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Ricky Broome

@karanthir.bsky.social

Recovering academic who just can't seem to quit

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Michael Eber@ebermichael.bsky.social · 8h 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
Alex Harvey@alexharvv.bsky.social · 13h ago

A (belated) cfp for #IMC2027 FORGET THE VIKINGS: Other raids, raiders, & raiding practises of the Early Medieval Period Read below for details, and if you're interested (or know anyone who might be), please submit your proposal of 150 words to the attached e-mail (also in alt text) before 1/9/26

A Call-for-papers for IMC 2027 which reads: 'Forget the Vikings! CFP: Other raids, raiders, and raiding practises of the Early Medieval Period There are good reasons why Scandinavian raiders - or ‘Vikings’ - occupy a much-coveted space in popular perceptions of early medieval warfare. But enough about them. What about everyone else? This CFP is seeking submissions from scholars interested in exploring other, non-Viking raiding groups from c. 400 - 1100. This could include (but is not limited to): Avars, Huns, Hungarians, Slavs, Frisians, Saxon and Frankish pirates, Saracens, Welsh and Irish cattle-rustlers, Balts, Oesellians, Narentanians, Dál Riatans, as well as the military activities of major hegemonies such as the Carolingians, Ottonians, West Saxons, Byzantines, even Normans, and so on. Chiefly, this is to fashion some new notions of how identity, political practice, and belonging were fostered within raiding communities. Of particular interest would be any papers keen to explore how other, non-Viking groups used raiding as part of regular military affairs. Analogies and comparisons with Viking studies are also welcome, if they are used to shine a light on lesser-known groups. Like the Vikings, many other communities engaged in more than just raiding, so explorations of trade, exchange, and other political dynamics alongside raids, would be ideal. Please send proposals (150 words or less) to: alexharvv@gmail.com before 1/9/26'
Bryn Hammond@brynhammond.bsky.social · 19h ago

'I have come to the conclusion that, while not just anything can be Sword & Sorcery, Sword & Sorcery can be anything. There could be no more varied a collection of stories—varied in tone, in setting, in protagonist, in subject—yet all easily fit within the brawny, welcoming arms of the sacred genre'

Nathan Long@nathanrlong.bsky.social · 7d ago

Woo!!! Swords and Sorcery Magazine just published the omnibus review I wrote for the four @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social novellas (and one novelette!) that @obrackenbury.bsky.social is releasing this year. Head on over, and have a look! (spoiler: I loved them all)

Alex Harvey@alexharvv.bsky.social · yesterday

The Northman (2022) felt incredibly immersive because everyone in the movie stuck to the bit; they're all acting as they would in an Icelandic saga. There's no modern quips, barely any laughs actually, and most of the characters are singularly obsessed with their goals

A still from The Northman showing a blood-splattered Alexander Skarsgard looking suitably angry in front of a timber settlement of possible Slavic origin. Grey skies overhead.
Neil Willcox, World-saving Witch Detective@neilwillcox.bsky.social · 3d ago

I have a story, Universal Justice in the anthology Witches Save The World: Covens, Cauldrons, And Curses Gone Right. Now available to order at the link eternalhauntedsummer.com/gorgons-gaze...

Gorgon’s Gaze Press

Welcome to Gorgon’s Gaze Press, the home of collaborative storytelling. Beginning in Autumn 2025, Gorgon’s Gaze Press will release one new themed anthology every year: vampires, witches…

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Rebecca Buchanan@lyradora.bsky.social · 4d ago

Witches Save the World is here! #witchsky #booksky #magic #fantasy #magic #witch

Jon Dell Isola@medievaljon.bsky.social · 5d ago

This week I wrestle with a very thorny issue: Should history make us uncomfortable or comfortable? I don't know if I fully came to a conclusion but here are some ideas about using history to teach us morality, how we abdicate responsibility to the past, and how we draw meaning from it.

Should History Make You Uncomfortable?

Spend enough time on the internet and it's likely you've come across the sentiment that "history that makes you comfortable isn't history but propaganda." Sometimes it is expressed more bluntly as "hi...

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Samuel Rowe@samdrowe.bsky.social · 4d ago

I have written up some thoughts on this year's IMC – much more detailed than I had planned! I'll ask for some indulgence as it's an informal musing, not an academic piece, and since I have shamelessly commented on a lot of things I'm not an expert on! mundusbarbarorum.wordpress.com/2026/08/01/s...

Some thoughts on IMC Leeds 2026

“Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.”Francis Bacon, Of Studies I thought it might be a good idea to write a report on my personal experience at …

mundusbarbarorum.wordpress.com

Alex Harvey@alexharvv.bsky.social · 5d ago

so basically.... ...what I'm saying is that to understand Andy Burnham's no.10 in the north proposal, and the entirety of the 21st century, you have to read LITTLE KINGDOMS (available for £18.75 here: www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Little-Kingd...) (hopefully I don't need to type '/s')

Little Kingdoms

Before England, Wales, and Scotland were created, before Alfred the Great and the Great Viking Army, before even a raid on Lindisfarne, the kingdoms that…

pen-and-sword.co.uk

Alex Harvey@alexharvv.bsky.social · 5d ago

toying with the idea of proposing an IMC panel(s) next year, something about early medieval raiders and raiding, but importantly NOT the Vikings, or rather not *just* the Vikings Just putting this out now to see if anyone is doing anything similar / is anyone partly interested? lets chat!