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Very much looking forward to participating in this book launch in London on Thursday, to celebrate the publication of Niall O'Suilleahbhain's book! If you can't make it in-person, there'll be a livestream. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/book-...

Our next seminar will be this Wednesday, 28 Oct., with Rob Gallagher (@hwaetspur.bsky.social) speaking to us on 'Rethinking Literary Activity in Ninth-Century England'. All welcome! Please register here. *NB we are not in our usual room: find us in Room 243, Second Floor, Senate House (South Block)*

A nice poster for the @ihr.bsky.social's 'European History 1150-1550' seminar, 2026/27. We are almost 25 😮. Fortnightly, autumn & spring in the IHR's Pollard room. Registration essential👇. All welcome in flesh & spirit (online). 🍷afterwards. #medieval #history www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

This is a lovely warm portrait of Chris WIckham by Alice Rio.

A veritable feast!

📢 Applications are officially OPEN! We’re excited to launch our latest round of Fellowships, Prizes, and Bursaries ! Whether you're a early career scholar, or established historian, discover how our funding can support your research, travel, and publications. 🗓️ Apply: buff.ly/2aZE829

PLUS a quiver of reviews on books about the theology of Frankish history, the role of coinage, early English kings, and the seventh-century papacy, expertly curated by our reviews editor @ecroberts.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14680254...

Hot off the press - the latest issue of "Early Medieval Europe"! 34.4 includes Marcelo Candido da Silva on numbers in Carolingian annals.... (£) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

We're back at the IHR this week to welcome Jason Glenn (USC), speaking on 'Adalbero of Laon (c.940-c.1031) and the Experience of Change in West Frankish Diplomatic Culture'. Wednesday 14 October, 5.30pm, Wolfson Room NB02. All welcome - please sign up here!

What did "imperium" mean to Carolingian rulers? In a new article, @eddiemeehan99.eurosky.social uses text mining techniques to find out: academic.oup.com/dsh/advance-...

My fantastic colleagues Melissa Kapitan and Fabian Schwabe and I will be presenting our Monastic Economies in the Carolingian Age (MonECA) digital edition work at @dcch-leeds.bsky.social's DH Research and Rescue seminar series! Online and in-person, 21 October at 14:00 UK time:

Proofs! A discussion of Rather of Verona, as a contribution to the forthcoming www.cambridge.org/core/books/c..., ed. by Fiona Griffiths and Emilie Kurdziel

Published today - "Herrschaft kommunizieren Versammlung und Beratung im Früh- und Hochmittelalter", a set of essays edited by Matthias Becher and Phillip Merkel. www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com/themen-entde...

All are welcome to join us for 'Unveiling Byzantium: An Evening Remembering Prof Dame Averil Cameron (1940-2026). This link has the details and registration button. 🏺 event.fourwaves.com/d52e344f-f00...

Our new term begins this week with the David Wilson lecture, held with @uclioabmmedieval.bsky.social: Sarah Semple, ‘Place and Power in Early Medieval Northumbria. New discoveries at Yeavering in context’. Weds 7 Oct, 6pm, UCL Roberts Building. All welcome! No sign-up required. Full details here:

We're pleased to present the Earlier Middle Ages seminar schedule for this autumn! Event registration pages will very shortly be available on the IHR website. And please note that no sign-up is required for this week's David Wilson lecture with Sarah Semple (info: www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...).

@ihr.bsky.social's 'European History 1150-1550' seminar will get off to great start Thursday 8 Oct 17.30 GMT with Sama Mammadova (Harvard) on consumer credit, mendicants & the Monti di Pietà in late medieval Italy. All welcome, in person at the IHR & online, registration & link below.

Very pleased to have worked on this fascinating group of finds with the wonderful @francescatinti.bsky.social , and thanks to the comms team @cam.ac.uk for putting together the release. www.cam.ac.uk/stories/angl...

Charles the Bald kneels before the Crucified Christ München, Schatzkammer der Residenz, ResMü Schk 4 WL; Prayerbook of Charles the Bald; between 846 CE and 869 CE; likely Reims; ff.38v-39r

And thanks to you for a terrific lecture!

At long last, my article on Languages, Identities and Communication in the Age of Bede has come out in the EHR. And it is open access! academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...

