Very short notice (deadline 18 August) but we're advertising a 0.5fte lectureship in public history for next year. Covers my 3rd year undergraduate course on public history of Rome (ancient to modern) plus some MA public history teaching.

Anyone who refuses care from a non-white member of NHS staff should be told to pay to go private.

Charles EP Murphy@cepmurphy.bsky.social · yesterday

news.sky.com/story/nhs-st... stereotypically this has been seen as Old People, but not only would the old people of now have often been born post-Windrush, lot of this will be younger people who've always lived in a diverse Britain. The guy with a pregnant wife likely millennial at oldest

St Pancras’ Priory, Lewes, founded c.1078–82 as the first Cluniac priory in England.

Students' subject choices have a lasting impact. Ensuring students can benefit from a broad and balanced curriculum must remain a priority. 🧵

Offre d’emploi – Lecturer in Medieval History (University of Glasgow) rmblf.be/2026/08/01/o...

Offre d’emploi – Lecturer in Medieval History (University of Glasgow)

Deadline : 5th August 2026 This post is full time (35 hours per week) and is open ended. The History subject in the College of Arts and Humanities is seeking to appoint a Research and Teaching Trac…

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Waltharius Nibelungenlied

Matt Gabriele@profgabriele.com · 5d ago

ok let's do a discourse: what historical text absolutely needs the big budget film treatment, AND will create the need for a review by a scholar in a prestige publication? for medieval Europe, either: -- Song of Roland -- Book of Margery Kempe

Excellent @thetls.bsky.social piece on the Mercian Golden Age by Sarah Foot, including high praise for @rorynaismith.bsky.social's biography of Offa #medievalsky www.the-tls.com/history/medi...

The golden age of eighth-century Mercia

The eighth-century king Offa of Mercia retains a place in the collective memory of both the English and the Welsh as the instigator of the great dyke that

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Pilgrims have been coming to Bury St Edmunds for over 1000 years. The shrine of Saint Edmund attracted pilgrims until the closure of the Abbey. The present day Cathedral is dedicated of St James, patron saint of pilgrims. Find out more about pilgrimage: stedscathedral.org/pilgrimage #PilgrimPlaces

The Seventh Seal

Kieran Healy@kjhealy.co · last wk.

"There are no sex scenes, and all the food looks horrible." Which film is this a dismissal of? Wrong answers only. I’m gonna say “Star Wars”.

Royal Historical Society open meeting (online) for historians working in universities, 4 Aug 2026 - ‘The crisis in UK higher education: the future for history’ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-crisis.... It’s a definite sign of the times that places are almost gone.

The Crisis in UK HE: the Future for History

An open meeting for historians in UK higher education on what is needed to best support and protect the profession and discipline.

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Things are so bad I joined WhatsApp (still don't have a smartphone though, no). In amongst the serious stuff in our 'at risk' chat are some Very Lovely Things. For instance, my colleague who works on the Italian Renaissance shared this photo of the Archivio di Stato di Roma, where she currently is:

Planning a bit of diplomatics in the next week? Attend our "The Methodologies of Diplomatics" conference remotely via: https://didip.hypotheses.org/conference-2026/conference-zoom-meeting #charterrific #conference #diplomaticrulez

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Applications are also invited for the Society's Associate Fellowship bit.ly/4vnZVb0 Associate Fellows include early career historians (post PhD) and history-related professionals in fields such as archives, museums, public history and schools education. Closing dates 27 July & 5 Oct #Skystorians

Apply for Associate Fellowship - RHS

Closing dates for next applications: Mondays 27 July and 5 October 2026   Associate Fellowship recognises the contribution made by a wide range of historical researchers and advocates for History with...

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Sad news I've only just heard: Albert Derolez has left us. He was 91, and one of the foremost palaeographers and codicologists in the world.

My heart is heavy that we are making a collective miscalculation in undervaluing the humanities - from my FT piece www.ft.com/content/fbde...

One day, somebody in government will notice what the net migration level is hesding to. The fiscal forecast (£24 billion) was based on average net 235k to 2026-29 but that is at least 100k too high, costing £13 billion, or double that if want to reduce immigration visas further.

Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social · 3w ago

The Times reporting that Andy Burnham succeeded in persuading Shabana Mahmood to become Chancellor because it would give her more control over cutting immigration

A CfP for #IMC2027.

