Dr Sarah Corrigan
@corrigans.bsky.social
She/Her. Latin Language & Literature @ UniMelb. Into Ancient & Medieval, Philology, Manuscripts, Compilation, Reception/Transmission, other cool stuff. Teach Latin and Underworld & Afterlife inter alia.
Work and live on Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung land.
Work and live on Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung land.
Pinned
1/4📜 New on ISOS: RIA MS 24 B 1, a Táin Bó Cuailnge manuscript by Peadar Ó Longáin. Digitised with @dias.ie @ria.ie & @unimelb.bsky.social for @anzamems.bsky.social ANZAMEMS 2025. Thanks to Sarah Corrigan @corrigans.bsky.social for underscoring its importance to Irish scribal tradition and the Táin.
And also a huge thanks to @dias-isos.bsky.social for making it happen!
Really looking forward to discussing these manuscripts at @anzamems.bsky.social Conference in just three short weeks!
Really looking forward to discussing these manuscripts at @anzamems.bsky.social Conference in just three short weeks!
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A fun little piece I did on Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, with some interesting snippets from the RIA collection, for your delectation!
Inside Sheridan Le Fanu's spooky world of Gothic ghosts and ghouls. The writer's early life in Dublin and reading material give valuable insights into his ghostly tales and supernatural horror stories, write @rothweeee.bsky.social & Ailbhe Rogers @ria.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Inside Sheridan Le Fanu's spooky world of Gothic ghosts & ghouls
The writer's early life in Dublin and reading material give valuable insights into his ghostly tales and supernatural horror stories
www.rte.ie
October 30, 2025 at 9:40 AM
A fun little piece I did on Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, with some interesting snippets from the RIA collection, for your delectation!
And also a huge thanks to @dias-isos.bsky.social for making it happen!
Really looking forward to discussing these manuscripts at @anzamems.bsky.social Conference in just three short weeks!
Really looking forward to discussing these manuscripts at @anzamems.bsky.social Conference in just three short weeks!
1/4📜 New on ISOS: RIA MS 24 B 1, a Táin Bó Cuailnge manuscript by Peadar Ó Longáin. Digitised with @dias.ie @ria.ie & @unimelb.bsky.social for @anzamems.bsky.social ANZAMEMS 2025. Thanks to Sarah Corrigan @corrigans.bsky.social for underscoring its importance to Irish scribal tradition and the Táin.
November 12, 2025 at 4:05 AM
And also a huge thanks to @dias-isos.bsky.social for making it happen!
Really looking forward to discussing these manuscripts at @anzamems.bsky.social Conference in just three short weeks!
Really looking forward to discussing these manuscripts at @anzamems.bsky.social Conference in just three short weeks!
Reposted by Dr Sarah Corrigan
4/4With gratitude to Kathleen Kilmartin, Director of the Academic Centre (Newman & St Mary’s) for facilitating access to the Australian manuscript that inspired this project & to the Royal Irish Academy for their ongoing commitment to making Gaelic manuscripts accessible to all. Thanks also to DIAS.
November 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
4/4With gratitude to Kathleen Kilmartin, Director of the Academic Centre (Newman & St Mary’s) for facilitating access to the Australian manuscript that inspired this project & to the Royal Irish Academy for their ongoing commitment to making Gaelic manuscripts accessible to all. Thanks also to DIAS.
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3/4 Digitising RIA MS 24 B 1 reunites this Táin text with the Seosamh Ó Longáin version on ISOS, offering new insight into the Ó Longáin scribal tradition and early Irish storytelling.
Explore the Australian manuscript here:
www.isos.dias.ie/AUS1/AUS_MS_...
#DIASdiscovers
Explore the Australian manuscript here:
www.isos.dias.ie/AUS1/AUS_MS_...
#DIASdiscovers
MS Táin Bó Cuailnge (Australia: Newman College and St. Mary's College)
www.isos.dias.ie
November 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
3/4 Digitising RIA MS 24 B 1 reunites this Táin text with the Seosamh Ó Longáin version on ISOS, offering new insight into the Ó Longáin scribal tradition and early Irish storytelling.
Explore the Australian manuscript here:
www.isos.dias.ie/AUS1/AUS_MS_...
#DIASdiscovers
Explore the Australian manuscript here:
www.isos.dias.ie/AUS1/AUS_MS_...
#DIASdiscovers
Reposted by Dr Sarah Corrigan
2/4 RIA MS 24 B 1 is now available on ISOS (link below).
🪶 A significant step in reconnecting Irish scribal tradition across hemispheres.
www.isos.dias.ie/RIA/RIA_MS_2...
🪶 A significant step in reconnecting Irish scribal tradition across hemispheres.
www.isos.dias.ie/RIA/RIA_MS_2...
MS 24 B 1 (Royal Irish Academy)
www.isos.dias.ie
November 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
2/4 RIA MS 24 B 1 is now available on ISOS (link below).
🪶 A significant step in reconnecting Irish scribal tradition across hemispheres.
www.isos.dias.ie/RIA/RIA_MS_2...
🪶 A significant step in reconnecting Irish scribal tradition across hemispheres.
www.isos.dias.ie/RIA/RIA_MS_2...
