Wendy Vencel
@wvencel.bsky.social
She/her/hers 🌸 Medievalist 🏰 Public History PhD Student at NC State 🌸 all thoughts are my own 🌸 wendyvencel.com 🌸 https://ko-fi.com/wendyvencel 🌸
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Wendy Vencel
@wvencel.bsky.social
· Feb 26
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AIA & SAIG has announce the 2025 Dissertation Lecture!!!
March 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
AIA & SAIG has announce the 2025 Dissertation Lecture!!!
Great time at Harvard for @medievalacademy.bsky.social 2025! And glad to be included on the @gsc-maa.bsky.social roundtable!
March 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Great time at Harvard for @medievalacademy.bsky.social 2025! And glad to be included on the @gsc-maa.bsky.social roundtable!
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PhD student Wendy Vencel demonstrates the power of academic exploration. Her research, focused on public engagement with medieval history and archaeology, took her from presenting in Prague to conducting six weeks of fieldwork at a 14th-century Irish castle. We are proud of you!
March 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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You can now support my work on Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/wendyvencel
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2) Become a monthly member to receive printed photos of my research locations!
3) Simply donate!
1) Purchase a postcard!
2) Become a monthly member to receive printed photos of my research locations!
3) Simply donate!
Support Wendy Vencel on Ko-fi! ❤️. ko-fi.com/wendyvencel
Support Wendy Vencel On Ko-fi. Ko-fi lets you support the people and causes you love with small donations
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February 26, 2025 at 3:39 AM
You can now support my work on Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/wendyvencel
1) Purchase a postcard!
2) Become a monthly member to receive printed photos of my research locations!
3) Simply donate!
1) Purchase a postcard!
2) Become a monthly member to receive printed photos of my research locations!
3) Simply donate!
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📜 CfP: We are sponsoring the first-ever UK Digital Medieval Studies Institute (#DMSI), a series of workshops for medievalists on digital methods at the @imc-leeds.bsky.social, and there is still time to sign up!
📆 11 July 2025 (registration 30 Jan.)
▶️ Info and registration: tinyurl.com/2c8ayu4k
📆 11 July 2025 (registration 30 Jan.)
▶️ Info and registration: tinyurl.com/2c8ayu4k
Digital Medieval Studies Institute (DMSI) 2025 UK Edition Information
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January 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
📜 CfP: We are sponsoring the first-ever UK Digital Medieval Studies Institute (#DMSI), a series of workshops for medievalists on digital methods at the @imc-leeds.bsky.social, and there is still time to sign up!
📆 11 July 2025 (registration 30 Jan.)
▶️ Info and registration: tinyurl.com/2c8ayu4k
📆 11 July 2025 (registration 30 Jan.)
▶️ Info and registration: tinyurl.com/2c8ayu4k
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3-year Research Fellowships at Girton College!
Come & be part of this wonderful, welcoming academic environment.
This year they're open in Asian & Middle Eastern Studies; Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic Studies; English; Linguistics; Modern & Medieval Languages.
www.girton.cam.ac.uk/job-vacancie...
Come & be part of this wonderful, welcoming academic environment.
This year they're open in Asian & Middle Eastern Studies; Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic Studies; English; Linguistics; Modern & Medieval Languages.
www.girton.cam.ac.uk/job-vacancie...
December 18, 2024 at 10:57 AM
3-year Research Fellowships at Girton College!
Come & be part of this wonderful, welcoming academic environment.
This year they're open in Asian & Middle Eastern Studies; Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic Studies; English; Linguistics; Modern & Medieval Languages.
www.girton.cam.ac.uk/job-vacancie...
Come & be part of this wonderful, welcoming academic environment.
This year they're open in Asian & Middle Eastern Studies; Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic Studies; English; Linguistics; Modern & Medieval Languages.
www.girton.cam.ac.uk/job-vacancie...
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💰👀 Apply now for the MAA/GSC Grant for Innovation in Community Building & Professionalization! Deadline is 15 February 2025 📫 Apply online 🔗 www.medievalacademy.org/page/MAAGSCG...
December 2, 2024 at 6:22 PM
💰👀 Apply now for the MAA/GSC Grant for Innovation in Community Building & Professionalization! Deadline is 15 February 2025 📫 Apply online 🔗 www.medievalacademy.org/page/MAAGSCG...
Want a cool history sticker? Come to the NC Museum of Art this Friday for this month’s College Day! This moth is organized around the new Samurai exhibit! And NC State students have a scavenger hunt for visitors (complete to get a sticker!)
November 20, 2024 at 11:02 PM
Want a cool history sticker? Come to the NC Museum of Art this Friday for this month’s College Day! This moth is organized around the new Samurai exhibit! And NC State students have a scavenger hunt for visitors (complete to get a sticker!)
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Phd opportunity in African archaeology coastal Mozambique (historical, material analysis). 3 years funding + poss 6-12 months more. Visa & NHS surcharge covered
McDonald Institute Cambridge International Entangled PhD Scholarship at University of Cambridge www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKR174/m...
McDonald Institute Cambridge International Entangled PhD Scholarship at University of Cambridge www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKR174/m...
