Danielle Alesi, PhD
@daniellealesi.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Medieval and Early Modern World History at Nazareth University, Rochester NY
Basically a crocodile historian 🐊
Basically a crocodile historian 🐊
paper and creative project presentations in the feast and famine class are underway and we had some very fun presentations! pictured here: a video game about eating as a medieval nun and a mukbang youtube video of homemade medieval recipes!
April 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
paper and creative project presentations in the feast and famine class are underway and we had some very fun presentations! pictured here: a video game about eating as a medieval nun and a mukbang youtube video of homemade medieval recipes!
the feast and famine class played a table top dice game in class today, using dice rolls to put together a medieval feast! 10/10 the most fun and animated day of class!
April 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
the feast and famine class played a table top dice game in class today, using dice rolls to put together a medieval feast! 10/10 the most fun and animated day of class!
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I sing of bees and a bear
BL Harley 3448; Flore de virtu e de costumi (Flowers of Virtue and of Custom); 15th century; Italy, N. (Padua?); f.10v
BL Harley 3448; Flore de virtu e de costumi (Flowers of Virtue and of Custom); 15th century; Italy, N. (Padua?); f.10v
April 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I sing of bees and a bear
BL Harley 3448; Flore de virtu e de costumi (Flowers of Virtue and of Custom); 15th century; Italy, N. (Padua?); f.10v
BL Harley 3448; Flore de virtu e de costumi (Flowers of Virtue and of Custom); 15th century; Italy, N. (Padua?); f.10v
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Public lecture with @saveancientstudies.bsky.social
youtube.com/live/wvODGwv...
#medievalsky #vikingsky
youtube.com/live/wvODGwv...
#medievalsky #vikingsky
SASA Live Master Class: "Viking Voyages Part II: The Eastern Road"
YouTube video by Shield of Skuld
youtube.com
March 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Public lecture with @saveancientstudies.bsky.social
youtube.com/live/wvODGwv...
#medievalsky #vikingsky
youtube.com/live/wvODGwv...
#medievalsky #vikingsky
“I’m more of an ideas man” - overheard in my class during group work
March 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
“I’m more of an ideas man” - overheard in my class during group work
Looking for scholars (especially early career and graduate students) to write book reviews for Terrae Incognitae. We already have some great books available like...
"Reimagining the Globe and Cultural Exchange: The East Asian Legacies of Matteo Ricci's World Map," Edited by Laura Hostetler
1/3
"Reimagining the Globe and Cultural Exchange: The East Asian Legacies of Matteo Ricci's World Map," Edited by Laura Hostetler
1/3
March 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Looking for scholars (especially early career and graduate students) to write book reviews for Terrae Incognitae. We already have some great books available like...
"Reimagining the Globe and Cultural Exchange: The East Asian Legacies of Matteo Ricci's World Map," Edited by Laura Hostetler
1/3
"Reimagining the Globe and Cultural Exchange: The East Asian Legacies of Matteo Ricci's World Map," Edited by Laura Hostetler
1/3
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“The East African coast is home to the longest contiguous chain of urban settlements on the continent.”
The nearly 2,000 miles of coastline is dotted with several hundred Swahili cities and towns which flourished during the Middle Ages.
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/a-history-...
The nearly 2,000 miles of coastline is dotted with several hundred Swahili cities and towns which flourished during the Middle Ages.
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/a-history-...
A history of the medieval coastal towns of Mozambique ca. 500-1890 CE.
The East African coast is home to the longest contiguous chain of urban settlements on the continent.
www.africanhistoryextra.com
March 19, 2025 at 11:40 AM
“The East African coast is home to the longest contiguous chain of urban settlements on the continent.”
The nearly 2,000 miles of coastline is dotted with several hundred Swahili cities and towns which flourished during the Middle Ages.
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/a-history-...
The nearly 2,000 miles of coastline is dotted with several hundred Swahili cities and towns which flourished during the Middle Ages.
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/a-history-...
Reposted by Danielle Alesi, PhD
These two glass plaques show Ariadne & Bacchus.
One shows Bacchus watching Ariadne, who has been abandoned by Theseus. The other shows Ariadne reclining as a woman pours her wine.
Cameo glass was created by layering & carving glass in contrasting colours.
📍 House of Marcus Fabius Rufus, Pompeii
One shows Bacchus watching Ariadne, who has been abandoned by Theseus. The other shows Ariadne reclining as a woman pours her wine.
Cameo glass was created by layering & carving glass in contrasting colours.
📍 House of Marcus Fabius Rufus, Pompeii
March 19, 2025 at 8:24 AM
These two glass plaques show Ariadne & Bacchus.
One shows Bacchus watching Ariadne, who has been abandoned by Theseus. The other shows Ariadne reclining as a woman pours her wine.
Cameo glass was created by layering & carving glass in contrasting colours.
📍 House of Marcus Fabius Rufus, Pompeii
One shows Bacchus watching Ariadne, who has been abandoned by Theseus. The other shows Ariadne reclining as a woman pours her wine.
Cameo glass was created by layering & carving glass in contrasting colours.
