Dr Siobhán Jolley
@siobhanjolley.bsky.social
Writer, educator, and Mary Mag Hag | Currently lecturing @uomreligion, visiting@kingtrs | Let's talk arts, feminism, and Bible
A very happy Feast of St Mary Magdalene to all who celebrate!
The winner of the book giveaway is @michaeldevries.bsky.social - congratulations!
Thanks to all who took part. Hopefully you can persuade your librarian to acquire a copy, but if you have difficulty, please DM me for assistance...
The winner of the book giveaway is @michaeldevries.bsky.social - congratulations!
Thanks to all who took part. Hopefully you can persuade your librarian to acquire a copy, but if you have difficulty, please DM me for assistance...
July 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
A very happy Feast of St Mary Magdalene to all who celebrate!
The winner of the book giveaway is @michaeldevries.bsky.social - congratulations!
Thanks to all who took part. Hopefully you can persuade your librarian to acquire a copy, but if you have difficulty, please DM me for assistance...
The winner of the book giveaway is @michaeldevries.bsky.social - congratulations!
Thanks to all who took part. Hopefully you can persuade your librarian to acquire a copy, but if you have difficulty, please DM me for assistance...
Last week @tdbiii.bsky.social and I hosted a workshop in Soeterbeeck about contemporary feminist biblical reception. It was also the eighth hottest day since Dutch records began. Feeling very grateful for friends and colleagues able to be brilliant in extreme conditions and for what’s coming next!
July 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Last week @tdbiii.bsky.social and I hosted a workshop in Soeterbeeck about contemporary feminist biblical reception. It was also the eighth hottest day since Dutch records began. Feeling very grateful for friends and colleagues able to be brilliant in extreme conditions and for what’s coming next!
Looking forward to my second paper of #EABSBL, in the final slot of the conference. Sure, it might just be me and the chair but at least we both have ~thoughts about this film!
June 27, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Looking forward to my second paper of #EABSBL, in the final slot of the conference. Sure, it might just be me and the chair but at least we both have ~thoughts about this film!
We're hosting the 2025 meeting of the Bible, Critical Theory and Reception Seminar here at @uomreligion.bsky.social today, with some great papers ahead.
If you're interested in joining us next year, drop @tdbiii.bsky.social, @drrebekah.bsky.social or me a line!
If you're interested in joining us next year, drop @tdbiii.bsky.social, @drrebekah.bsky.social or me a line!
June 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
We're hosting the 2025 meeting of the Bible, Critical Theory and Reception Seminar here at @uomreligion.bsky.social today, with some great papers ahead.
If you're interested in joining us next year, drop @tdbiii.bsky.social, @drrebekah.bsky.social or me a line!
If you're interested in joining us next year, drop @tdbiii.bsky.social, @drrebekah.bsky.social or me a line!
Great news for fans of not buying books but still having access to them: Reimaging the Magdalene has been added to the @tandtclark.bsky.social Jesus Library, so if your library subscribes you can now access a digital version.
May 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Great news for fans of not buying books but still having access to them: Reimaging the Magdalene has been added to the @tandtclark.bsky.social Jesus Library, so if your library subscribes you can now access a digital version.
It was great to speak to @feministtheology.bsky.social last night about the book, and a real treat to have such rich conversation around it. @karenod.bsky.social has worked some magic creating that space - highly recommended. 💙
May 29, 2025 at 8:37 AM
It was great to speak to @feministtheology.bsky.social last night about the book, and a real treat to have such rich conversation around it. @karenod.bsky.social has worked some magic creating that space - highly recommended. 💙
You're probably going to see lots of chat because he critiqued Vance but that is honestly not a leftist opinion. It’s just a good priest correcting bad theology. (He’s a registered Republican according to some reports.)
May 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
You're probably going to see lots of chat because he critiqued Vance but that is honestly not a leftist opinion. It’s just a good priest correcting bad theology. (He’s a registered Republican according to some reports.)
On a more serious note, I do think the name and choice of outfit make a statement, and I liked his words about his friend Pope Francis and the focus on peace throughout his opening address.
May 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
On a more serious note, I do think the name and choice of outfit make a statement, and I liked his words about his friend Pope Francis and the focus on peace throughout his opening address.
My immediate takes, with various degrees of seriousness:
May 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
My immediate takes, with various degrees of seriousness:
Did I interrupt the seminar I was chairing and inadvertently give away that I was on chimney watch? Yes I did. (Sorry @benquash.bsky.social it was a great paper!)
May 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Did I interrupt the seminar I was chairing and inadvertently give away that I was on chimney watch? Yes I did. (Sorry @benquash.bsky.social it was a great paper!)
Author copies of Reimaging the Magdalene have arrived! Tell your librarian it’s available now from @tandtclark.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social, but watch this space for a giveaway.
May 3, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Author copies of Reimaging the Magdalene have arrived! Tell your librarian it’s available now from @tandtclark.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social, but watch this space for a giveaway.
