Ruth Karras
@rmkarras.bsky.social
Lecky Professor of History, Trinity College Dublin. She/her. Medievalist, grandparent, knitter, immigrant. Arsenal. 🐕
My eclectic family, in holiday cookies
December 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
My eclectic family, in holiday cookies
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Medievalist friends! Applications are open until end of Feb for a fully-funded PhD in Arthurian Literature with the brilliant Louise D'Arcens @medievalafterlives.bsky.social and myself, based between Sydney (Australia) and Groningen (The Netherlands).
Please share widely!
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Please share widely!
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Global PhD on Middle English Arthurian romance
The University of Groningen and Macquarie are offering a co-funded scholarship to support a student undertaking doctoral research in medieval literature.
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December 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Medievalist friends! Applications are open until end of Feb for a fully-funded PhD in Arthurian Literature with the brilliant Louise D'Arcens @medievalafterlives.bsky.social and myself, based between Sydney (Australia) and Groningen (The Netherlands).
Please share widely!
tinyurl.com/f7su6urv
Please share widely!
tinyurl.com/f7su6urv
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Job: 1 Post-Doc Akademische:r Rät:in auf Zeit (w/m/d) "Mittelalterliche Geschichte mit dem Schwerpunkt Früh- und Hochmittelalter" (Albert-Ludwigs-Univ. Freiburg)
https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-159406
Freiburg, 15.04.2026-14.04.2029, Historisches Seminar, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, …
https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-159406
Freiburg, 15.04.2026-14.04.2029, Historisches Seminar, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, …
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December 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Job: 1 Post-Doc Akademische:r Rät:in auf Zeit (w/m/d) "Mittelalterliche Geschichte mit dem Schwerpunkt Früh- und Hochmittelalter" (Albert-Ludwigs-Univ. Freiburg)
https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-159406
Freiburg, 15.04.2026-14.04.2029, Historisches Seminar, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, …
https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-159406
Freiburg, 15.04.2026-14.04.2029, Historisches Seminar, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, …
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The History department at the University of Toronto is searching in the field of Ukrainian history.
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University of Toronto - Associate Professor/Professor - John Yaremko Chair in Ukrainian History | H-Net
The Department of History in the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto invites applications for a full-time tenure stream position in Ukrainian History. The appointment will be at t...
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December 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The History department at the University of Toronto is searching in the field of Ukrainian history.
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I know no-one wants to think about next term right now, but please remind students to book their places on the Latin palaeography online short courses at beginner or intermediate level taking place in February 👇 #MedievalSky 📖🧑💻👩💻👨🏽💻👩🏻💻🧑🏿💻🧑💻 📚
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Introduction to Latin Palaeography
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December 15, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I know no-one wants to think about next term right now, but please remind students to book their places on the Latin palaeography online short courses at beginner or intermediate level taking place in February 👇 #MedievalSky 📖🧑💻👩💻👨🏽💻👩🏻💻🧑🏿💻🧑💻 📚
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Norse in the North 2026: Mind and Body
Deadline for Abstracts: 2nd February 2026
We welcome postgraduate students from any level with research on any aspect of Old Norse, medieval Scandinavian, and Viking studies that fits the theme.
#NitN2026 #medievalsky #callforpapers #oldnorse
Deadline for Abstracts: 2nd February 2026
We welcome postgraduate students from any level with research on any aspect of Old Norse, medieval Scandinavian, and Viking studies that fits the theme.
#NitN2026 #medievalsky #callforpapers #oldnorse
December 15, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Norse in the North 2026: Mind and Body
Deadline for Abstracts: 2nd February 2026
We welcome postgraduate students from any level with research on any aspect of Old Norse, medieval Scandinavian, and Viking studies that fits the theme.
#NitN2026 #medievalsky #callforpapers #oldnorse
Deadline for Abstracts: 2nd February 2026
We welcome postgraduate students from any level with research on any aspect of Old Norse, medieval Scandinavian, and Viking studies that fits the theme.
#NitN2026 #medievalsky #callforpapers #oldnorse
Did not expect this weather in December
December 13, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Did not expect this weather in December
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The ad for the second postdoctoral position on our @leverhulme.ac.uk Britain’s Early Medieval Letters project is now live. We’re looking for an Old English specialist (who also works with Latin). 32-month FT post. Deadline for apps is 16 Jan 🙂 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 Old English and proficiency in Medieval Latin? If yes, then you may be interested in this fixed term full time post...
