere to put them…
November 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Anyone want to hire me to teach classes at the intersection of history, technology, and information science? I have so cool ideas but nowhere to put them…
Diving into a new project today and very excited by some of what I’m finding! #medievalsky
November 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Diving into a new project today and very excited by some of what I’m finding! #medievalsky
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Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
London Lives
www.londonlives.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
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"The digital landscape for academics is fragmented, tiring, and uncertain.... Email, newsletters, peer networks, and ‘in real life’ events are reclaiming space once ceded to social media."
Guest Post — The Great Pullback: Why Academic Social Media’s Fragmentation Matters scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/10/29/g...
Guest Post — The Great Pullback: Why Academic Social Media’s Fragmentation Matters - The Scholarly Kitchen
Today's guest bloggers share insights into the fragmented, tiring, and uncertain digital landscape for academics, and evidence that a shift is underway — with implications for scholarly communication ...
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October 29, 2025 at 12:37 PM
"The digital landscape for academics is fragmented, tiring, and uncertain.... Email, newsletters, peer networks, and ‘in real life’ events are reclaiming space once ceded to social media."
I wrote a piece for The Scholarly Kitchen about Drexel University Libraries first year of our open access initiative.
Guest Post – The First Year of an Open Access Initiative in Review scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/10/22/g...
Guest Post – The First Year of an Open Access Initiative in Review - The Scholarly Kitchen
Today's guest blogger explains how Drexel University sees transformative agreements as one of the best ways to support researchers and the public dissemination of knowledge, while also benefiting the ...
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
October 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I wrote a piece for The Scholarly Kitchen about Drexel University Libraries first year of our open access initiative.
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This is a really important read about how the current capitalist formations are shaping what books are available to readers and which writers get a chance to publish a book: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...
#BookSky
#BookSky
The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem | The Walrus
Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it
thewalrus.ca
September 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
This is a really important read about how the current capitalist formations are shaping what books are available to readers and which writers get a chance to publish a book: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...
#BookSky
#BookSky
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once again, if tylenol caused autism, america would have a better rail system
September 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM
once again, if tylenol caused autism, america would have a better rail system
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Strongly recommend the “Two Georges” exhibition at the Library of Congress.
It includes original material on loan from the Royal Archives. Here
George III writing in response to the act of association from Congress, September 11, 1774: “The dye is now cast.”
It includes original material on loan from the Royal Archives. Here
George III writing in response to the act of association from Congress, September 11, 1774: “The dye is now cast.”
September 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Strongly recommend the “Two Georges” exhibition at the Library of Congress.
It includes original material on loan from the Royal Archives. Here
George III writing in response to the act of association from Congress, September 11, 1774: “The dye is now cast.”
It includes original material on loan from the Royal Archives. Here
George III writing in response to the act of association from Congress, September 11, 1774: “The dye is now cast.”
Conference presentation day! #womenshistory
September 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Conference presentation day! #womenshistory
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Yeah well whose fault is that??
September 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Yeah well whose fault is that??
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Can anyone tell what this circled word is? #history #paleography
September 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Can anyone tell what this circled word is? #history #paleography
Can anyone tell what this circled word is? #history #paleography
September 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Can anyone tell what this circled word is? #history #paleography
You know what I thought was a good idea a month ago? To wait until the week I move across the country to write an abstract and an entire paper for a presentation next week.
August 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
You know what I thought was a good idea a month ago? To wait until the week I move across the country to write an abstract and an entire paper for a presentation next week.
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Our latest podcast episode is now available everywhere podcasts can be found! Today we are talking about a very popular, if you can call it that, murder from the 1500s that features a love triangle, a failed poisoning and much more - it's the murder of Thomas Arden!
Love Triangle: The Murder of Thomas Arden | Medieval Murder
Today we are talking about a very popular, if you can call it that, murder from the 1500s that features a love triangle, a failed poisoning and much more - it's the murder of Thomas Arden!
Thank you f...
medievalmurder.podbean.com
August 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Our latest podcast episode is now available everywhere podcasts can be found! Today we are talking about a very popular, if you can call it that, murder from the 1500s that features a love triangle, a failed poisoning and much more - it's the murder of Thomas Arden!
Last day in Philly ✌️
August 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Last day in Philly ✌️
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My department at Princeton is hiring an assistant professor specializing in the study of early Christianity. First round materials are cover letter, cv, and writing sample. Letters will be requested for later stages. Deadline: September 30, 2025.
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August 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
My department at Princeton is hiring an assistant professor specializing in the study of early Christianity. First round materials are cover letter, cv, and writing sample. Letters will be requested for later stages. Deadline: September 30, 2025.
