Impressive mortsafe in the kirkyard of Old St Nicholas’s in Prestwick (Priest’s wick or dwelling place)
Someone in @waterstones.bsky.social in Ayr has a sense of humour. These book cover posters adorn the walls of the women’s loo.
My review of a new biography of Marie Maitland has just been published in The Conversation. 'Douglas represents Maitland as [Anne] Lister’s sapphic forebear – an educated, intellectual and self-determining woman’. theconversation.com/the-16th-cen...
The 16th century lesbian poet who could be Scotland’s answer to Gentleman Jack
Maitland was an educated, intellectual and self-determining woman and who found (and, sadly, lost) her big love.
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My review of a new biography of Marie Maitland has just been published in The Conversation. 'Douglas represents Maitland as [Anne] Lister’s sapphic forebear – an educated, intellectual and self-determining woman’. theconversation.com/the-16th-cen...
The 16th century lesbian poet who could be Scotland’s answer to Gentleman Jack
Maitland was an educated, intellectual and self-determining woman and who found (and, sadly, lost) her big love.
theconversation.com
A very interesting Reuter lecture from @dianewatt.bsky.social on Margaret Paston. Good to think about Medieval stuff again.
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Exclusive: Academic hiring at UK research-intensives falls 19 per cent in two years. Data obtained through freedom of information requests reveal impact of financial crisis on job opportunities. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Academic hiring at UK research-intensives falls 19 per cent in two years - Research Professional News
Data obtained through freedom of information requests reveal impact of financial crisis on job opportunities
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‘Perhaps most damaging for the regulator meant to oversee freedom of speech, the accusation of bias in the process was also upheld‘ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
University of Sussex wins landmark free speech case against universities regulator
A record fine had been issued by the Office for Students over the university's trans and non-binary inclusion policy.
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University management spent £80 million on new building that wasn't needed (presently for sale at £14 million) and now decide 600 staff should go to 'save' £50 million. This is the math currently shaping future of UK HE. Staff paying the price for mismanagement. Govt looking the other way
John Hogan Morris@johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 3mo agoI found this old notebook today. How it started v where it went.
TIL: There's a whole network of databases named after the 12thC abbess and intellectual, Heloise! The network is devoted to gathering historical data on Europe's universities. If that isn't a legacy, I don't know what is! heloise.hypotheses.org #MedievalSky
Atelier Héloïse | European Network on Digital Academic History
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We’re currently recruiting for a Project Cataloguer on a 1 year fixed-term contract to catalogue parts of our archives relating to our transfer from Hamburg to London in 1933. 35 hours per week £30,842 per annum Apply by 12 May 2026 Apply now ➡️ warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #jobopportunity #UoL
Let's be clear: the destruction of universities is a political choice. It doesn't have to be like this. Sure, there are issues, some serious, but Ireland's universities aren't totally screwed, nor The Netherlands'. The UK government has made a choice - it is demolishing and incinerating education.
Euan Healey@euanhealey.bsky.social · 4mo agoQuite something to think we are staring down the barrel of a crisis which will end high level research and teaching as something spread evenly across the country's cities and towns, accessible to all, and both UK and devolved governments just don't seem to particularly care?
Good news, but... ...can we now #RejoinEU as a whole? #Erasmus
Best for Britain@bestforbritain.org · 4mo agoIt’s official: the UK is rejoining Erasmus! 👏🇪🇺
Yesterday I saw this beautiful butterfly and, in the evening, heard a skylark sing.
Steen has managed in this article to mis analyse the gender pay gap- it’s not only the care issue, it’s a systemic gendered hierarchy which has existed forever.Even women without children are paid less than their male colleagues! Do better Ms Steen it’s just not about you,it’s the patriarchal system
Que fait l'exil à la famille (anarchiste), et comment les liens familiaux déterminent-ils en retour l'expérience de l'exil? Mes réponses dans ce podcast de la toujours brillante Romy Sanchez, dans le cadre du projet FAMEXIL. on.soundcloud.com/qZ8RdnzcimCN...
FAMEXIL-ConstanceBantman
Constance Bantman, professeure à l'Universié du Surrey parle des sources des anarchistes français exilés à Londres, à la fin du XIXe siècle, et de ce qu'elles peuvent nous indiquer de la vie intime et
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EVENT! Thinking Forwards: Collaboration | The Editing Women in the Archives Project (27 March,14:00 – 15:00) This Project aims to locate, collate, conserve & provide access to endangered women’s literary, lifestyle & art publications in Pakistan. englishassociation.ac.uk/thinking-for...
Thinking Forwards: Collaboration | The Editing Women in the Archives Project (27 March 2026, 14:00 - 15:00) | The English Association
We support the teaching, learning, and enjoyment of English at all levels of education, from early years to further and higher education and beyond.
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As the weather gets colder, warm the cockles of your creative-critical heart by reading our new Meet a Medievalist Maker blog post by @jamespaz.bsky.social, which is filled with fiery reflections on his 'ecocreative' process🔥 Read more by following the link below👇
Meet a Medievalist Maker: James Paz — The Guild of Medievalist Makers
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Please help spread the word #medievalsky! Funded PhD position on medieval literary and artistic representations of disability as part of a Vidi project I will be leading that is funded by the Dutch Research Council: www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3592...
PhD position on medieval representations of disability within the project DISMANTLE
Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS) invites applications for a PhD position on medieval representations of disability within the project DISMANTLE (1.0 fte, 4 years / 0.8 fte, 5 y...
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"Academic writing is a form of thinking. It’s not the transcription of thoughts already completed, but a process of thinking itself."
Dr Laura Varnam@drlauravarnam.bsky.social · 5mo agoFantastic blogpost by @patthomson.bsky.social on productive discomfort 👏 ‘Academic writing is a form of thinking. It’s not the transcription of thoughts already completed, but a process of thinking itself.’ patthomson.net/2026/03/08/g...
Evelyn Dunbar was the only woman commissioned by the War Artists' Advisory Committee. Discover D in our A-Z of women artists 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/curations/an-a-z-of-1000-women-artists-represented-on-art-uk-dabis-to-dwight-18093 🧑🎨 Evelyn Mary Dunbar (1906–1960) 📸 Museum Wales
