James Wilson
@jamesdavidwilson.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Fellow at the Zukunftskolleg of the University of Konstanz, Germany.
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Die erste Podiumsdiskussion zu #IchBinHanna in 2026 führt mich nach München! Für das @ngawiss.bsky.social bin ich am 29.1. an der LMU! www.gew-muenchen.de/aktuell/term...
Prekäre Exzellenz? Arbeit an Hochschulen
Podiumsdiskussion: „Prekäre Exzellenz? Arbeit an Hochschulen“
Wissenschaft bedeutet für die Beschäftigten fast immer Dauer-Befristungen, unsichere Karrierewege und strukturelle Überlastung: Die Arbei...
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December 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Die erste Podiumsdiskussion zu #IchBinHanna in 2026 führt mich nach München! Für das @ngawiss.bsky.social bin ich am 29.1. an der LMU! www.gew-muenchen.de/aktuell/term...
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#CfA
LMU's (@lmumuenchen.bsky.social) Judaic Studies Unit and De Gruyter Brill (@dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social) teamed up and call for applications for the Moritz Steinschneider Prize, honouring exceptional achievements in Judaic Studies by junior researchers. Find out more here:
LMU's (@lmumuenchen.bsky.social) Judaic Studies Unit and De Gruyter Brill (@dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social) teamed up and call for applications for the Moritz Steinschneider Prize, honouring exceptional achievements in Judaic Studies by junior researchers. Find out more here:
Moritz Steinschneider-Forschungspreis - Institut für den Nahen und Mittleren Osten - LMU München
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December 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
#CfA
LMU's (@lmumuenchen.bsky.social) Judaic Studies Unit and De Gruyter Brill (@dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social) teamed up and call for applications for the Moritz Steinschneider Prize, honouring exceptional achievements in Judaic Studies by junior researchers. Find out more here:
LMU's (@lmumuenchen.bsky.social) Judaic Studies Unit and De Gruyter Brill (@dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social) teamed up and call for applications for the Moritz Steinschneider Prize, honouring exceptional achievements in Judaic Studies by junior researchers. Find out more here:
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Are you interested or do you know someone who's interested in doing a PhD on Arabic translations of the Bible? The new #BibliaArabica long-term project is looking for candidates! (tbh, that would have been my dream position a few years back) Spread the word!
Open Position: Research Fellow for Biblia Arabica - Institut für den Nahen und Mittleren Osten - LMU München
www.naher-osten.uni-muenchen.de
December 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Are you interested or do you know someone who's interested in doing a PhD on Arabic translations of the Bible? The new #BibliaArabica long-term project is looking for candidates! (tbh, that would have been my dream position a few years back) Spread the word!
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Erinnern mit Games im Unterricht – eine Herzensangelegenheit. Montag gebe ich auf der @mobileschule.bsky.social Tagung in Hannover (13:30 „Lab 7“) einen Impuls dazu. Danke an die Veranstalter für die wichtige Plattform! #molol #erinnerung #games #schule #geschichtsunterricht #blueLZ #digitalebildung
August 29, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Erinnern mit Games im Unterricht – eine Herzensangelegenheit. Montag gebe ich auf der @mobileschule.bsky.social Tagung in Hannover (13:30 „Lab 7“) einen Impuls dazu. Danke an die Veranstalter für die wichtige Plattform! #molol #erinnerung #games #schule #geschichtsunterricht #blueLZ #digitalebildung
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AotW: Alejandro Peláez Martín, 1489: The Mamlūk Sultan of Egypt Threatens the Catholic Monarchs, in: Transmediterranean History 5.2 (2023), DOI: doi.org/10.18148/tmh....
*We are looking for authors: ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/transmed/ind... !*
#medievalists #medievalsky
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June 23, 2025 at 6:40 AM
AotW: Alejandro Peláez Martín, 1489: The Mamlūk Sultan of Egypt Threatens the Catholic Monarchs, in: Transmediterranean History 5.2 (2023), DOI: doi.org/10.18148/tmh....
