Emily Corran
@emilycorran.bsky.social
Historian of medieval casuistry at UCL. Lover of baroque music and rail travel
marycorran.muchloved.com
Details of Mary Cunningham Corran’s funeral can be found at this page.
Thursday 20th November 11.00
St. Peter and St. Paul’s in Wantage.
Reception in the church immediately after the service.
Feel free to circulate the information to anyone who would wish to know.
Details of Mary Cunningham Corran’s funeral can be found at this page.
Thursday 20th November 11.00
St. Peter and St. Paul’s in Wantage.
Reception in the church immediately after the service.
Feel free to circulate the information to anyone who would wish to know.
Tribute to Mary Corran, 1954 - 2025
Dedicated to the memory of Mary Corran
marycorran.muchloved.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
marycorran.muchloved.com
Details of Mary Cunningham Corran’s funeral can be found at this page.
Thursday 20th November 11.00
St. Peter and St. Paul’s in Wantage.
Reception in the church immediately after the service.
Feel free to circulate the information to anyone who would wish to know.
Details of Mary Cunningham Corran’s funeral can be found at this page.
Thursday 20th November 11.00
St. Peter and St. Paul’s in Wantage.
Reception in the church immediately after the service.
Feel free to circulate the information to anyone who would wish to know.
A 3-year medieval history teaching post @uclhistory.bsky.social to replace me during maternity and research leave. A wonderful place to work. I’m happy to talk to anyone interested in applying. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
March 10, 2025 at 9:26 AM
A 3-year medieval history teaching post @uclhistory.bsky.social to replace me during maternity and research leave. A wonderful place to work. I’m happy to talk to anyone interested in applying. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
A question for medievalists: have you managed to make the updated format of International Medieval Bibliography work for you? I’m having no luck even with very generic searches.
March 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A question for medievalists: have you managed to make the updated format of International Medieval Bibliography work for you? I’m having no luck even with very generic searches.
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I haven't seen any Anglophone obituaries of R.I. Moore yet, but here's one in French (demonstrating the respect his work had internationally).
February 17, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I haven't seen any Anglophone obituaries of R.I. Moore yet, but here's one in French (demonstrating the respect his work had internationally).
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Get in touch with me if you are an non-UK early career researcher and would like to apply with @uclhistory.bsky.social to this excellent scheme @britishacademy.bsky.social.
International Fellowships 2025
The International Fellowships Programme enables researchers to work for three years at a UK institution with the aim of building a globally connected, mobile research and innovation workforce.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
January 22, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Get in touch with me if you are an non-UK early career researcher and would like to apply with @uclhistory.bsky.social to this excellent scheme @britishacademy.bsky.social.
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5 full-time, permanent entry level (Lecturer, eg Assistant Prof.) academic posts at UCL History Department: 1) African, 2) Environmental, 3) Modern East Asian, 4) Modern European, & 5) Social & Economic History. Deadlines are 5 April 2024; apply for more than one if the job descriptions fit.
Opportunities
Find opportunities to join UCL History in academic, research, teaching and learning, admin and other capacities below.
www.ucl.ac.uk
March 13, 2024 at 12:52 PM
5 full-time, permanent entry level (Lecturer, eg Assistant Prof.) academic posts at UCL History Department: 1) African, 2) Environmental, 3) Modern East Asian, 4) Modern European, & 5) Social & Economic History. Deadlines are 5 April 2024; apply for more than one if the job descriptions fit.
To medieval scholars: is the Medieval Libraries of Great Britain website permanently down? I can’t seem to access it.
January 16, 2024 at 12:00 PM
To medieval scholars: is the Medieval Libraries of Great Britain website permanently down? I can’t seem to access it.
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Statement from the President, Officers and my fellow Councillors of the Royal Historical Society condemning cuts in History at Oxford Brookes, and the assault on the humanities more widely #academicsky 🗃️
We urge the university to rethink its current proposals.
royalhistsoc.org/history-at-o...
We urge the university to rethink its current proposals.
royalhistsoc.org/history-at-o...