McDonald Institute Cambridge International Entangled PhD Scholarship at University of Cambridge
Explore a McDonald Institute Cambridge International Entangled PhD Scholarship. Apply today and discover more PhD opportunities at jobs.ac.uk.
www.jobs.ac.uk
November 17, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Phd opportunity in African archaeology coastal Mozambique (historical, material analysis). 3 years funding + poss 6-12 months more. Visa & NHS surcharge covered
McDonald Institute Cambridge International Entangled PhD Scholarship at University of Cambridge www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKR174/m...
McDonald Institute Cambridge International Entangled PhD Scholarship at University of Cambridge www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKR174/m...
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The BTC is organizing a session at EAA2024 in Rome titled "So Falls the World! Archaeology and heritage against empire(s)" We are looking for papers that scrutinize imperial narratives in archaeology and heritage! Call for papers is now open and deadline is February 8.
December 20, 2023 at 10:56 AM
The BTC is organizing a session at EAA2024 in Rome titled "So Falls the World! Archaeology and heritage against empire(s)" We are looking for papers that scrutinize imperial narratives in archaeology and heritage! Call for papers is now open and deadline is February 8.
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New proposal to destroy hard copies of key historical documents (unless they relate to 'notable individuals' such as 'Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens and Diana, Princess of Wales'. Please read, reality check & respond. Consultation ends 23 Feb 2024 www.gov.uk/government/n...
Easier access to historic wills under new government plans
Genealogists, historians and amateur family archivists will be better able to access historic wills under proposals published today (15 December 2023).
www.gov.uk
December 17, 2023 at 12:12 PM
New proposal to destroy hard copies of key historical documents (unless they relate to 'notable individuals' such as 'Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens and Diana, Princess of Wales'. Please read, reality check & respond. Consultation ends 23 Feb 2024 www.gov.uk/government/n...
Congratulations to the NCSU Winter 2023 Public History MA Grads! So glad to have started my time at NC State with you three!
December 16, 2023 at 12:19 AM
Congratulations to the NCSU Winter 2023 Public History MA Grads! So glad to have started my time at NC State with you three!
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CfP: "Shifting Paradigms: Women, Rhetoric, & Power, c. 700-1300 CE" (Feb. 2024). This conference kicks-off an international research network of the same name & will explore the question ‘What was power for medieval women?’ via the lens of exemplarity. Abstract deadline: Jan. 8.
🗃 skystorians
🗃 skystorians
December 8, 2023 at 4:55 PM
CfP: "Shifting Paradigms: Women, Rhetoric, & Power, c. 700-1300 CE" (Feb. 2024). This conference kicks-off an international research network of the same name & will explore the question ‘What was power for medieval women?’ via the lens of exemplarity. Abstract deadline: Jan. 8.
🗃 skystorians
🗃 skystorians
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Anyone looking for a Public History and Heritage project for students, why not have a look at how different heritage sites 'style' their Santas and what did that say about the narratives of the site?
December 6, 2023 at 9:54 AM
Anyone looking for a Public History and Heritage project for students, why not have a look at how different heritage sites 'style' their Santas and what did that say about the narratives of the site?
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Have you started a history PhD recently? Want to tell us about it in 5 mins or less? @long18thsem we want to hear the best PGR research about 18th C Britain at our #LightningTalks event in March 2024
December 4, 2023 at 4:04 PM
Have you started a history PhD recently? Want to tell us about it in 5 mins or less? @long18thsem we want to hear the best PGR research about 18th C Britain at our #LightningTalks event in March 2024
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The CFP is out for the Comhfhios conference at Boston College, and I can't recommend it enough. If you work on Irish material, especially as part of #medievalsky or the pre-modern, give it a look!
December 4, 2023 at 6:04 PM
The CFP is out for the Comhfhios conference at Boston College, and I can't recommend it enough. If you work on Irish material, especially as part of #medievalsky or the pre-modern, give it a look!
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Hugely excited that the Dept of Classics and Ancient History at Durham is HIRING! We are seeking an Assistant Professor in Material and Visual Culture, with a research focus in the Greek World. Come and join our lovely dept!! Get in touch for more details too…
durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
December 4, 2023 at 8:50 PM
Hugely excited that the Dept of Classics and Ancient History at Durham is HIRING! We are seeking an Assistant Professor in Material and Visual Culture, with a research focus in the Greek World. Come and join our lovely dept!! Get in touch for more details too…
durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
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Petition to save language degrees at the University of Aberdeen - please consider signing chng.it/WcTWfX5LgV
December 4, 2023 at 8:02 PM
Petition to save language degrees at the University of Aberdeen - please consider signing chng.it/WcTWfX5LgV
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It's here! My author copy has arrived! And it's available for preorder here: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-toxic-m... -- use offer code NEW30 for 30% off. I’m so proud of all the work all our contributors have done, and grateful to @EdinburghUP for their help in bringing it to the world!
December 4, 2023 at 10:06 PM
It's here! My author copy has arrived! And it's available for preorder here: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-toxic-m... -- use offer code NEW30 for 30% off. I’m so proud of all the work all our contributors have done, and grateful to @EdinburghUP for their help in bringing it to the world!
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The museum will not be decolonised mediadiversified.org/2017/11/15/t...
The museum will not be decolonised
Sumaya Kassim describes the challenges of trying to bring context to Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
mediadiversified.org
November 26, 2023 at 12:30 PM
The museum will not be decolonised mediadiversified.org/2017/11/15/t...
Very serious reading 😸
November 21, 2023 at 12:40 AM
Very serious reading 😸