📍 House of Marcus Fabius Rufus, Pompeii
the ta keeps falling asleep during midterm grading
March 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
the ta keeps falling asleep during midterm grading
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How would you draw an animal you had never seen before? Edward Topsell’s 1658 ‘History of four-footed beasts…’ has illustrations of animals we recognise, as well as monsters. Although he writes about manticores, dragons and sea-serpents, even Topsell starts to question unicorns!
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[Cole 004Q]
March 11, 2025 at 10:19 AM
How would you draw an animal you had never seen before? Edward Topsell’s 1658 ‘History of four-footed beasts…’ has illustrations of animals we recognise, as well as monsters. Although he writes about manticores, dragons and sea-serpents, even Topsell starts to question unicorns!
[Cole 004Q]
[Cole 004Q]
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Please get those applications in to become our journal’s new co-editors!
Are you an #envhum scholar looking to make a difference for the field?
Become a co-editor of the journal Environmental Humanities!
We need a new set of 2 co-editors to replace Franklin & I from Jan 2026. See the call here:
environmentalhumanities.org
Contact us if you have any questions.
Become a co-editor of the journal Environmental Humanities!
We need a new set of 2 co-editors to replace Franklin & I from Jan 2026. See the call here:
environmentalhumanities.org
Contact us if you have any questions.
Environmental Humanities – A journal published by Duke University Press
environmentalhumanities.org
March 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Please get those applications in to become our journal’s new co-editors!
Got to represent Nazareth University tonight as a sponsor for the Rochester Museum and Science Center’s Uncorked and On Tap event! I am so happy to work at Naz and so happy to live in the city of Rochester, with everything it has to offer. Cheers!
March 9, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Got to represent Nazareth University tonight as a sponsor for the Rochester Museum and Science Center’s Uncorked and On Tap event! I am so happy to work at Naz and so happy to live in the city of Rochester, with everything it has to offer. Cheers!
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Please consider showing some love to Greater Rochester LGBTQ+ Mutual Aid! In just their first month of existence, Emergency Relief Fund has issued $500 in support and Trans Joy Fund has issued over $600 in support, both within our local community. These two funds really need your support right now!
March 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Please consider showing some love to Greater Rochester LGBTQ+ Mutual Aid! In just their first month of existence, Emergency Relief Fund has issued $500 in support and Trans Joy Fund has issued over $600 in support, both within our local community. These two funds really need your support right now!
@greenleejw.bsky.social visited the Feast and Famine class today to talk about, you guessed it, EELS!
Not only did the students love it and keep telling me what a cool experience this was, but I got to hear more ab the work of one of my favorite “internet friends”! Thanks so much for visiting!
Not only did the students love it and keep telling me what a cool experience this was, but I got to hear more ab the work of one of my favorite “internet friends”! Thanks so much for visiting!
March 6, 2025 at 9:18 PM
@greenleejw.bsky.social visited the Feast and Famine class today to talk about, you guessed it, EELS!
Not only did the students love it and keep telling me what a cool experience this was, but I got to hear more ab the work of one of my favorite “internet friends”! Thanks so much for visiting!
Not only did the students love it and keep telling me what a cool experience this was, but I got to hear more ab the work of one of my favorite “internet friends”! Thanks so much for visiting!
Reposted by Danielle Alesi, PhD
hey book nerds, uchicago press is doing their 90% off sale. i haven't looked through, but they usually have a huge title list, many from smaller partner presses.
also: the website has a different discount code than the mailer. if SAVE25 doesn't work, try GREATCHICAGO25.
also: the website has a different discount code than the mailer. if SAVE25 doesn't work, try GREATCHICAGO25.
Book Sale Catalog from the University of Chicago Press
The Book Sale Catalog from the University of Chicago Press offers deep discounts on hundreds of books we publish, plus books from the fine publishers we distribute. The Great Chicago Book Sale is our ...
press.uchicago.edu
February 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
hey book nerds, uchicago press is doing their 90% off sale. i haven't looked through, but they usually have a huge title list, many from smaller partner presses.
also: the website has a different discount code than the mailer. if SAVE25 doesn't work, try GREATCHICAGO25.
also: the website has a different discount code than the mailer. if SAVE25 doesn't work, try GREATCHICAGO25.
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hey! me & @lollardfish.bsky.social wrote this piece for @slate.bsky.social about what's hot in 2025, because it's the Middle Ages!
we see a retreat to the medieval as a (tacit) act of resistance against techbro authoritarianism. find out why...
please read and share
#medievalsky
we see a retreat to the medieval as a (tacit) act of resistance against techbro authoritarianism. find out why...
please read and share
#medievalsky
Every Era Has Its Own Way of Thinking About the Middle Ages. Here’s 2025’s.