Reposted by Dr Sarah Corrigan
1/4📜 New on ISOS: RIA MS 24 B 1, a Táin Bó Cuailnge manuscript by Peadar Ó Longáin. Digitised with @dias.ie @ria.ie & @unimelb.bsky.social for @anzamems.bsky.social ANZAMEMS 2025. Thanks to Sarah Corrigan @corrigans.bsky.social for underscoring its importance to Irish scribal tradition and the Táin.
November 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
1/4📜 New on ISOS: RIA MS 24 B 1, a Táin Bó Cuailnge manuscript by Peadar Ó Longáin. Digitised with @dias.ie @ria.ie & @unimelb.bsky.social for @anzamems.bsky.social ANZAMEMS 2025. Thanks to Sarah Corrigan @corrigans.bsky.social for underscoring its importance to Irish scribal tradition and the Táin.
Registration deadline is 9 November - it's all coming up fast now!
ANZAMEMS Conference – Registration and Program Updates #medieval #earlymodern www.anzamems.org/?p=...
November 2, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Registration deadline is 9 November - it's all coming up fast now!
Reposted by Dr Sarah Corrigan
Clár Tionól na bliana seo!
Programme for Tionól 2025!
14-15 Samhain/November.
#DIASdiscovers
@dias.ie
www.dias.ie/celt/
Programme for Tionól 2025!
14-15 Samhain/November.
#DIASdiscovers
@dias.ie
www.dias.ie/celt/
October 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Clár Tionól na bliana seo!
Programme for Tionól 2025!
14-15 Samhain/November.
#DIASdiscovers
@dias.ie
www.dias.ie/celt/
Programme for Tionól 2025!
14-15 Samhain/November.
#DIASdiscovers
@dias.ie
www.dias.ie/celt/
Reposted by Dr Sarah Corrigan
October 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Reposted by Dr Sarah Corrigan
“Sisyphus thinks he can outwit death. But the company hive-mind pings him relentlessly, even on weekends, and so he stares at his phone on a Saturday and misses his daughter score her first goal at a soccer game.”
— Pindar, Olympian Ode
— Pindar, Olympian Ode
Sisyphus’s Inbox
“And I saw Sisyphus in agonizing torment, drafting a reply to Kayleigh’s ten urgent UX questions. He hit ‘send,’ and immediately received an autore...
buff.ly
October 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“Sisyphus thinks he can outwit death. But the company hive-mind pings him relentlessly, even on weekends, and so he stares at his phone on a Saturday and misses his daughter score her first goal at a soccer game.”
— Pindar, Olympian Ode
— Pindar, Olympian Ode
New Far Side cartoons! 😱
The Far Side | TheFarSide.com
Visit the official online home of The Far Side comic strip by Gary Larson for your daily dose of Gary’s classic cartoons.
www.thefarside.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
New Far Side cartoons! 😱
Reposted by Dr Sarah Corrigan
How would be treated for a broken heart, menstrual cramps or infertility in medieval Ireland? Expert @dhaydenceltic.bsky.social takes us through the vast array of medical texts, the 11th c surge in scientific writing & evidence for drs & doctoring in the Middle Ages. open.spotify.com/episode/34oG...
Medieval Medicine with Prof. Deborah Hayden
open.spotify.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:28 AM
How would be treated for a broken heart, menstrual cramps or infertility in medieval Ireland? Expert @dhaydenceltic.bsky.social takes us through the vast array of medical texts, the 11th c surge in scientific writing & evidence for drs & doctoring in the Middle Ages. open.spotify.com/episode/34oG...
Reposted by Dr Sarah Corrigan
Twitter refugees, note well: they're not called "tweets" here. Call them tweets and you're likely to be yelled at. Posts on Bluesky are called "missives." Reposts are called "rememberances" and replies are called "addendums." Replying to a post with a single emoji is called a "turd drop"
October 17, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Twitter refugees, note well: they're not called "tweets" here. Call them tweets and you're likely to be yelled at. Posts on Bluesky are called "missives." Reposts are called "rememberances" and replies are called "addendums." Replying to a post with a single emoji is called a "turd drop"
So much fantastic Near Eastern Studies news @unimelb.bsky.social
Congrats to my incredible colleagues - come and study Akkadian with us!
Congrats to my incredible colleagues - come and study Akkadian with us!
Announcing the Wright Lecture Series in Ancient Near Eastern Studies | Forum
The Classics and Archaeology program is delighted to announce the new Wright Lecture Series in Ancient Near Eastern Studies. The program has received a generous
blogs.unimelb.edu.au
October 16, 2025 at 8:28 AM
So much fantastic Near Eastern Studies news @unimelb.bsky.social
Congrats to my incredible colleagues - come and study Akkadian with us!
Congrats to my incredible colleagues - come and study Akkadian with us!
Reposted by Dr Sarah Corrigan
I will cut adrift—I will sit on pavements and drink coffee—I will dream; I will take my mind out of its iron cage and let it swim—this fine October.
