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Maya Soifer Irish
@msoiferirish.bsky.social
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History professor at Rice University. Russian-Jewish American, "rootless cosmopolitan." I study medieval Iberia and its history of religious coexistence and confrontation. I love cats, nature, art, historical fiction, travel, and classical music. 📚🖼️🌊🎼🌸🐈
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Maya Soifer Irish @msoiferirish.bsky.social · Nov 25
Hello new followers! I'm an academic historian studying medieval Spain, especially Jewish-Christian relations in Castile. My first book was published in 2016. At Rice University, I teach the history of Europe and the Mediterranean ca. 300 to ca. 1500. www.cuapress.org/978081323633...
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The Texas Medieval Association's annual meeting is coming to Rice University in April! Consider submitting a proposal. Rice is very cool, I promise. 😃
#medievalsky
November 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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A 2,000 year-old blue glass wine cup inscribed in Greek ‘EYΦPAINOY EΦωПAPEI’

“Be glad that you are here”

Roman drinking cups like this were used to welcome guests at social gatherings. 1st century AD 🍷

📷 Corning Museum of Glass

#EpigraphyTuesday
#Archaeology
The Corning Museum image shows a small, rounded cup made of deep blue glass. The vessel has smooth horizontal ridges around the body, a short cycindrical neck with outsplayed rim, and a concave base. Around the middle, there is a Greek inscription in a band around the circumference (EYΦPAINOY EΦωПAPEI) It translates as ‘be glad that you are here’. Height 7 cm, diameter (max): 8.8 cm. The cup is displayed on a flat surface against a dark background.
November 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Skeletons for #Halloween, from the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493). About the least rare rare book in existence (we have 5 copies) but this one hand-coloured and part of a donation made in 1574 by Elizabeth I's Archbishop of Canterbury Matthew Parker. CUL Inc.0.A.7.2[888].
October 31, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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archumanities.bsky.social
{New Book} This centres on the phenomenon of the Joans of Arc—a global medievalist trend of women being celebrated as their nation’s own Joan...Use of the title is bound to diverse & shifting preoccupations, prejudices & prerogatives of post-medieval world.  www.arc-humanities.org/978180270007...
October 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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📣 New book series, “Court Cultures, 1000-1900”, 📚 launched by @historyboy30.bsky.social & @patrikpastrnak.bsky.social w/ @degruyterbrill.bsky.social. Series feat books exploring any & all aspects of global courts 👑 (all variations). CfP now open! Info & CfP: www.degruyterbrill.com/serial/cocu-...
October 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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[Open Iberia/América] Día de los Muertos/Halloween are coming up: read a medieval 'Danza general de a muerte' edited by Michelle Hamilton to celebrate openiberiaamerica.hcommons.org/2021/10/18/a...
Anónimo, La danza general de la Muerte (s. XV) | Open Iberia/América
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October 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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guesnet.bsky.social
Funding available for Full and Student Members of the European Association for Jewish Studies to pursue archival or library research in 2026/27 - do check out the details here:

www.eurojewishstudies.org/scholarships...

Application deadline 30 November 2025.
Call for Applications: Small Research Grant Programme 2025-26 (first round). Deadline for Applications: 30 November 2025 – European Association for Jewish Studies
www.eurojewishstudies.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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helsinhashtags.bsky.social
UCCS is hiring for my old job. I am happy to answer any questions. Tenure Track pre-1600 .
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Assistant Professor - English - Colorado Springs, CO 80918 - Indeed.com
University of Colorado
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October 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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themedievaldrk.bsky.social
Now equivalent to 3 US credit-hours, so go fill an elective with some intense medieval studies in this 3-week short-course!
bristolcms.bsky.social Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies @bristolcms.bsky.social · 19d
We are SO excited to announce that applications are now open for this year's Medieval Studies Summer School! 🎉 Please do pass this information on to anyone you think might be interested!

We'll be sharing some highlights of last year's programme over the next few weeks!

#medievalsky #skystorians
October 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
msoiferirish.bsky.social
Job: The Katz Family Archivist Librarian at the South Texas Jewish Archives (Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University). Salary range: $69,948 to $71,000, depending on qualifications and experience. Deadline: Nov. 21, 2025.
#jewishstudies
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Katz Family Archivist Librarian, Special Collections
The Katz Family Archivist Librarian will primarily preserve, arrange, and describe archival collections in the Joan and Stanford Alexander South Texas Jewish Archives (STJA), which represent Jewish hi...
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October 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
msoiferirish.bsky.social
Job: Assistant Professor in Medieval European Art and
Architectural History in the World at Brown University. Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2025.
#medievalsky
apply.interfolio.com/174923
October 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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In A Woman Is Responsible for Everything, Debra Kaplan and Elisheva Carlebach provide a groundbreaking look at the integral role of women in early modern Jewish communal life.