Dr Niall Ó Súilleabháin has published his book, Social Elites in Medieval France: Status, Wealth and Power in the Loire Valley, c. 850-1150 (Manchester UP). The book had its genesis in Niall's PhD here at Trinity manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526187185/

Early medievalists may be happy to know that Simon Keynes’s collection of maps of Anglo-Saxon England has now been made freely available via @trincolllibcam.bsky.social These were commissioned by Simon and drawn (by hand) by Reg Piggott between 1991 and 2012. archives.trin.cam.ac.uk/index.php/ma...

An audacious forgery in the ninth century helped transform the papacy and the medieval Church. Its influence persists today. 🔒 September’s features are still available in the archive buff.ly/VKbSt5c

Fantastic piece on “Forging the Medieval Church” in @historytoday.com by Edward Roberts!

A sophisticated ninth-century forgery became a core part of Church law. Its influence endured for centuries – even after its deceit was accepted. 🔒 Edward Roberts’ new article is now in the archive buff.ly/EjSgF5C

Another thoughtful viewpoint here on recent poli-sci approaches to high medieval political and religious institutions...

Tell me what you know about the literary culture of medieval Guernsey, then read this article with some exciting #manuscript #fragment news. What has made this such fun is collaborating with Guernsey's archivists and the ever-excellent @tamarajatkin.bsky.social : www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

An important read (not just for historians). Do the habits and skills of research and critical analysis really have no other cognitive , social and/or political values? (Well, in much current thinking, sadly no).

Does mention of "Pseudo-Isidore" instil a low level of panic in you? If so, you might enjoy my article in the latest History Today on the creation and influence of these remarkable ninth-century legal forgeries: www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...

What can relic labels tell us about early medieval nuns' relationship to the holy - and to the written word? Liven up your Monday with the latest EME podcast: @michaelajaneruth.bsky.social interviewing @ana0dias.bsky.social about her brand new EME article: rss.com/podcasts/ear...

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...

The SOLEMNE project will organise a number of sessions for the 2027 International Medieval Conference at Leeds (5-8 July). Please find our Call for Papers attached and consider reaching out to us if your research fits our theme. We love to hear from you! #imc2027 #cfp #imc27 #medievalbsky

A thread on writing book reviews in Academia (inspired by @gillianmathys.bsky.social). Book reviews are a very delicate thing. The reality is you get least credit for it even though they matter. Most of us post-PhD, rarely get to read a monograph again from A to Z, unless... we're reviewing it.

New book - publication date April 2027 - #booksky #medievalsky

CALL FOR PAPERS ‼️| Otherworlds | 12th - 15th November | @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social The MEMRN team are delighted to finally share the Call for Papers for this year’s exciting Winter Conference! Abstract submissions are now open for ‘Otherworlds’ !!! 🐉

Continuing with the "someone made a horrific database of poor AI translations of early medieval letters" thing, I had a good laugh at these entirely hallucinated ones. They aren't even based on existing letters! www.lateromanletters.org/letters/epis... www.lateromanletters.org/letters/epis...

'The universities will still operate as separate academic divisions and will retain their individual names and identities. Students will attend, study and graduate from their chosen institution but staff from both universities will be employed by the university group.' It's called LASEUG.

What did it take to become king in early medieval Europe: not figuratively, but literally? What equipment did you need? blogs.ed.ac.uk/cwest3/2026/...

Delighted to have five out of the eight articles for the Journal of Medieval History special issue on Loyalty in Medieval Europe out! 👇

Publication – « Hérésie, pouvoirs et sociétés au Moyen Âge », éd. Emmanuel Bain, Rosa Maria Dessì, Michel Lauwers, Isabelle Rosé, Warren Pezé, Alessia Trivellone rmblf.be/2026/07/23/p...

On Thursday 17 September, @memsunikent.bsky.social welcomes Professor Ben Pohl (@benpohl.bsky.social) to Canterbury to give a public lecture on his recent research on the Bayeux Tapestry. 7pm, Canterbury Cathedral Lodge. All welcome - attendance is free, but registration required! Full details:

'The new entity, known as London and South East University Group (LASE), will very quickly be thrown into the clearing process and preparations for the new academic year.' It begins to operate 1 August 2026. 1/3