History at Oxford Brookes University – a statement from the Royal Historical Society | RHS
royalhistsoc.org
December 1, 2023 at 1:07 PM
Statement from the President, Officers and my fellow Councillors of the Royal Historical Society condemning cuts in History at Oxford Brookes, and the assault on the humanities more widely #academicsky 🗃️
We urge the university to rethink its current proposals.
royalhistsoc.org/history-at-o...
We urge the university to rethink its current proposals.
royalhistsoc.org/history-at-o...
A belated post: last week UCL #MARS MA students successfully identified the constituent booklets in UCL manuscripts. Many thanks to UCL special collections for making the session possible!
December 1, 2023 at 11:55 AM
A belated post: last week UCL #MARS MA students successfully identified the constituent booklets in UCL manuscripts. Many thanks to UCL special collections for making the session possible!
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Finished this for my inaugural lecture 29 Nov 1830 at UCL: all welcome.
ucl.ac.uk/history/even...
Advisory notice: contains Pieter Bruegel, farting to work, Douglas Adams, medieval geo-engineering, The Legend of Zelda, kind promiscuity, arguable utopias, Elon Musk & history for a world in ruins.
ucl.ac.uk/history/even...
Advisory notice: contains Pieter Bruegel, farting to work, Douglas Adams, medieval geo-engineering, The Legend of Zelda, kind promiscuity, arguable utopias, Elon Musk & history for a world in ruins.
November 24, 2023 at 1:12 PM
Finished this for my inaugural lecture 29 Nov 1830 at UCL: all welcome.
ucl.ac.uk/history/even...
Advisory notice: contains Pieter Bruegel, farting to work, Douglas Adams, medieval geo-engineering, The Legend of Zelda, kind promiscuity, arguable utopias, Elon Musk & history for a world in ruins.
ucl.ac.uk/history/even...
Advisory notice: contains Pieter Bruegel, farting to work, Douglas Adams, medieval geo-engineering, The Legend of Zelda, kind promiscuity, arguable utopias, Elon Musk & history for a world in ruins.
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November 16, 2023 at 9:35 PM
Report on the cause of the fire at Notre Dame. www.latribunedelart.com/l-avancee-de...
L'avancée de l'enquête sur l'incendie de Notre-Dame de Paris – La Tribune de l'Art
Alors que l'Assemblée nationale se penchera à nouveau sur la loi d'exception voulue par le gouvernement pour la restauration de Notre-Dame (nous y reviendrons), le procureur de la République a publ...
www.latribunedelart.com
November 13, 2023 at 10:07 PM
Report on the cause of the fire at Notre Dame. www.latribunedelart.com/l-avancee-de...
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📣 We are Hiring 📣
Lecturer, Archives & Records Management.
UCL, London. Open Ended.
To contribute to MA & undergraduate teaching, and to work with me on our fabulous new Information in Society programme at UCL East.
£48,614-57,041 p.a.
Deadline is 12 November 2023.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DDD820/l...
Lecturer, Archives & Records Management.
UCL, London. Open Ended.
To contribute to MA & undergraduate teaching, and to work with me on our fabulous new Information in Society programme at UCL East.
£48,614-57,041 p.a.
Deadline is 12 November 2023.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DDD820/l...
November 8, 2023 at 4:04 PM
📣 We are Hiring 📣
Lecturer, Archives & Records Management.
UCL, London. Open Ended.
To contribute to MA & undergraduate teaching, and to work with me on our fabulous new Information in Society programme at UCL East.
£48,614-57,041 p.a.
Deadline is 12 November 2023.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DDD820/l...
Lecturer, Archives & Records Management.
UCL, London. Open Ended.
To contribute to MA & undergraduate teaching, and to work with me on our fabulous new Information in Society programme at UCL East.
£48,614-57,041 p.a.
Deadline is 12 November 2023.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DDD820/l...
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Booking now open for the Royal Historical Society's Presidential Lecture from Prof Emma Griffin: 'European Exploration, Empires, and the Origins of Global Capitalism'.
24 November 2023 6pm. Brewer and Smith Conference Room, Mary Ward House (5-7 Tavistock Place) 🗃️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rhs-presid...
