Keith Lilley

Gearing up for a lecture in Ludlow on Norman towns, giving it a bit of a de Lacy spin of course, looking for any similarities between urban forms 🧐

Bilingual information for river walk.

Reading the #Landscape - our #rivers and #coast are more than lines on a #map - come join us for this celebration of #Aberystwyth #Ceredigion City of #Literature #UNESCO #Rheidol #RiversOfWales

@hywelgriffiths.bsky.social
@aberuni.bsky.social
#envhistory #Wales #heritage #environment #art #write

#jobklaxon
Lecturer in #digitalhumanities at @ucc.ie
Salary: €42,102 - €72,452 (Scale B) / €44,169 - €68,942 (Scale A).
Applications must be submitted online via the University College Cork vacancy portal (ore.ucc.ie).
Maybe of interest to the
@digitalmedievalist.bsky.social community!

Nearly fifty years ago... This was the future

Some very interesting work here on the biodiversity impact of land abandonment during the Black Death. I'd love to see something similar on the Highland Clearances ... it would usefully inform re-wilding chat.

Yes 😍

A small town on Hadrian's Wall? I Dr Tony Wilmott YouTube video by Royal Archaeological Institute

𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐬, 𝟏𝟏𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐚𝐭 𝟓 𝐩𝐦
Dr Tony Wilmott will be presenting our next lecture on 'A small town on Hadrian's Wall? - the extramural settlement and bathhouse at Birdoswald’.

At Burlington House and on youtu.be/a87uR2-M3Go

Non-members are welcome - just contact us to join the guest list.

What can biodiversity patterns during the Black Death tell us about our relationships with nature?

(hint: its not all bad!)

Read more in our new paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🌏🧪🌐

The book 'Building Modern Scotland' on a shop bookshelf, between other books. The cover shows the title, the subtitle ('A social and architectural history of the new towns, 1947-1997') and the authors' names. The image shows some new town housing. A group of boys is gathered with their bikes. One is mending a flat tyre. A smaller boy watches on, perhaps wanting to be part of the group.

Publication day for the paperback edition of 'Building Modern Scotland'. Pictured here in Blackwells Edinburgh! It's a social & architectural history of Scotland's post-war new towns, collaboratively written by a @leverhulme.ac.uk funded team from @edincollegeofart.bsky.social and @glasgow.ac.uk

Postgraduate Funding Find out about postgraduate funding opportunities within the School of History, Classics and Archaeology.

My colleagues Annie Tindley and @drhick.bsky.social have funding 📣 for a Collaborative Doctoral Award with Museums Northern Ireland for a PhD on "Reawakening the Living Landscape: Integrating Heritage and Sustainability at the Ulster Folk Museum" - www.ncl.ac.uk/hca/study/hi... Deadline 20 April.

AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) studentship – ‘Urgent rescue curation of space heritage in a time of world crisis’ with The Science Museum Group and University College London at Universi... PhD Project - AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) studentship – ‘Urgent rescue curation of space heritage in a time of world crisis’ with The Science Museum Group and University College Lond...

We have a 4-year AHRC-funded PhD studentship on 'Rescue curation of space heritage' advertised!

Supervision by me, space scientist Lucie Green (@luciegreen.bsky.social), and curators of space and engineering at the Science Museum, Doug Millard and Ben Russell

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Historic Environment Scotland is looking for a new Digital Documentation Officer. F/T. Permanent Role. Stirling, Scotland.

#HeritageJobs #DigitalDocumentation

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ancient DNA) at University of York Apply now for the Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ancient DNA) role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.

34 month PDRA position on my Roman Britannia: Mobility and Society project, based with fab project co-lead Dr Sophy Charlton at @york-bioarch.bsky.social - come join our interdisciplinary Cardiff-York team and reshape narratives of the Roman period in Britannia.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQT035/p...

Screen grab of a call for papers at Leeds IMC. The text reads: TIME FOR CHANGE: TEMPORALITIES & CASTLES Call for Papers - Leeds IMC 6-9 July 2026 - 'Temporalities' What is a castle in time? Is there a time of castles, for castles? Can castles be atemporal? What does a castle studies engaging with questions of temporality look like? Whose castle temporalities matter? Can we call time on the castle studies of yesterday, yesteryear? Can the lens of temporality challenge castle knowledges and interpretations? This panel welcomes proposals which examine temporalities and temporalities in castle studies as a field of inquiry at the intersection of (among others) medieval studies, architecture, archaeology, history, heritage and medievalism. Papers of between 15-20 minutes, by researchers at all career stages, discussing any aspects of castle studies research including but not limited to the following, are welcome: • Temporality in castle studies; • Remembering and memorializing in castle Obscured history, identities and heritages in spaces, communities, themes: past and castles past and present present; • Medieval temporalities and the heritage • Temporally situated antiquity, novelty and innovation in castles; • Planning, timing, scheduling, recording in • castle communities, lives, societies; • Ruined, lost and fictional castles in time Parallel and contradictory times; • Time and temporality in the reception of castles; Please send proposals (a title and abstract of no more than 200 words; short biography of 50 words or less), or any questions, to Dr William Wyeth (william.wyeth@english-heritage.org.uk) by 15 September 2025. This session is organised by Emma Fearon (Nottingham Trent University) and William Wyeth (English Heritage)

Please share: due to withdrawal I have a space on my castles panel for #LeedsIMC.

