Rachel Delman

A beauty!

My latest piece for @uk.theconversation.com is a review of @wellcomecollection.bsky.social’s small but brilliant exhibition, ‘Expecting: Birth, Belief and Protection’, which is on until 19th April.

🚨Job alert: A fixed-term lectureship in #Egyptology (2 years) at Oxford, to cover the sabbatical leave of two members of staff, Richard Parkinson (2026-7) and Elizabeth Frood (2027-8); see
www.jobs.ac.uk/.../departme....
or search for 'Departmental Lecturer in Egyptology' on: jobs.ox.ac.uk

Wolfson RF analyses how medieval women used falconry to subvert gender norms - Wolfson College Wolfson Research Fellow Rachel Delman argues in a recent article published in The Conversation UK that medieval women used falconry to negotiate and sometimes subvert gender norms.

Thank you @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social for the lovely feature on my latest @uk.theconversation.com article.

www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/news/wolfson...

History and Well-Being: a Historian's Perspective A public lecture as part of the Royal Historical Society's visit to historians at Sheffield Hallam University and University of Sheffield

Another one for Sheffield-area historians: @royalhistsoc.org is hosting a lecture with Sheffield Hallam’s History Department next week 18 Feb on ‘History and Well-being’ with David Stack. Registration is free, wine reception to follow: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/history-an...

The 16th-century rood loft at the Church of St Issui, Partrishow, Powys (Wales). A rare medieval example that escaped destruction during the Reformation.
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Medieval women’s legacies live on in Britain’s towns and cities As creators of educational, religious and charitable institutions, women of means found ways to circumvent the patriarchal power structures of medieval society.

As creators of educational, religious and charitable institutions, women of means found ways to circumvent the patriarchal power structures of medieval society.

Read more from @torchoxford.bsky.social's Dr Rachel Delman ⬇️

Nice piece by @racheldelman.bsky.social on women and falconry. Obviously Cecily duchess of York's choice of the falcon on her seal was in tribute to her husband (and his grandfather), so pretty traditional there, but I do love this particular image of her from the Wigmore Chronicle.

Thanks so much for sharing, Joanna, and what a fantastic image!

My latest piece for @uk.theconversation.com, inspired by my research on medieval women and falconry, and two recent trips to the movies 🍿 🦅

Medieval women used falconry to subvert gender norms Hawks offered women both real and symbolic means to express gender, power and status within a male-dominated world.

Hawks offered women both real and symbolic means to express gender, power and status within a male-dominated world.

For #StandingStoneSunday, a few from yesterday’s perfectly timed trip to the stunning Castlerigg 🌈

What an honour to have Dr Nicholas Carter from the University of Oxford talking about “Our Living Stone - Lichens at Blenheim Palace”, sharing research on lichens as a bioprotective layer on rock #lichens
@neacarter.bsky.social

For all the newcomers interested in book and manuscript history here is a handy starter pack

go.bsky.app/AN9pLVo

Happy New Year, Will! I can almost smell the sea air 🌊

Sherborne Almshouse's triptych sold at auction for £5.6m The 15th-Century painting exceeds Sotheby's valuation of between £2.5m and £3.5m.

It's a shame this painting has left its home after hundreds of years.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It’s said that two stone circles stood either side of Easton Lane on the Isle of Portland in Dorset until they were removed by workmen and built into the walls along the road. I took these photos whilst on a field trip with my students recently. #StandingStoneSunday

Hope you’ve seen this, @eknuding.bsky.social!

How the new V&A Storehouse is reshaping public access to museum collections The Storehouse is an access-all-areas experience of the V&A collection, offering a visitors a more intimate experience of artefacts.

The Storehouse is an access-all-areas experience of the V&A collection, offering a visitors a more intimate experience of artefacts.

Medieval women’s legacies live on in Britain’s towns and cities As creators of educational, religious and charitable institutions, women of means found ways to circumvent the patriarchal power structures of medieval society.

Given this is a House of Galloway stan account, good to see more credit given to Dervorgilla.

theconversation.com/medieval-wom...

Thanks for the shout out, Will! Was great to revisit my Scottish connections for this one

‘If we are seeking to reassert women’s presence in our public spaces, where better to look than to the very legacies they themselves constructed’. My latest article for @uk.theconversation.com is inspired by a new statue of @ballioloxford.bsky.social’s
co-founder, Dervorguilla of Galloway.

Peter Fergusson PhD Scholarship in English Medieval Architecture, Courtauld, statement of intent deadline 17 November 2025 The Courtauld is offering a a new fully funded Peter Fergusson PhD Scholarship in English Medieval Architecture for eligible projects focusing on England from the eleventh to the early sixteenth centuries. Statement of intents are due by 17 November 2025.

The Courtauld is offering a a new fully funded Peter Fergusson PhD Scholarship in English Medieval Architecture for eligible projects focusing on England from the eleventh to the early sixteenth centuries. Statement of intents are due by 17 November 2025.

It’s not every day you sign your first book deal. Delighted that ‘Living Stone’ has found a home at Penguin Books. Publishing Spring 2028. As time goes on, I’m going to post about the writing of it over on Instagram. But for now here’s Cormoran’s stony heart on my author guide 🐧❤️

Thanks for sharing, Barbara — will take a look!

Tom Johnson · Supereffable: Mysteries of the Pearl Manuscript Any book made by hand is unique, but the Pearl Manuscript’s claim to uniqueness is unparalleled: the manuscript...

‘No amount of knowledge about medieval literary culture can make the Pearl Manuscript tell us what it means. Everyone has to speculate at some point.’

@tomlukejohnson.bsky.social on the manuscript that contains the only copy of ‘Gawain and the Green Knight’: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

It was a huge honour to be welcomed into the @linneansociety.bsky.social recently as a new Fellow. Such a beautiful building, packed full of nature’s stories.

Apply now: Playwright in Residence 2026

A unique opportunity for writers to develop bold new work at the intersection of research and storytelling, in collaboration with @traversetheatre.bsky.social

Full details on eligibility and how to apply can be found here: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/iashtraverse...

Are you a late stage doctoral or postdoctoral reasearcher with expertise in medieval and/or early modern landscape history & an interest in working with or in the heritage sector? This opportunity with the University of Oxford and West Horsley Place may be for you: www.tss.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/19...

The full text of The Holograph Letters of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots (1489-1541) is now available, free to read, via Cambridge University Press, until 30 September 2025 #medievalsky #skystorians #scotland blog.royalhistsoc.org/2025/08/05/t...