Megan Cassidy-Welch
@megancw.bsky.social
Medievalist, historian, writer. Working on ideas of home and homelessness in premodern societies.
Dean of Research Strategy, University of Divinity
President of the Religious History Association
FAHA, FRHistS
Dean of Research Strategy, University of Divinity
President of the Religious History Association
FAHA, FRHistS
Important information for those considering or conducting baptisms.
Another beer post for the evening: In 1241, Pope Gregory IX informed Archbishop Sigurd Eindridesson (r.1231-52) that children who are baptised in beer can not be considered to have been properly baptised.
December 18, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Important information for those considering or conducting baptisms.
A statement from the Religious History Association in response to the Bondi beach terrorist attack.
December 16, 2025 at 4:17 AM
A statement from the Religious History Association in response to the Bondi beach terrorist attack.
Reposted by Megan Cassidy-Welch
"For the first time in history, representatives of the five ancient patriarchal sees—Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem—will stand together at Nicaea to commemorate the council’s 1700th anniversary." orthodoxobserver.org/why-is-pope-...
Why is Pope Leo XIV's visit to Türkiye important for the Orthodox Church?
Pope Leo XIV is about to set foot on Turkish soil for his historic journey to İznik and Constantinople.
orthodoxobserver.org
November 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
"For the first time in history, representatives of the five ancient patriarchal sees—Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem—will stand together at Nicaea to commemorate the council’s 1700th anniversary." orthodoxobserver.org/why-is-pope-...
I had this cancer and rate it zero stars, do not recommend. Vaccines are the best - get yours now!
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I had this cancer and rate it zero stars, do not recommend. Vaccines are the best - get yours now!
Reposted by Megan Cassidy-Welch
#SkyStorians, question: are there small pots of money out there for non-affiliated historians to apply to to support their research project? Most of what I can find are full postdocs or small grants for people in a post to buy them out a bit.
With jobs going, some more of those funds would be good?
With jobs going, some more of those funds would be good?
October 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
#SkyStorians, question: are there small pots of money out there for non-affiliated historians to apply to to support their research project? Most of what I can find are full postdocs or small grants for people in a post to buy them out a bit.
With jobs going, some more of those funds would be good?
With jobs going, some more of those funds would be good?
Reposted by Megan Cassidy-Welch
#cfp for the 2026 Conference of the History of Women Religious of Britain and Ireland, ‘Women Religious: Patronage & Networks from Medieval to Modern’ taking place at Queen Mary University of London on 11/12 June. Please share widely #nuntastic
historyofwomenreligious.org/call-for-pap...
historyofwomenreligious.org/call-for-pap...
August 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
#cfp for the 2026 Conference of the History of Women Religious of Britain and Ireland, ‘Women Religious: Patronage & Networks from Medieval to Modern’ taking place at Queen Mary University of London on 11/12 June. Please share widely #nuntastic
historyofwomenreligious.org/call-for-pap...
historyofwomenreligious.org/call-for-pap...
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Presenting on a religious history topic at an academic conference? Need some funding support? Apply for a conference bursary from the RHA! Membership is great value: AUD30 (waged)/AUD15 (student or unwaged). Visit therha.com.au for details.
Funding opportunity! Please share!
The Religious History Association is offering bursaries for conference papers on religious history. Up to AUD $1,000. Apps due August 30, 2025. Info and application form on the 'Awards and Grants' menu at: therha.com.au
#AcademicSky
The Religious History Association is offering bursaries for conference papers on religious history. Up to AUD $1,000. Apps due August 30, 2025. Info and application form on the 'Awards and Grants' menu at: therha.com.au
#AcademicSky
Religious History Association
therha.com.au
July 19, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Presenting on a religious history topic at an academic conference? Need some funding support? Apply for a conference bursary from the RHA! Membership is great value: AUD30 (waged)/AUD15 (student or unwaged). Visit therha.com.au for details.
