Maroula Perisanidi
@maroulix.bsky.social
Medieval and Byzantine History
Wellcome Trust Research Fellow She/her
Wellcome Trust Research Fellow She/her
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Maroula Perisanidi
@maroulix.bsky.social
· Nov 25
Hard copies of my book are finally here along with the first book review by my 3-year old 😅! She has learnt the words “hagiography” and “hegemony” and is apparently finding the book hilarious 😊 www.cambridge.org/core/books/m...
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Isabella Lewis (@leedsims.bsky.social) writes our latest blog post about St Andrew the Fool. Looking at Andrew's hagiography from the 10c., Isabella explores the intersection of sexual violence and race in the Christian East #churchhistory #skystorians
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Sexual Violence and Race in the Life of Saint Andrew the Fool (10th Century)
Isabella Lewis is a PhD candidate at the University of Leeds. In October 2024, she began her PhD at the Institute for Medieval Studies specialising in Byzantine Studies which is funded by the AHRC …
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November 3, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Isabella Lewis (@leedsims.bsky.social) writes our latest blog post about St Andrew the Fool. Looking at Andrew's hagiography from the 10c., Isabella explores the intersection of sexual violence and race in the Christian East #churchhistory #skystorians
eccleshistsoc.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/s...
eccleshistsoc.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/s...
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Call for Papers: Leeds IMC 2026
Neurodivergent and Neuroqueer Temporalities
Deadline: Monday 15th September 9am
#CFP #IMC2026 #Medievalsky #Neurodiversity #Neuroqueer
Neurodivergent and Neuroqueer Temporalities
Deadline: Monday 15th September 9am
#CFP #IMC2026 #Medievalsky #Neurodiversity #Neuroqueer
July 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Call for Papers: Leeds IMC 2026
Neurodivergent and Neuroqueer Temporalities
Deadline: Monday 15th September 9am
#CFP #IMC2026 #Medievalsky #Neurodiversity #Neuroqueer
Neurodivergent and Neuroqueer Temporalities
Deadline: Monday 15th September 9am
#CFP #IMC2026 #Medievalsky #Neurodiversity #Neuroqueer
One chapter of my book on Byzantine Masculinity is now available Open Access: eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/22... Have a read if you are interested in chronic illness, disability gain, or posthumanism. 😀
Gregorios Antiochos: Disabled Bodies and Desired Becomings - White Rose Research Online
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May 30, 2025 at 7:30 AM
One chapter of my book on Byzantine Masculinity is now available Open Access: eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/22... Have a read if you are interested in chronic illness, disability gain, or posthumanism. 😀
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I've signed this: have you?
OPEN LETTER: HISTORIANS FOR TRANS RIGHTS
Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now!
Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver
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Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now!
Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver
Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn
Historians for Trans Rights - Open Letter to MPs
In light of the recent and incessant attacks on the trans community in the UK by the UK government and legal system, a group of UK-based historians have drafted the letter linked below. Our aim is to ...
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May 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I've signed this: have you?
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The US Copyright Office has released its report on copyrightability and AI-generated works. The full report can be downloaded here:
www.copyright.gov/ai/Copyright...
(Short answer: only works created by humans are copyrightable.)
#writingcommunity #publishing #ai #copyright #writing #tech
www.copyright.gov/ai/Copyright...
(Short answer: only works created by humans are copyrightable.)
#writingcommunity #publishing #ai #copyright #writing #tech
April 4, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The US Copyright Office has released its report on copyrightability and AI-generated works. The full report can be downloaded here:
www.copyright.gov/ai/Copyright...
(Short answer: only works created by humans are copyrightable.)
#writingcommunity #publishing #ai #copyright #writing #tech
www.copyright.gov/ai/Copyright...
(Short answer: only works created by humans are copyrightable.)
#writingcommunity #publishing #ai #copyright #writing #tech
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Important work going on in the face of serious attempts to erase it. Please share widely!
Always Here: Non-Binary Gender, Trans Identities, & Queerness in the Global Middle Ages (c. 250–1650) #MedievalSky
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Always Here: Non-Binary Gender, Trans Identities, & Queerness in the Global Middle Ages (c. 250–1650) #MedievalSky
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CEMERS Conference | Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies | Binghamton University
Learn more about CEMERS Conference.