Our Chief Executive, Hetan Shah, argues in the Financial Times that now is the moment to embrace the humanities, not retreat from them. Read more: https://bit.ly/4vxfGMQ

We need humanities more than ever in the age of AI

Subjects like literature, languages and history are vital to a thoughtful and prosperous society

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We are very pleased to welcome 223 historians who join the Society today - as Fellows, Associate Fellows, Members and Postgraduate Members: bit.ly/3TEhyWM Our Fellows and Members teach, research, write and promote #history, within the UK and internationally, in and beyond education #Skystorians 1/2

Society elects 223 new Fellows, Associate Fellows, Members and Postgraduate Members - RHS

At its latest meeting on 1 July 2026, the RHS Council elected 82 Fellows, 44 Associate Fellows, 36 Members and 61 Postgraduate Members, a total of 223 people newly associated with the Society, from to...

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Fellowship and Membership applications are welcome at anytime from those working with history, across all career stages and sectors: bit.ly/43bmMLe Next closing date: 27 July. Today's Fellows teach / research in 13 countries; our new PGR Members are studying in 43 universities in 12 countries 2/2

Justice for Jehanne by @sarannmcd.bsky.social “makes for a fascinating reassessment of medieval norms,” writes @publisherswkly.bsky.social. Read the full review here:

Justice for Jehanne: The Tale of a Medieval Survivor by Sara McDougall

A sexual assault case in medieval France gets reexamined in this colorful account from historian McDougall (Royal Bastards). In ...

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μοι ἔννεπε, μοῦσα, of this special Homer issue! Resident Homer sage @sentantiq.bsky.social weighs in, Yoandy Cabrera has a list of Hispanic reimaginings of The Odyssey, saving Chaco Canyon, Mayan ruins reveal an ancient astronomer, new ancient world journals via @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social & more 👁️‍🗨️

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μοι ἔννεπε, μοῦσα, of this special Homer issue to prepare you to head to the theaters to see The Odyssey this week. Our resident Homer sage, Joel Christensen, discusses his new book, Why Odysseus?: Su...

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@sarannmcd.bsky.social’s Justice for Jehanne is included in The Millions’ Great Summer Book Preview! Check out the full list here and preorder this work today: buff.ly/JaNB3dD

The Millions’ Great Summer 2026 Book Preview

After a long and merciless winter, summer is upon us, and with it, the urgent need for beach reads, pool reads, park reads, fire escape reads, coffee shop patio reads—you get the point. We’ve got you…

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Advance notice of the British Academy reports published to be tomorrow (Wednesday) and their findings. It does not make happy reading if you value UK higher education and research.

Hetan Shah@hetanshah.bsky.social · 3w ago

‘Thousands of university job cuts in humanities and social sciences are creating widespread cold spots for languages, classics and theology degrees, the British Academy has warned’ www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Glasgow is hiring a lecturer in medieval history (c.800-1500) on an open-ended basis. We are a lovely bunch in the medieval area, would be great to have a new colleague! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSF052/l...

Lecturer in Medieval History (Research & Teaching Track) at University of Glasgow

Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Lecturer in Medieval History (Research & Teaching Track) on jobs.ac.uk!

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Hierarchy is not always about who holds power What can French anthropologist Louis Dumont's work on the Indian caste system teach us about the relationship between sacred and secular authority in the West? Watch Prof David d'Avray's lecture "Church, State, and Hierarchy" now on our YouTube channel

David d'Avray, Church, State, and Hierarchy

YouTube video by Koch History Centre

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Hot off the press in the latest @litreview.bsky.social: my review of @twhittermarsh.bsky.social's book on the origins of Christianity and the Age of Augustus. (TLDR: it's well worth a read.)

🏖️ Ne partez pas en vacances sans avoir lu le dernier InfoDiplo ! Publications, colloques, appels à communication… tout ce qu'il faut pour rester au fait de l'actualité de la diplomatique et des pratiques de l'écrit médiéval. 📖 diplo21.hypotheses.org/1989

InfoDiplo n° 7 (juillet 2026)

Publications/Publikationen Éditions, traductions et regestes / Editionen, Übersetzungen und Regesten / Editions, Translations and Regesta Actes des empereurs carolingiens et ottoniens. Une anthologie,...

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The “Répertoire des cartulaires ecclésiastiques wallons” lists the location, reference number and (approximate) date of compilation of, extant cartularies, and gives details on the content or codicological aspects. (1/2) #siteoftheweek telma-repertoires.irht.cnrs.fr/cartulairesw...

Permanent medieval lecturing job at Glasgow, asking for Europe and contacts with external cultures, or collaboration beyond traditional discipline boundaries: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSF052/l...

Lecturer in Medieval History (Research & Teaching Track) at University of Glasgow

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