Alison Beach
@alisonibeach.bsky.social
Medieval Historian at the University of St Andrews. Leader of #TeamNun and the Word of Mouth AHRC-funded project. Works at the intersection of history and archaeology. Humanist with a trowel and a microscope!
Did I mention the @lindoresabbey.bsky.social Distillery cats, Friar John Claw and Vesper -- cats so cool they have their own Instagram account with over 78,000 followers (friarandvesper)? Vesper is shy, but Friar John loves to drape himself all over the archaeology and tea tables!
January 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Did I mention the @lindoresabbey.bsky.social Distillery cats, Friar John Claw and Vesper -- cats so cool they have their own Instagram account with over 78,000 followers (friarandvesper)? Vesper is shy, but Friar John loves to drape himself all over the archaeology and tea tables!
Join us for the 2025 Monastic Archaeology Field School at Lindores Abbey! History, Archaeology, Bioarchaeology, Heritage Management! Applications are open until 17 March but admissions are rolling and we are filling quickly! Links below for applications and requests for one-on-one information chats!
January 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Join us for the 2025 Monastic Archaeology Field School at Lindores Abbey! History, Archaeology, Bioarchaeology, Heritage Management! Applications are open until 17 March but admissions are rolling and we are filling quickly! Links below for applications and requests for one-on-one information chats!
Perfect row on the North Sea. Cormorants, oystercatchers, herons and a very curious grey seal.
November 28, 2024 at 1:22 PM
Perfect row on the North Sea. Cormorants, oystercatchers, herons and a very curious grey seal.
I live in a beautiful place. Sunrise from our window 😍
November 28, 2024 at 7:18 AM
I live in a beautiful place. Sunrise from our window 😍
Tired of the modern world? Come dig into the Middle Ages this June-July at Lindores Abbey in Scotland. Learn about medieval monasticism, and gain practical experience in field archaeology, bioarchaeology, and heritage. U of St Andrews credit. Link below. #MedievalSky #Archaeology
November 26, 2024 at 8:04 PM
Tired of the modern world? Come dig into the Middle Ages this June-July at Lindores Abbey in Scotland. Learn about medieval monasticism, and gain practical experience in field archaeology, bioarchaeology, and heritage. U of St Andrews credit. Link below. #MedievalSky #Archaeology
Come dig with us! Applications are now open for our 2025 Lindores Abbey Excavations! Hands on history, heritage, and archaeological skills - earn St Andrews credit. Information and application below!
November 17, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Come dig with us! Applications are now open for our 2025 Lindores Abbey Excavations! Hands on history, heritage, and archaeological skills - earn St Andrews credit. Information and application below!
Steve Medema (USA) -- Influential historian of economic thought whose research focuses on the twentieth century, but whose interests stretch back to Ancient Greece and the Middle Ages! #TeamNun loves our allied supporters!
May 21, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Steve Medema (USA) -- Influential historian of economic thought whose research focuses on the twentieth century, but whose interests stretch back to Ancient Greece and the Middle Ages! #TeamNun loves our allied supporters!
Derek Hall (Scotland) -- superstar archaeologist leading the dig at Lindores Abbey Distillery for Mafs Scotland. Some day he will find Kimm Curran and me some Scottish nuns! #TeamNun loves monks too!
May 19, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Derek Hall (Scotland) -- superstar archaeologist leading the dig at Lindores Abbey Distillery for Mafs Scotland. Some day he will find Kimm Curran and me some Scottish nuns! #TeamNun loves monks too!
Erin Redfern (USA) -- award-winning poet whose brilliant poem, "The Artist" -- inspired by hearing the story of the "lapis lazuli nun" on NPR -- was runner-up for the 2020 James Hearst Poetry Prize. #TeamNun loves engaging with creative writers!
May 19, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Erin Redfern (USA) -- award-winning poet whose brilliant poem, "The Artist" -- inspired by hearing the story of the "lapis lazuli nun" on NPR -- was runner-up for the 2020 James Hearst Poetry Prize. #TeamNun loves engaging with creative writers!
St Andrews ME4757 -- Monks & Nuns, Saints & Bishops: Germany in the High Middle Ages (Scotland) -- you get a class like this once in a career if you are lucky. Hardworking, smart, and creative. It was such fun to introduce them to medieval Germany.
April 29, 2024 at 6:58 PM
St Andrews ME4757 -- Monks & Nuns, Saints & Bishops: Germany in the High Middle Ages (Scotland) -- you get a class like this once in a career if you are lucky. Hardworking, smart, and creative. It was such fun to introduce them to medieval Germany.
Great colleagues and conversations at the Future of Molecular Paleography workshop organized to close the
@ercb2c project. Scientists and humanists thinking together about ways to collaborate on the study of manuscripts at the lovely Fuglsang manor house and estate in southern Denmark
@ercb2c project. Scientists and humanists thinking together about ways to collaborate on the study of manuscripts at the lovely Fuglsang manor house and estate in southern Denmark
April 18, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Great colleagues and conversations at the Future of Molecular Paleography workshop organized to close the
@ercb2c project. Scientists and humanists thinking together about ways to collaborate on the study of manuscripts at the lovely Fuglsang manor house and estate in southern Denmark
@ercb2c project. Scientists and humanists thinking together about ways to collaborate on the study of manuscripts at the lovely Fuglsang manor house and estate in southern Denmark
Thrilled to announce an exciting new partnership between St Andrews, the Scottish Monasticism Field School, and Lindores Abbey Distillery! Can't wait to see what we uncover in our first season of excavation at this twelfth-century Tironensian monastery. Entrepreneurial monks and entrepreneurial us!
August 22, 2023 at 5:55 PM
Thrilled to announce an exciting new partnership between St Andrews, the Scottish Monasticism Field School, and Lindores Abbey Distillery! Can't wait to see what we uncover in our first season of excavation at this twelfth-century Tironensian monastery. Entrepreneurial monks and entrepreneurial us!
Digging at Kirkjubaerklaustur in Iceland in July was a summer highlight.
August 19, 2023 at 5:53 PM
Digging at Kirkjubaerklaustur in Iceland in July was a summer highlight.