Along with my fellow trade union members, I am withdrawing my labour for one hour today, 12-1pm, in #solidarity with other public sector workers in Ireland, including teachers & nurses, as part of the public sector pay dispute. ✊️ climatejusticeuniversitiesunion.org/statement-of...

Statement of Solidarity with Public Sector Workers and Students

The Climate Justice Universities Union stands in solidarity with Ireland’s public sector workers and their trade unions taking industrial action. We also stand in solidarity with students and their un...

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Available for pre-order (Hive is the cheapest offer just now £12.49) #medievalsky #booksky #skystorians #history www.penguin.co.uk/books/452352...

The Vikings in Britain and Ireland

The impact of Scandinavian invaders on the peoples of the Britain and Ireland was incalculable. Raiders on a sometimes large scale, they initially attacked coastal and river settlements, but ended up ...

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Jobs For Medievalists The Department of History at The University of Texas at Austin invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor to begin in Fall 2027. https://www.themedievalacademyblog.org/jobs-for-medievalists-347/

New job: Medieval European and/or Mediterranean History (400 - 1500) Johns Hopkins University - Krieger School of Arts & Sciences jobs.h-net.org/jobs/70412

For those not on Instagram, details of a memorial service in memory of Rosamond McKitterick: 5 p.m. on Friday 23 October 2026, at Great St Mary’s, the University Church.

Deze poster van Wakker Dier mag van de NS niet op de stations hangen. Dus laten we hem vooral veel aandacht geven.

Another thing that can tackle disinformation is critical thinking, of the sort humanities students are trained in. Oh look, here's my post about it from yesterday: manyheadedmonster.com/2026/09/22/a...

A plea for critical thinking humans in our world of extremes

Laura Sangha A companion piece to: What is history for? Or: Doing history/thinking historically The train to Totnes this weekend was full of late holiday makers heading for Cornwall. They were grat…

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Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 2w ago

'Security chiefs will set up a new national centre to tackle disinformation and deepfakes from hostile states such as Russia, Andy Burnham has announced, saying the government had a duty to “stem the poisonous tide” from damaging British interests.' While shrinking provision in Russian language?

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Bram De Ridder@bramderidder.bsky.social · 3w ago

ERC Marie Sklodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellowship applications went from just 7.000 applicants in 2022 to over 21.000 this year 🤯🤯🤯

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Huw C. Davies@huwcdavies.bsky.social · 3w ago

About 2.7 million hours of work for no return.

Terrifying to think of the volume of work that’s gone into all of these applications, and what else that effort could have done

The extent of the programmes being cut at the University of Edinburgh (where I took part in an event with Raja Shehadeh a fortnight ago) is extraordinary (archive.is/tACqv) - Celtic & Scottish Lit (UG), Scottish Literature (UG) & BD Divinity (UG) among the 90, not to mention Arabic & Persian.

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 3w ago

'The University and College Union (UCU)’s Edinburgh branch said staff had been called into “informal meetings at less than 24 hours' notice” and told not to bring union representatives.'

Think of the combined CENTURIES of expertise lost here, the creativity, the knowledge, the depth and breadth of cultural learning and understanding, the generations of minds enriched and enlightened, the sheer weight of history that led to the establishment of these programmes. Purged. Destroyed.

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 3w ago

Celtic (UG), Chinese & Russian (UG), Contemporary History, Economics & Statistics (joint degree), Inclusive Education (MSc), Intellectual History, Italian & Classics (joint), Law & Social Policy (joint), Medieval History, Persian Studies (UG), Portuguese (UG), Psychology & Economics (joint)....

Tell me how this isn't the 1930s back again. I'll wait.

John Oxley@joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 3w ago

What on earth is happening?

Een flintertje uit het wereldberoemde verhaal Odyssee lag zeventig jaar onopvallend in de Utrechtse universiteitsbibliotheek, tot een Nijmeegse onderzoeker het ontdekte. Papyroloog Mark de Kreij kwam er de afgelopen dagen groot mee in het nieuws. 'In Nederland is dit stukje perkament uniek.'

Radboudwetenschapper Mark de Kreij vindt 1700 jaar oud fragment van de Odyssee - Vox magazine

Een flintertje uit het wereldberoemde verhaal Odyssee lag zeventig jaar onopvallend in de Utrechtse universiteitsbibliotheek, tot een Nijmeegse onderzoeker het ontdekte. Papyroloog Mark de Kreij kwam ...

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Great to see press interest in the current exhiting exhibition at the Fries Museum (@friesmuseum.bsky.social) on Redbad, leader of (some) Frisians around 700 CE. (www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...) Still, this interview in #NRC newspaper reads like a missed opportunity. 🧵 1/6

Hoe machtig was de Friese oerkoning Redbad? ‘We weten zo weinig!’

Geschiedenis: De vroegmiddeleeuwse Redbad was misschien wel meer dan zomaar een machthebber langs de Noordzeekust. Een tentoonstelling in het Fries Museum wil het debat aanzwengelen over deze historis...

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Proofs! Great to see the first contours of our article 'Law and Marriage'. It discusses the canonical tract known as the 'De Ratione Matrimonii' and offers its first critical edition + translation. Soon in Traditio, volume 81! See: canones.org/topics/news/

NRC: Monsterzege in Saksen-Anhalt brengt AfD dichter dan ooit bij regeren Volkskrant: Grote overwinning AfD in Saksen-Anhalt, waarschijnlijk geen absolute meerderheid Trouw: Historische overwinning AfD in Saksen-Anhalt Libération:

2nd Exchange Meeting of SCOOP: International Network for Automated Text Recognition of Historical Sources starts on Monday. Keynotes by Thibault Clérice, Anna Dolganov and David Smith will be streamed via Zoom. Check the website for the links.

