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Leah Pope Parker

@parkerchronicle.bsky.social

Baker of hand pies. Scholar of medieval literature and disability: www.leahpopeparker.com She/they. Views: own. Cat: Æthelthryth. Book: https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.12571891 Banner: close-up of swirling shades of yellow in oil paint, vaguely floral.

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Michael Eber@ebermichael.bsky.social · 2w ago

CfP for @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2027: "Queer and Trans Medieval Communities" 🌈🏳️‍⚧️ We welcome papers (15-20min) from all disciplines of medieval studies by scholars at any level, on any aspect of medieval queer and trans community, in person or virtual. Abstracts due 31 Aug. We'd love to hear from you!

As the existence of the trans and queer community is under constant and increasing threat across the world – with alt-right political rhetoric in the West seeking to rupture solidarity for and within the global queer community – the work of the historian has never been more vital. Historians have long found solidarity and recognition of queer experiences and practices with individuals and groups of the past. In concert with the wealth of current research being produced in trans and queer medieval studies, this panel session responds to the urgency of this present moment. In the face of existential threats, we recognise the importance of finding community with one another, which includes understanding our community has a history. This panel session seeks not only to contribute to transtemporal and scholarly trans and queer community building, but to better understand what historical trans and queer communities and practices may have looked like – including the mechanisms and structures that attempted to preclude such community formations. Engaging with and making legible such histories constitutes an act of compassion both with historical actors and with living members of our community today. It also constitutes an act of resistance, by finding existence and continuity in community. Presentations may address but are not limited to the following topics: -Cultivating cross-temporal queer and trans community -How trans and genderqueer experiences manifest in the Middle Ages -Spaces in which queer/trans community could be manifested in the Middle Ages -Communal failure or loss of community -A failing or absence of a trans and queer community -Texts, codes, etc. used in constituting queer and trans communities in the Middle Ages -Methodologies available for talking about trans and queer communities TITLE, ABSTRACT (200 WORDS) AND BIO (150 WORDS) BY 31 AUG TO: Michael Eber michael.eber@uni-koeln.de Hannah Victoria hjohnson@aup.edu Oliver Wilkin o.lg-wilkin@outlook.com
Chaucer Doth Tweet@levostregc.bsky.social · 3w ago

Righte now the greatest danger to the future of universityes ys universityes. Remembir the missioun, remembir the studentes, remembir those who have come bifor and will arryve aftir, remembir teachinge and learninge and dialogue. A universitye ys much more than a corporation wearinge a mortarboard.

Anna Meier@annameier.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A professor in Tufts University’s School of Engineering required one of his international graduate students to work an unpaid TA job this past spring semester. After she went to her union and blew the whistle, Tufts withdrew her from her program. A thread of rage. 1/

Kathleen E. Kennedy@themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It! Is! Here! Open Access (and already hoovered up by the scrapers no doubt such is our world) UK/EU paper copies will be available eventually but until then, EVERYONE now has free access! press.library.concordia.ca/projects/ill...

Kathleen E. Kennedy@themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Hey hey, it’s now official on Concordia UP’s website, 20% discount code KENNEDY2026 at CUP (CAN) or Chicago (USD, link in next post) for Illuminating Media: Transmitting the Renaissance in England, 1400-1550! concordia.ca/press/illumi...

A turquoise book cover with a orange-red design on the front, Illuminating Media: Transmitting the Renaissance in England, 1400-1550.
Dr. Krista A. Milne@kmilne.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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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Leah Pope Parker@parkerchronicle.bsky.social · 9mo ago

You can read my book #OpenAccess but if you want your very own hard copy, check out the UMP winter sale! Half the price, but 100% of the puns so subtle you wonder if I even did them on purpose. #MedievalSky doi.org/10.3998/mpub...

Light of the Everlasting Life: Disability and Crip Eschatology in Old English Literature

<P> From disability metaphors to narratives structured around bodies presented as aberrant, early medieval English thoughtworlds conveyed the promise of resurrection and the hope of salvation through ...

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University of Michigan Press@uofmpress.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Our winter sale has begun! Get 50% off all UMP titles with code HOLIDAY25, so start browsing here: buff.ly/6Q2tz4J

Graphic promoting our Holiday Sale, which is 50% off all UMP titles with code HOLIDAY25
J.D. Sargan@jdsargan.bsky.social · 10mo ago

My book is now available open access on project muse, with OAPen launch coming soon. Hard copies should start going out this week (if they have not already): you can get yours for 50% off with code SAR50.

Project MUSE - Trans Histories of the Medieval Book

muse.jhu.edu

J.D. Sargan@jdsargan.bsky.social · 11mo ago

It's true: I wrote a book. And what's more, the book is done and soon you'll be able to own a copy. And what's more more, if you want a hard copy you can order one for 50% off now, with the code SAR50. And if you want it digitally, it'll be open access! www.arc-humanities.org/978180270163...

Marcus Luther@marcusluther.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I think the term "college and career readiness" is an incredibly well-intentioned shift in education that has left many, many high school students disengaged + disconnected from their learning. They deserve to learn things that have value + enrich their lives in the present—not just the future.

Leah Pope Parker@parkerchronicle.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Looking forward to an exciting conversation with colleagues who study disability in other historical periods AND practitioners in present-day communities. #disability #SkyStorians

American Catholic Historical Association@achahistory.bsky.social · 10mo ago

We have a fascinating Presidential Roundtable at this year's ACHA Annual Meeting. Join us for a conversation on Catholicism and Disability at the Intersection of History and Practice. You can attend by registering for the meeting, achahistory.org/chicago2026/!

Daniel Blackie@danielblackie.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Been dipping into this OPEN ACCESS offering by @parkerchronicle.bsky.social recently and there's lots here that will interest #DisHist folks working on any period, not only those in the #MedievalSky crew. www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono...

Light of the Everlasting Life: Disability and Crip Eschatology in Old English Literature

<P> From disability metaphors to narratives structured around bodies presented as aberrant, early medieval English thoughtworlds conveyed the promise of resurrection and the hope of salvation through ...

fulcrum.org