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December 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The ad for the second postdoctoral position on our @leverhulme.ac.uk Britain’s Early Medieval Letters project is now live. We’re looking for an Old English specialist (who also works with Latin). 32-month FT post. Deadline for apps is 16 Jan 🙂 jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
I have a really good special subject class this term. Every one in the class got both their essays in on time (no extensions) and almost everyone improved from the first essay to the second. It’s a yearlong class so I get them next term too.
December 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I have a really good special subject class this term. Every one in the class got both their essays in on time (no extensions) and almost everyone improved from the first essay to the second. It’s a yearlong class so I get them next term too.
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New calls for research funding: bit.ly/44d2mTb
Today we open calls for the Society's next rounds of 'Early Career Fellowship Grants' and 'Open Research Grants'. These schemes offer support for post-doc and later career historians to pursue research.
Closing dates: 6 March 2026 #Skystorians 1/2
Today we open calls for the Society's next rounds of 'Early Career Fellowship Grants' and 'Open Research Grants'. These schemes offer support for post-doc and later career historians to pursue research.
Closing dates: 6 March 2026 #Skystorians 1/2
Calls for research funding from the Royal Historical Society: current programmes - RHS
The Society currently invites applications for the following six schemes — open to historians across a range of career stages and backgrounds — with closing dates from 23 January to 6 March 2026. For ...
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December 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
New calls for research funding: bit.ly/44d2mTb
Today we open calls for the Society's next rounds of 'Early Career Fellowship Grants' and 'Open Research Grants'. These schemes offer support for post-doc and later career historians to pursue research.
Closing dates: 6 March 2026 #Skystorians 1/2
Today we open calls for the Society's next rounds of 'Early Career Fellowship Grants' and 'Open Research Grants'. These schemes offer support for post-doc and later career historians to pursue research.
Closing dates: 6 March 2026 #Skystorians 1/2
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We are delighted to announce that we'll be hosting the SSNCI conference in Maynooth next June. Call for papers attached. Please spread far and wide!
December 8, 2025 at 8:52 AM
We are delighted to announce that we'll be hosting the SSNCI conference in Maynooth next June. Call for papers attached. Please spread far and wide!
This is the smile of someone who has just delivered her last ever Junior Fresh lecture.
December 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This is the smile of someone who has just delivered her last ever Junior Fresh lecture.
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The Society currently invites applications for its David Berry Fellowship in the History of Scotland and the Scottish People.
The Fellowship, for up to £2500, supports research by historians of Scotland at any career stage: bit.ly/4ns6LJj
Closing date: Friday 6 March 2026 #Skystorians
The Fellowship, for up to £2500, supports research by historians of Scotland at any career stage: bit.ly/4ns6LJj
Closing date: Friday 6 March 2026 #Skystorians
David Berry Fellowship in the History of Scotland and the Scottish People - RHS
Launched in 2023, the David Berry Fellowship provides an annual award of up to £2,500 to undertake research on the history of Scotland and the Scottish people worldwide. Applications for the 2026 Fell...
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December 3, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The Society currently invites applications for its David Berry Fellowship in the History of Scotland and the Scottish People.
The Fellowship, for up to £2500, supports research by historians of Scotland at any career stage: bit.ly/4ns6LJj
Closing date: Friday 6 March 2026 #Skystorians
The Fellowship, for up to £2500, supports research by historians of Scotland at any career stage: bit.ly/4ns6LJj
Closing date: Friday 6 March 2026 #Skystorians
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Applications Now Open for the University of Glasgow Library Visiting Research Fellowship scheme - supporting scholars from across academic disciplines to come to Glasgow to work on our unique research collections. Please RT or pass on:
www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Applications Now Open for the University of Glasgow Library Visiting Research Fellowship scheme - supporting scholars from across academic disciplines to come to Glasgow to work on our unique research collections. Please RT or pass on:
www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
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Publication – Alice Hicklin, Steffen Patzold, Bastiaan Waagmeester, Charles West, « Local Priests in the Latin West, 900–1050 »
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Publication – Alice Hicklin, Steffen Patzold, Bastiaan Waagmeester, Charles West, « Local Priests in the Latin West, 900–1050 »
The local priest was the most ubiquitous embodiment of the Church for many people in medieval Christian Europe. By centring this key figure in post-Carolingian Europe, this book provides a fresh pe…
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November 27, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Publication – Alice Hicklin, Steffen Patzold, Bastiaan Waagmeester, Charles West, « Local Priests in the Latin West, 900–1050 »
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Publication – « Les lois barbares. Dire le droit et le pouvoir en Occident après la disparition de l’Empire romain », éd. Sylvie Joye
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Publication – « Les lois barbares. Dire le droit et le pouvoir en Occident après la disparition de l’Empire romain », éd. Sylvie Joye
Enfants de Rome, les royaumes dits barbares ou post-romains le sont assurément, tout comme leurs lois. Cependant, en ce qui concerne le droit comme le reste, on sut élaborer des structures et des i…
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November 27, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Publication – « Les lois barbares. Dire le droit et le pouvoir en Occident après la disparition de l’Empire romain », éd. Sylvie Joye
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If you are in Paris, come and listen to me lecture about Gratian! Tuesday 2 December at 18.00 in the College de Ste Barbe, close to the Panthéon.