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If you haven't done this yet, the Save SEPTA website linked here makes it incredibly easy. <30 seconds with a provided form letter (customizable if you want, like I did, to add how this disaster personally affects you as a constituent).
gutting septa is gonna singlehandedly devestate philadelphia and i cannot believe those bastards in harrisburg think its a good idea
please write in to tell them how awful this is:
savesepta.com
please write in to tell them how awful this is:
savesepta.com
Save SEPTA! | Home
SEPTA is facing a historic funding crisis that will result in the end of the system as we know it!
savesepta.com
August 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
If you haven't done this yet, the Save SEPTA website linked here makes it incredibly easy. <30 seconds with a provided form letter (customizable if you want, like I did, to add how this disaster personally affects you as a constituent).
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Math History is wild, it will just be like:
“His ideas were so grotesque that he was disowned by all his friends and colleagues, labeled a disease against humanity and a stain on the face of gods creation. He died an insane pauper. Today his ideas are used in every aspect our existence!”
“His ideas were so grotesque that he was disowned by all his friends and colleagues, labeled a disease against humanity and a stain on the face of gods creation. He died an insane pauper. Today his ideas are used in every aspect our existence!”
August 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Math History is wild, it will just be like:
“His ideas were so grotesque that he was disowned by all his friends and colleagues, labeled a disease against humanity and a stain on the face of gods creation. He died an insane pauper. Today his ideas are used in every aspect our existence!”
“His ideas were so grotesque that he was disowned by all his friends and colleagues, labeled a disease against humanity and a stain on the face of gods creation. He died an insane pauper. Today his ideas are used in every aspect our existence!”
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Today we are talking about the murder of Marguerite Porete, who, while little known to most people, is a fascinating woman whose life ended terribly - featuring the inquisition and the Beguin movement!
Mystic Burning: The Murder of Marguerite Porete | Medieval Murder
Today we are talking about the murder of Marguerite Porete, who, while little known to most people, is a fascinating woman whose life ended terribly - featuring the inquisition and the Beguin movement...
medievalmurder.podbean.com
August 11, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Today we are talking about the murder of Marguerite Porete, who, while little known to most people, is a fascinating woman whose life ended terribly - featuring the inquisition and the Beguin movement!
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Seems like Cambridge UP won't let contributors to edited volumes opt out of LLM training on their work 🧐
August 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Seems like Cambridge UP won't let contributors to edited volumes opt out of LLM training on their work 🧐
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Every time someone tells me to use fewer em dashes ⸻ I bring out Big Bertha.
That's how you can tell human authors from AI.
AI will put in some em dashes, then apologise and take them out when told off.
Human authors will climb the filing cabinet, hissing, and defend their right to em dashes with a loaded stapler.
AI will put in some em dashes, then apologise and take them out when told off.
Human authors will climb the filing cabinet, hissing, and defend their right to em dashes with a loaded stapler.
Em dashes, like anything, should be used in moderation. Check first with your editor if em dashes are right for you. 😉
#WriteSky #WritingTips
#WriteSky #WritingTips
August 3, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Every time someone tells me to use fewer em dashes ⸻ I bring out Big Bertha.
Spent another afternoon in the archives and ended with a wine happy hour. Loving summer Fridays.
August 2, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Spent another afternoon in the archives and ended with a wine happy hour. Loving summer Fridays.
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We take August off for CWAC but this year we're making an exception - a special one hour Coffee With A Codex on August 14 featuring (a very good facsimile of) the Voynich Manuscript and @lisafdavis.bsky.social !!
Come hang out with me and @leoba.bsky.social as we work our way through this life-size and brilliantly-detailed facsimile of the #Voynich manuscript! www.library.upenn.edu/events/coffe...
Coffee with a Codex: The Voynich Manuscript (Facsimile)
On August 14, Curator Dot Porter will bring out a facsimile of Beinecke Library MS 408, aka The Voynich Manuscript. This is a realistic facsimile that looks exactly like the real thing!
www.library.upenn.edu
July 31, 2025 at 12:19 PM
We take August off for CWAC but this year we're making an exception - a special one hour Coffee With A Codex on August 14 featuring (a very good facsimile of) the Voynich Manuscript and @lisafdavis.bsky.social !!
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AI can't eliminate historians because fun it can't create new knowledge, go to archives (where most sources are) or analyze sources. It can repeat what other historians have already written. History isn't "fact" it understanding the past to understand humanity+ #skystorians
July 31, 2025 at 9:13 AM
AI can't eliminate historians because fun it can't create new knowledge, go to archives (where most sources are) or analyze sources. It can repeat what other historians have already written. History isn't "fact" it understanding the past to understand humanity+ #skystorians
Just as a reminder since this seems to be getting some citations recently. I’ve published this open access piece from my masters dissertation on Crime and Sin in Early Medieval England. doi.org/10.33929/sherm.2021.vol3.no1.08
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July 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Just as a reminder since this seems to be getting some citations recently. I’ve published this open access piece from my masters dissertation on Crime and Sin in Early Medieval England. doi.org/10.33929/sherm.2021.vol3.no1.08