Delighted to announce our first research talk at the Byzantine Disability Hub! A fascinating lecture by Prof. Glenn Peers that connects Freaks (1932) with Byzantine ‘healing’ imagery to offer a rethinking of disability, representation, and embodiment. 🗓 9 April 2026 ⏰ 6pm GMT / 1pm EST Online

Charis Messis reviews 'Masculinity in Byzantium, c.1000–1200: Scholars, Clerics and Violence', by Maroula Perisanidi @maroulix.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... @universitypress.cambridge.org

Masculinity in Byzantium, c.1000–1200: Scholars, Clerics and Violence, by Maroula Perisanidi

This book examines specific dimensions of masculine identity in Byzantium during the eleventh and twelfth centuries, focusing on what the author, Maroula P

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We are pleased to announce the launch of the Byzantine Disability Hub, a scholarly space dedicated to exploring physical and mental difference in Byzantium. Everyone is warmly invited to join us for an informal online meeting with the Hub organisers on Thursday, February 26 at 6pm GMT / 1PM EST.

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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Call for Papers: Leeds IMC 2026 Neurodivergent and Neuroqueer Temporalities Deadline: Monday 15th September 9am #CFP #IMC2026 #Medievalsky #Neurodiversity #Neuroqueer

One chapter of my book on Byzantine Masculinity is now available Open Access: eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/22... Have a read if you are interested in chronic illness, disability gain, or posthumanism. 😀

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OPEN LETTER: HISTORIANS FOR TRANS RIGHTS Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now! Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn

The US Copyright Office has released its report on copyrightability and AI-generated works. The full report can be downloaded here: www.copyright.gov/ai/Copyright... (Short answer: only works created by humans are copyrightable.) #writingcommunity #publishing #ai #copyright #writing #tech

Important work going on in the face of serious attempts to erase it. Please share widely! Always Here: Non-Binary Gender, Trans Identities, & Queerness in the Global Middle Ages (c. 250–1650) #MedievalSky www.binghamton.edu/cemers/confe...

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New article: Helen Gittos, "Sutton Hoo and Syria: The Anglo-Saxons Who Served in the Byzantine Army?." The English Historical Review (2025) [Open Access]

Sutton Hoo and Syria: The Anglo-Saxons Who Served in the Byzantine Army? | Mary Jaharis Center

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Today I came across a fascinating Russian story about a lazy man who used a magic fish to make all his wishes come true and went unpunished. I found it so jarring, I read further to see how such a story could exist. According to an article, by Maria Nikolajeva it fits well its historical context.

A podcast with Anthony Kaldellis about the masculinity of scholars and clerics in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, the challenges and deficits that it faced, and the masculine capital that men in those occupations tried to amass and then spend. www.podbean.com/ew/pb-ttbmu-... #Byzantium

Ever encountered a yellowish blob like this in a medieval book? It's a drop of candle wax. Yup, books were read at night back then, by candle light. (Owl disapproves. Hoo-hoo did that?) Angers, BM, 162 (14th century). Digital pics: https://buff.ly/3VfChhJ.

Hard copies of my book are finally here along with the first book review by my 3-year old 😅! She has learnt the words “hagiography” and “hegemony” and is apparently finding the book hilarious 😊 www.cambridge.org/core/books/m...

Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about. 1) a book on speech difference in Byzantium (c. 1000-1200) 2) different translations of Moana songs in French and Greek

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Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about. 1) book on life writing by medieval disabled authors & disability justice today 2) a global literary history of dumplings