Maria Slozak
@mariaslozak.bsky.social
Wandering hermit, quietly exploring the paths of being human. Reading and writing are my staff and lantern.
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The light at the end of this trail was wonderful, where trees had turned golden. Isn’t this just such an inviting scene?
#nature #woodland #photography
#nature #woodland #photography
November 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The light at the end of this trail was wonderful, where trees had turned golden. Isn’t this just such an inviting scene?
#nature #woodland #photography
#nature #woodland #photography
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My teenage self scribbled swordfight travel adventures in notebooks and read books by Jayne Ann Krentz and Julia Quinn. Thanks to the Happily Ever After Society and Chandra Wicke — I’m in this beautiful book with my favorite authors. #whatisthislife? ❤️🫶🥹
November 14, 2025 at 11:46 AM
My teenage self scribbled swordfight travel adventures in notebooks and read books by Jayne Ann Krentz and Julia Quinn. Thanks to the Happily Ever After Society and Chandra Wicke — I’m in this beautiful book with my favorite authors. #whatisthislife? ❤️🫶🥹
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Includes a roundtable discussing @shannonchakraborty.bsky.social's The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi!
The business meeting marks the official launch of the @alusuralwusta.bsky.social: journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/al....
A huge thanks to @zaydeantrim.bsky.social, @medievalqabq.bsky.social and the editorial board for all of their hard work in bringing this to fruition.
A huge thanks to @zaydeantrim.bsky.social, @medievalqabq.bsky.social and the editorial board for all of their hard work in bringing this to fruition.
Al-ʿUsur al-Wusta
Middle East Medievalists (MEM) is an international professional non-profit association of scholars interested in the study of the Islamic lands of the Middle East during the medieval period (defined r...
journals.library.columbia.edu
November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Includes a roundtable discussing @shannonchakraborty.bsky.social's The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi!
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Congratulations to @rachelschine.bsky.social for winning the Best Book Award from the Middle East Medievalists association for her book, Black Knights: Arabic Epic and the Making of Medieval Race! Brava!!! 🍾🍾🍾
Here's the link, if you haven't already read it: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Here's the link, if you haven't already read it: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Black Knights
A new account of racial logics in premodern Islamic literature. In Black Knights, Rachel Schine reveals how the Arabic-speaking world developed a different form of racial knowledge than their Europe...
press.uchicago.edu
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Congratulations to @rachelschine.bsky.social for winning the Best Book Award from the Middle East Medievalists association for her book, Black Knights: Arabic Epic and the Making of Medieval Race! Brava!!! 🍾🍾🍾
Here's the link, if you haven't already read it: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Here's the link, if you haven't already read it: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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Earlier this week storm hit the Dutch coastlines. This was a shot of the Oranjemolen that stands right next to the coast in Vlissingen. During storms like this you get this unreal scene that looks like a painting. I got soaking wet, but it was worth it!
October 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Earlier this week storm hit the Dutch coastlines. This was a shot of the Oranjemolen that stands right next to the coast in Vlissingen. During storms like this you get this unreal scene that looks like a painting. I got soaking wet, but it was worth it!
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Apply!
📣Our UofG Library Visiting Research Fellowships are now open for applications!
We’re delighted to invite scholars from across the globe to apply to work with our internationally significant collections.
Apply at: www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
📆Closing date: 5 January 2026
#UofGLibraryFellows
We’re delighted to invite scholars from across the globe to apply to work with our internationally significant collections.
Apply at: www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
📆Closing date: 5 January 2026
#UofGLibraryFellows
November 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Apply!
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I illustrate CATS READING BOOKS for $75
Pick a cat— maybe YOUR cat or a friend's cat— pick a book— maybe a book you wrote or maybe your favorite read— and I draw you the digital illustration like these—
www.behance.net/gallery/2291...
DM me for info!
Pick a cat— maybe YOUR cat or a friend's cat— pick a book— maybe a book you wrote or maybe your favorite read— and I draw you the digital illustration like these—
www.behance.net/gallery/2291...
DM me for info!
November 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I illustrate CATS READING BOOKS for $75
Pick a cat— maybe YOUR cat or a friend's cat— pick a book— maybe a book you wrote or maybe your favorite read— and I draw you the digital illustration like these—
www.behance.net/gallery/2291...
DM me for info!
Pick a cat— maybe YOUR cat or a friend's cat— pick a book— maybe a book you wrote or maybe your favorite read— and I draw you the digital illustration like these—
www.behance.net/gallery/2291...
DM me for info!
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Today on the blog, I have a taste of scholarly humility and try to work out who exactly the early medieval Vascones were (spoiler alert - it’s complicated). #medievalsky
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Who were the Vascones?
Contrary to legend, when Charlemagne invaded the Iberian Peninsula in 778, he didn’t fight many Arabs. Instead, the Royal Frankish Annals inform us that as his armies crossed the Pyrenees, he ‘subj…
salutemmundo.wordpress.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Today on the blog, I have a taste of scholarly humility and try to work out who exactly the early medieval Vascones were (spoiler alert - it’s complicated). #medievalsky
salutemmundo.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/w...
salutemmundo.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/w...
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Hard not to love autumn when wet leaves pave the road with gold
November 12, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Hard not to love autumn when wet leaves pave the road with gold
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If this is your cosy Christmassy kind of vibe you might like my new book. Christmas at the French Repair Shop is out now.
🪚🛠️🎄
mybook.to/FrenchRepairShop
🪚🛠️🎄
mybook.to/FrenchRepairShop
November 12, 2025 at 11:55 AM
If this is your cosy Christmassy kind of vibe you might like my new book. Christmas at the French Repair Shop is out now.