24 November 2023 6pm. Brewer and Smith Conference Room, Mary Ward House (5-7 Tavistock Place) 🗃️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rhs-presid...
November 2, 2023 at 11:09 AM
Booking now open for the Royal Historical Society's Presidential Lecture from Prof Emma Griffin: 'European Exploration, Empires, and the Origins of Global Capitalism'.
24 November 2023 6pm. Brewer and Smith Conference Room, Mary Ward House (5-7 Tavistock Place) 🗃️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rhs-presid...
24 November 2023 6pm. Brewer and Smith Conference Room, Mary Ward House (5-7 Tavistock Place) 🗃️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rhs-presid...
I am delighted and very surprised to have been awarded a Philip Leverhulme prize! www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/philip-...
Philip Leverhulme Prize Winners 2023 | The Leverhulme Trust
www.leverhulme.ac.uk
October 20, 2023 at 9:18 AM
I am delighted and very surprised to have been awarded a Philip Leverhulme prize! www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/philip-...
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Yes to this, ECRs and Pgrs: Editors are your friends. Their job is to publish scholarship. Help them help you.
Early career medievalist scholars, I would love to see your work published in Traditio. Cambridge Core gives our journal a global reach. Please contact me with your article ideas. We can provide feedback and guidance to help you on your way!
September 24, 2023 at 7:12 AM
Yes to this, ECRs and Pgrs: Editors are your friends. Their job is to publish scholarship. Help them help you.
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Early career medievalist scholars, I would love to see your work published in Traditio. Cambridge Core gives our journal a global reach. Please contact me with your article ideas. We can provide feedback and guidance to help you on your way!
September 22, 2023 at 10:40 PM
Early career medievalist scholars, I would love to see your work published in Traditio. Cambridge Core gives our journal a global reach. Please contact me with your article ideas. We can provide feedback and guidance to help you on your way!
One of the things I have brought back from a year in France is a deep love for Banzzaï - the daily after work France musique sluazz show. Easy listing for the discerning palate and the most comforting listening imaginable! www.radiofrance.fr/francemusiqu...
Banzzaï : podcast et émission en replay | France Musique
Du jazz qui brasse, qui buzz, qui s'embrase, du jazz en braise. Une programmation qui décoiffe !
www.radiofrance.fr
September 23, 2023 at 10:14 AM
One of the things I have brought back from a year in France is a deep love for Banzzaï - the daily after work France musique sluazz show. Easy listing for the discerning palate and the most comforting listening imaginable! www.radiofrance.fr/francemusiqu...
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Come and work with us! We are recruiting for a new post of Training Fellow in History & the Humanities. Full-time, fixed term for 36 months. Details and how to apply here: www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... #HistoryJobs #Skystorians
September 20, 2023 at 1:56 PM
Come and work with us! We are recruiting for a new post of Training Fellow in History & the Humanities. Full-time, fixed term for 36 months. Details and how to apply here: www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... #HistoryJobs #Skystorians
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I think everything should be now printed with such Inpressum.
Auch das ist eine Jahresangabe in einem Impressum: "Gedruckt in diesem Jahr, da alles verkehrt war."
A slightly unusual printer's imprint: "Printed in the year when everything was wrong".
#bookhistory #skystorians
A slightly unusual printer's imprint: "Printed in the year when everything was wrong".
#bookhistory #skystorians
September 21, 2023 at 8:43 PM
I think everything should be now printed with such Inpressum.
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How do you know when a society is baroque?
Mass luting in the streets
Mass luting in the streets
September 19, 2023 at 6:01 PM
How do you know when a society is baroque?
Mass luting in the streets
Mass luting in the streets
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"As a result of the changes, AHRC expects to fund one quarter fewer PhD students, reducing from 425 to around 300 new studentships per year by 2029 to 2030." www.ukri.org/news/update-...
Update on AHRC future doctoral provision
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) will introduce major changes to its doctoral provision later this year.
www.ukri.org
September 20, 2023 at 12:44 PM
"As a result of the changes, AHRC expects to fund one quarter fewer PhD students, reducing from 425 to around 300 new studentships per year by 2029 to 2030." www.ukri.org/news/update-...