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postmedieval is an award-winning journal bringing medieval and modern into productive critical relation. For queries, postmedievalED (at) gmail (dot) com. https://linktr.ee/postmedieval
The Barkman is here! Thank you @postmedieval.bsky.social for such a great experience publishing my first article. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
‘I am the Barkman, and I am good at nothing’: Anthro-arboreal hybridity and vegetal politics in Q̄rvar-Odds saga - postmedieval
This article offers a new framework for approaching anthro-arboreal hybridity in Ǫrvar-Odds saga (c. 1250–1300 CE) by suggesting that the Barkman’s arborescent transformation is an active, political c...
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One of the most fun writing experiences in recent memory. Thank you @liamh2os.bsky.social and @postmedieval.bsky.social !
Dr. Timothy Liam Waters@liamh2os.bsky.social · last wk.Publication day! Our About the Cover essay is now out in postmedieval. After @basilaprice.bsky.social and I submitted another co-authored article (forthcoming soon!), the editors invited us to write the accompanying cover essay. Read it here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
/postmedieval/ is looking for special issue and essay cluster proposals. do you work in medieval studies—or a field that speaks to premodern cultures? we'd love to hear your ideas. if you're interested in guest-editing a collection for the journal, send us your proposal by 15 september.
Very honored that our article on hammocks won this award from the RSA!
postmedieval@postmedieval.bsky.social · last mo.the @rsaorg.bsky.social has announced the recipients of its 2025 Renaissance Studies Article Prize on the theme of ‘Renaissance Ecologies,’ and we couldn’t be happier that an article published in /postmedieval/ won first prize!!
the @rsaorg.bsky.social has announced the recipients of its 2025 Renaissance Studies Article Prize on the theme of ‘Renaissance Ecologies,’ and we couldn’t be happier that an article published in /postmedieval/ won first prize!!
Towards a history of the hammock: An Indigenous technology in the Atlantic world - postmedieval
When Europeans arrived in the Western Hemisphere beginning in the fifteenth century, they learned that Indigenous groups across the Caribbean and South America valued few technologies as much as the h...
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I'm so happy that my piece about nonbeenary monks made it into this wonderful issue of postmedieval! Alongside some great pieces of ecotheory, gender theory, creative and imaginative figuration, links between Italy and Asia... This issue is a dazzling picture of boundary-pushing research.
postmedieval@postmedieval.bsky.social · 2mo agowhile we are on the topic of our 2025 publications, take a look at our winter issue! what’s inside? pieces on idols and figuration, gender, ecocriticism, medievalisms, and whiteness on premodern and contemporary literatures spanning from west to east asia and from west to east europe!
with our thanks to @onetricksyboy.bsky.social and @fcharmaille.bsky.social for publishing their work with us!
postmedieval@postmedieval.bsky.social · 2mo agowhile we are on the topic of our 2025 publications, take a look at our winter issue! what’s inside? pieces on idols and figuration, gender, ecocriticism, medievalisms, and whiteness on premodern and contemporary literatures spanning from west to east asia and from west to east europe!
while we are on the topic of our 2025 publications, take a look at our winter issue! what’s inside? pieces on idols and figuration, gender, ecocriticism, medievalisms, and whiteness on premodern and contemporary literatures spanning from west to east asia and from west to east europe!
I wrote a little thing about timekeeping anxieties in Henry VI, Part I! Available open-access for a limited time in postmedieval (along with lots of other cool pieces in this special edition)!
postmedieval@postmedieval.bsky.social · 2mo agotechnique—technology—technê ‘Technique: Alternate histories of expertise and experiment’—our 2025 double special issue—explores modes of making and questions of functionality, ornamentation, craft, artificiality, skill
technique—technology—technê ‘Technique: Alternate histories of expertise and experiment’—our 2025 double special issue—explores modes of making and questions of functionality, ornamentation, craft, artificiality, skill
all this AND ALSO some creative-critical translations of old english poetry by @jamespaz.bsky.social!!
postmedieval@postmedieval.bsky.social · 3mo agohow does medieval literature conceptualize moral and political systems? how do modern writers, printers, and heritage projects engage with the past? our spring 2025 issue explores these and other questions across persian, byzantine, old, middle, and modern english literature
how does medieval literature conceptualize moral and political systems? how do modern writers, printers, and heritage projects engage with the past? our spring 2025 issue explores these and other questions across persian, byzantine, old, middle, and modern english literature
for #internationalmuseumday, we are celebrating once again the Crafting Medieval Spain project—a remarkable collaboration between academics and museum professionals that enabled the close study of the torrijo ceiling at v&a east storehouse
our 2025 issues are free to access for the next month—head over to our website to explore 47 brilliant pieces! in the coming days, we'll be spotlighting key articles, ideas, and insights from across the issues. stay tuned!! linktr.ee/postmedieval
#ResearchReels: 1 publication—3 minutes🏅 IMPRS researcher @leonieboettiger.bsky.social presents her article "'And let her use it': Women patients in early medieval Arabic gynecological recipes," published in the @postmedieval.bsky.social journal. 📃 🌱 🔗 youtu.be/NTcaoT0W4zY #HistSci #HistMed
MPIWG Research Reels: Women Patients in Early Medieval Arabic Gynecological Recipes
"The extent to which women engage with gynecological recipes depended in large part on their socio-economic class." IMPRS researcher Leonie Böttiger presents her recent work on female patients in…
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Very excited to be correcting proofs, for the very cool Terms d'Art that I co-wrote @liamh2os.bsky.social for @postmedieval.bsky.social.
I'm pleased to share that my review essay, 'Whiteness made visible: Recent Work in Premodern Critical Race Studies', has now been published in @postmedieval.bsky.social 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Whiteness made visible: Recent work in Premodern Critical Race Studies - postmedieval
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Very excited to see that this is now out (and open access)! Thanks very much to all at @postmedieval.bsky.social doi.org/10.1057/s412...
Earthbound with Béroul’s Tristan - postmedieval
This article stages an encounter between the late-twelfth-century Tristan narrative attributed to ‘Béroul’ and Bruno Latour’s work on the Earthbound. Through a series of new close readings of two key ...
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I had a lovely time writing about sometimes icky possets for Jessica Rosenberg & Jen Jahner's special issue of @postmedieval.bsky.social on technique! Open access essay published today: doi.org/10.1057/s412...
How to enjoy a posset - postmedieval
Where does failure fit into embodied humanities research practices like cooking? This skill-share documents attempts to prepare (and enjoy) possets (hot medicinal beverages that usually include alcoho...
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📣 #medievalsky #openaccess #article #OldEnglish 📜Storm-thoughts and ice-songs: A creative-critical response to Old English eco-poetry ✍️ @jamespaz.bsky.social 💻Postmedieval: a journal of medieval cultural studies @postmedieval.bsky.social 📲 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Apply to be on season 5! Details available on our website. 🩷
Really wonderful effort by @postmedieval.bsky.social editorial team. We had the first meeting today and it was productive! Sometimes we forget how important it is to support first-time authors. But we have all been there!
postmedieval@postmedieval.bsky.social · last yr./postmedieval/ is launching a new mentorship programme to facilitate publication for scholars whose first language is not English. 👇 find all the details here 👇 sites.google.com/view/postmed...
Teaching Fellow in Global (and they mean it) Medieval History at Leeds www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNP726/t...
Teaching Fellow- Global Medieval History at University of Leeds
An academic position as a Teaching Fellow- Global Medieval History is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.
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while we are putting the finishing touches on our first issue of 2025, why don't you have another look at our 2024 winter issue?
New article: 'The Counter-Arthurian Piracy of Jack Spicer’s Holy Grail' doi.org/10.1057/s412...
The counter-Arthurian piracy of Jack Spicer’s Holy Grail - postmedieval
This Noted document brings to scholarly attention the existence of a 1969 pirate edition of Jack Spicer’s Holy Grail. It explores archaising book production choices in the first, authorised edition of...
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thrilled to announce that our former co-editor-in-chief Shazia Jagot won two awards from Springer Nature for her outstanding editorial work for /postmedieval/: an Editorial Contribution Award, for her rigour in handling submissions, and an Author Service Award, for her commitment to our authors
Delighted to see that my creative-critical Old English eco-poetics article is now out, Open Access, in Postmedieval (thanks to @postmedieval.bsky.social): link.springer.com/article/10.1... #medievalsky #oldenglish
Storm-thoughts and ice-songs: A creative-critical response to Old English eco-poetry - postmedieval
This article looks at how ecocritical readings of The Wanderer, The Wife’s Lament, and Exeter Book riddles can inspire an ‘ecocreative’ way of rewriting and reimagining Old English verse. My creative-...
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That’s great. But it’s a pity that non-binary folk from outside the USA won’t feel safe enough to cross the border to attend it.
Still time to put an abstract in for this awesome conference on medieval gender 🗃️ #MedievalSky #Skystorians
Alicia Spencer-Hall@aspencerhall.bsky.social · 2y agoThis year's conference is organised by @medievalcanter.bsky.social at Canterbury Christ Church, 2-5 July. Theme is "Gender: Charity and Care". Plenty of time to get your abstract in--they're due March 31 Full info 👉 medievalgender.co.uk/2025-canterb... #MedievalSky #Skystorians 🗃️ #CfP
