K.A. Tuley
katuley.bsky.social
K.A. Tuley
@katuley.bsky.social
Medieval Mediterranean (13th c Mamluks, Mongols, Latin East, Armenians, Byzantines, Seljuks, etc. oh, my!), Social Network Analysis, cats, books, cats and books.

Public Scholarship specialist at Bucknell University Library.

Zotero is for notes.
Agree with this, but recommend extreme caution for early-career.

Which should probably be obvious, but it’s easy to lose sight of the obvious when focused on the important.
April 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
People (including students) have responded better (both in making them and not winding themselves up) to

Setting “windows” instead of deadlines, “Some time Monday morning to before noon on Wednesday” and

Explanations—“Because I need time to read your responses before we meet on Thursday.”
March 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
After working as a book review editor for an academic journal I could not take arbitrary deadlines seriously again.
March 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
That’s a great idea—where can we see/show the work the tools are doing.
March 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Orange cat “brain cell just transferred” face.
March 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
In the fall, however, my paper would have been so much better. Definitely better edited.
March 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Reposted by K.A. Tuley
I found Viabundus today, which allows one to plot travel routes in central and parts of eastern Europe with a slider to choose a date between 1350 and 1650.

#EarlyModern #skystorians #maps
Viabundus Pre-modern street map 1.3
www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de
February 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Reposted by K.A. Tuley
In particular, I'm enjoying this reading list on disability in Premodern and Early Japan, with a great cover photo that is a reminder that the tōdō guild of the blind were the primary contributors to modern koto playing styles and repertories (japanpastandpresent.org/en/teaching-...)
February 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Say WHAT NOW?
December 6, 2024 at 9:59 PM
This is a thing with mystery writers and Goodreads reviews in Everyone on this Train Is a Suspect.

www.goodreads.com/book/show/16...
Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect (Ernest Cunningham,…
When the Australian Mystery Writers’ Society invited me…
www.goodreads.com
November 18, 2024 at 2:40 PM
#Library, #ArtHistory, #Conservation, and #HistoryOfTheBook people, check them out! The strips are very cool, and the tech arm of the team is doing awesome things.

#PublicHumanities #DigitalHumanities #PublicScholarship
November 10, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Thank you! My feed was getting waaaay too NW euro-focused.
November 10, 2024 at 3:27 PM