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Institute for Medieval Studies Leeds
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The Institute for Medieval Studies at Leeds is a major centre for interdisciplinary medieval studies. Home of the International Medieval Congress and the International Medieval Bibliography. https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/medieval
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Institute for Medieval Studies Leeds @leedsims.bsky.social · Aug 6
Come and do an MA or PhD in Medieval Studies at the University of Leeds. To see what we are like: www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Do... ahc.leeds.ac.uk/medieval #medievalsky #medievalstudies
Members of the Leeds Institute for Medieval Studies visiting Whitby Abbey in June 2025. Group of people looking at a gothic ruin. Beautiful view of hills and blue sky behind. Green grass in foreground.
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rhaplord.bsky.social
Forgotten Cities of the Swahili Coast: A history of Pemba in the Medieval Indian Ocean World (ca. 600-1822 CE)

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Forgotten Cities of the Swahili coast: A history of Pemba in the Medieval Indian Ocean World (ca. 600-1822 CE)
Journal of African Cities: chapter 19
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February 1, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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etreharne.bsky.social
Scribal joy! (Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Ch. Oxon 13, c. 1220)
January 30, 2026 at 10:40 PM
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neilstewart.bsky.social
We're advertising for a new Graduate Trainee Library Assistant, to start here at the IHR in September 2026. It's a great introduction to libraries and the profession, and the IHR is a fascinating place to work. Please repost! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPZ835/g... @ihr.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social
Graduate Trainee Library Assistant at University of London
Discover Graduate Trainee Library Assistant jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.
www.jobs.ac.uk
January 6, 2026 at 10:24 AM
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nrhopwood.bsky.social
Go go go! Get those abstracts in! #medievalsky #oldnorse #vikings #nitn2026
norseinthenorth.bsky.social Norse in the North @norseinthenorth.bsky.social · 2d
Just a few days left to go to get your abstracts in for Norse in the North 2026! Deadline is Monday 2nd February!
January 30, 2026 at 11:09 AM
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nkivilcimyavuz.bsky.social
Very proud of @leedsims.bsky.social PhDs Natalie and Saaleha along with their colleagues Rachael (York) and Cameron (Sheffield) for putting together this fab series of 18 papers from postgraduate and early career scholars! Full programme: thelongmiddleages.com. All hybrid. Starts today! #medievalsky
January 29, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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ctlnkane.bsky.social
The #IMC2026 programme is out (and I'm in it)! @mlen.bsky.social @imc-leeds.bsky.social
Screenshot from the IMC Leeds 2026 programme for Tuesday 7th July 2026, 16.30-18.00. Session 830: In and Out of Time: Mystics and Holy Persons Engaging with Time IV - Human versus Divine Time. Sponsor: Mysticism & Lived Experience Network. Moderator: Rachel Ernst, Department of History, Georgia State University. First paper: Delivering Souls and Negotiating Time: Necropolitics, Speech Acts, and Queer Temporality in Christina of Hane by Catherine Introcaso, Graduate Center, City University of New York. Second paper: Queer Temporality and 'Imaginative Life Schedules' in the Life of Margherita da Cortona, 1247-1297 by Caitlín Kane, University College London. Third paper: Hagiography as Terror Management: Urgency and Immortality in The Book of Margery Kempe by Zoe McCann, School of Theology & the Arts, St Mary's University Twickenham.
January 28, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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maryrosemuseum.bsky.social
Today is #InternationalLegoDay, so why not have a go at making a few of our #LEGO brick models at home!

Will you build the the ship, the raising of the Mary Rose, Henry VIII or the ship's dog?

maryrose.org/things-to-ma...
a LEGO brick minibuild of the Mary Rose a LEGO brick minibuild of the raising of the Mary Rose a LEGO brick minibuild of Henry VIII a LEGO brick minibuild of the ship's dog, Hatch
January 28, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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rorynaismith.bsky.social
Very exciting job announcement! Permanent early medieval (Britain and/or Europe) teaching post at KCL. I know first-hand that this is a great opportunity to work with amazing colleagues and students. www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/136727-...
Lecturer in Early Medieval History | King's College London
www.kcl.ac.uk
January 28, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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lisafdavis.bsky.social
So excited about @imc-leeds.bsky.social! Find me at the @medievalacademy.bsky.social plenary (Fiona Griffiths!) Tues. evening (free wine after!); chairing the awesome @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social #DH panel Wed.; & presenting NEW #Voynich research, also on Wed. (data + codicology + paleography)!
January 28, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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abbiefray.bsky.social
The journal and conference #CFP for Volume 13 of Ceræ is now open!
Please share widely and spread the word to anyone who might be interested.
#medievalsky #earlymodernsky
ceraejournal.bsky.social Ceræ @ceraejournal.bsky.social · 5d
2026 Ceræ Call For Papers

