To celebrate the publication of ‘Hans Sachs: Dialogue on Greed‘, @hlaehnemann.bsky.social and Timothy Powell present 502 years of reading Reformation pamphlets @bodleian.ox.ac.uk youtu.be/dEIKtd6lpH0

Reading Reformation Pamphlets: Hans Sachs in the Bodleian and the GDR (Henrike Lähnemann/Tim Powell)

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A very short introduction to some of the Norman features and the carved capitals of the crypt underneath St-Peter-in-theEast (12th cent.), the oldest consecrated space in Oxford by @hlaehnemann.bsky.social youtu.be/S_Kdx7k7orA

The Norman Crypt beneath St-Peter-in-the-East (St Edmund Hall, Oxford)

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Since I celebrated #Reformationday already yesterday with the launch of the newest pamphlet in the @tayoxford.bsky.social editions series ('Dialogue on Greed' by Hans Sachs), tonight some #Halloween fun medieval.ox.ac.uk/reformation-...

Podcast with Henk de Berg on the language of totalitarianism and the Aufstieg der AfD - not just for my 'Historical Linguistics' students relevant americangerman.institute/podcast/epis...

Episode 158: The International Language of Populism

On this episode of The Zeitgeist, Henk de Berg, author of Trump and Hitler: A Comparative Study in Lying, discusses how populists have used rhetoric throughout history. He compares and …

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Perfect presentation today at the @bodleian.ox.ac.uk Weston Library Coffee Morning about the history of politics of photography at the Bodleian - incl. two murders! youtu.be/AVX1WEE0To8

Institutional Photography at the Bodleian Library (Laura Cracknell)

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In-person registration includes a sandwich lunch on Friday & Saturday, along with drinks and refreshments. And do register for our Saturday evening conference dinner, where you can chat further with our presenters. arsinq.com

Ars Inquirendi 2026 — Querying Pre-Print Cultures with LLMs

St Edmund Hall, Oxford · Online — 20–22 November 2026. Registration open. Keynotes by Peter Turchin and Marieke Meelen.

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What a wonderful evening of German hymn singing at St George’s German Lutheran Church last week! We were delighted that BGA members could join this special event, organised by Philip Price and With Cheerful Voice.

Dozens of re-join Europe campaigners will walk through Oxford on Sunday 6th September, starting at 2 pm, and visiting European sites between Leiden Square and the Spanish civil war memorial. The Walk to Rejoin Europe is being organised by Oxford for Europe.

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Our next event: Join us for a European Ramble The Oxford Ramble (ChatGPT) On Sunday 6th September Oxford for Europe is organising a European themed walk in Oxford. This is definitely not a march, b…

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Nuntastic job opportunity! Research positions on the nuns’ letters project available from 1 October at the HAB Wolfenbüttel. Deadline for applications 15 September. Very happy to answer informal inquiries medingen.seh.ox.ac.uk/index.php/20...

Congratulations! E.T.A. Hoffmann turns 250 and Oxford celebrates. Join @tayoxford.bsky.social this Thursday & Friday. Includes a small exhibition of early editions www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/news/2026/07...

International Conference at the Taylorian for E .T. A. Hoffmann's 250th birthday

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also available via medieval.ox.ac.uk/mamo-2027/ @oxmedstud.bsky.social

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CFP for MAMO 2027: The Middle Ages in the Modern World. Looking forward to it! themamo.org/call-for-pap...

Call for Papers for 'Women and the Reformation: Religious Life, Communication, and Materiality' now also on hsozkult. Send in your abstracts by the end of July! www.hsozkult.de/searching/id...

great presentation this morning @bodleian.ox.ac.uk for any watermark nerds out there - lightsheets, Shakespeare, maps, & mysteries all present. Thanks, Heather Wolfe & Andrew Honey & Chris Fletcher (who revealed a new First Folio fragment!) youtu.be/7NZ4s1zKTa8

Stationery from Shakespeare's England at the Bodleian Library (Heather Wolfe)

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If you missed Rebecca Schleuß’s 2026 Sylvia Naish Lecture @ilcs.bsky.social, or would like to hear it again, a podcast is now available at: ilcs.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... @oxfordgerman.bsky.social @oxmedstud.bsky.social

Healing the Body, Strengthening the Soul: Care and Community in Medieval German Convents (The 2026 Sylvia Naish Lecture)

Rebecca Schleuss explores medieval healthcare in German convents, uncovering how religious communities cared for the body, practised medicine, and understood faith and community.