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#job📢 #classics #Australia - University of Queensland (Brisbane) - Lecturer in #Greek Literature (Level B) - full-time, permanent, teaching & research - closing date Sept 11 uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uqcareers/jo...
Lecturer in Greek Literature
School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Full-time, permanent position based at our St Lucia campus Base salary will be in the range $106,079 - $...
uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com
August 12, 2025 at 5:34 AM
#job📢 #classics #Australia - University of Queensland (Brisbane) - Lecturer in #Greek Literature (Level B) - full-time, permanent, teaching & research - closing date Sept 11 uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uqcareers/jo...
Applications still open! For religious history papers at any academic conference, anywhere! Great opportunity for a bit of funding support to present your research. Tell your networks! Details in post below.
Funding opportunity! Please share!
The Religious History Association is offering bursaries for conference papers on religious history. Up to AUD $1,000. Apps due August 30, 2025. Info and application form on the 'Awards and Grants' menu at: therha.com.au
#AcademicSky
The Religious History Association is offering bursaries for conference papers on religious history. Up to AUD $1,000. Apps due August 30, 2025. Info and application form on the 'Awards and Grants' menu at: therha.com.au
#AcademicSky
Religious History Association
therha.com.au
August 5, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Applications still open! For religious history papers at any academic conference, anywhere! Great opportunity for a bit of funding support to present your research. Tell your networks! Details in post below.
Reposted by Megan Cassidy-Welch
Funding opportunity! Please share!
The Religious History Association is offering bursaries for conference papers on religious history. Up to AUD $1,000. Apps due August 30, 2025. Info and application form on the 'Awards and Grants' menu at: therha.com.au
#AcademicSky
The Religious History Association is offering bursaries for conference papers on religious history. Up to AUD $1,000. Apps due August 30, 2025. Info and application form on the 'Awards and Grants' menu at: therha.com.au
#AcademicSky
Religious History Association
therha.com.au
July 18, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Funding opportunity! Please share!
The Religious History Association is offering bursaries for conference papers on religious history. Up to AUD $1,000. Apps due August 30, 2025. Info and application form on the 'Awards and Grants' menu at: therha.com.au
#AcademicSky
The Religious History Association is offering bursaries for conference papers on religious history. Up to AUD $1,000. Apps due August 30, 2025. Info and application form on the 'Awards and Grants' menu at: therha.com.au
#AcademicSky
Reposted by Megan Cassidy-Welch
A future in which [ANU] brings up the rear of the Group of Eight and then, unable to compete, evolves in short time into a middle-ranking Australian regional university. That is what is at stake here, writes Frank Bongiorno #auspol #ANU
Change proposals risk relegating ANU to middle-ranking regional uni
Well known historian and long-time ANU staff member, Frank Bongiorno, says he has never seen, such a lack of vision, such a vacuum of ideas, such general disorganisation, nor such cavalier decision-making about institutions and programs built up through hard work over decades in all his years at ANU. He outlined his concerns in this submission to ANU management.
johnmenadue.com
July 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Reposted by Megan Cassidy-Welch
The latest round of cuts at ANU include an outrageous plan to close the Australian National Dictionary Centre (ANDC). ANU has forgotten its vital function as the national university.
Please sign this petition urging ANU to reconsider and protect the ANDC:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please sign this petition urging ANU to reconsider and protect the ANDC:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
July 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The latest round of cuts at ANU include an outrageous plan to close the Australian National Dictionary Centre (ANDC). ANU has forgotten its vital function as the national university.
Please sign this petition urging ANU to reconsider and protect the ANDC:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please sign this petition urging ANU to reconsider and protect the ANDC:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Presenting on a religious history topic at an academic conference? Need some funding support? Apply for a conference bursary from the RHA! Membership is great value: AUD30 (waged)/AUD15 (student or unwaged). Visit therha.com.au for details.
Funding opportunity! Please share!