Out now in North America (9 Dec UK pub): press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
A Woman Is Responsible for Everything: Jewish Women in Early Modern Europe by Debra Kaplan and Elisheva Carlebach
October 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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How can ancient Jewish wisdom literature reshape our understanding of identity, religion and language in the Mediterranean? With David Torollo & Miriam Goldstein.

28 Oct 2025, 5-6 pm CET online
Register: t1p.de/entanglement...

#medievalsky
#medievalmediterranean
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October 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social
Being irritating is similar to being informative, right? I’m glad people are enjoying/reacting to our translation of the sources for the Battle of Tours, which you can find here: salutemmundo.wordpress.com/2023/10/24/k...

#medievalsky
October 14, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Much #charterrific fun to be had on the new Fiscus website, dedicated to fiscal lands in the regnum Italiae! #medievalsky

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Fiscus
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October 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Religion scholars: One week left to apply to be my colleague in the small but mighty Religion Department at my small liberal arts college. We are hiring a TT professor of Religion in the US. Right now we have four religion professors, and you could be number five! slc.peopleadmin.com/postings/2425
Religion in the United States Tenure Track Position
Sarah Lawrence College seeks candidates for a tenure-track position in Religion in the United States, to begin in fall 2026. We seek scholars from the fields of religious studies, area studies, and hi...
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October 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Medieval through Early Modern Jewish Studies (@msoiferirish.bsky.social)
October 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Job: Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, Binghamton University.
#jewishstudies
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Job: Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, Binghamton University
Deadline: Review of applications will begin November 14, 2025. The Judaic Studies Department and the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Binghamton University invite applications for a tenu...
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October 9, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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hwaetspur.bsky.social
Interested in letter-writing in early medieval Britain? A three-year postdoc on @francescatinti.bsky.social’s and my project is now available. Apps close on 17th Oct. Let me know if you have any questions and please circulate! 🙂 jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at the University of Kent: Postdoctoral Research Associate
Are you passionate about early medieval Britain?  Do you have advanced knowledge of Medieval Latin and interested in the analysis of Latin letter-writing?  If yes, then you may be interested in this f...
jobs.kent.ac.uk
September 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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When the Groom Paid the Dowry: New Study Rethinks Marriage in Medieval Catalonia www.medievalists.net/2025/07/when... #MedievalMarriage
When the Groom Paid the Dowry: New Study Rethinks Marriage in Medieval Catalonia - Medievalists.net
A new study reveals that in 13th- and 14th-century Catalonia, some grooms brought dowries to their brides, challenging long-held assumptions about gender and wealth in medieval marriage
www.medievalists.net
September 28, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Three-year VAP in Medieval Middle East/Islamic History at Colby's History Department
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Medieval Middle East-3 year - Waterville, Maine, United States job with Colby College | 37887745
Description Visiting Assistant Professor in Middle East/Islamic History The Department of History at Colby College invites applications for a...
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September 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Is the Book of Kells from Pictland rather than Ireland? Great to see this @theguardian.com piece about @victoriawhitworth.bsky.social's new book on Kells, published by @headofzeus.bsky.social next month: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/book-of-k... www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
New research may rewrite origins of the Book of Kells, says academic
Exclusive: Author challenges assumption monks on Iona created manuscript, instead positing its origins are Pictish
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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The much-anticipated news is now here. I am very excited to announce that my book, soon out with York Medieval Press, is now available for pre-order! Hats off to @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social and the awesome Mont-Saint-Michel design team for the cover!

boydellandbrewer.com/book/robert-...
September 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Penn Press and @katzcenterupenn.bsky.social are delighted to announce that @thejqr.bsky.social will become fully Open Access beginning with the winter 2026 issue (coming in January)!

www.pennpress.org/blog/jewish-...
Jewish Quarterly Review to become Open Access in 2026 - University of Pennsylvania Press
Penn Press and the Katz Center are delighted to announce a new chapter in the history of the Jewish Quarterly Review. Beginning with the winter 2026 issue
www.pennpress.org
September 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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medievalacademy.bsky.social
K-12 Updates and Call for Proposals

K-12 Updates and Call for Proposals
The Medieval Academy’s K-12 Committee is testing ways to best engage with K-12 educators. We are currently developing two modes of engagement.
www.themedievalacademyblog.org/k-12-updates...
September 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM