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Dr Michele Seah

@mlcseah.bsky.social

I’ve researched fifteenth-century English queens and their landholdings and affinities. Also interested in women’s histories, royal studies, and way too many other things to list here. Passionate about lifelong learning, by the way. Oh, and Buffy rules!

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Ceræ@ceraejournal.bsky.social · 6d ago

Are you an early career researcher looking for experience on the operations of an award-winning academic journal? We're calling for applications for Vol. 14 committee members. Applications close 27 Oct. Read the details👉 ceraejournal.com/2026/10/06/c... #medievalsky #earlymodernsky

Call for Committee Members

Ceræ is an open-access, award-winning, peer-reviewed journal directed by a committee of international graduate students and early career researchers. We are united in our commitment to open ac…

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Dr Matt Firth@mattfirth.bsky.social · 4d ago

Two of my books are currently 20% off direct from Routledge: 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘴, 850–1000 and 𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥: 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴. Use code 26AFLY3 at checkout. Valid until 31 December 2026. Pretty sure it'll also work for any other Routledge book you may want...

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Dr Matt Firth@mattfirth.bsky.social · 2w ago

What was the Danegeld, and what legacy did the English payments to the Vikings leave? I'm in The Conversation discussing exactly that (in under 800 words!). #medieval #medievalsky

The English paid off the Vikings for almost a century. But was the Danegeld such a bad idea?

It’s easy to say now that paying the Vikings to go away ‘didn’t work’. But this obscures the fact paying off one Viking band didn’t ensure another would stop coming.

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Ceræ@ceraejournal.bsky.social · 2w ago

#medievalsky - are you still hunting for a session to join at #IMC2027? A late change to our presenters means we have just one spot left on our panels! Come and join us!

Ceræ@ceraejournal.bsky.social · 2mo ago

What made a medieval self? CFP, Leeds #IMC2027, July 5-8: ‘Constructing Selves, Constructing Communities’. We would love to hear from graduate students and early career researchers who may like to join us at @imc-leeds.bsky.social! See CFP for more info. Abstracts due September 7 #medievalsky

Call For Papers: IMC Leeds 2027 Constructing Selves, Constructing Communities What made a medieval self? Augustine’s noverim me, noverim te (“May I know myself; may I know You”) suggests that knowing oneself depended upon relationships with both God and other people. Taking this insight alongside Paul Ricoeur’s distinction between idem (sameness) and ipse (selfhood), this panel asks how medieval people negotiated selfhood through their relationships with communities, institutions, and the divine. This panel aims to explore how selves and communities were imagined, enacted, negotiated, and transformed through material culture, texts, language, and social practice. We are particularly interested in the significance of belonging, memory, and authority in shaping both individual and collective experience. Papers may consider, among other themes: • Communities of belonging: • Embodied and material expressions of selfhood • Texts, rituals, and discourse: how rhetoric, narrative, images, and language mediated relationships between individuals, communities, and the divine. • Authority, spaces and social order: how hierarchy, sacred or social spaces, exclusion, and reputation structured medieval selves and communities. We welcome interdisciplinary approaches from across medieval studies. We invite submissions of a 150–250 word abstract, accompanied by: a paper title; a brief personal biography including your current institutional affiliation (if any) and academic title (if any); your full contact details (email and phone); any equipment/accessibility requirements and scheduling requests; and whether you intend to participate in person or virtually. Submissions must be sent to ceraejournal@gmail.com by 11:59 PM (GMT) Monday 7 September 2026. All submissions will be reviewed by the Ceræ Committee. Decisions will be communicated to all applicants within 5 days of the deadline.
Karen Averby 🌊@karenaverby.bsky.social · last mo.

Independent Historians! Fancy a meetup in Birmingham (6pm on the 16th) and/ or Leeds (30th)? Informal drinks/ chats...It will be great to see you! Non-members welcome 🤗 DM @indyhistnetwork.bsky.social for more details. See you there 🤩.

Independent Historians Network (UK)@indyhistnetwork.bsky.social · last mo.

Have you heard that we are hosting two meet-ups for independent historians? If you are in the North or the Midlands come and join us for drinks and chat! Open to non-members Near the main train stations B'ham - 16th Leeds - 30th DM for details We are super friendly and can't wait to meet you!

Michael Eber@ebermichael.bsky.social · last mo.

