Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️
@ellisnilsson.bsky.social
Canadian Medievalist
Senior Lecturer/Associate Prof @Linnaeus Uni.
Docent @Lund Uni.
PI @MappingSaints.
WebEditor @info_Scandia.
Saints & society; Digital History; Medieval book fragments; Mediating the past via reconstructions/re-creations, (re)enactment
Senior Lecturer/Associate Prof @Linnaeus Uni.
Docent @Lund Uni.
PI @MappingSaints.
WebEditor @info_Scandia.
Saints & society; Digital History; Medieval book fragments; Mediating the past via reconstructions/re-creations, (re)enactment
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The open-access digital research and educational resource, 'Mapping Saints', has now been officially launched!
Check it out here: saints.dh.gu.se
Check it out here: saints.dh.gu.se
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When I submitted a paper to AI & Society the email confirmation sent me to a website that told me my language quality score was only 3/10 but RUBRIQ could fix it. I study this stuff, so uploaded my paper to RUBRIQ, which proceeded to introduce scientific fabrication and change scientific terms.
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Really exciting book news out of Norway. And while the article focusses on the sealskin binding, I'm even more excited by the fact that these neumes are not square, which suggests a date well before 1200.
November 4, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Really exciting book news out of Norway. And while the article focusses on the sealskin binding, I'm even more excited by the fact that these neumes are not square, which suggests a date well before 1200.
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And as for the Flannery Editing business itself, it (and I) can now be found over at www.flanneryediting.com —get in touch if you’d like to work with me!
Flannery Editing
Welcome to Flannery Editing
www.flanneryediting.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:46 AM
And as for the Flannery Editing business itself, it (and I) can now be found over at www.flanneryediting.com —get in touch if you’d like to work with me!
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An updated Dictionary of AI to help cut through the obfuscating buzzwords. sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2025/...
*with thanks to Joseph Potts and @petertarras.bsky.social for their contributions
*with thanks to Joseph Potts and @petertarras.bsky.social for their contributions
A Dictionary of "AI" — Sonja Drimmer
Even if you spend just a small amount of time listening to people who believe that any kind of digital technology (whether that’s “artificial intelligence” or not) is an unquestioned good, you’ll hear...
sonjadrimmer.com
August 27, 2025 at 10:54 AM
An updated Dictionary of AI to help cut through the obfuscating buzzwords. sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2025/...
*with thanks to Joseph Potts and @petertarras.bsky.social for their contributions
*with thanks to Joseph Potts and @petertarras.bsky.social for their contributions
Fabulous library! So happy I managed a short visit... although doing research there would be a dream! Of course the best bits were the medieval MSS.
Oh, and the Wren Library @trincolllibcam.bsky.social is surely not to be missed by anyone interested in libraries of Cambridge!
www.trin.cam.ac.uk/library/visi...
www.trin.cam.ac.uk/library/visi...
Visitors - Trinity College Library
www.trin.cam.ac.uk
October 31, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Fabulous library! So happy I managed a short visit... although doing research there would be a dream! Of course the best bits were the medieval MSS.
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Now after the successful trip made by the Oseberg ship in September, it’s time for the Gokstad ship to move to its new spot within the Museum of the Viking Age. #VikingShips #Vikingtidsmuseet www.vikingtidsmuseet.no/english/relo...
Relocating the Gokstad Ship - Museum of the Viking Age
On 29 October, the Gokstad Ship is set to be relocated. It will move to its new home in the Museum of the Viking Age, where it can be preserved and showcased for future generations. Preparations for t...
www.vikingtidsmuseet.no
October 29, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Now after the successful trip made by the Oseberg ship in September, it’s time for the Gokstad ship to move to its new spot within the Museum of the Viking Age. #VikingShips #Vikingtidsmuseet www.vikingtidsmuseet.no/english/relo...
Seriously?! How can gen"AI" fact check?! This cannot be a good source for anything much really.
October 29, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Seriously?! How can gen"AI" fact check?! This cannot be a good source for anything much really.
Hoping to make the tour time for @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social while in Cambridge this week!
But also... does anyone know of any other university libraries in Cambridge that don't actually require college or tour access?
But also... does anyone know of any other university libraries in Cambridge that don't actually require college or tour access?
October 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Hoping to make the tour time for @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social while in Cambridge this week!
But also... does anyone know of any other university libraries in Cambridge that don't actually require college or tour access?
But also... does anyone know of any other university libraries in Cambridge that don't actually require college or tour access?
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Back by popular demand, Introduction to Latin Palaeography will run online in February 2026 #MedievalSky 👇
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Introduction to Latin Palaeography
ies.sas.ac.uk
October 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Back by popular demand, Introduction to Latin Palaeography will run online in February 2026 #MedievalSky 👇
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Just a reminder that raging against injustice is a great thing especially today, especially now and forever.
