Dr. Liz Hebbard
@lizhebbard.bsky.social
Medieval Occitan & French; vernacular lyric; music & text; history of the book; medieval book arts; binding fragmentology. PI of the Peripheral Manuscripts Project @peripheralmss.bsky.social 📜
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Late last century I had the honor of earning a Ph.D from the finest American Studies department in the world at @utaustin.bsky.social.
This week the president of UT bowed to white supremacy and ended the department. I’m sick and angry. This is a dumb way to run a university.
This week the president of UT bowed to white supremacy and ended the department. I’m sick and angry. This is a dumb way to run a university.
February 14, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Late last century I had the honor of earning a Ph.D from the finest American Studies department in the world at @utaustin.bsky.social.
This week the president of UT bowed to white supremacy and ended the department. I’m sick and angry. This is a dumb way to run a university.
This week the president of UT bowed to white supremacy and ended the department. I’m sick and angry. This is a dumb way to run a university.
Also my and @patriciaingham.bsky.social ‘s grant for creating an undergraduate minor in book studies. We did use the word “history” in our narrative, though. Sigh.
DOGE allegedly used ChatGPT to identify 1,400 NEH grants it said were DEI. Grants were terminated April 2025, according to a court filing. E.g.
Film: 1873 Colfax massacre
Film: first female pilots flying for U.S. military in WWII
Film: “Untold Story of Jewish Women Slave Labor in the Holocaust"
Film: 1873 Colfax massacre
Film: first female pilots flying for U.S. military in WWII
Film: “Untold Story of Jewish Women Slave Labor in the Holocaust"
ChatGPT cuts in action
www.politico.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Also my and @patriciaingham.bsky.social ‘s grant for creating an undergraduate minor in book studies. We did use the word “history” in our narrative, though. Sigh.
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My favorite point in another good thread on craftivism. I've always loved embedding messages in the clothes I make, and now is the moment for it. #DHmakes
We are living through a movement moment whose workings must not be wholly visible, even though the movement itself must be visible. That's complicated. Fashion will be part of it.
February 9, 2026 at 3:12 PM
My favorite point in another good thread on craftivism. I've always loved embedding messages in the clothes I make, and now is the moment for it. #DHmakes
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“The problem is that we have accelerated into a consuming and exclusive narrative about science in the national interest.”
Some day I’ll stop sharing my v personal perspective on how devastating humanities has in fact devastated science. Not today.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/06/26/d...
Some day I’ll stop sharing my v personal perspective on how devastating humanities has in fact devastated science. Not today.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/06/26/d...
Did My Father’s World Die with Him? Grieving the Incalculable Costs of “STEM.” - The Scholarly Kitchen
Grieving my father's death feels inextricably tangled with grieving the catastrophe overtaking the whole of our research infrastructure.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
February 6, 2026 at 11:45 PM
“The problem is that we have accelerated into a consuming and exclusive narrative about science in the national interest.”
Some day I’ll stop sharing my v personal perspective on how devastating humanities has in fact devastated science. Not today.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/06/26/d...
Some day I’ll stop sharing my v personal perspective on how devastating humanities has in fact devastated science. Not today.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/06/26/d...
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Welcome, welcome! Thank you for following the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies. We're in the Kislak Center at Penn Libraries in Philadelphia, and we have manuscripts! We post every other day, mostly little videos. If you, too, think manuscripts are neat, we hope you'll enjoy our offerings
November 10, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Welcome, welcome! Thank you for following the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies. We're in the Kislak Center at Penn Libraries in Philadelphia, and we have manuscripts! We post every other day, mostly little videos. If you, too, think manuscripts are neat, we hope you'll enjoy our offerings
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I am very excited to report that a project I have been working on for 3+ years is finally seeing the light of day! Along with @byzcapp.bsky.social and Jesse Torgerson, we debut a new annual section in Digital Philology that proposes the dataset as a new genre of publication. odfms.hcommons.org
Open Datasets For Medieval Studies – ODFMS is a showcase of world-class research on the Middle Ages in dataset format.
odfms.hcommons.org
February 6, 2026 at 8:20 PM
I am very excited to report that a project I have been working on for 3+ years is finally seeing the light of day! Along with @byzcapp.bsky.social and Jesse Torgerson, we debut a new annual section in Digital Philology that proposes the dataset as a new genre of publication. odfms.hcommons.org
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Check it out, we're planning a special issue of @frenchhistory.bsky.social for the 700th anniversary of the advent of the Valois dynasty! Details and timeline at the link below, but don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions 😊
Call for Papers: The Valois (1328–1589): Governing France between Medieval and Modern
French History is an international forum for major new articles covering all aspects of the histories of France and the Francophone world, from the early M
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February 4, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Check it out, we're planning a special issue of @frenchhistory.bsky.social for the 700th anniversary of the advent of the Valois dynasty! Details and timeline at the link below, but don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions 😊
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La vache qui rit
or, as I like to call it,
A moo's bouche.
