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Stephan Bruhn
@stebruhn.bsky.social
Medievalist; Early Middle Ages; Frankish World; Early Medieval England; Research Fellow @ghilondon; views my own
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🌿 Really looking forward talking about all things NATURE &ceTERRA at @unituebingen.bsky.social - we would be more than happy if you join us and/or forward this! 🌿
November 5, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Are you interested in medieval perspectives on #intersectionality? Then join our session at the next year's #IMC! @queebees.bsky.social @thiliel.bsky.social @isabelleschuerch.bsky.social @imc-leeds.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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Are you keen on exploring how the present was thought, told, and used in the Middle Ages? Then, join us at the #IMC2026 for talking about *Presentologies*! Deadline is 31 August 2025 - for further information, check out the file below which was designed by the wonderful Maria Kammerlander.
August 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Now published, open access: "Mobility in the early Middle Ages. Interdisciplinary approaches". Get your copy! www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Mobility in the Early Middle Ages, and Beyond – Mobilität im Frühmittelalter und darüber hinaus
Das Reisen in der Vormoderne war grundsätzlich mit Fragen und Ungewissheit verbunden. Das Fehlen detaillierter Wegekarten zwang Reisende sich ihren Weg mit Hilfe von Itineraren, topographischen Merkma...
www.degruyterbrill.com
April 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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We're excited to announce the line-up of speakers for our upcoming GHIL Summer Lecture Series! 📣

We're kicking off our summer programme on 6 May with a lecture by David Milne (@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social) on 'Sigrid Schultz, the Chicago Tribune, and the Third Reich'! 📅
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April 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Today, my review of @catjarman.bsky.social’s book ‘River Kings’ (or, rather, its German translation ‘Flusskönige’) has been published in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. In short: go and read the book (if you haven’t already)!
March 12, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Fiona Griffiths' book on the priests who served female monastic communities is now open access online:
doi.org/10.58117/M4H...
March 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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‼️Deadline approaching: Noon, 27th Feb. 2025.
📢 Fully funded PhD opportunity
🏫King's College London @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
& @memsunikent.bsky.social at the University of Kent
📜Materiality of Early English Charters
📲Details: komldsp.org.uk/projects/mat...
#️⃣ #medievalsky #phdfunding
Materiality of Early English Charters - Knowledge Orders before Modernity
komldsp.org.uk
February 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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I just received a copy of the conference volume on renunciation in the Middle Ages. Massive props to Philipp Winterhager for doing such a brillant job as organiser and editor - it was a pleasure contributing to it!

Verzicht is available as OpenAccess: www.herder.de/wissen/shop/...
February 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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I am very honored to have been awarded the faculty prize for gender aware research by Kiel University for my PhD on trauma and diaspora after the conquest of Constantinople in 1453. Thanks a lot to everybody who has been there both physically and mentally - you made this day very special to me.
February 6, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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I am beyond excited that Alan Lena van Beek (Salzburg) @thiliel.bsky.social is doing a trans reading of Dietrich von der Glezze @unituebingen.bsky.social tomorrow! Please come and join, if you like!
January 28, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Join us in just under two weeks for the first lecture in our GHIL Spring Lecture Series! 📢

On 28 January 2025 at 5:30pm (GMT) Joanna Story (University of Leicester) will talk about 'Insular Manuscripts in Carolingian Francia (in and from Germany)'. 📅
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January 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Rather melacholy circumstances in which to share this, but here is the draft programme for the workshop in honour of Björn Weiler and Alheydis Plassmann, organised by Ryan Kemp (Bonn). Please email ryankemp92@outlook.com ASAP if you would like to attend online or in person.
November 18, 2024 at 3:26 PM
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A funded PhD opportunity in medieval archaeology!
Fancy doing a PhD on the archaeology of medieval Europe, c. AD 400-1500 at Oxford? Scholarship available here:
www.stx.ox.ac.uk/st-cross-son...
November 16, 2024 at 10:49 PM
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#Postdoc #JobAlert!

Join us at the German Historical Institute in London!

For more information: www.ghil.ac.uk/opportunitie...
November 14, 2024 at 1:58 PM
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For those with an interest in medieval Germany, I just wanted to flag up again this panel happening at the @ghilondon.bsky.social tomorrow, in person or via Zoom: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-weak-rei... (for online sign-up). A great line-up of speakers, should be a very interesting event. #MedievalSky
A Weak Reich? European Perspectives on Medieval Germany in Conversation ONL
Join us virtually for a special panel discussion on ' European Perspectives on Medieval Germany in Conversation'.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 11, 2024 at 2:32 PM
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The @ghilondon.bsky.social is hiring! Two positions 3+3 years:

1.) Medieval history with a focus on Britain.

2.) Colonial history of the British Empire/Commonwealth.

For questions about the positions, please contact the GHI-Director. For detailed job descriptions: www.ghil.ac.uk/opportunitie...
Vacancies
www.ghil.ac.uk
November 11, 2024 at 6:15 PM
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Job: 1 Wiss. Mitarb. (w/m/d) "Mittelalterliche Geschichte" (DHI London)

https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-151320

London, , Deutsches Historisches Institut London, Bewerbungsschluss: 06.01.2025
1 Wiss. Mitarb. (w/m/d) "Mittelalterliche Geschichte" (DHI London)
www.hsozkult.de
November 11, 2024 at 3:39 PM
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Call for Applications!

The GHIL and GHI in Washington D.C. are excited to announce the fourteenth Medieval History Seminar, to be held in London from 8 to 10 October 2025!

Apply by 31 January! For more information:

www.ghil.ac.uk/events/confe...

#medievalhistory
October 31, 2024 at 10:28 AM
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Alfred the Great died on this day 1125 years ago. In the WDR Zeitzeichen, @stebruhn.bsky.social makes some insightful comments (in German). I can also be heard and am now apparently a ‘viking expert’ 😀 www1.wdr.de/radio/wdr5/s... #medievalsky
26.10.889: Todestag von Alfred dem Großen
Ohne Alfred gäbe es heute keine britische Krone. Mit seinem Sieg über die Wikinger hat er die Grundlage für das Vereinigte Königreich gelegt.
www1.wdr.de
October 26, 2024 at 12:44 PM