We are pleased to announce that the theme for Volume 13 of Ceræ, as well as for our 3rd annual online Conference, is Fame and Fortune. We invite submissions to both the conference and the journal on this theme. Fame and fortune are slippery things. They can be welcome or…
2026 Ceræ Call For Papers
We are pleased to announce that the theme for Volume 13 of Ceræ, as well as for our 3rd annual online Conference, is Fame and Fortune. We invite submissions to both the conference and the journal on this theme. Fame and fortune are slippery things. They can be welcome or ironic, tangible or out of reach. Fame could be the due of the martyred saint; fortune could be a punishment, as when the hapless cleric in the Marian 
ceraejournal.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:19 AM
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religionprof.bsky.social
Senior Research Fellow and Departmental Lecturer in Medieval and Scholastic Theology at University of Oxford

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQG876/s...
Senior Research Fellow and Departmental Lecturer in Medieval and Scholastic Theology at University of Oxford
An academic position as a Senior Research Fellow and Departmental Lecturer in Medieval and Scholastic Theology is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional…
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January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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roysociety.bsky.social
🎙️The latest episode of ROYSCast is now live!🎙️

On this episode, season 1 guest and recent @leedsims.bsky.social graduate Dr Iain Dyson returns to discuss Yorkshire and the Fifth Crusade.

Listen below ⬇️
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#ROYSCast #Yorkshire #History #Medievalsky #SkyStorians
Ep 21 - Yorkshire and the Fifth Crusade with Dr Iain Dyson | ROYSCast
Yorkshire and the Crusades, Chapter 2
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January 27, 2026 at 11:09 AM
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gunnstreetgrrl.bsky.social
A little stop motion video I made of an almanac in the University of Rochester collection to try and give viewers an idea of how it functions 😊

(Video of RCL cod. a.1, a late 14th century folding almanac from England, likely Oxford)
January 27, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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handhyorkshire.bsky.social
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was born on this day 27 January in 1832. Better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an author, poet, mathematician and photographer. His most notable works are Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass (1871).
The image shows the Church of St Peter in Croft-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, It is a Grade I listed parish church that dates back to 1130. Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), the author of Alice in Wonderland, spent his boyhood here, as his father was the rector from 1843 to 1868. The church is located next to the River Tees and features a 14th-century chancel and a tower added in 1399. Evidence of earlier habitation includes a carving of a Roman fertility god and an Anglo-Saxon stone carved cross from the 9th century. Photograph by Michael Garlick (CC BY 2.0)
January 27, 2026 at 6:47 AM
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rorynaismith.bsky.social
More very sad news for medievalists … www.cai.cam.ac.uk/news/david-a...
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January 25, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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jpwarchaeology.bsky.social
Live online this coming Wednesday.
More info & bookings, here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-mediae...
January 25, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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lhaasis.bsky.social
What do pirates in Madagascar, a red knitted jumper, the sunken warship Vasa, captivity and colonialism, and the Prize Papers have in common? They're all part of our new online lecture series "Ships & Seafaring 1500–1800". Join us weekly on Mondays, 1pm CET, on Zoom #earlymodern #maritimehistory 🗃️
November 5, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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medievalmonk.bsky.social
January 24, 2026 at 12:49 PM
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laurajcleaver.bsky.social
If you have graduate students working with medieval manuscripts this free online training might be useful 👇
www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Digital Tools for Manuscript Studies
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January 23, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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universityofleeds.bsky.social
Well done to everyone finishing exams and good luck to those with a few left.

Take some time to relax and unwind 😮‍💨

We hope your results reflect the effort you’ve put in. If they don’t, support is available 🤝

Find out more here 👇
https://students.leeds.ac.uk/assessments/doc/after-assessments
Sunset over the street outside the Parkinson Building, with buildings lining the road and a few pedestrians silhouetted against an orange pink sky.
January 23, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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killgrove.bsky.social
Researchers are now using proteomics analysis on historical books, discovering all sorts of proteins people left on them centuries ago. 🏺🧪
Remnants of spills on Renaissance-era textbook reveal recipes for 'curing' ailments with lizard heads and human feces
A novel biochemical analysis of a Renaissance medical text has successfully recovered centuries-old proteins that might be from lizards and hippos.
www.livescience.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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aarontpratt.bsky.social
If you missed Ann Blair’s @ransomcenter.bsky.social Pforzheimer Lecture last night, you can check it out on YouTube:

www.youtube.com/live/u16QHaI...

I think you’ll agree that it’s both sharp and a lot of fun.
Dr. Ann Blair - How Renaissance Scholars and Printers Decided on the Size of Books
YouTube video by Harry Ransom Center
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January 22, 2026 at 11:05 AM
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liber-ray.bsky.social
Had a fantastic time today unwrapping the @rialibrary.bsky.social Stowe Missal (MS D ii 3) under the visualiser as part of our virtual class for the amazing @komldsp.bsky.social! 📜🖥️🎉
January 21, 2026 at 10:47 PM
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londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social
We are delighted to announce the first 2026 Colloquium! Please join us for an exciting journey through Non-Conformities 🤗🎉

The LMS Colloquia are online and free to attend, but prior registration is required. Please sign up here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

We are looking forward to it!
January 20, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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pseudo-isidore.bsky.social
The inkless doodles of Eadburg, an 8th-c. nun, discovered by new technology: now published by Jessica Hendy-Hodgkinson in EME doi.org/10.1111/emed... (Open access)
Sketch of a person (?)
January 19, 2026 at 8:27 AM