Ruth Karras
@rmkarras.bsky.social
Lecky Professor of History, Trinity College Dublin. She/her. Medievalist, grandparent, knitter, immigrant. Arsenal. 🐕
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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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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
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🚨🚨🚨 Major announcement!!!
I am extremely pleased to announce that HAA is searching for a senior, endowed position in premodern art or architecture. The subfield is wide open. Please spread the word and encourage curious scholars to write to me with questions! 🚨🚨🚨
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I am extremely pleased to announce that HAA is searching for a senior, endowed position in premodern art or architecture. The subfield is wide open. Please spread the word and encourage curious scholars to write to me with questions! 🚨🚨🚨
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William S. Dietrich II Professor of Premodern Arts and/or Architecture
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
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October 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
🚨🚨🚨 Major announcement!!!
I am extremely pleased to announce that HAA is searching for a senior, endowed position in premodern art or architecture. The subfield is wide open. Please spread the word and encourage curious scholars to write to me with questions! 🚨🚨🚨
cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...
I am extremely pleased to announce that HAA is searching for a senior, endowed position in premodern art or architecture. The subfield is wide open. Please spread the word and encourage curious scholars to write to me with questions! 🚨🚨🚨
cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...
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Peat on air! I got to talk with Sean and Rusana from the @euraknot.bsky.social about my book 🔥 Burning Swamps 🔥. Thanks for having me! #envhist
This week we, alongside @kbruisch.bsky.social, deep-dive into Russia's crucial fuel, imperative both in industrialization and Lenin’s Electrification campaign. As the old man put it, “Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country.”
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October 28, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Peat on air! I got to talk with Sean and Rusana from the @euraknot.bsky.social about my book 🔥 Burning Swamps 🔥. Thanks for having me! #envhist
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📣Seminar Announcement!📣
Join us on 4 Nov at 4 PM in room K114 at UCD for a seminar on medieval gender
Papers will be delivered by Prof. Ruth Karras @rmkarras.bsky.social speaking about The Invention of Gomorrah, and Aisling Walsh on the expectations of women as crusaders
Hope to see you there!
Join us on 4 Nov at 4 PM in room K114 at UCD for a seminar on medieval gender
Papers will be delivered by Prof. Ruth Karras @rmkarras.bsky.social speaking about The Invention of Gomorrah, and Aisling Walsh on the expectations of women as crusaders
Hope to see you there!
October 21, 2025 at 9:02 AM
📣Seminar Announcement!📣
Join us on 4 Nov at 4 PM in room K114 at UCD for a seminar on medieval gender
Papers will be delivered by Prof. Ruth Karras @rmkarras.bsky.social speaking about The Invention of Gomorrah, and Aisling Walsh on the expectations of women as crusaders
Hope to see you there!
Join us on 4 Nov at 4 PM in room K114 at UCD for a seminar on medieval gender
Papers will be delivered by Prof. Ruth Karras @rmkarras.bsky.social speaking about The Invention of Gomorrah, and Aisling Walsh on the expectations of women as crusaders
Hope to see you there!
New in Journal of Medieval History: Glenn Cahilly-Bretzin, ‘“Ibi Solenniter est Recondita”: Saint Wærburh, Relic Theft, and the Appropriation of Translation Narratives in Medieval Britain’ 🗃️ #medievalsky www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
‘Ibique Solenniter est Recondita’: Saint Wærburh, Relic Theft, and the Appropriation of Translation Narratives in Medieval Britain
This article examines the posthumous travels and textual traditions surrounding the seventh-century Mercian saint Wærburh. Through close reading of sources such as the Kentish Royal Legend, Gosceli...
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October 16, 2025 at 1:26 PM
New in Journal of Medieval History: Glenn Cahilly-Bretzin, ‘“Ibi Solenniter est Recondita”: Saint Wærburh, Relic Theft, and the Appropriation of Translation Narratives in Medieval Britain’ 🗃️ #medievalsky www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Job! Judaic Studies & the Medieval/Renaissance Center at Binghamton are looking for a Talmud/Medieval Rabbinics specialist! I have long been part of the Med/Ren group myself and I can vouch it is very active, supportive, and functional. Good people!
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October 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Job! Judaic Studies & the Medieval/Renaissance Center at Binghamton are looking for a Talmud/Medieval Rabbinics specialist! I have long been part of the Med/Ren group myself and I can vouch it is very active, supportive, and functional. Good people!
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binghamton.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
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I'm very pleased to announce that the call for proposed Special Issues of the Historical Journal is now live, with a deadline of 12th December. Please do spread widely among your networks — @saracaputo.bsky.social and I look forward to reading your submissions! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Historical Journal Call for Special Issues
Welcome to Cambridge Core
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September 22, 2025 at 7:34 AM
I'm very pleased to announce that the call for proposed Special Issues of the Historical Journal is now live, with a deadline of 12th December. Please do spread widely among your networks — @saracaputo.bsky.social and I look forward to reading your submissions! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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***Job Opportunity***
Assistant Professor in Women's History, University of Ottawa
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Assistant Professor in Women's History, University of Ottawa
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September 25, 2025 at 5:15 AM
***Job Opportunity***
Assistant Professor in Women's History, University of Ottawa
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Assistant Professor in Women's History, University of Ottawa
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🤩 Check out the shiny new website of Bristol's world-class Centre for Medieval Studies (@bristolcms.bsky.social), home to over 35 full-time medievalists and over 160 research students and research associates: medievalstudies.blogs.bristol.ac.uk 🤩 @uobartsmatter.bsky.social #medievalsky #skystorians
CMS; Bristol; University of Bristol; Medieval Studies; MA degree;
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September 24, 2025 at 7:44 AM
🤩 Check out the shiny new website of Bristol's world-class Centre for Medieval Studies (@bristolcms.bsky.social), home to over 35 full-time medievalists and over 160 research students and research associates: medievalstudies.blogs.bristol.ac.uk 🤩 @uobartsmatter.bsky.social #medievalsky #skystorians
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£77,816 er annum. What an exciting post.
