Kirsty Bolton
@lusignanmermaid.bsky.social
Likes: medieval literature, sea swimming, plants, embroidery.
Dislikes: transphobes, bigots, jelly.
Leverhulme ECF at Oxford, researching identity and the sea in medieval romance.
Dislikes: transphobes, bigots, jelly.
Leverhulme ECF at Oxford, researching identity and the sea in medieval romance.
If you’re interested in Environmental Humanities, the Arctic, medieval lit/hist, or indigenous populations, submit an abstract for my sessions at the UArctic Congress in Torshavn in May! Sessions 134, 162, and 174
www.uarcticcongress.fo/programme/ca...
www.uarcticcongress.fo/programme/ca...
Uarctic Congress 2026
www.uarcticcongress.fo
November 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
If you’re interested in Environmental Humanities, the Arctic, medieval lit/hist, or indigenous populations, submit an abstract for my sessions at the UArctic Congress in Torshavn in May! Sessions 134, 162, and 174
www.uarcticcongress.fo/programme/ca...
www.uarcticcongress.fo/programme/ca...
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Spread the word about this brand new Masters in Public Environmental Humanities with me and The Greenhouse crew in Norway.
For those outside of EU, registration is in second half of November, so don’t miss it!
For those outside of EU, registration is in second half of November, so don’t miss it!
The Greenhouse @unistavanger.bsky.social is launching an international Masters Program in Public Environmental Humanities from fall 2026! Taught in English.
Please share with all your students, #envhist #envhum colleagues!
Learn more about the program here: www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
Please share with all your students, #envhist #envhum colleagues!
Learn more about the program here: www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
November 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Spread the word about this brand new Masters in Public Environmental Humanities with me and The Greenhouse crew in Norway.
For those outside of EU, registration is in second half of November, so don’t miss it!
For those outside of EU, registration is in second half of November, so don’t miss it!
Copyeditors are wonderful!
August 18, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Copyeditors are wonderful!
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Ready for @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2026? Submit an abstract to Dan Reeve and I's CFP: "BEYOND TOUCH: New Queer and Trans Temporalities" We invite submissions for 15-20 minute papers that examine queer and trans temporalities from new and unexpected angles. #IMC2026. Full CFP below 👇
July 29, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Ready for @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2026? Submit an abstract to Dan Reeve and I's CFP: "BEYOND TOUCH: New Queer and Trans Temporalities" We invite submissions for 15-20 minute papers that examine queer and trans temporalities from new and unexpected angles. #IMC2026. Full CFP below 👇
Thank you, Rachel and the amazing GMS community. This was an brilliant experience, as was the whole wonderful conference.
Listening to @lusignanmermaid.bsky.social giving the ECR Plenary at @medievalgender.bsky.social - great stuff. I’m proud that I established this plenary & that it’s become an annual part of GMS: so important to centre our early career scholars.
July 6, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Thank you, Rachel and the amazing GMS community. This was an brilliant experience, as was the whole wonderful conference.
I just made my very first edit to @wikipedia.org in Fran and Lucy’s #MedievalWiki workshop @themamoconf.bsky.social #DigitalSkillz
June 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I just made my very first edit to @wikipedia.org in Fran and Lucy’s #MedievalWiki workshop @themamoconf.bsky.social #DigitalSkillz
My proposal has been accepted for the New Chaucer Society congress in Freiburg next July! Who all else is going, #MedievalSky?
June 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
My proposal has been accepted for the New Chaucer Society congress in Freiburg next July! Who all else is going, #MedievalSky?
MAMO is this week! I’m so excited for so many amazing papers and workshops reflecting on how medieval research interacts with the modern world.
Continuing with our MAMO thread of reflecting on practices of medievalism, we look forward to our Thursday panel on 'Pedagogy and Practice'!
With Kirsty Bolton (@lusignanmermaid.bsky.social, Oxford), Karen A. Winstead (Ohio), and Brendan O'Connell (Trinity Dublin). #MAMOmonth
With Kirsty Bolton (@lusignanmermaid.bsky.social, Oxford), Karen A. Winstead (Ohio), and Brendan O'Connell (Trinity Dublin). #MAMOmonth
![Session 3C: Pedagogy and Practice [Room K020]
Chair: Laura Varnam
Kirsty Bolton (University of Oxford): Medieval and Modern Experiences of Migration
Karen A. Winstead (The Ohio State University): Medievalism as Pedagogy: Creating “Wicked Students”
Brendan O’Connell (Trinity College Dublin): Teaching Medieval Complaint through Sara Ahmed](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3xv3r2tyxi54yayomcjzybtt/bafkreihekkel4qibovejx4hlupojeme5uembkbqjkbjkefc6b22znhk3hm@jpeg)
June 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
MAMO is this week! I’m so excited for so many amazing papers and workshops reflecting on how medieval research interacts with the modern world.