Tapestries, stone walls, chain mail, crossbows. This era’s medieval mashup has it all.
slate.com
February 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
hey! me & @lollardfish.bsky.social wrote this piece for @slate.bsky.social about what's hot in 2025, because it's the Middle Ages!
we see a retreat to the medieval as a (tacit) act of resistance against techbro authoritarianism. find out why...
please read and share
#medievalsky
we see a retreat to the medieval as a (tacit) act of resistance against techbro authoritarianism. find out why...
please read and share
#medievalsky
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Men: Ugh I struggle to even finish a book anymore my attention span is so cooked
Women: It's called A Field of Fury & Roses and it's the prequel to A Palace of Thorns which I enjoyed almost as much as its sequel, A Maze of Mist & Fire. Each book is 800 pages of inter-species elven smut
Women: It's called A Field of Fury & Roses and it's the prequel to A Palace of Thorns which I enjoyed almost as much as its sequel, A Maze of Mist & Fire. Each book is 800 pages of inter-species elven smut
February 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Men: Ugh I struggle to even finish a book anymore my attention span is so cooked
Women: It's called A Field of Fury & Roses and it's the prequel to A Palace of Thorns which I enjoyed almost as much as its sequel, A Maze of Mist & Fire. Each book is 800 pages of inter-species elven smut
Women: It's called A Field of Fury & Roses and it's the prequel to A Palace of Thorns which I enjoyed almost as much as its sequel, A Maze of Mist & Fire. Each book is 800 pages of inter-species elven smut
This special issue was a joy to be included in! Definitely check it out (maybe not while eating though…)
Fab work here from Rachel Winchcombe, @daniellealesi.bsky.social, Jack Bouchard, Amanda Herbert, @juliafine.bsky.social, @meghnasapui.bsky.social, Ilaria Berti, and Mercedes Lopez Rodriguez.
February 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This special issue was a joy to be included in! Definitely check it out (maybe not while eating though…)
Reposted by Danielle Alesi, PhD
The @artinstitutechi.bsky.social Lands a Staggering Haul of Neoclassical Masterpieces
Jeffrey and Carol Horvitz have gifted the museum more than 2,000 works spanning the 16th to 19th century.
by Adam Schrader for artnet
news.artnet.com/art-world/ar...
news.artnet.com/art-world/ar...
Jeffrey and Carol Horvitz have gifted the museum more than 2,000 works spanning the 16th to 19th century.
by Adam Schrader for artnet
news.artnet.com/art-world/ar...
news.artnet.com/art-world/ar...
Art Institute of Chicago Lands Staggering Haul of Neoclassical Artworks
The Art Institute of Chicago has received a massive gift of French art from collectors Jeffrey and Carol Horvitz.
news.artnet.com
February 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The @artinstitutechi.bsky.social Lands a Staggering Haul of Neoclassical Masterpieces
Jeffrey and Carol Horvitz have gifted the museum more than 2,000 works spanning the 16th to 19th century.
by Adam Schrader for artnet
news.artnet.com/art-world/ar...
news.artnet.com/art-world/ar...
Jeffrey and Carol Horvitz have gifted the museum more than 2,000 works spanning the 16th to 19th century.
by Adam Schrader for artnet
news.artnet.com/art-world/ar...
news.artnet.com/art-world/ar...
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This is where you go to tell the National Park Service to restore the word "transgender" in its entry on the Stonewall monument.
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Stonewall National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGB civil rights a...
www.nps.gov
February 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This is where you go to tell the National Park Service to restore the word "transgender" in its entry on the Stonewall monument.
(Scroll down.)
(Scroll down.)
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Tournament Shield (Targe)
c. 1500
Used in Germany & Austria for Hussarisch Turnier (tournament in Hungarian-style costume). The motto reads, "Although I am the hated bird, I rather enjoy that" Below the quartered arms of the intermarried Tänzl & Rindscheit families.
(Met Museum)
c. 1500
Used in Germany & Austria for Hussarisch Turnier (tournament in Hungarian-style costume). The motto reads, "Although I am the hated bird, I rather enjoy that" Below the quartered arms of the intermarried Tänzl & Rindscheit families.
(Met Museum)
February 12, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Tournament Shield (Targe)
c. 1500
Used in Germany & Austria for Hussarisch Turnier (tournament in Hungarian-style costume). The motto reads, "Although I am the hated bird, I rather enjoy that" Below the quartered arms of the intermarried Tänzl & Rindscheit families.
(Met Museum)
c. 1500
Used in Germany & Austria for Hussarisch Turnier (tournament in Hungarian-style costume). The motto reads, "Although I am the hated bird, I rather enjoy that" Below the quartered arms of the intermarried Tänzl & Rindscheit families.
(Met Museum)
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Revenge killing for predation of livestock (and attacks on humans) are common reasons for attacks on predators. The coexistence of people, livestock, and predators is a difficult one that requires a great deal of investment and buy in from government and locals.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Shot, poisoned and beaten to death: why leopard killings are soaring in Pakistan
A wave of incidents threatens the survival of the species in the country, say conservationists
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Revenge killing for predation of livestock (and attacks on humans) are common reasons for attacks on predators. The coexistence of people, livestock, and predators is a difficult one that requires a great deal of investment and buy in from government and locals.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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not everything you love in your teenage years holds up but Green Day was cooking with American Idiot
February 11, 2025 at 1:05 AM
not everything you love in your teenage years holds up but Green Day was cooking with American Idiot