November 22, 2025 at 8:24 AM
If you are in Paris, come and listen to me lecture about Gratian! Tuesday 2 December at 18.00 in the College de Ste Barbe, close to the Panthéon.
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🚨Job Alert🚨
@hhu.de is offering a permanent 80% position as a member of the academic staff in architectural history. Come work with us in our Medieval art history team! #academia #architecturalhistory #arthistory #kunstgeschichte #earlymodern #medievalsky
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@hhu.de is offering a permanent 80% position as a member of the academic staff in architectural history. Come work with us in our Medieval art history team! #academia #architecturalhistory #arthistory #kunstgeschichte #earlymodern #medievalsky
Link to ad: karriere.hhu.de/index.php?ac...
Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (m/w/d)
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November 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
🚨Job Alert🚨
@hhu.de is offering a permanent 80% position as a member of the academic staff in architectural history. Come work with us in our Medieval art history team! #academia #architecturalhistory #arthistory #kunstgeschichte #earlymodern #medievalsky
Link to ad: karriere.hhu.de/index.php?ac...
@hhu.de is offering a permanent 80% position as a member of the academic staff in architectural history. Come work with us in our Medieval art history team! #academia #architecturalhistory #arthistory #kunstgeschichte #earlymodern #medievalsky
Link to ad: karriere.hhu.de/index.php?ac...
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Another successful seminar!
Thank you to Prof. Ruth Karras (@rmkarras.bsky.social) and Aisling Walsh for speaking, and to all the attendees for the great discussions and thought provoking questions
Stay tuned for our next event!
Thank you to Prof. Ruth Karras (@rmkarras.bsky.social) and Aisling Walsh for speaking, and to all the attendees for the great discussions and thought provoking questions
Stay tuned for our next event!
November 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Another successful seminar!
Thank you to Prof. Ruth Karras (@rmkarras.bsky.social) and Aisling Walsh for speaking, and to all the attendees for the great discussions and thought provoking questions
Stay tuned for our next event!
Thank you to Prof. Ruth Karras (@rmkarras.bsky.social) and Aisling Walsh for speaking, and to all the attendees for the great discussions and thought provoking questions
Stay tuned for our next event!
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Senior Librarian role in Oxford👇 www.asc.ox.ac.uk/fellow-libra...
Fellow Librarian | All Souls College
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November 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Senior Librarian role in Oxford👇 www.asc.ox.ac.uk/fellow-libra...
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#jobfairy - if the US is still a safe place for you to work this is a fascinatingly specific #histSTM job
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Assistant Prof job in history of science (related to water?) at Madison. Strong program, nice town (aside from winter)
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Professor of History | H-Net Job Guide
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November 10, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Trick or treating with grandkid, at one house they were offering the grownups plastic cups of wine.
October 31, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Trick or treating with grandkid, at one house they were offering the grownups plastic cups of wine.
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Some shameless self promotion if anyone happens to be in Chicago and wants a beer and a talk on medieval manuscripts.
October 31, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Some shameless self promotion if anyone happens to be in Chicago and wants a beer and a talk on medieval manuscripts.
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We're hiring an Interactive Visitor Operations Host at JORVIK Viking Centre!
The key purpose of the role is to act as a costumed Viking to engage and inspire visitors in Viking Life and Archaeology.
More information via the link in our bio 🔗
#Hiring #History #Jobs #JORVIK #Vacancies
The key purpose of the role is to act as a costumed Viking to engage and inspire visitors in Viking Life and Archaeology.
More information via the link in our bio 🔗
#Hiring #History #Jobs #JORVIK #Vacancies
October 31, 2025 at 9:48 AM
We're hiring an Interactive Visitor Operations Host at JORVIK Viking Centre!
The key purpose of the role is to act as a costumed Viking to engage and inspire visitors in Viking Life and Archaeology.
More information via the link in our bio 🔗
#Hiring #History #Jobs #JORVIK #Vacancies
The key purpose of the role is to act as a costumed Viking to engage and inspire visitors in Viking Life and Archaeology.
More information via the link in our bio 🔗
#Hiring #History #Jobs #JORVIK #Vacancies