*We are looking for authors: ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/transmed/ind... !*
#medievalists #medievalsky
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#medievalists #medievalsky
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Many thanks for the shout out! For a study on a single French-language text from the Crusader States, please check out this newly published work! www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
A Crusader's Death and Life in Acre by Anne E. Lester and Laura K. Morreale | Paperback | Cornell University Press
A Crusader's Death and Life in Acre uses five parchment rolls that inventoried the possessions of Eudes of Nevers, son of the duke of Burgundy, at his death in Acre in 1266 to open out a panorama of.....
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June 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Many thanks for the shout out! For a study on a single French-language text from the Crusader States, please check out this newly published work! www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
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AotW: 1254: Treaty between the Mamlūk Sultan al-Malik al-Muʿizz and the Venetians, in: Transmediterranean History 5.2 (2023), DOI: doi.org/10.18148/tmh....
*We are looking for authors: ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/transmed/ind... !*
#medievalists #medievalsky
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June 16, 2025 at 7:01 AM
AotW: 1254: Treaty between the Mamlūk Sultan al-Malik al-Muʿizz and the Venetians, in: Transmediterranean History 5.2 (2023), DOI: doi.org/10.18148/tmh....
*We are looking for authors: ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/transmed/ind... !*
#medievalists #medievalsky
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Think you'd survive the #Crusades? If not, don’t panic- historian James Wilson has your back!
In our latest blog post, James shares survival strategies that just might have saved your life when the Frankish army arrived in Syria in 1097: wp.me/p7o0HV-pI #churchhistory
In our latest blog post, James shares survival strategies that just might have saved your life when the Frankish army arrived in Syria in 1097: wp.me/p7o0HV-pI #churchhistory
June 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Think you'd survive the #Crusades? If not, don’t panic- historian James Wilson has your back!
In our latest blog post, James shares survival strategies that just might have saved your life when the Frankish army arrived in Syria in 1097: wp.me/p7o0HV-pI #churchhistory
In our latest blog post, James shares survival strategies that just might have saved your life when the Frankish army arrived in Syria in 1097: wp.me/p7o0HV-pI #churchhistory
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Muslims in the Kingdom of Jerusalem with Ann Zimo www.medievalists.net/2025/02/musl... #podcast
Muslims in the Kingdom of Jerusalem with Ann Zimo - Medievalists.net
This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle speaks with Ann Zimo about the interactions between Muslims and Christians within the legal, political, and even spy networks of the Latin Kingdom of…
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May 29, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Muslims in the Kingdom of Jerusalem with Ann Zimo www.medievalists.net/2025/02/musl... #podcast
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AotW: Victoria Hayn / Eric Böhme, 982: Thietmar of Merseburg on the Battle at Capo Colonna, in: Transmediterranean History 5.2 (2023), DOI: doi.org/10.18148/tmh....
We are looking for authors: ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/transmed/ind...!
#medievalists #medievalsky
We are looking for authors: ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/transmed/ind...!
#medievalists #medievalsky
May 26, 2025 at 7:06 AM
AotW: Victoria Hayn / Eric Böhme, 982: Thietmar of Merseburg on the Battle at Capo Colonna, in: Transmediterranean History 5.2 (2023), DOI: doi.org/10.18148/tmh....
We are looking for authors: ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/transmed/ind...!
#medievalists #medievalsky
We are looking for authors: ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/transmed/ind...!
#medievalists #medievalsky
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#MedievalSky #GlobalMiddleAges Some new work that can be incorporated into teaching. John Tolan has made available on his HAL page his recent study of Raymond of Peñafort's transcript of the papal reply to mendicants ministering to Christian communities in Tunis in 13thC: hal.science/hal-00761257...
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May 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
#MedievalSky #GlobalMiddleAges Some new work that can be incorporated into teaching. John Tolan has made available on his HAL page his recent study of Raymond of Peñafort's transcript of the papal reply to mendicants ministering to Christian communities in Tunis in 13thC: hal.science/hal-00761257...
Great new interview with @mohamadel-merheb.bsky.social outlining his groudbreaking new research on Louis IX and the Seventh Crusade!