🪚🛠️🎄
mybook.to/FrenchRepairShop
🪚🛠️🎄
mybook.to/FrenchRepairShop
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New #CFP International #WomensWriting online conference
November 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
New #CFP International #WomensWriting online conference
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Sometimes your parchment is imperfect, but you use it anyway. This leaf has a large hole that was caused during the processing of the animal skin. Part of the hole was sewn up using thick thread, and then the scribe just wrote around it. (UPenn Ms. Codex 747) #medievalsky
🔗: https://bit.ly/3WqLDYc
🔗: https://bit.ly/3WqLDYc
November 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Sometimes your parchment is imperfect, but you use it anyway. This leaf has a large hole that was caused during the processing of the animal skin. Part of the hole was sewn up using thick thread, and then the scribe just wrote around it. (UPenn Ms. Codex 747) #medievalsky
🔗: https://bit.ly/3WqLDYc
🔗: https://bit.ly/3WqLDYc
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I've been watching back videos from when I sailed from Dives-sur-Mer to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, following the route of the Norman invasion fleet in 1066. 130km of c. 70m chalk cliffs in a strong N/NE wind that turned into a gale just before we reached Fécamp. Similar conditions to 1066 #MedievalSky
November 12, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I've been watching back videos from when I sailed from Dives-sur-Mer to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, following the route of the Norman invasion fleet in 1066. 130km of c. 70m chalk cliffs in a strong N/NE wind that turned into a gale just before we reached Fécamp. Similar conditions to 1066 #MedievalSky
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Spectacular fall sunrise above Mt. Tahoma (Rainier), Washington
November 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Spectacular fall sunrise above Mt. Tahoma (Rainier), Washington
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‘They’d allowed me to enter realms of darkness, guiding me through and showing me beauty where my fears once lay.’ - @monisharajesh.bsky.social on the gift of night trains, in her new and lovely book, Moonlight Express. #travelwriting
September 21, 2025 at 9:03 AM
‘They’d allowed me to enter realms of darkness, guiding me through and showing me beauty where my fears once lay.’ - @monisharajesh.bsky.social on the gift of night trains, in her new and lovely book, Moonlight Express. #travelwriting
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Cet article sur les voies de l'empire romain fait le buzz, mais en faire un "high resolution dataset" est bien imprudent... pour un petit coin de Bourgogne, routes royales et nationales du 18e ou 20e s. coexistent avec des tracés hypothétiques au mieux. 1/
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Itiner-e: A high-resolution dataset of roads of the Roman Empire - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Itiner-e: A high-resolution dataset of roads of the Roman Empire
www.nature.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Cet article sur les voies de l'empire romain fait le buzz, mais en faire un "high resolution dataset" est bien imprudent... pour un petit coin de Bourgogne, routes royales et nationales du 18e ou 20e s. coexistent avec des tracés hypothétiques au mieux. 1/
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Yesterday I took a break from writing my latest Regency adventure, and did a bit of painting in the Derbyshire countryside (watercolour)
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Yesterday I took a break from writing my latest Regency adventure, and did a bit of painting in the Derbyshire countryside (watercolour)
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November 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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For those interested in romance teaching:
Joseph Crawford 's written an open access essay which addresses ethical issues he's considered while teaching a course about romantic fiction.
‘I'm Alright, It's Just so Horrible’: Teaching Romance Fictions, Pre‐ and Post‐#MeToo
This article discusses the author’s experiences of teaching the history of romance fiction to undergraduate students from 2013 to 2024, with a particular emphasis on changing approaches to teaching r...
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
For those interested in romance teaching:
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All I want is a humble castle on the Irish coast, a crackling fire, a vintage mystery novel, an emotional support raven, a raging thunderstorm, a few purring cats, endless cups of tea, and a scandalous amount of freshly-baked pastries.
November 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
All I want is a humble castle on the Irish coast, a crackling fire, a vintage mystery novel, an emotional support raven, a raging thunderstorm, a few purring cats, endless cups of tea, and a scandalous amount of freshly-baked pastries.
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My brother Tom is a wonderful writer and shares his work on insta at @composition_ofwritings , but I just had to share his reflection on the aftermath of Samhain. It calls to mind the quiet landscape of our childhood and he envokes a world of ghostly companions and omens. I just love it!
#folklore
#folklore
November 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
My brother Tom is a wonderful writer and shares his work on insta at @composition_ofwritings , but I just had to share his reflection on the aftermath of Samhain. It calls to mind the quiet landscape of our childhood and he envokes a world of ghostly companions and omens. I just love it!
#folklore
#folklore
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The autumn colours this year in British woodland are absolutely spectacular. It's like every leaf has been painted gold. Walking through woodlands like this is one hell of an experience!
#autumn #woodland #nature #photography
#autumn #woodland #nature #photography
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The autumn colours this year in British woodland are absolutely spectacular. It's like every leaf has been painted gold. Walking through woodlands like this is one hell of an experience!
#autumn #woodland #nature #photography
#autumn #woodland #nature #photography
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🧵 Here's a behind-the-scenes look at the work that goes into lovingly repairing historic books from The Portico's 19th-century collection...
October 29, 2025 at 11:12 AM
🧵 Here's a behind-the-scenes look at the work that goes into lovingly repairing historic books from The Portico's 19th-century collection...
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Come and study with me! Call for doctoral proposals in the field of Romance and/or Erotica at Falmouth University: www.falmouth.ac.uk/research/phd...
Romance and/or Erotica
This Research & Knowledge Exchange Doctoral Project brief summarises our priority areas of research interest under the heading of: Romance and/or Erotica
www.falmouth.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Come and study with me! Call for doctoral proposals in the field of Romance and/or Erotica at Falmouth University: www.falmouth.ac.uk/research/phd...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:43 AM