Ah, of course there are clips from Braveheart in it... FFS... #medievalsky
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Ah, of course there are clips from Braveheart in it... FFS... #medievalsky
Fascinating new article by Nick Karn, focusing on the material aspects of charters to identify forgeries— including upside-down seals! Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
I have put together a handout- it discusses the differences in HS vs uni readings, the impact that has, and suggestions for students doing readings
Feel free to use and circulate to any first years :)
#highered #higheducation #history #medievalhistory #teaching #academia #transitionpedagogy
A great piece in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social today from UL’s Prof Máiréad Moriarty on the increased value of the critical skills gained during an Arts degree in the age of AI - expertise in human complexity will always be required! www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
This appalling fat cat wants to shut the door on all my mature students, many of whom left school after GCSE and give up a lot to go to university. I can tell him that they’re the hungriest for education and far from being unable to graduate, they regularly get the highest grades. Hateful man.
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 ⬇️
Closure of language courses is 'national catastrophe, warns VC By Fiona Mcintyre Picture of Adam Tickell
There is a “national catastrophe” unfolding as universities close modern languages courses and important “cultural assets” across the humanities more broadly are lost “by stealth”.
Coverage of Adam Tickell’s remarks at our conference yesterday
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
The term for that is White supremacy and any coverage of Reform that does not include that term is complicit in whitewashing White supremacy. Sometimes things really are that simple.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Was not expecting to start my day with this good #20s30s history from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
an image promoting a substack article titled ‘25 medieva manuscripts you can look at online right now’
i made a starter back of beautiful and unique manuscripts you can browse online! (with links) for anyone that wants a good way to spend an afternoon :)
open.substack.com/pub/weirdmed...
New episode! It’s that time of the week again! Here we’re joined by @eugene-smelyansky.bsky.social to discuss Russia, medievalisms, and why Samuel Huntington sucks. Plus @profgabriele.com does a silly voice.
Enjoy #medievalsky!
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We are looking at a document with a wavy line. Below is a contract written in Latin in black ink. At the bottom is a where a seal would have one been affixed.
Prepare for something medieval and oh so cool.
This indenture witnesses that William, son of Magota of Lincoln of Osbaldwick will serve as an apprentice to John Pait of York, swordslipper from the feast of St Martin (11 November) 1364 for 12 years!
You have questions? Let's answer some!
“Hanging on to President Trump’s latest words is not the special relationship” …a useful message there from Starmer for the BBC’s hyperbolic political reporting as well as for Badenoch.
Study Medieval History, kids. It will never cease to be of relevance... #medievalsky
The Spectator published this attack on me & colleagues just as the High Court is considering Sussex’s request for review of the Office for Students fine. It accuses us of ‘repressing’ our students. The magazine ignored my request for to reply. Please disseminate.
alanlester.co.uk/blog/smearin...
After years of calls, events, and track changes, Brian Drohan and I are excited to announce the publication of our edited volume, Military Humanitarianism: Aid Operations and Armed Forces, with @cornellupress.bsky.social in July 2026!
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Latest episode of the podcast is a masterclass on the 'Ulster Cycle', Táin Bó Cuailgne & Irish literature from Prof. Ruairí Ó hUiginn @scs-dias.bsky.social. We learn how these stories can be valuable to the historian, their lasting relevance & how they've evolved 1/
open.spotify.com/episode/0xoY...
Sailing boat carved onto a piece of stone
When you see a carved stone or a recent piece of graffiti, what do you think? Do you see the marking, the message or the meaning behind them? 🤔
Journey to the past with some of Scotland's oldest markings at this exhibition in the Highlands from 20 March: www.digitscotland.com/events/marki...
Woman smiling at the camera.
Save the Date // 18 April 26, 2pm
Our Dr Nicola Martin will be delivering a talk as part of the 280th anniversary of the Battle of Culloden, exploring 'The Highlands and the Forty-Five: The Lesser Known Story'. To book your ticket for this in-person event, visit uhihistory.short.gy/N5lOIV
Are you a scholar working on cool gender stuff in Britain and Ireland? Would you like to come hang out by the seaside for a weekend while talking about your awesome research? Then have I got a symposium for you! #medievalsky #cfp
wp-research.aber.ac.uk/medievalgend...
No, Shabana Mahmood, people seeing failing state support and crumbing infrastructure don't have either legitimate concerns or a legitimate grievance against immigrants, refugees or asylum seekers.
They have a legitimate grievance against governments.
'To me, education is inherently worthwhile – but I am probably a deluded old dinosaur.'
Gilded effigy of crowned couple on tomb chest with elaborate heraldry
Still spaces available for the first lecture in our FREE Spring series - Sophie Oosterwijk on precious-metal effigies, 14 March 5 pm. Details at churchmonumentssociety.org/events/gilde... - and the whole series is at churchmonumentssociety.org/events
OTD in 2022 Russian forces announced that they had seized the city of Kherson in Ukraine.
From the HW archives, Christian Raffensperger argues that the roots of the war can only be understood through looking at the medieval history of the region.
05:33 Sun 1 Mar - L 100% 2 凸 ••• https://nation.cymru/feature/why-isnt-the-greens-growing-success-reflected-in-media-coverage/# • Reform UK • Conservatives • Liberal Democrats SNP •Greens • Plaid Cymru Frequency 69 60 40 45 20 14 13 4 Reform UK Conservatives Liberal Democrats SNP Greens 3 Plaid Cymru Number of items led by an opposition party on BBC News at Ten and ITV News at Ten. Cardiff University, CC BY-NC-ND < >
A new study by researchers at Cardiff University shows a massive broadcast media bias (including by the institutionally transphobic BBC) against the Green Party and others and disproportionate coverage in favour of Reform…
nation.cymru/feature/why-...
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
2026 MWHN Conference - call for papers!
Join us in Romania this June to discuss all things military welfare and civil society. Deadline: 14 March 2026.
CfP attached and full details at militarywelfarehistory.com/2026-confere... #milwelfhist #civilsociety #charity #philanthropy
The Celtic Studies Association of North America is happy to announce a virtual book launch for An Eoraip: Gaelic Ireland in Medieval and Early Modern Europe, edited by Brendan Kane (U Connecticut) and Patrick Wadden (Dublin City University) on Thur, March 12 at 1:00 PM (EST) / 5:00 (Ireland).
Re: university funding—
There’s a wider picture here about how social goods have been subject to “metrics” I’m really familiar with from libraries.
Justify your funding with circs, with door counts. Justify your programming budget with attendance counts.
This is how you lose things that matter.
The weird thing is that - having seen the headline image before reading that it was from a headline generator - I was completley prepared to believe it was an actual Telegraph headline...