I’ve started my PowerPoint for my ECR plenary at GMS in a few weeks 😂 🧜🏽♀️
Disclaimer: there are no actual mermaids in the paper. Yet.
@medievalgender.bsky.social
Disclaimer: there are no actual mermaids in the paper. Yet.
@medievalgender.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I’ve started my PowerPoint for my ECR plenary at GMS in a few weeks 😂 🧜🏽♀️
Disclaimer: there are no actual mermaids in the paper. Yet.
@medievalgender.bsky.social
Disclaimer: there are no actual mermaids in the paper. Yet.
@medievalgender.bsky.social
I read a lovely book and wrote about it in the fantastic Medieval Feminist Forum: scholarworks.wmich.edu/mff/vol60/is...
English Women’s Spiritual Utopias, 1400–1700: New Kingdoms of Womanhood, by Alexandra Verini
By Kirsty Bolton, Published on 01/01/25
scholarworks.wmich.edu
May 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I read a lovely book and wrote about it in the fantastic Medieval Feminist Forum: scholarworks.wmich.edu/mff/vol60/is...
Perhaps naively, I believe that most people think they are doing the right thing within their value system. But bloody hell, Starmer, give your head a wobble. You’re sorely testing this belief right now.
May 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Perhaps naively, I believe that most people think they are doing the right thing within their value system. But bloody hell, Starmer, give your head a wobble. You’re sorely testing this belief right now.
I think we have been in some of the same panels today. Can I be in your fun junior faculty gang?
May 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I think we have been in some of the same panels today. Can I be in your fun junior faculty gang?
Feeling the love for my Catholic homies atm.
May 9, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Feeling the love for my Catholic homies atm.
I’ve braved the @socmedfem.bsky.social gathering and there is not a single person I recognise. Going to drink my pint quickly and go find pizza. Social anxiety core.
May 9, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I’ve braved the @socmedfem.bsky.social gathering and there is not a single person I recognise. Going to drink my pint quickly and go find pizza. Social anxiety core.
Mini Mac will be a good stand in 💕 I’ll miss our Leeds shenanigans, for sure 😢
May 8, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Mini Mac will be a good stand in 💕 I’ll miss our Leeds shenanigans, for sure 😢
It’s not the same without you, my dear x
May 8, 2025 at 10:37 AM
It’s not the same without you, my dear x
Would be fab to catch up 😊
May 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Would be fab to catch up 😊
On the train to @kzooicms.bsky.social and I think I’ve sat on the wrong side to see the lake. Actual woe.
May 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
On the train to @kzooicms.bsky.social and I think I’ve sat on the wrong side to see the lake. Actual woe.
@kzooicms.bsky.social Quick Q: how often are the shuttles from downtown to campus? Thanks 😊
May 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
@kzooicms.bsky.social Quick Q: how often are the shuttles from downtown to campus? Thanks 😊
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📢 Calling all researchers! Women's History Scotland offers a Research Bursary to support work on women’s and gender history in Scotland. 📝
Applications close 31 May 2025 – don't miss out!
🔗 Apply here: womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...
#WomensHistory #ScotHist #ResearchFunding
Applications close 31 May 2025 – don't miss out!
🔗 Apply here: womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...
#WomensHistory #ScotHist #ResearchFunding
WHS Research Bursary – Women's History Scotland
womenshistoryscotland.org
May 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
📢 Calling all researchers! Women's History Scotland offers a Research Bursary to support work on women’s and gender history in Scotland. 📝
Applications close 31 May 2025 – don't miss out!
🔗 Apply here: womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...
#WomensHistory #ScotHist #ResearchFunding
Applications close 31 May 2025 – don't miss out!
🔗 Apply here: womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...
#WomensHistory #ScotHist #ResearchFunding
Sorry to jump on your thread, but could I just ask what romance conference in Oxford? Is it Medieval Insular Romance?
May 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Sorry to jump on your thread, but could I just ask what romance conference in Oxford? Is it Medieval Insular Romance?
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The law determines what is legal. It does not determine what is true; what is just; what is morally and ethically sound and defensible. The history of law is the history of the legal system being wrong on these grounds.
Trans women are women.
Trans women are women.
April 16, 2025 at 10:19 AM
The law determines what is legal. It does not determine what is true; what is just; what is morally and ethically sound and defensible. The history of law is the history of the legal system being wrong on these grounds.
Trans women are women.
Trans women are women.
Congratulations! 🥂
April 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Congratulations! 🥂
Yeah, I’m not really a historian either, but I couldn’t resist.
March 26, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Yeah, I’m not really a historian either, but I couldn’t resist.
March 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM