Mari-Liisa Varila

@mlvarila.bsky.social

Early English books | manuscript and print | between medieval & early modern | PhD | Lecturer, English @utu.fi | PI @titaraproject.bsky.social | she/her

Hello folks who work with digitized manuscripts. What is your preferred metadata format? If you could get ONE, what would it be? TEI, Json, a spreadsheet, MARC, or something else? Please let me know and share this query! This is important!

Extended deadline is tomorrow (Friday 12 June) I've had a small but promising collection of proposals come through - but would welcome any more #medievalsky

Thom Gobbitt 🎲✨🌿☠️⚖️📖@booksoflaw.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Hello #MedievalSky and #Antiquity from the #PresentDead! Here's my #cfp for a hybrid conference on "interacting with the Dead in Antiquity & the Middle Ages", to be held in Graz, Austria on 2-4 Sept., 2026 presentdead.uni-graz.at/en/news/blog... Please do circulate it to interested parties :)

In 16-17th-century English texts, it can feel like almoste everye worde canne ende inne ane extra <e>. And then by the 18th century, that pretty much stops. You might think this means that spelling changed thusly: [add extra word-final <e> to words] => [don't] It turns out you'd be wrong! 🧵 [1/n]

Millaista on työskennellä roolipelisuunnittelijana tutkimushankkeessa? Pelisuunnittelija, kirjailija Kristel Nyberg oli mukana Tieteen ja taikuuden rajamailla -hankkeessa @titaraproject.bsky.social. Hän kertoo Kaivolla-blogissa pöytäroolipelin luomisesta ja yhteistyöstä tutkijoiden kanssa:

Millaista on roolipelisuunnittelijan työ osana tutkimushanketta? - Koneen Säätiö

Kristel Nyberg kertoo, miten Tieteen ja taikuuden rajamailla -hankkeen pöytäroolipeli syntyy ja millaista on yhteistyö tutkijoiden kanssa.

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📢Here's a fully funded 4-year PhD position at Leiden within the ERC project LangPro led by Dr Alisa van de Haar, and co-supervised by yours truly, on professional opportunities for women in the early modern language sector bit.ly/47Y3hYI Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026

PhD position, project: LangPro Women in the Early Modern Language Sector

PhD position, project: LangPro Women in the Early Modern Language Sector

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