October 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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För alla oss i högskolevärlden är upplevelsen att vi nu nått en bristningsgräns. Lokaler sägs upp, administrationen sägs upp och på vissa håll även undervisande personal, mer undervisning och mindre forskning i tjänst.
Ny rapport om högskolornas budget: Det statliga "produktivitetsavdraget" innebär effektiviseringskrav på 1-2 % av budgeten/år. Idag har högskolorna 40 % mindre resurser per elev än för 30 år sedan, vilket minskat den lärarledda undervisningen drastiskt. tankesmedjanbalans.se/ny-rapport-o...
October 18, 2025 at 6:48 AM
För alla oss i högskolevärlden är upplevelsen att vi nu nått en bristningsgräns. Lokaler sägs upp, administrationen sägs upp och på vissa håll även undervisande personal, mer undervisning och mindre forskning i tjänst.
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October 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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What is a viking to you? Has your perception of them changed over the years? NorseMap is a @erc.europa.eu funded research project where we want to map the legacy of vikings in areas like literature & art, branding, tourism & politics. Comments below -what comes to mind when you think of vikings?
October 7, 2025 at 10:17 AM
What is a viking to you? Has your perception of them changed over the years? NorseMap is a @erc.europa.eu funded research project where we want to map the legacy of vikings in areas like literature & art, branding, tourism & politics. Comments below -what comes to mind when you think of vikings?
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Vi har en ledig stilling som forsker i #runologi for en periode på 12 måneder ved Kulturhistorisk museum, UiO. Stillingen er en del av infrastrukturprosjektet NORCHRON: Norwegian diachronic corpus 200–1814, finansiert av Norges forskningsråd. www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...
October 6, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Vi har en ledig stilling som forsker i #runologi for en periode på 12 måneder ved Kulturhistorisk museum, UiO. Stillingen er en del av infrastrukturprosjektet NORCHRON: Norwegian diachronic corpus 200–1814, finansiert av Norges forskningsråd. www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...
Report out from Sweden's HUMTANK that shows the vital importance of humanities-based courses/influence in higher education programs leading to a profession. The report is based on a study of programs in engineering, medicine, and police training. Recommendations include:
humtank.se/ny-rapport-f...
humtank.se/ny-rapport-f...
Ny rapport från Humtank – humaniora i professionsutbildningar
humtank.se
October 1, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Report out from Sweden's HUMTANK that shows the vital importance of humanities-based courses/influence in higher education programs leading to a profession. The report is based on a study of programs in engineering, medicine, and police training. Recommendations include:
humtank.se/ny-rapport-f...
humtank.se/ny-rapport-f...
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An excellent true thing is that I gave unequivocally anti-“AI” talks at Wesleyan and Tufts this month where the computer scientists and engineers in attendance have no interest in allowing this industry to hijack education and asked me “how can we get our students to take your classes?”
I will start teaching my students how to use AI when my colleagues in computer science start to teach Homer, Dante, Langston Hughes, Borges, Foucault, Audre Lord, Spivak, and Donna Haraway in their classes
I realize many people don’t quite get that not every single professor in every single university teaches computer science and might actually be trained in and invested in teaching other things, like let’s say, history? Or poetry.
Or sociology.
It is not our job to teach students how to use AI.
Or sociology.
It is not our job to teach students how to use AI.
September 29, 2025 at 12:53 AM
An excellent true thing is that I gave unequivocally anti-“AI” talks at Wesleyan and Tufts this month where the computer scientists and engineers in attendance have no interest in allowing this industry to hijack education and asked me “how can we get our students to take your classes?”
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October is the time for sowing the seeds.
#MedievalCalendar
BL Yates Thompson MS 3; 'The Dunois Hours'; c 1439 CE-c 1450 CE; France (Paris); f.10r
#MedievalCalendar
BL Yates Thompson MS 3; 'The Dunois Hours'; c 1439 CE-c 1450 CE; France (Paris); f.10r
September 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
October is the time for sowing the seeds.
#MedievalCalendar
BL Yates Thompson MS 3; 'The Dunois Hours'; c 1439 CE-c 1450 CE; France (Paris); f.10r
#MedievalCalendar
BL Yates Thompson MS 3; 'The Dunois Hours'; c 1439 CE-c 1450 CE; France (Paris); f.10r
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Call for applications! 📣
The German Historical Institute London is seeking a Research Associate with a particular research interest in medieval history (with a focus on late medieval English history) for a part-time project position to start on 1 February 2026. 🤝
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The German Historical Institute London is seeking a Research Associate with a particular research interest in medieval history (with a focus on late medieval English history) for a part-time project position to start on 1 February 2026. 🤝
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September 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Call for applications! 📣
The German Historical Institute London is seeking a Research Associate with a particular research interest in medieval history (with a focus on late medieval English history) for a part-time project position to start on 1 February 2026. 🤝
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The German Historical Institute London is seeking a Research Associate with a particular research interest in medieval history (with a focus on late medieval English history) for a part-time project position to start on 1 February 2026. 🤝
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Great thread!
