Is this a peak professor moment? First day back after Halloween and a student excitedly wanted to show me their Halloween costume inspired by our Medieval Christianity class. She was Hildegard of Bingen and had an amazing, hand made rendition of this illumination. #medievalsky #hildegard

Extremely niche news for medievalists: Big Bird’s given name is Abelard?!

I'm very happy to be just a small part of this very important work! #medievalsky

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I woke up to a bit of needed personal positivity. I got a nice email this morning letting me know that my article, "Making Masculine Monks," is the article of the month on Feminae. #medievalsky #genderhist #childhist

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Everyone please mark your calendars for @natashalotus.bsky.social free talk with Morbid Anatomy on how death and funeral practices changed during the Covid-19 pandemic.

SHCY calls for nominations for the best doctoral dissertations on the history of children, childhood, or youth. Eligible dissertations must be defended in 2024 and in English or translated into English. The deadline for submission is Feb. 28: www.shcy.org/news-announc...

Consider submitting your work for an @shcy.bsky.social award. Nominations due by February 28, 2025. See attached flyer and link for more information about nominations for each of the prizes. www.shcy.org/awards/curre...
#childhist #genderhist #historyawards #medievalsky #historysky #skystorians

just in time for the holidays, a guest post by @anotheraspirin.bsky.social on mine and @lollardfish.bsky.social's newsletter.

the story of the real legendary St. Nicholas of Myra and gifts he brought in the Euro Middle Ages.

always free to read! please share! #medievalsky

Nominations for SHCY's 2025 prizes are now open! We'll be publicizing them individually over the coming days, but see here for a complete list of the updated calls: www.shcy.org/awards/curre...