Catherine Léglu
@cathalogus.bsky.social
Medievalist, Professor of Medieval French and Occitan literature at the University of Luxembourg.
A suitable #Halloween post celebrating "in press" status of this edited book, the first of two. This volume includes studies and text w. translations of poems from 14th c Occitania to late 15th c Dutch via the French of Savoy and Burgundian lands, and aljamiado Castilian. #medieval
October 31, 2025 at 10:51 AM
A suitable #Halloween post celebrating "in press" status of this edited book, the first of two. This volume includes studies and text w. translations of poems from 14th c Occitania to late 15th c Dutch via the French of Savoy and Burgundian lands, and aljamiado Castilian. #medieval
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How can universities help international students reach their full potential — while studying and after graduation? Four academics from the UK and France share their ideas: https://ow.ly/IjXM50Xj9QO #Academia #HigherEd #AcademicSky
Campus webinar: the secrets of international student success
Four academics based in the UK and France discuss how universities can ensure international students fulfil their potential throughout and after their studies
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October 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
How can universities help international students reach their full potential — while studying and after graduation? Four academics from the UK and France share their ideas: https://ow.ly/IjXM50Xj9QO #Academia #HigherEd #AcademicSky
Honoured to be part of this thematic collection by Marina Navàs, celebrating the 700th anniversary of the Jòcs florals of Toulouse, the poetry festival of the Consistori de la gaia ciencia (Académie des jeux floraux).
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A Further Look at Secular and Sacred Lyric in the Early Consistory: Lo Cocir de la Mort and La Contemplatio de la Crotz* | Mot so razo
Consta a...
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September 22, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Honoured to be part of this thematic collection by Marina Navàs, celebrating the 700th anniversary of the Jòcs florals of Toulouse, the poetry festival of the Consistori de la gaia ciencia (Académie des jeux floraux).
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Our new publications catalog is here 📚
Have a look!
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#MedievalSky #Mediävistik #Skandinavistik #manuscriptstudies #medievalart
Have a look!
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#MedievalSky #Mediävistik #Skandinavistik #manuscriptstudies #medievalart
March 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Our new publications catalog is here 📚
Have a look!
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#MedievalSky #Mediävistik #Skandinavistik #manuscriptstudies #medievalart
Have a look!
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#MedievalSky #Mediävistik #Skandinavistik #manuscriptstudies #medievalart
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By acknowledging that teaching, research and innovation are fundamentally collective endeavours and by providing an ambitious yet supportive academic culture, universities can continue to attract the brightest minds for the future. 💡
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#AcademicSky
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#AcademicSky
Key principles for attractive and sustainable academic careers
EUA - European University Association
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July 7, 2025 at 10:06 AM
By acknowledging that teaching, research and innovation are fundamentally collective endeavours and by providing an ambitious yet supportive academic culture, universities can continue to attract the brightest minds for the future. 💡
🔗 buff.ly/wX6xm0Q
#AcademicSky
🔗 buff.ly/wX6xm0Q
#AcademicSky
Having received hard copy of this lovely edited collection, it is nice to display its beautiful cover and Table of Contents. An exceptional international collection of troubadour studies. #medieval #AcademicSky
May 17, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Having received hard copy of this lovely edited collection, it is nice to display its beautiful cover and Table of Contents. An exceptional international collection of troubadour studies. #medieval #AcademicSky
Some sharp observations in this article. The kind of imbalances and abuses of power described here are not limited to one country's academic system. Some interesting ideas for tackling the problem. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Can Germany rein in its academic bullying problem?
Researchers and administrators are exploring ways to restructure a rigid hierarchy that can breed power abuses.
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May 7, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Some sharp observations in this article. The kind of imbalances and abuses of power described here are not limited to one country's academic system. Some interesting ideas for tackling the problem. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Well, hello again to this article, now in print after its first appearance online as Advance Article, back in 2023!
"Translanguaging, Word and Image and the Danse Macabre", Journal of Literary Multilingualism, 3.1 (2025), 21-43. brill.com/view/journal...
"Translanguaging, Word and Image and the Danse Macabre", Journal of Literary Multilingualism, 3.1 (2025), 21-43. brill.com/view/journal...
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April 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Well, hello again to this article, now in print after its first appearance online as Advance Article, back in 2023!
"Translanguaging, Word and Image and the Danse Macabre", Journal of Literary Multilingualism, 3.1 (2025), 21-43. brill.com/view/journal...
"Translanguaging, Word and Image and the Danse Macabre", Journal of Literary Multilingualism, 3.1 (2025), 21-43. brill.com/view/journal...
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The funding crisis in #UK #HigherEd is forcing academic #libraries to make cuts.