We've extended the deadline for submissions for "Queer and Trans Medieval Communities" at next year's @imc-leeds.bsky.social to *8 September*! If you work on any aspect of medieval trans and queer communitie(s), please consider sending in an abstract. 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/loss of community -A failing or absence of a trans and queer community -Texts, codes, etc. used in constituting queer/trans communities in the Middle Ages -Methodologies available for talking about trans/queer communities EXTENDED TO 8 SEPTEMBER TITLE, ABSTRACT (200 WORDS) AND BIO (150 WORDS) TO: Michael Eber michael.eber@uni-koeln.de Hannah Victoria hjohnson@aup.edu Oliver Wilkin o.lg-wilkin@outlook.com
Michael Eber@ebermichael.bsky.social · 2mo 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
Ceræ@ceraejournal.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We're celebrating International Friends Day this week, and we didn't want to let it sail by without sharing this new special program, designed especially for our friends! There's book discounts, a conference ticket and more to share ceraejournal.com/the-friends-... #medievalsky #earlymodernsky

The Friends of Ceræ Supporter Program

We are thrilled to launch the Friends of Ceræ supporter program, which is intended to provide a means by which an individual can become a direct financial supporter of the journal. In return, Frien…

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Erica Steiner@ericasteiner.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Celebrate #InternationalDayOfFriendship by becoming a Friend of Ceræ! You not only get great rewards thanks to our friends @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social, but you get to join our community and support new and emerging #humanities research. #ancientsky #medievalsky #earlymodernsky #history #journal

Ceræ@ceraejournal.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We're celebrating International Friends Day this week, and we didn't want to let it sail by without sharing this new special program, designed especially for our friends! There's book discounts, a conference ticket and more to share ceraejournal.com/the-friends-... #medievalsky #earlymodernsky

Ceræ@ceraejournal.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Support our journal and become a Friend of Ceræ We’re pleased to introduce our Friends of Ceræ supporter program, a new initiative designed especially for our wonderful supporters and readers all over the world!...

Support our journal and become a Friend of Ceræ

We’re pleased to introduce our Friends of Ceræ supporter program, a new initiative designed especially for our wonderful supporters and readers all over the world! Established in 2014, Ceræ is committed to offering open-access publishing, furthering the possibilities of the digital humanities, and forging a strong, global community of medieval and early modern scholars. Your support will help us create a regular income stream to meet our ongoing costs of running our online journal and website, hosting our annual conference, and offering our newly expanded essay prize (further details below).

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Ceræ@ceraejournal.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Today we're launching Friends of Ceræ, a new initiative for our wonderful supporters and readers around the world! Check out all the benefits. We're also announcing a newly expanded essay prize! We'd love for you to be a friend of Ceræ!❤️ ceraejournal.com/2026/07/14/s... #medievalsky #earlymodernsky

Support our journal and become a Friend of Ceræ

We’re pleased to introduce our Friends of Ceræ supporter program, a new initiative designed especially for our wonderful supporters and readers all over the world! Established in 2014, Ceræ is comm…

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Dr Matt Firth@mattfirth.bsky.social · 3mo ago

CFP: IMC Leeds (5–8 July 2027) Conquest, Invasion, Colonisation: Experience and Memory in Early Medieval Britain. Papers are invited for panels on the experiences and legacies of conquest in early medieval Britain and Ireland. Abstracts to matthew.firth@flinders.edu.au by 31 August 2026.

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Abbie Fray (she/her)@abbiefray.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Delighted to share that registration is now open for Fissures: Gender and Political Crisis! We're really looking forward to two days of discussion on gender, power, and political instability across medieval Europe #medievalsky

Alice Raw@aliceraw.bsky.social · 4mo ago

#medievalsky 'Fissures: Gender and Political Crisis' is now open for registration. 17-18 September 2026, Pembroke College, Cambridge. Spaces are limited, so we request a short statement of interest. Sign up here: forms.gle/Lk5KcHovpTE8...

Conference poster. Fissures: Gender and Political Crisis. 17-18 September 2026. Pembroke College, Cambridge.
London Society for Medieval Studies@londonmedieval.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Tomorrow is the day! Hope to see you all there! Don’t forget to register at bit.ly/londonmedieval

London Society for Medieval Studies

Founded in 1970/1, the London Society for Medieval Studies seeks to foster knowledge of, and dialogue about, the Middle Ages (c.500–c.1500 CE).