(Thank you, 6.35am brain.)
or, as I like to call it,
A moo's bouche.
(Thank you, 6.35am brain.)
February 4, 2026 at 7:15 AM
La vache qui rit
or, as I like to call it,
A moo's bouche.
(Thank you, 6.35am brain.)
or, as I like to call it,
A moo's bouche.
(Thank you, 6.35am brain.)
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Excellent article but stark reminder that for all the perceptions of universities as ivory towers for elites, they are actually vital hubs in towns n cities supporting local businesses and providing key services as well as education….
‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university?
When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degr...
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February 4, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Excellent article but stark reminder that for all the perceptions of universities as ivory towers for elites, they are actually vital hubs in towns n cities supporting local businesses and providing key services as well as education….
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I'm working on an updated version of this after I put together my CodeMash presentation. Turns out, the ancestor of the computer isn't the Jacquard Loom, it's binary and algebraic weaving. Weaving notation and the loom punched cards made this perceptible to engineers.
February 3, 2026 at 1:36 PM
I'm working on an updated version of this after I put together my CodeMash presentation. Turns out, the ancestor of the computer isn't the Jacquard Loom, it's binary and algebraic weaving. Weaving notation and the loom punched cards made this perceptible to engineers.
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#DHmakes This is definitely going in the Textile Dataviz syllabus, a wonderful writeup of textile history, how they work, and how they intersect with coding.
February 3, 2026 at 1:52 PM
#DHmakes This is definitely going in the Textile Dataviz syllabus, a wonderful writeup of textile history, how they work, and how they intersect with coding.
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As Google Books starts to sink, it's worth remembering how Google organised a separate class of employees to do the actual labour of the book scanning, and kept them in a separate building on the Google campus with none of the privileges of regular Google staff.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0RT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0RT...
Workers Leaving the Googleplex
YouTube video by Andrew Norman Wilson
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February 4, 2026 at 9:45 AM
As Google Books starts to sink, it's worth remembering how Google organised a separate class of employees to do the actual labour of the book scanning, and kept them in a separate building on the Google campus with none of the privileges of regular Google staff.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0RT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0RT...
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Jeudi et vendredi (5-6 février), si vous êtes à Rennes, venez assister au colloque hommage à Martin Aurell "Elites, violences et imaginaires médiévaux".
J'interviendrai vendredi après-midi pour parler de l'imaginaire de l'épée dans le #médiévalisme audiovisuel.
J'interviendrai vendredi après-midi pour parler de l'imaginaire de l'épée dans le #médiévalisme audiovisuel.
February 2, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Jeudi et vendredi (5-6 février), si vous êtes à Rennes, venez assister au colloque hommage à Martin Aurell "Elites, violences et imaginaires médiévaux".
J'interviendrai vendredi après-midi pour parler de l'imaginaire de l'épée dans le #médiévalisme audiovisuel.
J'interviendrai vendredi après-midi pour parler de l'imaginaire de l'épée dans le #médiévalisme audiovisuel.
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Next week’s course on Greek palaeography is sold out, but we still have some places on beginner and intermediate Latin 👇 #medievalsky @ies-sas.bsky.social
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Introduction to Latin Palaeography
ies.sas.ac.uk
January 29, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Next week’s course on Greek palaeography is sold out, but we still have some places on beginner and intermediate Latin 👇 #medievalsky @ies-sas.bsky.social
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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My therapist: Don’t worry, Merovingian cursive is not real, it can’t hurt you
Merovingian cursive:
Merovingian cursive:
January 31, 2026 at 2:00 PM
My therapist: Don’t worry, Merovingian cursive is not real, it can’t hurt you
Merovingian cursive:
Merovingian cursive:
It’s twill time #twilltime #makermedievalist @guildmedmak.bsky.social
Gotta finish my weaving homework so I can rewarp the loom with linen yarn for my Bayeux Tapestry class to play with 🥰
#weaving #craft #makingandlearning
Gotta finish my weaving homework so I can rewarp the loom with linen yarn for my Bayeux Tapestry class to play with 🥰
#weaving #craft #makingandlearning
January 31, 2026 at 9:38 PM
It’s twill time #twilltime #makermedievalist @guildmedmak.bsky.social
Gotta finish my weaving homework so I can rewarp the loom with linen yarn for my Bayeux Tapestry class to play with 🥰
#weaving #craft #makingandlearning
Gotta finish my weaving homework so I can rewarp the loom with linen yarn for my Bayeux Tapestry class to play with 🥰
#weaving #craft #makingandlearning
KEEP CLEAR OF ME
January 30, 2026 at 10:22 PM
KEEP CLEAR OF ME
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#DHmakes Free weaving draft, encoding text into textiles!
One of my fiber suppliers is giving this draft away.