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The Seventh Crusade: New Research Reveals a Different Story www.medievalists.net/2025/05/seve... #crusades #historysky #medievalsky
The Seventh Crusade: New Research Reveals a Different Story - Medievalists.net
New research using Arabic sources to reveal a different story of the Seventh Crusade — one shaped by internal Ayyubid power struggles, political intrigue, and the rise of the Mamluks during Louis…
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May 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Great new interview with @mohamadel-merheb.bsky.social outlining his groudbreaking new research on Louis IX and the Seventh Crusade!
bsky.app/profile/medi...
bsky.app/profile/medi...
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The Seventh Crusade: New Research Reveals a Different Story www.medievalists.net/2025/05/seve... #crusades #historysky #medievalsky
The Seventh Crusade: New Research Reveals a Different Story - Medievalists.net
New research using Arabic sources to reveal a different story of the Seventh Crusade — one shaped by internal Ayyubid power struggles, political intrigue, and the rise of the Mamluks during Louis…
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May 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The Seventh Crusade: New Research Reveals a Different Story www.medievalists.net/2025/05/seve... #crusades #historysky #medievalsky
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Just received my copy of:
"Asian Empires and the Silk Roads"
(KS3 History)
Includes a section on the Mongols with some input from me.
"Asian Empires and the Silk Roads"
(KS3 History)
Includes a section on the Mongols with some input from me.
May 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Just received my copy of:
"Asian Empires and the Silk Roads"
(KS3 History)
Includes a section on the Mongols with some input from me.
"Asian Empires and the Silk Roads"
(KS3 History)
Includes a section on the Mongols with some input from me.
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AotW: James Wilson, 1177: Ibn al-ʿAdīm on a Zengid Commander of “Frankish” Origin, in: Transmediterranean History 6.1 (2024), DOI: doi.org/10.18148/tmh....
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#medievalists #medievalsky
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April 1, 2025 at 7:07 AM
AotW: James Wilson, 1177: Ibn al-ʿAdīm on a Zengid Commander of “Frankish” Origin, in: Transmediterranean History 6.1 (2024), DOI: doi.org/10.18148/tmh....
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#medievalists #medievalsky
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Women's and gender history is thriving in HE, but very little of this new work appears in schools history.
Mid-way through the gov't's curriculum review, Natasha Hodgson considers the barriers to the take up of new work in schools, and how she seeks to overcome these bit.ly/4lf0Xm4 1/2 #Skystorians
Mid-way through the gov't's curriculum review, Natasha Hodgson considers the barriers to the take up of new work in schools, and how she seeks to overcome these bit.ly/4lf0Xm4 1/2 #Skystorians
March 31, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Women's and gender history is thriving in HE, but very little of this new work appears in schools history.
Mid-way through the gov't's curriculum review, Natasha Hodgson considers the barriers to the take up of new work in schools, and how she seeks to overcome these bit.ly/4lf0Xm4 1/2 #Skystorians
Mid-way through the gov't's curriculum review, Natasha Hodgson considers the barriers to the take up of new work in schools, and how she seeks to overcome these bit.ly/4lf0Xm4 1/2 #Skystorians
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New release!
"The Women of Antioch: Gender and Political Culture, 1095-1204"
By Erin L. Jordan
"The Women of Antioch: Gender and Political Culture, 1095-1204"
By Erin L. Jordan
March 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New release!
"The Women of Antioch: Gender and Political Culture, 1095-1204"
By Erin L. Jordan
"The Women of Antioch: Gender and Political Culture, 1095-1204"
By Erin L. Jordan
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Article of the Week: Eric Böhme, 11185: Ibn Ǧubayr and a Local Muslim Leader Assess the Situation of Muslims in Sicily, in: Transmediterranean History 6.2 (2024), DOI: doi.org/10.18148/tmh....
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#medievalists #medievalsky
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February 25, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Article of the Week: Eric Böhme, 11185: Ibn Ǧubayr and a Local Muslim Leader Assess the Situation of Muslims in Sicily, in: Transmediterranean History 6.2 (2024), DOI: doi.org/10.18148/tmh....
* We are looking for authors: ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/transmed/ind... *
#medievalists #medievalsky
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#medievalists #medievalsky
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One further step on the way to #PhDone🥳 If you want to know more about how late medieval astrologers✨ convinced people to see them as trusted experts, my thesis is now accessible online: doi.org/10.13154/294...
Future experts?