Hoofdredacteur (Telegraaf) te gast bij Talkshow (Telegraaf, VVD) om namens de VVD het woord te voeren over de vastgelopen begrotingsonderhandelingen op de NPO van ons Belastinggeld. Zulke clownerij is precies wat we Orbán in Hongarije jarenlang hebben verweten hè?

Nieuwe datum! Op 16 oktober spelen @betonnie.bsky.social en ik onze voorstelling in Axel. Over Elizabeth en Dirk, een dienstmeid en een knecht uit de negentiende eeuw. Op de plek waar alles wat we vertellen ook écht is gebeurd! Info & tickets: www.hetwarenhuis.nl

The Utrecht rugby clubs are banding together to make an impact and offer a wonderful opportunity for a group of young Ukrainian kids, besieged by bombs and rockets. Check out the video for more info. Your support is greatly appreciated. www.linkedin.com/posts/sven-m...

#rugby #ukraine #fundraising #utrecht #utrechtsupportrugbyukraine #rugbyfamily | Sven Meeder

As outgoing president of the Utrecht Rugby Club, I am honoured to be able to contribute to this important initiative. The rugby clubs in Utrecht have joined forces for a special campaign to support ou...

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Incredibly honored to receive the Best Related Hugo, and so proud to be recognized by the Worldcon community that means so much to me! I've uploaded my acceptance speech video here, for those who weren't there to see it live!

2026 Hugo Acceptance Speech: Best Related Work for "Inventing the Renaissance" | Ada Palmer

The news broke in the wee hours of the morning Italy time, and late at night Los Angeles time, that Inventing the Renaissance has won the Hu

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Los Angeles Worldcon@laworldcon.bsky.social · last mo.

The 2026 Hugo Award for Best Related Work goes to Inventing the Renaissance by Ada Palmer (University of Chicago Press US, Head of Zeus UK).

Sander Otte thinks that the idea that scientists and engineers can solve climate change is a gigantic lie. A lie to which, he argues, we willingly contribute all too often, also at TU Delft. He calls for a sequel to An Inconvenient Truth, the film that was remarkably optimistic about the solutions.

Uncomfortable message - Delta

Sander Otte claims that the idea that scientists and engineers can solve climate change problems is a gigantic lie. A lie to which, he argues, we willingly contribute all too often, including here at ...

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Sander Otte betoogt dat het een gigantische leugen is dat technologie het klimaatprobleem kan verhelpen. Een leugen waar we volgens hem ook aan de TU Delft maar al te vaak aan bijdragen. Hij pleit voor een vervolg op An Inconvenient Truth, de film die onterecht optimistisch was over de oplossingen.

Ongemakkelijke boodschap - Delta

Sander Otte betoogt dat het een gigantische leugen is dat technologie het klimaatprobleem kan verhelpen. Een leugen waar we volgens hem ook hier aan de TU Delft maar al te vaak aan bijdragen. Hij plei...

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Er was een tijd dat Hitler-filmpjes alleen in donkere, muffige bierkelders door kaalgeschoren neonazi’s in bomberjacks werden bekeken. Nu zendt de PO ze op klaarlichte dag uit en wordt Hitler doodleuk ‘de toenmalige rijkskanselier van Duitsland’ genoemd. Als dát geen rode lijn is, wat dan wel?

Wer genauer verstehen will, was da genau zwischen Kanada und den Mafiosos in MAGAstan passiert ist, wieso es massive Auswirkungen hat und in welcher prekären Gesamtlage sich MAGAstan derzeit befindet, für den habe ich hier eine gute Beschreibung. In diesem Fall lohnt sich das Lesen des langen Text.

BREAKING: Trump Tried To Slip A “Snapback” Provision Into Canada Deal. Carney Caught It. Told Trump To F*** Off. Now Trump Is Threatening Military Force.

Canada put a bullet in trade relations with Trump Yesterday after a last minute change that would allow Trump to tariff us anytime. Carney is poised to retaliate BIGLY Trump wants to go to war.

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#academicsky What is an edited book chapter you're particularly proud of or you think deserves more readers? #celebratebookchapter "Political Legitimacy and Canonical Authority: Gregory of Tours and Brunhild’s Uncanonical Marriage to Merovech" www.academia.edu/117683042/Po...

Political Legitimacy and Canonical Authority: Gregory of Tours and Brunhild’s Uncanonical Marriage to Merovech

of Tours and Brunhild's Uncanonical Marriage to Merovech "You have the law and the canons (lex et canones)", Gregory of Tours groans at the end of a tortuous argument with King Chilperic...

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Ricky Broome@karanthir.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#academicsky What is an edited book chapter you're particularly proud of or you think deserves more readers? #celebratebookchapter "Approaches to the Frankish community in the Chronicle of Fredegar and Liber Historiae Francorum" works.hcommons.org/records/x4ey...

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Postdoc job alert! Early medieval charters, monastic economics and XML-TEI, starting January 2027. Come join a lovely department @livunihss.bsky.social, brilliant project team with @unituebingen.bsky.social and awesome city! #medievalsky #digitalhumanities www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSO571/p...

Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Liverpool

An opportunity for an academic position as a Postdoctoral Research Associate is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

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