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London Society for Medieval Studies@londonmedieval.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Join us for another amazing seminar! On 2 June, Saaleha Iqbal from @lcsleeds.bsky.social is presenting 'Reimagining the Status of Muslims and Muslim Women in Medieval French Culture'. More info linked⬇️ 🗓️ 2 June ⏰ 17:30 GMT 🏛️In person @ihr.bsky.social & 💻 Online Sign up now: bit.ly/londonmedieval

Ceræ@ceraejournal.bsky.social · 4mo ago

2026 Ceræ conference – session playbacks available until 30 June! We’re pleased to offer access to recordings of all nine sessions and three keynotes until 30 June. In addition, we’ve reduced registration to just $10! Our 2026 conference Fame and Fortune has concluded and we’re pleased to offer…

2026 Ceræ conference – session playbacks available until 30 June!

We’re pleased to offer access to recordings of all nine sessions and three keynotes until 30 June. In addition, we’ve reduced registration to just $10! Our 2026 conference Fame and Fortune has concluded and we’re pleased to offer access to recordings of all nine sessions and three keynotes until 30 June. In addition, we’ve reduced registration to just $10! Highlights of this year’s conference included…

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Shirleene Robinson@shirleene.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Vale Professor Kay Saunders AO - an extraordinary groundbreaking Australian historian. Thank you to Dr Ana Stevenson & all at @auswhn.bsky.social for the opportunity to remember her & to the other historians who share such beautiful memories too #aushist www.auswhn.com.au/blog/remembe...

Remembering Kay Saunders (1947-2026) | Australian Women's History Network

In this blog, Shirleene Robinson and the Australian Women's History Network remember Emeritus Professor Kay Saunders, AO, FASSA, FRHistS (1947–2026).

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@eilishgregory.bsky.social · 5mo ago

As the job rejection list grows longer and more disheartening after 8 months of applications, if you are in need of a researcher or tutor please do get in contact. I have over a decades worth of research and teaching experience as well as a strong publication record.

Michael Brown@medhistoryman.bsky.social · 5mo ago

📢JOB ALERT 📢 We are looking to appoint a F/T open-ended Lecturer in Late Medieval / Early Modern History (1400-1700) @lancasteruni.bsky.social. This is an amazing opportunity that we are very proud to announce, so please spread the word far and wide! www.hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at Lancaster University: Lecturer in Medieval/Early Modern History

The School of Global Affairs at Lancaster University is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Late Medieval / Early Modern History (1400-1700). This is a 1.0 FTE indefinite appointment to start on 1 August...

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Dr N. Kıvılcım Yavuz@handle.invalid · 5mo ago

#JobKlaxon We are looking for a permanent Lecturer in Global Medieval History to join us at @leedsims.bsky.social! Applications due 1 June. Happy to talk to anyone interested in an informal capacity. If you are in Kalamazoo, find me at #ICMS! #leedsmedievalstudies jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Lecturer in Global Medieval History

Are you an academic with proven abilities to carry out research and teaching in global medieval history? Do you have an established background in interdisciplinary global medieval studies? Are you est...

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Laura Cleaver@laurajcleaver.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The 49th palaeography summer school in Birmingham incudes an advanced course on wills. It could be useful to experienced genealogists. #Skystorians #AncestryHour #Genealogy 🌳📜 ‘I leave my soul to God’: Testamentary Records c. 1300-c.1600 (with Shelagh Sneddon) palaeography.uk/study/short-...

The 49th Latin and Palaeography Summer School, 27-31 July 2026

The School, formerly the Keele Latin and Palaeography Summer School, returns for its 49th year. In 2025 The Ranulf Higden Society took over the organisation of the Latin and Palaeography Summer Sch…

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Ceræ@ceraejournal.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Three wonderful keynotes announced for our online conference, 25-26 April 2026! Full programme to follow shortly. Register now to attend! #ancientsky #medievalsky #earlymodernsky

2026 Ceræ conference – Keynotes Announced – Registrations Open!

We are pleased to announce three keynotes for our annual online conference Fame and Fortune to be held 25 – 26 April 2026. Registrations to attend are now open! The conference will feature the following keynotes:   Associate Professor Lisa Bailey, University of Auckland (New Zealand), on ‘The Fama and Fortuna of Balthild, Slave Queen’  Professor Jane Hwang…

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