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Charles West
@pseudo-isidore.bsky.social
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Professor of History at the University of Edinburgh
https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/charles-west

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Charles West (1816–1898) was a British physician, specialized in pediatrics and obstetrics, especially known as the founder of the first children's hospital in Great Britain, the Hospital for Sick Children in Great Ormond Street, London. .. more

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Philosophy 19%
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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 4h
Pegasus in the night sky

BnF Ms-1036; Traités d'astronomie [Sufi latinus]; 13th century; Italy (Bologne?); f.16r @gallicabnf.bsky.social

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Jon Dell Isola @medievaljon.bsky.social · 5h
This week I wrote about the power of place and shifting usage of political centers during Arnulf's reign #medievalsky
"The Chief Seat of the Eastern Kingdom": Place and Political Networks
In a modern world of instant communication technologies, aircraft, and cars, it is easy to take for granted the speed at which the modern world works. A journey that takes hours today may have taken d...
among-the-ruins.ghost.io

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Francesca Tinti @francescatinti.bsky.social · 9h
It seems that the shelf underneath the current section on Charlemagne in the Cambridge University Library has been prudently left empty for likely future expansion

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Christopher Smith @christophersmith.bsky.social · 13h
Delighted to see Corinna Riva's outstandingly innovative essay on the 1st millennium BCE now published

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Multi-scalar Lenses on the Mediterranean in the First Millennium BC - Journal of Archaeological Research
In the current era of global approaches in archaeology and, more broadly, in the social and historical sciences, questions on the benefits, modes, and challenges of addressing multiple analytical scal...
link.springer.com

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 15h
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Grokipedia

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 16h
Cuthbert notches up another Parkrun.
Spaniel in wintry sunshine

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Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 18h
'The transformations we see... took place in the hall rather than the war band.

Its invention was domestic rather than
martial

& it was created by all sorts of women & men —indigenous and foreign, local and newcomer....'

So good, @robin-f.bsky.social!

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Julia Hillner @writinghelena.bsky.social · 1d
On what happened to the bones then see this excellent study
research.vu.nl/en/publicati...
Helena on the Move: The Makings of a Medieval Saint
T1 - Helena on the Move: The Makings of a Medieval Saint
research.vu.nl

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 1d
Looking forward to discussing Charlemagne's survey of Jerusalem with students next week...
McCormick's edition and translation

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 1d
For all the medieval legal historians...
medieviz.bsky.social Medievizmes aka Paul Bertrand @medieviz.bsky.social · 1d
Un ouvrage essentiel: le manuel d'histoire du droit medieval pour le premier 21e s. En livre (à acheter via un distributeur italien) ou en ligne en OA fontes.palumboeditore.it
FONTES | FOstering iNnovative Training in the use of European legal Sources
fontes.palumboeditore.it

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Medievizmes aka Paul Bertrand @medieviz.bsky.social · 1d
Un ouvrage essentiel: le manuel d'histoire du droit medieval pour le premier 21e s. En livre (à acheter via un distributeur italien) ou en ligne en OA fontes.palumboeditore.it
FONTES | FOstering iNnovative Training in the use of European legal Sources
fontes.palumboeditore.it

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IHR Earlier Middle Ages Seminar @earliermiddleages.bsky.social · 1d
📣 Next week we are delighted to host a book launch for Local Priests in the Latin West, 900-1050, by Alice Hicklin, Steffen Patzold, @jbwaagmeester.bsky.social & @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social, who will be joined by John Arnold, Julia Barrow & Conrad Leyser. Weds 19 Nov, 5.30pm, King's. All welcome!
Book Launch: Local Priests in the Latin West, 900-1050
Earlier Middle Ages Seminar- Session 3
www.history.ac.uk

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Sarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com · 1d
It's a useful reminder that sometimes tech can make a task more efficient for one side (applying for jobs), and more efficient for the other side (writing job adverts), and yet make the system as a whole completely inefficient.

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 1d
Going straight onto the students' reading list...

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Niamh Wycherley @niamhwycherley.bsky.social · 1d
Did an Irish 'nation' ever exist? Who were the Scotti? The Féni? The Gaels? Dr Patrick Wadden, DCU & Belmont Abbey College, provides a masterclass on the written sources and how Irish authors conceptualised Irishness in the early Middle Ages. @maynoothuniversity.ie open.spotify.com/episode/40rP...
Irish national identity in the early Middle Ages with Dr Patrick Wadden
open.spotify.com

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 1d
Looks very interesting! Is there a contents page online?