You will have to give them information; as the delivery method uses their billing system.
What you get is four drafts, and four .wif files.
www.gistyarn.com/products/res...
You will have to give them information; as the delivery method uses their billing system.
What you get is four drafts, and four .wif files.
www.gistyarn.com/products/res...
Resistance is American
From the Homespun movement of the Revolutionary War to the abolitionist boycotts of cotton produced by enslaved labor, American textiles have always carried a rich history of resistance. "Resistance i...
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January 30, 2026 at 9:26 PM
#DHmakes Free weaving draft, encoding text into textiles!
This manuscript is one of my best friends 😍😍😍
Just yesterday I had the joy of thinking about this book with the incredible students in the Newberry CRS undergraduate seminar “The World in Books 1100-1800” 🌟💚📜 taught by Lia Markey and Chris Fletcher
#medievalsky #manuscript
Just yesterday I had the joy of thinking about this book with the incredible students in the Newberry CRS undergraduate seminar “The World in Books 1100-1800” 🌟💚📜 taught by Lia Markey and Chris Fletcher
#medievalsky #manuscript
Jonah getting inwhaled
Speculum Humanae Salvationis c. 1455 @newberrylibrary.bsky.social (Vault Case MS 40)
Speculum Humanae Salvationis c. 1455 @newberrylibrary.bsky.social (Vault Case MS 40)
January 29, 2026 at 12:04 AM
This manuscript is one of my best friends 😍😍😍
Just yesterday I had the joy of thinking about this book with the incredible students in the Newberry CRS undergraduate seminar “The World in Books 1100-1800” 🌟💚📜 taught by Lia Markey and Chris Fletcher
#medievalsky #manuscript
Just yesterday I had the joy of thinking about this book with the incredible students in the Newberry CRS undergraduate seminar “The World in Books 1100-1800” 🌟💚📜 taught by Lia Markey and Chris Fletcher
#medievalsky #manuscript
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Happy 3 year anniversary to this post
January 27, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Happy 3 year anniversary to this post
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#DHMakes event
Join us at our next Data Craft Circle on February 9! From encoding data in quilts to sketching ideas, come craft and yap with us! Register for this free event on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/data-craft...
January 23, 2026 at 11:16 PM
#DHMakes event
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I just want you all to know that somehow this case has become a bit of a through line for this current dissertation chapter 😂😅
#BookHistory
#BookHistory
![Screenshot of Word document: [starts mid-sentence] value, ability to read) derived from them. When described in court complaints, litigants often refer to the fact that they cannot “aprovechar” meaning to “enjoy,” “take advantage of,” or “use” books because they are defective. The defects limit the possibilities for action. Again, returning to Sancho de Elso’s books destroyed by rats and birds, his servant/student describes that the books have been damaged to such an extent that “el amo deste testigo no se puede aprobechar dellos.” Compared to avian and rodent damage, however, the most common reason for defective books in the surviving archival record in early modern Navarre is missing pages.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uinvl5vaekaxehv2rerf2pvu/bafkreidmdds22prv2q5ql3cjrvru5wt5fy3lvvjp5golrtdm66almoklum@jpeg)
January 24, 2026 at 2:18 AM
I just want you all to know that somehow this case has become a bit of a through line for this current dissertation chapter 😂😅
#BookHistory
#BookHistory
Yes, I did create a custom PowerPoint template for my Bayeux Tapestry class this semester because I am wise in the ways of time management
#medievalsky #bayeuxtapestry #tapisseriedebayeux #bayeuxbroderie
#medievalsky #bayeuxtapestry #tapisseriedebayeux #bayeuxbroderie
January 15, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Yes, I did create a custom PowerPoint template for my Bayeux Tapestry class this semester because I am wise in the ways of time management
#medievalsky #bayeuxtapestry #tapisseriedebayeux #bayeuxbroderie
#medievalsky #bayeuxtapestry #tapisseriedebayeux #bayeuxbroderie
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#OttoEge alert! So excited to learn that @rarebookschool.bsky.social has acquired Ege's "Fifty Original Leaves" box no. 33 (RBS 9542), never before studied! If you aren't versed in Ege lore, learn about everyone's favorite biblioclast here: manuscriptroadtrip.wordpress.com/2013/10/07/m...
Manuscript Road Trip: In Otto Ege’s Footsteps
Ohio is one of the areas of the country richest in medieval manuscripts, with more than 2200 codices and 2400 leaves in at least thirty-three collections. In fact, once you leave the East coast, Oh…
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January 13, 2026 at 7:50 PM
#OttoEge alert! So excited to learn that @rarebookschool.bsky.social has acquired Ege's "Fifty Original Leaves" box no. 33 (RBS 9542), never before studied! If you aren't versed in Ege lore, learn about everyone's favorite biblioclast here: manuscriptroadtrip.wordpress.com/2013/10/07/m...