- Virginia Woolf
#Womensart
- Virginia Woolf
#Womensart
October 15, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I will cut adrift—I will sit on pavements and drink coffee—I will dream; I will take my mind out of its iron cage and let it swim—this fine October.
- Virginia Woolf
#Womensart
- Virginia Woolf
#Womensart
Really looking forward to this!
Nine Objects: An Encounter with the Collections of the University of Melbourne | Potter Museum of Art
potter-museum.unimelb.edu.au
October 15, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Really looking forward to this!
Reposted by Dr Sarah Corrigan
What is Hwæt? The Debate Behind Beowulf’s Opening Line www.medievalists.net/2025/07/hwae... #Beowulf
What is Hwæt? The Debate Behind Beowulf’s Opening Line - Medievalists.net
Discover the meaning of hwæt, the iconic first word of Beowulf, and explore the medieval and modern debates over how it should be translated.
www.medievalists.net
October 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
What is Hwæt? The Debate Behind Beowulf’s Opening Line www.medievalists.net/2025/07/hwae... #Beowulf
Reposted by Dr Sarah Corrigan
Reposted by Dr Sarah Corrigan
In the Treasures of the O'Gorman Special Collection blog series, we highlight volumes by the acclaimed poet and author Seamus Heaney including first editions, signed volumes and more. To read more, please visit: hardimanlibrary.blogspot.com/2025/10/treasures-of-ogorman-special-collection.html
October 14, 2025 at 9:17 AM
In the Treasures of the O'Gorman Special Collection blog series, we highlight volumes by the acclaimed poet and author Seamus Heaney including first editions, signed volumes and more. To read more, please visit: hardimanlibrary.blogspot.com/2025/10/treasures-of-ogorman-special-collection.html
Reposted by Dr Sarah Corrigan
*weeps in accidental medievalist*
Sometimes literary criticism is more fun to read than the literature it’s criticising.
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 14, 2025 at 6:37 AM
*weeps in accidental medievalist*
Only THREE places remaining!
As part of the 2025 ANZAMEMS conference, a one-day intensive palaeography workshop will be hosted at University of Melbourne on Tuesday 2 December for HDRs and ECRs. See the below flyer:
October 14, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Only THREE places remaining!
Reposted by Dr Sarah Corrigan
Ancient writers, especially physicians, had plenty to say about caring for genitals – but please don't try it at home.
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/genital...
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/genital...
October 13, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Ancient writers, especially physicians, had plenty to say about caring for genitals – but please don't try it at home.
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/genital...
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/genital...
Reposted by Dr Sarah Corrigan
Families Join us for an Open Day: Words on the Wave – Ireland & St. Gallen exhibition
🗓️ Sat 4 Oct | 11.00–16.00
📍 NMI, Kildare St
Talks: Maeve Sikora (11:30), Dr Ó Riain (12:30), Prof Ó Cróinín (14:30)
Take part in free Workshops & handle replica artefacts
🎟️ Free admission
museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
🗓️ Sat 4 Oct | 11.00–16.00
📍 NMI, Kildare St
Talks: Maeve Sikora (11:30), Dr Ó Riain (12:30), Prof Ó Cróinín (14:30)
Take part in free Workshops & handle replica artefacts
🎟️ Free admission
museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
September 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Families Join us for an Open Day: Words on the Wave – Ireland & St. Gallen exhibition
🗓️ Sat 4 Oct | 11.00–16.00
📍 NMI, Kildare St
Talks: Maeve Sikora (11:30), Dr Ó Riain (12:30), Prof Ó Cróinín (14:30)
Take part in free Workshops & handle replica artefacts
🎟️ Free admission
museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
🗓️ Sat 4 Oct | 11.00–16.00
📍 NMI, Kildare St
Talks: Maeve Sikora (11:30), Dr Ó Riain (12:30), Prof Ó Cróinín (14:30)
Take part in free Workshops & handle replica artefacts
🎟️ Free admission
museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
Reposted by Dr Sarah Corrigan
Reinventing conferences:
Organisers agree to produce a programme to show to your home institution for money but when you get there it’s all just coffee breaks, lunches, and wine receptions and there’s a room where you can do your paper if you really want to.
Organisers agree to produce a programme to show to your home institution for money but when you get there it’s all just coffee breaks, lunches, and wine receptions and there’s a room where you can do your paper if you really want to.
Reinventing conferences:
All talks begin with mandatory words: "This is part of a larger project I'll never finish."
Instead of coffee breaks, you get randomly assigned to a group where someone inevitably argues that Aristotle already solved your problem.
#academia #philsky #philosophy #philmind
All talks begin with mandatory words: "This is part of a larger project I'll never finish."
Instead of coffee breaks, you get randomly assigned to a group where someone inevitably argues that Aristotle already solved your problem.
#academia #philsky #philosophy #philmind
September 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Reinventing conferences:
Organisers agree to produce a programme to show to your home institution for money but when you get there it’s all just coffee breaks, lunches, and wine receptions and there’s a room where you can do your paper if you really want to.
Organisers agree to produce a programme to show to your home institution for money but when you get there it’s all just coffee breaks, lunches, and wine receptions and there’s a room where you can do your paper if you really want to.