Very excited to announce that I am co-organising a session with @nick-mayhew.bsky.social on Sexual Violence in the Middle Ages for the International Medieval Congress in 2027. We welcome all proposals dealing with sexual violence in the Middle Ages. See the CFP below. @imc-leeds.bsky.social

He also facilitated the deaths of trans kids and covered it up which seems like it should be a headline somewhere...

Jeremy Corbyn@jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 3mo ago

As Health Secretary, Wes Streeting deepened the privatisation of our NHS and handed over our data to Palantir, a company involved in genocide. I am sure his friend Peter Mandelson is very proud. Time to reinstate our NHS as a fully public service — and kick Palantir out!

Leeds IMS and @leedsclassics.bsky.social welcome Shaun Tougher for a public lecture: Sex and the City: the Eunuchs of Constantinople. Thursday 26 March at 5.30 pm. Hybrid. All welcome. To attend online register at forms.office.com/e/CcFcJyAnTZ #medievalsky #constantinople #byzantium #eastrome

While obviously Lammy's proposal of scrapping many jury trials is getting the headlines, it seems odd how little attention his proposal to scrap the automatic right to appeal is getting. That seems like quite a big thing to be honest, especially for poorer and more marginalised defendants. #r4today

Useful ideas for teaching students how to read history.

will pooley@willpooley.bsky.social · 8mo ago

“Scholarly effort is in decline everywhere as never before. Indeed, cleverness is shunned at home and abroad. What does reading offer to pupils except tears?” this guy has his finger on the pulse amirite www.history-uk.ac.uk/history-in-p... 🗃️

Excited to announce my first ever panel at #IMC2026! 🎉 Our session, 'Negotiating Masculinity in Eastern Orthodoxy', brings together papers from @nick-mayhew.bsky.social, Orlen Crawford (co-organiser) and myself, with @maroulix.bsky.social as moderator. @imc-leeds.bsky.social @leedsims.bsky.social

Isabella Lewis (@leedsims.bsky.social) writes our latest blog post about St Andrew the Fool. Looking at Andrew's hagiography from the 10c., Isabella explores the intersection of sexual violence and race in the Christian East #churchhistory #skystorians eccleshistsoc.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/s...

Sexual Violence and Race in the Life of Saint Andrew the Fool (10th Century)

Isabella Lewis is a PhD candidate at the University of Leeds. In October 2024, she began her PhD at the Institute for Medieval Studies specialising in Byzantine Studies which is funded by the AHRC …

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