Registration is now open for 'Framing Religious Art in UK Collections', a free workshop led by Maddie Hewitson, where we'll discuss how religious art is interpreted and displayed across UK collections.
It's free and online, and we'd love to have you join us!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/framing-re...
It's free and online, and we'd love to have you join us!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/framing-re...
April 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Registration is now open for 'Framing Religious Art in UK Collections', a free workshop led by Maddie Hewitson, where we'll discuss how religious art is interpreted and displayed across UK collections.
It's free and online, and we'd love to have you join us!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/framing-re...
It's free and online, and we'd love to have you join us!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/framing-re...
A privilege to join the BBC Breakfast team in the studio to talk briefly about Pope Francis this morning.
Hoping to write up some thoughts about the art of his papacy soon if I can find a home for it!
Hoping to write up some thoughts about the art of his papacy soon if I can find a home for it!
April 27, 2025 at 9:16 AM
A privilege to join the BBC Breakfast team in the studio to talk briefly about Pope Francis this morning.
Hoping to write up some thoughts about the art of his papacy soon if I can find a home for it!
Hoping to write up some thoughts about the art of his papacy soon if I can find a home for it!
A wonderful (and long overdue) visit to @mcrjewishmuseum.bsky.social this evening, hosted by the fantastic Sherry Ashworth to listen to Tereza Ward from @thejohnrylands.bsky.social talking about her research.
April 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A wonderful (and long overdue) visit to @mcrjewishmuseum.bsky.social this evening, hosted by the fantastic Sherry Ashworth to listen to Tereza Ward from @thejohnrylands.bsky.social talking about her research.
Happy Easter, courtesy of the kids of north Liverpool.
April 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Happy Easter, courtesy of the kids of north Liverpool.
Tomorrow! If you’re reading this you’re invited and we’d love to see you there.
March 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Tomorrow! If you’re reading this you’re invited and we’d love to see you there.
If you’re in Manchester this time next week, we’ll be having a little launch event from 6pm at KRObar with my @uomreligion.bsky.social colleagues, and it would be great to wet the Magdalene’s head with you, so to speak.
March 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
If you’re in Manchester this time next week, we’ll be having a little launch event from 6pm at KRObar with my @uomreligion.bsky.social colleagues, and it would be great to wet the Magdalene’s head with you, so to speak.
Thanks to the good folks at @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social @bloomsburyrs.bsky.social and @tandtclark.bsky.social for getting it ready for the big wide world, and my long-suffering family and friends for putting up with my nonsense.
March 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Thanks to the good folks at @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social @bloomsburyrs.bsky.social and @tandtclark.bsky.social for getting it ready for the big wide world, and my long-suffering family and friends for putting up with my nonsense.
I’m very happy to share that my book ‘Reimaging the Magdalene: Feminism, Art, and the Counter-Reformation’ is now available to buy at all good booksellers (and the dodgy ones too).
March 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I’m very happy to share that my book ‘Reimaging the Magdalene: Feminism, Art, and the Counter-Reformation’ is now available to buy at all good booksellers (and the dodgy ones too).
Lovely to be back with friends at Nazarene Theological College today to talk about Reimaging the Magdalene ahead of publication day tomorrow.
March 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Lovely to be back with friends at Nazarene Theological College today to talk about Reimaging the Magdalene ahead of publication day tomorrow.
In my very specific niche: On my way to teach at @stpaulscathedral.bsky.social, looking at Mary Magdalene in the art of Easter. Everyone else on my train is ready for Wembley, so we're not even out of the Lime Street tunnels yet and we're on a third run-through of Poor Scouser Tommy.
March 15, 2025 at 8:52 AM
In my very specific niche: On my way to teach at @stpaulscathedral.bsky.social, looking at Mary Magdalene in the art of Easter. Everyone else on my train is ready for Wembley, so we're not even out of the Lime Street tunnels yet and we're on a third run-through of Poor Scouser Tommy.
📣 Calling PGRs! You have one more week to apply for a travel grant to join us for our Feminist Afterlives symposium in July.
📅 Send your short abstracts to @tdbiii.bsky.social and me by 7th March
🗣️ Got questions? Just drop us a line.
📢 Spread the word and apply today!
📅 Send your short abstracts to @tdbiii.bsky.social and me by 7th March
🗣️ Got questions? Just drop us a line.
📢 Spread the word and apply today!
February 28, 2025 at 9:33 AM
📣 Calling PGRs! You have one more week to apply for a travel grant to join us for our Feminist Afterlives symposium in July.
📅 Send your short abstracts to @tdbiii.bsky.social and me by 7th March
🗣️ Got questions? Just drop us a line.
📢 Spread the word and apply today!
📅 Send your short abstracts to @tdbiii.bsky.social and me by 7th March
🗣️ Got questions? Just drop us a line.
📢 Spread the word and apply today!
Very pleased to come home to my author copy of this. 🥳 Really looking forward to reading the chapters from the rest of the party!
February 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Very pleased to come home to my author copy of this. 🥳 Really looking forward to reading the chapters from the rest of the party!