The Religious History Association is offering bursaries for conference papers on religious history. Up to AUD $1,000. Apps due August 30, 2025. Info and application form on the 'Awards and Grants' menu at: therha.com.au
#AcademicSky
The Religious History Association is offering bursaries for conference papers on religious history. Up to AUD $1,000. Apps due August 30, 2025. Info and application form on the 'Awards and Grants' menu at: therha.com.au
#AcademicSky
Religious History Association
therha.com.au
July 19, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Presenting on a religious history topic at an academic conference? Need some funding support? Apply for a conference bursary from the RHA! Membership is great value: AUD30 (waged)/AUD15 (student or unwaged). Visit therha.com.au for details.
Funding opportunity! Please share!
The Religious History Association is offering bursaries for conference papers on religious history. Up to AUD $1,000. Apps due August 30, 2025. Info and application form on the 'Awards and Grants' menu at: therha.com.au
#AcademicSky
The Religious History Association is offering bursaries for conference papers on religious history. Up to AUD $1,000. Apps due August 30, 2025. Info and application form on the 'Awards and Grants' menu at: therha.com.au
#AcademicSky
Religious History Association
therha.com.au
July 18, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Funding opportunity! Please share!
The Religious History Association is offering bursaries for conference papers on religious history. Up to AUD $1,000. Apps due August 30, 2025. Info and application form on the 'Awards and Grants' menu at: therha.com.au
#AcademicSky
The Religious History Association is offering bursaries for conference papers on religious history. Up to AUD $1,000. Apps due August 30, 2025. Info and application form on the 'Awards and Grants' menu at: therha.com.au
#AcademicSky
“Australian universities should not be rewarded financially for narrowing the scope of HASS in a manner that
undermines the national interest”.
undermines the national interest”.
MEDIA RELEASE: A National Crisis in HASS
The Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) has issued a public call for urgent action in response to widespread cuts to staff, programs and entire disciplines across Australian universities.
chass.org.au/docs.ashx?id...
The Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) has issued a public call for urgent action in response to widespread cuts to staff, programs and entire disciplines across Australian universities.
chass.org.au/docs.ashx?id...
chass.org.au
July 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
“Australian universities should not be rewarded financially for narrowing the scope of HASS in a manner that
undermines the national interest”.
undermines the national interest”.
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...and it's out!
"‘People and Things Have Always Been Mixed Up’: Notes on the So-Called Global Middle Ages", my very short essay for the Journal of Medieval History's 50th-anniversary special issue, is now published; limited free access at the link below!
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/RAEXD...
"‘People and Things Have Always Been Mixed Up’: Notes on the So-Called Global Middle Ages", my very short essay for the Journal of Medieval History's 50th-anniversary special issue, is now published; limited free access at the link below!
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/RAEXD...
July 14, 2025 at 7:37 AM
...and it's out!
"‘People and Things Have Always Been Mixed Up’: Notes on the So-Called Global Middle Ages", my very short essay for the Journal of Medieval History's 50th-anniversary special issue, is now published; limited free access at the link below!
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/RAEXD...
"‘People and Things Have Always Been Mixed Up’: Notes on the So-Called Global Middle Ages", my very short essay for the Journal of Medieval History's 50th-anniversary special issue, is now published; limited free access at the link below!
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/RAEXD...
“When the international community finally acted with resolve, it brought tangible results: military pressure that changed facts on the ground, diplomatic agreements that ended war, & legal frameworks that pushed back against impunity”. A lesson for our time.
www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
Srebrenica at 30: Why this turning point for international justice still matters
The 1995 massacre galvanised legal accountability mechanisms that remain vital as multilateral institutions face new challenges.
www.lowyinstitute.org
July 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
“When the international community finally acted with resolve, it brought tangible results: military pressure that changed facts on the ground, diplomatic agreements that ended war, & legal frameworks that pushed back against impunity”. A lesson for our time.