The @ojcollective.bsky.social is a viable alternative to commercial models for scaling #OpenAccess to journals, writes Caroline Edwards @theblochian.bsky.social @openlibhums.bsky.social on @lseimpactblog.bsky.social 👇
The @ojcollective.bsky.social is a viable alternative to commercial models for scaling #OpenAccess to journals, writes Caroline Edwards @theblochian.bsky.social @openlibhums.bsky.social on @lseimpactblog.bsky.social 👇
Academic libraries cannot afford to carry on with transformative agreements - Impact of Social Sciences
Caroline Edwards argues transformative agreements are unaffordable and introduces the Open Journals Collective as a model for scaling open access.
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April 2, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The funding crisis in #UK #HigherEd is forcing academic #libraries to make cuts.
The @ojcollective.bsky.social is a viable alternative to commercial models for scaling #OpenAccess to journals, writes Caroline Edwards @theblochian.bsky.social @openlibhums.bsky.social on @lseimpactblog.bsky.social 👇
The @ojcollective.bsky.social is a viable alternative to commercial models for scaling #OpenAccess to journals, writes Caroline Edwards @theblochian.bsky.social @openlibhums.bsky.social on @lseimpactblog.bsky.social 👇
Thank you for an excellent symposium launching this new acquisition! Really interesting papers and many intriguing questions raised about the royal commissions of translations, the exchange value of manuscripts (throughout time), how libraries are built, dispersed and rebuilt, and so on.
Our newly acquired Duke Humfrey's manuscript is now LIVE on Digital Bodleian.
Explore in full at your leisure: digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/d529...
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Explore in full at your leisure: digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/d529...
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Bodleian Library MS. Duke Humfrey c. 1
View high resolution digitized images of Bodleian Library MS. Duke Humfrey c. 1 Old French New Testament, ‘version du xiiiᵉ siècle’
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March 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Thank you for an excellent symposium launching this new acquisition! Really interesting papers and many intriguing questions raised about the royal commissions of translations, the exchange value of manuscripts (throughout time), how libraries are built, dispersed and rebuilt, and so on.
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Organising an online international seminar as course assignment? CfP by students for students. Applications open until April 22.
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#Conflict #Heritage #PublicHistory
#PublicHistory #Heritage #Skystorians @c2dh.uni.lu @ncph.bsky.social @sypph.bsky.social
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#Conflict #Heritage #PublicHistory
#PublicHistory #Heritage #Skystorians @c2dh.uni.lu @ncph.bsky.social @sypph.bsky.social
CfP - Public history for contested and conflicting past(s)
The online seminar 'Public history for contested and conflicting past(s)' is organised by the students of the Master in Digital and Public History (MADiPH) at the University of Luxembourg on Thursday,...
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March 17, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Organising an online international seminar as course assignment? CfP by students for students. Applications open until April 22.
www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/news...
#Conflict #Heritage #PublicHistory
#PublicHistory #Heritage #Skystorians @c2dh.uni.lu @ncph.bsky.social @sypph.bsky.social
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#Conflict #Heritage #PublicHistory
#PublicHistory #Heritage #Skystorians @c2dh.uni.lu @ncph.bsky.social @sypph.bsky.social
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‘Language is not an ancillary service. It is crucial for expanding understanding of key issues of our age beyond anglophone perspectives and assumptions.’ A response by @ilcs.bsky.social @ucflangs.bsky.social
and St. Andrews School of Modern Languages. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/mode...
and St. Andrews School of Modern Languages. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/mode...
Modern languages departments are neither colonial nor obsolete
Advanced linguistic and cultural skills remain essential for deep insight into how people see themselves in the world, say five modern languages academics
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March 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM
‘Language is not an ancillary service. It is crucial for expanding understanding of key issues of our age beyond anglophone perspectives and assumptions.’ A response by @ilcs.bsky.social @ucflangs.bsky.social
and St. Andrews School of Modern Languages. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/mode...
and St. Andrews School of Modern Languages. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/mode...
Well worth reading this insightful article about the current situation in UK HE. #Academicsky www.historyworkshop.org.uk/education/a-...
A Decade of Crisis
The UK's universities are in crisis. Dave Hitchcock on how the sector became 'broken' and why it must be understood as an interdependent system.
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March 14, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Well worth reading this insightful article about the current situation in UK HE. #Academicsky www.historyworkshop.org.uk/education/a-...
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This is a critically important contribution to the ongoing efforts to recover hidden female labor and artisanship. Three cheers for Dulcia and Guba and Claricia and all of the wondrous women involved in the work of creating medieval manuscripts! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
How many medieval and early modern manuscripts were copied by female scribes? A bibliometric analysis based on colophons - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - How many medieval and early modern manuscripts were copied by female scribes? A bibliometric analysis based on colophons
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March 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This is a critically important contribution to the ongoing efforts to recover hidden female labor and artisanship. Three cheers for Dulcia and Guba and Claricia and all of the wondrous women involved in the work of creating medieval manuscripts! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Let's enjoy a look into book shops of the past. This is a 🧵 especially for #skystorians of #earlymodern Europe, and for #bookhistory, #booksky and #paperhistory nerds 🗃️
Expect, among other bookish stuff, lots of #backwardsbooks, and boxes with paper sheets, and a few sleeping dogs.