Starting a new thread to collect critical perspectives on AI, as they are articulated dozens of times every day and appear repeatedly on my timeline. I can't read everything right away, but if, like me, you want to stay up to date, then this might help a bit:
September 29, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Great thread!
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Lecturer in the History of Early Modern Europe and the World (King's College London):
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memorients.com/news/lecture...
Lecturer in the History of Early Modern Europe and the World (King's College London) | MEMOs
King's College London - Department of History
memorients.com
September 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Lecturer in the History of Early Modern Europe and the World (King's College London):
memorients.com/news/lecture...
memorients.com/news/lecture...
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Rosh Hashanah begins at sunset on 22 September. Here is the ram caught by its horns.
Bodleian Library MS. Michael 619; Maḥzor for the High Holidays (Rosh ha-Shanah and Yom Kipur), Western Ashkenazi rite (Tripartite Maḥzor, volume 3); 1320–1330 CE; f.5v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Bodleian Library MS. Michael 619; Maḥzor for the High Holidays (Rosh ha-Shanah and Yom Kipur), Western Ashkenazi rite (Tripartite Maḥzor, volume 3); 1320–1330 CE; f.5v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
September 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Rosh Hashanah begins at sunset on 22 September. Here is the ram caught by its horns.
Bodleian Library MS. Michael 619; Maḥzor for the High Holidays (Rosh ha-Shanah and Yom Kipur), Western Ashkenazi rite (Tripartite Maḥzor, volume 3); 1320–1330 CE; f.5v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Bodleian Library MS. Michael 619; Maḥzor for the High Holidays (Rosh ha-Shanah and Yom Kipur), Western Ashkenazi rite (Tripartite Maḥzor, volume 3); 1320–1330 CE; f.5v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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Imagine in a few years, you come across an online video of yourself - your face, your voice, presenting a garbled version of your research or ’in conversation’ with another scholar saying things you don’t agree with, you have no control to stop it 1/3 #academia
Here's academia.edu for you, folks. Quite sure this rubbish does not comply with the European GDPR.
Gonna download all my papers and move to Knowledge Commons hcommons.org #medievalsky #academia
Gonna download all my papers and move to Knowledge Commons hcommons.org #medievalsky #academia
September 19, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Imagine in a few years, you come across an online video of yourself - your face, your voice, presenting a garbled version of your research or ’in conversation’ with another scholar saying things you don’t agree with, you have no control to stop it 1/3 #academia
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The Ohio State University is now requiring students to become "fluent" in AI. It's a perverse metaphor, and as always, the wisdom of Star Trek proves useful in understanding its perversity.
sonja-drimmer.squarespace.com/blog-1/2025/...
sonja-drimmer.squarespace.com/blog-1/2025/...
Can You Become "Fluent" in "AI"? — Sonja Drimmer
No. But the Ohio State University says that its students are required to pursue this goal if they want to receive their degree. Time was when engineers, linguists, and psychologists wanted to create ...
sonja-drimmer.squarespace.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The Ohio State University is now requiring students to become "fluent" in AI. It's a perverse metaphor, and as always, the wisdom of Star Trek proves useful in understanding its perversity.
sonja-drimmer.squarespace.com/blog-1/2025/...
sonja-drimmer.squarespace.com/blog-1/2025/...
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Critical thinkinge ys vitallye ymportant and manye academic fieldes rightfullye clayme that thei teache it. Englisshe majors learne critical thinkinge too, but thei also learne creative thinkinge and compassionate thinkinge.
September 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Critical thinkinge ys vitallye ymportant and manye academic fieldes rightfullye clayme that thei teache it. Englisshe majors learne critical thinkinge too, but thei also learne creative thinkinge and compassionate thinkinge.
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AI data scraping is causing major problems for digital archives.
Many publishers of cool historical material (free for the public), like @hagleycenter.bsky.social, are being hit w/ bot swarms akin to denial of service attacks.
Latest in The Lint Trap
linttrapofhistory.substack.com/p/when-ai-da...
Many publishers of cool historical material (free for the public), like @hagleycenter.bsky.social, are being hit w/ bot swarms akin to denial of service attacks.
Latest in The Lint Trap
linttrapofhistory.substack.com/p/when-ai-da...
September 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
AI data scraping is causing major problems for digital archives.
Many publishers of cool historical material (free for the public), like @hagleycenter.bsky.social, are being hit w/ bot swarms akin to denial of service attacks.
Latest in The Lint Trap
linttrapofhistory.substack.com/p/when-ai-da...
Many publishers of cool historical material (free for the public), like @hagleycenter.bsky.social, are being hit w/ bot swarms akin to denial of service attacks.
Latest in The Lint Trap
linttrapofhistory.substack.com/p/when-ai-da...