If you’ve an idea needs airing on time and temporalities in castles, give me a shout/submit via link! imc-leeds.confex.com/imc/2026/pre... @imc-leeds.bsky.social @castlestudies.bsky.social

Original CfP below ⬇️

Data Coordinator (Post-Ex) - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources Salary: £35,457.99-£37,778.88 (depending on experience) + generous benefits packageClosing Date: 27/03/26Location: Based in Headland Midlands & West (Hereford), South & East (Silsoe), Scotland (Edinbu...

Data Coordinator (Post-Ex)
Headland Archaeology
Salary: £35,457.99-£37,778.88 (depending on experience) + generous benefits package
Date: March 27, 2026
Based in Midlands & West (Hereford), South & East (Silsoe), Scotland (Edinburgh) or Yorkshire & North (Cleckheaton).
www.bajr.org/job-ad/data-...

A map is shown, with the logo of the Historic Towns Trust in the top left corner. The words "Mapping our Past, Shaping our Future" are written in the centre.

Join us on 31 March to learn about family history in late Medieval Brecon!

This webinar is hosted in collaboration with the Historic Towns Trust @historictownstrust.bsky.social

Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/event-balh-f...

#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

We know these are exactly the sorts of subjects that breathe life into humanity and future intellectual interest and curiosity...

University courses should be about acquiring skills, not just a job | Letters Letters: Pete Dorey and Pat Stevenson respond to a letter that made the argument for employers funding universities

Spot on. "If fee-paying students want to study geography, English literature or history, why shouldn’t they?"
www.theguardian.com/education/20...

In person early modern metals event in London next month with me, @laurenworking.bsky.social, and Lubaaba Al-Azami. Please repost and share widely! And register here -- forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

Poster for a talk that includes the following text: University of Leeds Institute for Medieval Studies and the Centre for the History of Ibero-America (CHIA) present: Núria Silleras-Fernández (University of Colorado, Boulder): ‘When the Political is Personal: Gendering Mourning in the Royal Courts of Castile and Portugal’ Wednesday 4 March, 4 pm GMT (online only via zoom). Please register at https://forms.office.com/e/pF2WeLQX3d The image background is of an elaborate monastic cloister - specifically the one at Batalha in Portugal dating to the 15th century (author Raph)

If you are interested in queenship, gender studies, or the history of death and grief, please join us on 4 March for an online only talk at 4 pm GMT. Please register at forms.office.com/e/pF2WeLQX3d #medievalsky #earlymodern #historyofemotions #historyofdeath #queenship #kingship

What is an Academic Field? Some Positive Reflections Hello! I received my PhD in Medieval History in May 2025 and am using my expertise to educate interested people in the Middle Ages and the process of creating history. Subscribing as either a free or ...

Things in the academic world (and elsewhere) are pretty grim currently. I wanted to write something a bit more positive, and personal, about what an academic field can be. Partially inspired by a moment of existential terror when I opened a journal and didn't recognize any of the names. #medievalsky

cover image of the spring 2026 edition of Archaeology Ireland, featuring the sun setting in the background with a grass field and hill in the foreground.

Spring 2026, Archaeology Ireland (Vol 40 No 1, Issue 155) is published on 6 March.

From revisiting the 1930 Sheebeg excavation to new insights into megalithic art & Great War training sites, this issue highlights the vitality of archaeology in Ireland today.

Available nationwide & to subscribers.

CFP: Maps and the Imagination: Imago Mundi: The International Journal for the History of Cartography networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

Victorian Drinking Fountains Talk by Kathryn Ferry Kathryn Ferry will share the findings of her study of the public drinking fountain, found in almost every town during the Victorian era.

#victorian #drinkingfountains seem pretty niche now but if you lived in the 1850s, without access to piped water & only the pub to go to when you got really thirsty, they were an absolute marvel. As I'll explain @thevicsoc.bsky.social in #manchester next month

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/victorian-...

Want to work for @britishacademy.bsky.social? We are hiring several roles at the moment including 3 policy roles at different levels, a Deputy Head of Research Funding and several more. We are a lovely place to work. Take a look
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/about/jobs/

Community Archaeologist - Lost Waterways - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources Salary: Salary of £42,631- £43,500 per annum, depending on experienceClosing Date: 12/03/26Location: London Area

Another archaeology and nature job. Looks like a great opportunity www.bajr.org/job-ad/proje...

Men studying a dragon

ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIP IN HISTORY OF SCIENCE
My home department at Uppsala University is advertising an endowed professorship in the history of science. This is the best position in the field in Sweden, and probably in all of Scandinavia. Apply before 30 April 2026. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

Introduction to Handwriting in England c. 700-1700 This course will provide an introduction to manuscript-production in Britain and Ireland over the course of a millennium. It will explore questions of palaeography, diplomatic, and processes of tra…

Do you want to improve your knowledge of medieval manuscripts from England? Book now for this summer school course, in person, in London, 8-12 June. 👇☀️📚 #medievalsky please repost!

palaeography.uk/study/short-...

Hautala, Roman. Masters of the Earth: A History of the Golden Horde, 1219–1502. London: Reaktion Books, 2026.
reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/masters...

#mongolsky
#tengri
#medievalsky

I am so unused to travelling these days but it has its bonuses #Zurich