Die Dissertation untersucht die Selbstdarstellung von Astrologen als Experten im dreizehnten und vierzehnten Jahrhundert und konzentriert sich hierbei auf die Handlungsfelder Hof und Universität in It...
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January 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
One further step on the way to #PhDone🥳 If you want to know more about how late medieval astrologers✨ convinced people to see them as trusted experts, my thesis is now accessible online: doi.org/10.13154/294...
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Akademischer Rat auf Zeit (m/w/d) | 3003 job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/6..., Bewerbungsschluss 25.01.2025 !!!
Akademischer Rat auf Zeit (m/w/d)
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January 22, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Akademischer Rat auf Zeit (m/w/d) | 3003 job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/6..., Bewerbungsschluss 25.01.2025 !!!
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AotW: Daniel G. König, 711: Ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥakam on Julian’s Collaboration with the Muslims during their Invasion of the Iberian Peninsula, in: TMH 1.1 (2019), DOI: doi.org/10.18148/tmh....
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January 21, 2025 at 7:46 AM
AotW: Daniel G. König, 711: Ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥakam on Julian’s Collaboration with the Muslims during their Invasion of the Iberian Peninsula, in: TMH 1.1 (2019), DOI: doi.org/10.18148/tmh....
* We are looking for authors: ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/transmed/ind... *
#medievalists #medievalsky
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#medievalists #medievalsky
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Honorary mention for the biennial dissertation prize goes to Dr. Alejandro Pelaez Martin for his dissertation "Reconocimiento y transmision de la autoridad politica en al-Andalus y el Magreb (siglos VIII-XV): la ceremonia de la bay'a en el occidente Islamico".
December 13, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Honorary mention for the biennial dissertation prize goes to Dr. Alejandro Pelaez Martin for his dissertation "Reconocimiento y transmision de la autoridad politica en al-Andalus y el Magreb (siglos VIII-XV): la ceremonia de la bay'a en el occidente Islamico".
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Article of the week: Dominic Scheim, 1498: Der Roteiro zur Konfrontation Vasco da Gamas mit muslimischen Händlern in Calicut, in: Transmediterrane Geschichte 5.1 (2023), DOI: doi.org/10.18148/tmh....
#medievalists #medievalsky
#medievalists #medievalsky
1498: The Roteiro on the Confrontation of Vasco da Gama with Muslim Merchants in Calicut
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December 13, 2023 at 9:14 AM
Article of the week: Dominic Scheim, 1498: Der Roteiro zur Konfrontation Vasco da Gamas mit muslimischen Händlern in Calicut, in: Transmediterrane Geschichte 5.1 (2023), DOI: doi.org/10.18148/tmh....
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#medievalists #medievalsky
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Our President, Arezou Azad, recently delivered the MEM Lifetime Achievement Award to Carole Hillenbrand. Watch for Prof. Hillenbrand's remarks in next year's
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November 21, 2023 at 1:49 AM
Our President, Arezou Azad, recently delivered the MEM Lifetime Achievement Award to Carole Hillenbrand. Watch for Prof. Hillenbrand's remarks in next year's
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@alusuralwusta.bsky.social
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CFP: 25 Years After Hillenbrand. New Approaches to Sources, Translation and Perspectives
http://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-140036
Groningen, 10.10.2024-12.10.2024, Mohamad El-Merheb (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen) and James Wilson (Universität Konstanz), Bewerbungsschluss: 11.04.2024
http://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-140036
Groningen, 10.10.2024-12.10.2024, Mohamad El-Merheb (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen) and James Wilson (Universität Konstanz), Bewerbungsschluss: 11.04.2024
25 Years After Hillenbrand. New Approaches to Sources, Translation and Perspectives
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November 16, 2023 at 6:14 PM
CFP: 25 Years After Hillenbrand. New Approaches to Sources, Translation and Perspectives
http://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-140036
Groningen, 10.10.2024-12.10.2024, Mohamad El-Merheb (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen) and James Wilson (Universität Konstanz), Bewerbungsschluss: 11.04.2024
http://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-140036
Groningen, 10.10.2024-12.10.2024, Mohamad El-Merheb (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen) and James Wilson (Universität Konstanz), Bewerbungsschluss: 11.04.2024