And while I’m here: if you want more reading recommendations here’s a “syllabus” I put together last year. It’s structured on 7 key terms: bias, extraction, augmentation, operation, the so-called, categorization, and power.

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Bonus butterflies emerge from cupcakes when they add something about the work that was illuminating to them in person and not made clear from the slides.

Have a fabulous time Leonie!
Those angels at the top bending over backwards always make me giggle, they're so extra.

I'm in the UK. Both modules I've taught that fit that description have started with Constantine and ended in 1453.

Sent an email to your Winchester email (hope that's still the right one). Happy pearl researching!

Yes, I've delved into pearls a bit. Depends on the quantities they needed, I think. If it's just a few pearls then freshwater were available in western Europe. Larger quantities prob came from the Arabian gulf / Indian ocean, I think, via Constantinople & the east Med. I can send refs if you like?

Hope you feel better soon Liz.

I miss it so much. So many happy memories and formative experiences.

Wow, that's quite steep. UCL being ahead of the neoliberal curve doesn't exactly surprise me though.

Yes, the institutional interest feels decidedly anti-pastoral.

Gosh. That must take so much time and really does seem insane.

We've had it longer but it never caused so much stress until the last few years. Ooof.

So. Much. Time. It was never like this before for me, until last year. The poor students waste so much energy worrying about it, they're so focused on being marked as present they don't think about learning anything. Madness.

That's interesting. I started university in 2002 and didn't encounter a register until I was teaching.