www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
Sounds like Trump to me. Bad, bad idea.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
Antisemitism plan would strip funding from unis, arts events who fail to fight Jewish hate
Powers to strip funding from public institutions who fail on antisemitism, a review of Australia's hate speech laws, and visa screening for antisemitic views are among the recommendations of a wide-ra...
www.abc.net.au
July 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Sounds like Trump to me. Bad, bad idea.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
Strong statement from the Australian Academy of Humanities on the troubling proposal to cut the excellent Humanities Research Centre at the ANU among other cuts. Decimating humanities research and teaching is a cultural and intellectual disaster.
humanities.org.au/power-of-the...
humanities.org.au/power-of-the...
Australia can't withstand further humanities cuts
The Australian Academy of Humanities views with great concern the impact on staff, students and the wider community of the ANU’s plan for the humanities and social sciences. Now is not the time to red...
humanities.org.au
July 9, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Strong statement from the Australian Academy of Humanities on the troubling proposal to cut the excellent Humanities Research Centre at the ANU among other cuts. Decimating humanities research and teaching is a cultural and intellectual disaster.
humanities.org.au/power-of-the...
humanities.org.au/power-of-the...
Reposted by Megan Cassidy-Welch
CFP for Borders, Boundaries, Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages (20-21 April 2026). Deadline 15 September 2025.
June 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
CFP for Borders, Boundaries, Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages (20-21 April 2026). Deadline 15 September 2025.
Reposted by Megan Cassidy-Welch
The first U.S. bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV—a refugee himself—is mobilizing priests to accompany migrants at immigration court on June 20.
(Via Christopher Hale)
(Via Christopher Hale)
June 13, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The first U.S. bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV—a refugee himself—is mobilizing priests to accompany migrants at immigration court on June 20.
(Via Christopher Hale)
(Via Christopher Hale)
Promises to be a fantastic few days! I’m looking forward to presenting on the spiritual health of crusaders, and to learning much more about preventative healthcare across the premodern world 😀
The Inaugural Session of the International Conference on Preventative Care in the Preindustrial World, with Guy Geltner introducing the methodology of healthscaping, and the field of the #preindustrial public health at large, has now started. 👏
#histmed #publichealth @monashcmrs.bsky.social
#histmed #publichealth @monashcmrs.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Promises to be a fantastic few days! I’m looking forward to presenting on the spiritual health of crusaders, and to learning much more about preventative healthcare across the premodern world 😀
Reposted by Megan Cassidy-Welch
To mark the 50th anniversary of the Journal of Medieval History we’ve asked eight distinguished historians each to use an article from the journal’s first five years as a jumping off point to discuss historiographical trends. @tandfresearch.bsky.social
June 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
To mark the 50th anniversary of the Journal of Medieval History we’ve asked eight distinguished historians each to use an article from the journal’s first five years as a jumping off point to discuss historiographical trends. @tandfresearch.bsky.social
So much for academic freedom
June 6, 2025 at 8:30 AM
So much for academic freedom
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The first article relating to @medimurdermaps.bsky.social has been published today.
Check out "Spatial dynamics of homicide in medieval English cities: the Medieval Murder Map project"
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Check out "Spatial dynamics of homicide in medieval English cities: the Medieval Murder Map project"
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Spatial dynamics of homicide in medieval English cities: the Medieval Murder Map project - Criminal Law Forum
This study examines the spatial patterns of homicide in three 14th-century English cities—London, York, and Oxford—through the Medieval Murder Map project, which visualizes 355 homicide cases derived ...
link.springer.com
June 6, 2025 at 7:22 AM
The first article relating to @medimurdermaps.bsky.social has been published today.
Check out "Spatial dynamics of homicide in medieval English cities: the Medieval Murder Map project"
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Check out "Spatial dynamics of homicide in medieval English cities: the Medieval Murder Map project"
link.springer.com/article/10.1...