Vacancy for Head of Research, Archives and Libraries - British Museum. Deadline 29 September 2025. bmrecruit.ciphr-irecruit.com//templates/C... #MuseumJobs
September 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
£77,816 er annum. What an exciting post.
A couple of new articles in JMH! Nicholas Amor on labor litigation after the Black Death #medievalsky 🗃️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Labour Litigation in the Court of Common Pleas in the Fourteenth Century
In the second half of the fourteenth century, English labour legislation gave rise to a mass of litigation in the court of Common Pleas. This paper draws on a database of nearly 2000 pleas enrolled...
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September 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
A couple of new articles in JMH! Nicholas Amor on labor litigation after the Black Death #medievalsky 🗃️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Well this is an exceptionally good history job. Wonders never cease.
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Research Chair in Transgender Studies - Victoria, British Columbia (CA) job with UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA | 398896
The University of Victoria invites applications for a Research Chair in Transgender Studies, a prestigious academic ...
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September 19, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Well this is an exceptionally good history job. Wonders never cease.
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🚨Job Klaxon🚨
Open rank Professorship in History of the Middle Ages with consideration of digital Methods
📍Institute of History, University of Bern (🇨🇭)
📆Deadline: 19 October 2025
▶️ Information: tinyurl.com/56ywncuj
#Medievalsky #DigitalHumaniities
Open rank Professorship in History of the Middle Ages with consideration of digital Methods
📍Institute of History, University of Bern (🇨🇭)
📆Deadline: 19 October 2025
▶️ Information: tinyurl.com/56ywncuj
#Medievalsky #DigitalHumaniities
Uni Bern: Open rank Professorship in History of the Middle Ages with consideration of digital Methods
The Institute of History of the University of Bern is seeking to fill a full time professor position (open rank) in History of the Middle Ages with consideration of digital Methods, beginning 1 Februa...
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September 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
🚨Job Klaxon🚨
Open rank Professorship in History of the Middle Ages with consideration of digital Methods
📍Institute of History, University of Bern (🇨🇭)
📆Deadline: 19 October 2025
▶️ Information: tinyurl.com/56ywncuj
#Medievalsky #DigitalHumaniities
Open rank Professorship in History of the Middle Ages with consideration of digital Methods
📍Institute of History, University of Bern (🇨🇭)
📆Deadline: 19 October 2025
▶️ Information: tinyurl.com/56ywncuj
#Medievalsky #DigitalHumaniities
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Submissions are now open for the Medium Ævum Essay Prize 2026!
📅Deadline: 12:00 midday (GMT) 1st December 2025
📝6,500-8,000 word essay
👩🎓Open to graduate students and those who have graduated from a higher degree in the last 3 years
🏆£500
Read more on our website: mediumaevum.org.uk/essayprize
📅Deadline: 12:00 midday (GMT) 1st December 2025
📝6,500-8,000 word essay
👩🎓Open to graduate students and those who have graduated from a higher degree in the last 3 years
🏆£500
Read more on our website: mediumaevum.org.uk/essayprize
September 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Submissions are now open for the Medium Ævum Essay Prize 2026!
📅Deadline: 12:00 midday (GMT) 1st December 2025
📝6,500-8,000 word essay
👩🎓Open to graduate students and those who have graduated from a higher degree in the last 3 years
🏆£500
Read more on our website: mediumaevum.org.uk/essayprize
📅Deadline: 12:00 midday (GMT) 1st December 2025
📝6,500-8,000 word essay
👩🎓Open to graduate students and those who have graduated from a higher degree in the last 3 years
🏆£500
Read more on our website: mediumaevum.org.uk/essayprize
Shitty first draft achieved. One week remaining to make it something i can show to people.
September 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Shitty first draft achieved. One week remaining to make it something i can show to people.
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My department is hiring! We're looking for an assistant professor in modern European history. Please spread the word. 🗃️
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Assistant Professor - Modern European History
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September 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
My department is hiring! We're looking for an assistant professor in modern European history. Please spread the word. 🗃️
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Publication – Charles West, « Europe in the Eleventh Century. Beyond Revolution and Reform »
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Publication – Charles West, « Europe in the Eleventh Century. Beyond Revolution and Reform »
Eleventh-century Europe was diverse and fast-changing. Historians have often debated this change through two sets of competing arguments, one about the shifting role of the Church and the Papacy, a…
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September 1, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Publication – Charles West, « Europe in the Eleventh Century. Beyond Revolution and Reform »
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