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Sam Ottewill-Soulsby @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social · 1d
I've just been told that my article, 'The circle of the world: the global diplomacy of Caliph al-Manṣūr' is now out Open Access with the BSOAS. I had thought that it was already published but it gives me a chance to re-share it, now with the real page numbers! #medievalsky

doi.org/10.1017/S004...
The circle of the world: the global diplomacy of Caliph al-Manṣūr | Bulletin of SOAS | Cambridge Core
The circle of the world: the global diplomacy of Caliph al-Manṣūr - Volume 88 Issue 3
doi.org

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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 1d
The universities of Nottingham and Leicester are taking a swing at language departments. But those proposing closures have taken their eye off the ball, say four linguists
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/latest-threat-uk-modern-languages-yet-another-faux-pas

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 2d
Prohibited activities include advising Chinese graduate students. For reference, a recent Georgetown report estimated 16% of STEM graduate students in the US are Chinese nationals.

This would take out entire fields at the knees, which is perhaps the point.
environmicrobio.bsky.social Roland Hatzenpichler @environmicrobio.bsky.social · 2d
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org

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Roland Hatzenpichler @environmicrobio.bsky.social · 2d
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org

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Chris Paxton @cpaxton.bsky.social · 2d
Nightmarish idea for a startup tbh

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 2d
"As part of its study, Deezer surveyed 9,000 people in eight countries and found that 97% could not distinguish between AI-generated music and human-written music."
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
AI slop tops Billboard and Spotify charts as synthetic music spreads
Hits include country songs and a Dutch anti-refugee anthem, both entirely made without human composition
www.theguardian.com

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 2d
I serendipitously stumble upon a new article on Carolingian border controls, by Marco Franzoni.
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Mobility, Trade and Control at the Frontier Zones of the Carolingian Empire ( 8th–9th Centuries AD ) *
This contribution highlights the measures taken by the Franks in the eighth and ninth centuries to control the movement of goods and people on the peripheries of the empire. It focuses on the northeas...
www.degruyterbrill.com

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Julien Théry @julienthery.bsky.social · 2d
Autour de #MarcBloch et #CarloGinzburg : une conversation avec Luc Daireaux pour #Cheminsdhistoire
cheminsdhistoire.fr/emission234/
Emission 234 : Marc Bloch et Carlo Ginzburg, un dialogue à distance, avec Julien Théry
Deux-cent-trente-quatrième numéro de Chemins d’histoire, septième de la septième saison, épisode enregistré en public aux Rendez-vous de l’histoire de Blois, le samedi 11 octobre 2025 Émissio…
cheminsdhistoire.fr

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Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 2d
Last day of a crowdfunder to finish planking the replica Sutton Hoo ship.
'Strake it 'til we make it!'

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/strake-it-...
Strake it 'til we make it!
Help us Strake it 'til we make it!! We are incredibly close to finishing the planking on the Sutton Hoo Ship!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 2d
"At the very heart of the Nazis’ so-called “race science” was the idea that our blood is where our destiny lies..."
Did Hitler really have a ‘micropenis’? The dubious documentary analysing the dictator’s DNA
Was the wartime chant about his solitary testicle correct? Did he have Jewish ancestry? New documentary Hitler’s DNA is trying to answer these, and more contentious, questions – but should it have gon...
www.theguardian.com

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 2d
this looks terrific!

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Giulia Zornetta @gzornetta.bsky.social · 2d
👉 The fourth volume of PRIN2017, ‘Ruling in Hard Times’, has been published by Firenze University Press!

This means that you can read my essay on the Lombard aristocracy of Benevento and many more free and #openaccess 🌶️

books.fupress.com/catalogue/ar... #medievalsky

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Chris Callow @chriscallow.bsky.social · 2d
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
First scientific evidence of Black Death in Edinburgh found on skeleton
Plaque on the teenager's teeth contains pathogens of the bacteria for the Bubonic plague.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Robert Wiśniewski @relicsclerics.bsky.social · 2d
Today (Thursday, 13 November, 4.45 p.m.) at Warsaw Late Antique Seminar: Stuart Airlie (University of Glasgow), Body Horror of the Empress and Dark Palaces of the Emperor: Rulers and Resentment c.400-c.1100. In-persona and on Zoom.