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Expect, among other bookish stuff, lots of #backwardsbooks, and boxes with paper sheets, and a few sleeping dogs.
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March 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Let's enjoy a look into book shops of the past. This is a 🧵 especially for #skystorians of #earlymodern Europe, and for #bookhistory, #booksky and #paperhistory nerds 🗃️
Expect, among other bookish stuff, lots of #backwardsbooks, and boxes with paper sheets, and a few sleeping dogs.
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Expect, among other bookish stuff, lots of #backwardsbooks, and boxes with paper sheets, and a few sleeping dogs.
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Hommage à Robert Moore, par Julien Théry www.lhistoire.fr/hommage/robe...
Robert I. Moore est mort
Spécialiste des hérésies et de l’histoire globale, le médiéviste Robert I. Moore est décédé le 5 février 2025. Julien Théry lui rend hommage.
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February 17, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Hommage à Robert Moore, par Julien Théry www.lhistoire.fr/hommage/robe...
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Exciting PhD Opportunity! Come join @memsunikent.bsky.social for a CHASE-funded collaborative doctoral award with Westminster Abbey to investigate the manuscript fragments held in the Abbey’s Archives. Learn more at the link below, deadline to apply 17 Feb 2025 📜🎉
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News - Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Studies - Research at Kent
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November 20, 2024 at 10:29 AM
Exciting PhD Opportunity! Come join @memsunikent.bsky.social for a CHASE-funded collaborative doctoral award with Westminster Abbey to investigate the manuscript fragments held in the Abbey’s Archives. Learn more at the link below, deadline to apply 17 Feb 2025 📜🎉
research.kent.ac.uk/medieval-ear...
research.kent.ac.uk/medieval-ear...
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I am very sad to say, David Lodge died on January 1st.
He was a wonderful man and hugely influential writer.
I was lucky to be his agent and he taught me so much.
His campus novels will be read for years to come.
A great loss.
www.penguin.co.uk/articles/202...
He was a wonderful man and hugely influential writer.
I was lucky to be his agent and he taught me so much.
His campus novels will be read for years to come.
A great loss.
www.penguin.co.uk/articles/202...
January 3, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I am very sad to say, David Lodge died on January 1st.
He was a wonderful man and hugely influential writer.
I was lucky to be his agent and he taught me so much.
His campus novels will be read for years to come.
A great loss.
www.penguin.co.uk/articles/202...
He was a wonderful man and hugely influential writer.
I was lucky to be his agent and he taught me so much.
His campus novels will be read for years to come.
A great loss.
www.penguin.co.uk/articles/202...
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NotebookLM lets you create podcasts based on research papers.
Now you can also join these podcasts as a guest.
Here's how to do it:
Now you can also join these podcasts as a guest.
Here's how to do it:
December 31, 2024 at 4:37 PM
NotebookLM lets you create podcasts based on research papers.
Now you can also join these podcasts as a guest.
Here's how to do it:
Now you can also join these podcasts as a guest.
Here's how to do it:
Bringing 2024 to an end.
December 30, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Bringing 2024 to an end.
A real pleasure to be part of this new edited volume devoted to medieval Occitan manuscripts, their histories and their corpora. Open Access version on the webpage. www.viella.it/libro/979125...
La littérature occitane médiévale dans sa tradition manuscrite
Le volume – conçu dans le cadre du projet FNS Répertoire critique des manuscrits littéraires en ancien occitan, abrité à l’Université de Lausanne – réunit dix-neuf contributions de vingt-deux auteurs ...
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December 18, 2024 at 7:53 PM
A real pleasure to be part of this new edited volume devoted to medieval Occitan manuscripts, their histories and their corpora. Open Access version on the webpage. www.viella.it/libro/979125...
An honour and a pleasure to be part of this volume of essays to mark the career of Wendy Pfeffer! And a lovely book cover too. With thanks to the editors. boydellandbrewer.com/978180543494...
Troubadour Texts and Contexts - Boydell and Brewer
New interpretations of different aspects of troubadour texts and lyrics, from their main themes and motifs to their reception and influence.Nearly a millenni...
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December 18, 2024 at 5:04 PM
An honour and a pleasure to be part of this volume of essays to mark the career of Wendy Pfeffer! And a lovely book cover too. With thanks to the editors. boydellandbrewer.com/978180543494...
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🚨 Applications for the first international Medieval Studies Summer School @bristolcms.bsky.social and @uobartsmatter.bsky.social are now live! 🚨 Poster attached and full info/online application form here: www.bristol.ac.uk/centre-for-s.... Please share widely #medievalsky!
November 29, 2024 at 7:16 AM
🚨 Applications for the first international Medieval Studies Summer School @bristolcms.bsky.social and @uobartsmatter.bsky.social are now live! 🚨 Poster attached and full info/online application form here: www.bristol.ac.uk/centre-for-s.... Please share widely #medievalsky!