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Today would've been Ingeborg Bachmann's 100th birthday - the best day to release a ‘Taylor Edition’ of her work! Bachmann was one of the most celebrated German-language writers, and this is the first translation of fragments from her 'Todesarten' texts into English: users.ox.ac.uk/~fmml2152/pu...

Phantastic presentation by Visiting Fellow Pavel Sládek on #Hebrew manuscripts and books in @bodleian.ox.ac.uk now online available youtu.be/y1k5R6ep9tE @bkhistoxford.bsky.social @oxmedstud.bsky.social

Hebrew Books and Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Pavel Sládek)

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'Magical encounters': Great blog post by Jana Lammerding about her time working on witches in Oxford as part of @bkhistoxford.bsky.social @oxfordgerman.bsky.social @oxmedstud.bsky.social historyofthebook.mml.ox.ac.uk/magical-enco...

Thx to The Historian for allowing me to republish the interview which appeared in the May issue medingen.seh.ox.ac.uk/index.php/20... @oxmedstud.bsky.social @bkhistoxford.bsky.social @oxfordgerman.bsky.social

Birthday presents come in many sizes and shapes, none better than in the form of manuscripts; Carolin Gluchowski has found me a new Medingen prayer book! medingen.seh.ox.ac.uk/index.php/20...

enjoyed giving a short talk at the opening day for the Humanities Centre @ox.ac.uk @oxfordgerman.bsky.social here it is, warts and all (& fanfare for @torchoxford.bsky.social) ox.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Page...

Secret Life of Nuns

Short talk for the big ideas festival in the Humanities Centre https://www.schwarzmancentre.ox.ac.uk/whats-on/big-ideas-talks-tours-and-activities-hkwz

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The Taylor Editions Series Reformation Pamphlets is now fully on OAPEN @oapenbooks.bsky.social! Thx @emmahuber.bsky.social library.oapen.org/browse?type=... #openaccess @ox.ac.uk

#nuntastic - NB: Do you know Claire Bretecher's brilliant graphic novel 'La vie passionnée de Thérèse dAvila' (also available in German as 'Die eilige Heilige')?

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I may as well reshare it myself 😇

Come for the cuneiform, stay for the nuns… Great @torchoxford.bsky.social programme for the official opening of the Humanities Centre www.schwarzmancentre.ox.ac.uk/whats-on/big...

@hlaehnemann.bsky.social Magdalen bells chiming for today’s bike ride!

Brilliant blog post by Mina Miyamoto on manuscript curtains in the Medingen manuscripts @hlaehnemann.bsky.social medingen.seh.ox.ac.uk/index.php/20...

Three days of intensive discussions at GBOFFL 2026 - the annual meeting of medieval Germanists from Geneva, Bern, Oxford, Freiburg, Fribourg, and Lausanne medieval.ox.ac.uk/gboffl-2026/

NEW: Introducing the Bodleian Whispering Service. Too busy to read? Our expert librarians can now quietly narrate books, articles, and selected manuscripts directly to you in our reading rooms. Please note: whispering remains subject to standard library noise regulations.

Living with Kafka’s Asbestos Factory: Sights, Sounds and Textures with Arthur Rose Tuesday 10 March, 5pm - Oxford / Online BOOK NOW! tinyurl.com/yx8x89pa @oxfordgerman.bsky.social @oxfordgermannet.bsky.social @goetheinstitut.bsky.social @oxhumanities.bsky.social @torchoxford.bsky.social

Modern Languages @ox.ac.uk ranked no. 1! www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-03...

Brilliant blogpost by Péter Tóth on some of the @bodleian.ox.ac.uk's papyri: how to hire a wetnurse, why gravedigger families are fascinating, and much more blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/theconveyor/...