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April 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Important work going on in the face of serious attempts to erase it. Please share widely!
Always Here: Non-Binary Gender, Trans Identities, & Queerness in the Global Middle Ages (c. 250–1650) #MedievalSky
www.binghamton.edu/cemers/confe...
Always Here: Non-Binary Gender, Trans Identities, & Queerness in the Global Middle Ages (c. 250–1650) #MedievalSky
www.binghamton.edu/cemers/confe...
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New article: Helen Gittos, "Sutton Hoo and Syria: The Anglo-Saxons Who Served in the Byzantine Army?." The English Historical Review (2025) [Open Access]
Sutton Hoo and Syria: The Anglo-Saxons Who Served in the Byzantine Army? | Mary Jaharis Center
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January 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
New article: Helen Gittos, "Sutton Hoo and Syria: The Anglo-Saxons Who Served in the Byzantine Army?." The English Historical Review (2025) [Open Access]
Today I came across a fascinating Russian story about a lazy man who used a magic fish to make all his wishes come true and went unpunished. I found it so jarring, I read further to see how such a story could exist. According to an article, by Maria Nikolajeva it fits well its historical context.
January 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Today I came across a fascinating Russian story about a lazy man who used a magic fish to make all his wishes come true and went unpunished. I found it so jarring, I read further to see how such a story could exist. According to an article, by Maria Nikolajeva it fits well its historical context.
A podcast with Anthony Kaldellis about the masculinity of scholars and clerics in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, the challenges and deficits that it faced, and the masculine capital that men in those occupations tried to amass and then spend. www.podbean.com/ew/pb-ttbmu-... #Byzantium
126. Can scholars and clerics be manly?, with Maroula Perisanidi
A conversation with Maroula Perisanidi (University of Leeds) about the distinctive kind of masculinity that was fashioned by scholars and priests in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, the challenges ...
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December 26, 2024 at 8:02 PM
A podcast with Anthony Kaldellis about the masculinity of scholars and clerics in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, the challenges and deficits that it faced, and the masculine capital that men in those occupations tried to amass and then spend. www.podbean.com/ew/pb-ttbmu-... #Byzantium
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Ever encountered a yellowish blob like this in a medieval book? It's a drop of candle wax. Yup, books were read at night back then, by candle light. (Owl disapproves. Hoo-hoo did that?)
Angers, BM, 162 (14th century). Digital pics: https://buff.ly/3VfChhJ.
Angers, BM, 162 (14th century). Digital pics: https://buff.ly/3VfChhJ.
November 27, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Ever encountered a yellowish blob like this in a medieval book? It's a drop of candle wax. Yup, books were read at night back then, by candle light. (Owl disapproves. Hoo-hoo did that?)
Angers, BM, 162 (14th century). Digital pics: https://buff.ly/3VfChhJ.
Angers, BM, 162 (14th century). Digital pics: https://buff.ly/3VfChhJ.
Hard copies of my book are finally here along with the first book review by my 3-year old 😅! She has learnt the words “hagiography” and “hegemony” and is apparently finding the book hilarious 😊 www.cambridge.org/core/books/m...
November 25, 2024 at 8:13 PM
Hard copies of my book are finally here along with the first book review by my 3-year old 😅! She has learnt the words “hagiography” and “hegemony” and is apparently finding the book hilarious 😊 www.cambridge.org/core/books/m...
Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
1) a book on speech difference in Byzantium (c. 1000-1200)
2) different translations of Moana songs in French and Greek
1) a book on speech difference in Byzantium (c. 1000-1200)
2) different translations of Moana songs in French and Greek
Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
1) book on life writing by medieval disabled authors & disability justice today
2) a global literary history of dumplings
1) book on life writing by medieval disabled authors & disability justice today
2) a global literary history of dumplings
Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
1) monograph on the British cultural history of anti-vaccination in c18/c19
2) social media transformations of language use
1) monograph on the British cultural history of anti-vaccination in c18/c19
2) social media transformations of language use
November 22, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
1) a book on speech difference in Byzantium (c. 1000-1200)
2) different translations of Moana songs in French and Greek
1) a book on speech difference in Byzantium (c. 1000-1200)
2) different translations of Moana songs in French and Greek