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Historical linguist from Switzerland working in the field of Germanic languages, etymology, onomastics. I like libraries, tea, Linux, typography & type design, photography, cinnamon buns. https://swanrad.ch pics: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29409291@N05/

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Yale Classics Library@yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 4w ago

Study uncovers lost ‘golden age’ of languages news.yale.edu/2026/07/23/s... New study by @damianblasi.bsky.social, Claire Bowen @yale.edu. et al @science.org The rise and fall of language diversity through the Holocene www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Study uncovers lost ‘golden age’ of languages

A new study coauthored by Yale linguist Claire Bowern suggests that tens of thousands of languages were spoken between 1,000 and 3,000 years ago.

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Professor Caroline Edwards@theblochian.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Another JOURNAL FLIP TO DIAMOND #OPENACCESS at the @openlibhums.org!!!! Medieval Sermon Studies is leaving Taylor & Francis to begin publishing with OLH in January 2027. Thank you to all of our OLH library supporters for making this possible.

Open Library of Humanities@openlibhums.org · 2mo ago

BIG NEWS! We're delighted to welcome Medieval Sermon Studies! The journal is moving from Taylor & Francis to the OLH, transitioning from a hybrid model to diamond OA, making its research freely available to read and publish, without fees for authors or readers: www.openlibhums.org/news/970/

Anette Sand-Eriksen@sanderiksen.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The Museum of Cultural History @uio.no is hiring a PhD candidate in Nordic #Archaeology, linked to the museum’s research on the #VikingAge. As icing on the cake, you’ll be working in the environment of the new Museum of the Viking Age, part of MCH, opening in 2027! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

PhD research fellow in Nordic Archaeology (301195) | University of Oslo

Job title: PhD research fellow in Nordic Archaeology (301195), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, July 31, 2026

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The planned closure of the Archaeology institute at Humboldt-Universität Berlin is still on the table. So if you haven't signed the petition yet, please do (and share). Archaeology has been a part of Humboldt-Universität's academic tradition for almost 200 years weact.campact.de/petitions/sc...

Schließung des Instituts für Archäologie an der HU-Berlin

Die Archäologie gehört seit fast 200 Jahren zur wissenschaftlichen Tradition der Humboldt-Universität. Ihre Schließung bedeutet den Abbruch einer gewachsenen Forschungstradition und eine dauerhafte Sc...

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Centre for the Study of the Viking Age@uoncsva.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The Fryske Akademy (Leeuwarden, NL) and the Dept. of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic (Cambridge, UK) are offering a one-year paid fellowship for a researcher to explore the relations between Frisia and Great Britain, Ireland and/or Scandinavia in the early Middle Ages (c. 400–1100). Appy by June 28th.

Collaboration with University of Cambridge results in postdoctoral fellowship vacancy

Have you already completed your PhD and would you be interested in spending nine months conducting research in Leeuwarden and three months in Cambridge? And getting paid for it, too? The Fryske Akadem...

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Krister Vasshus@kristervasshus.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Interested in runes, Old Norse or medieval Latin? The ERC project Epigraphic Centres of Medieval Scandinavia (EpiCentres) is hiring! We are looking for two postdocs and one PhD fellow for 3 years For more info, including how to apply, scroll this thread.