Ingrid Ivarsen

ingridfiv.github.ioFelix Liebermann’s lifeWhat do we know about Felix Liebermann the man?

6 Feb

Turns out there's more to Felix Liebermann than just obsessiveness about manuscripts and a fondness for difficult German. ingridfiv.github.io/ingridsblog/...

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Hetan Shah

@hetanshah.bsky.social

Are you an early career researcher who might want to spend a year or two conducting research in Japan? We've opened the call for the JSPS postdoctoral fellowships which covers airfare, monthly stipend and a research grant. Apply by 2nd Dec www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...

thebritishacademy.ac.ukJSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Overseas Researchers 2027The scheme provides funding for early career postdoctoral researchers to conduct cooperative research in Japan, with leading research groups in Japanese universities and other institutions, under the ...

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ingridfiv.github.ioReparation and restoration: German and British books in JapanLiebermann’s library is only one of many European collections that made their way to Japan in the 1920s. Their journeys are part of a fascinating story of international aid and reparations in the afte...

Here's some more research on all the German personal libraries in Japan – with stuff on German reparations to Japan after WWI, intellectual aid, a major project of book donations from Britain and Japanese marxists buying books in 1920s Berlin. It's not medieval history, but pretty fascinating anyway

jsps.go.jpPostdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan｜Japan Society for the Promotion of ScienceOfficial Website of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

It could contain ideas for interesting projects for anyone who wants to apply for a JSPS fellowship (open to postdocs or permanent academics afaik) www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-in...

thebureauinvestigates.comGovernment makes £5bn a year from immigration fees while applicants…Home Office’s fees are up to 10 times the processing cost – and rising every year

And here's a cool First World War kimono (picture taken from the book 'Japan’s Book Donation to the University of Louvain')

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Emiliano Mellino

@mellino.bsky.social

15 Sept

The UK government is making upwards of £4.9bn in profit from visa fees, citizenship fees & the immigration health surcharge. Meanwhile, people are getting into thousands of pounds of debt or going without food just to afford to these immigration fees. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...

4 July

Come come! There'll be lots of interesting 19th-century stuff + I'll be talking about Felix Liebermann and the first world war

Dr Ellen Gallimore@emgallimore.bsky.social

I hope you've kept your Thursday of @imc-leeds.bsky.social clear to attend all 3 sessions of Old English in the Long 19th Century! Join us in Laidlaw Library Teaching Room 1 for nine papers on the impact of Old English language, literature, and law in the 19th century. #IMC2026 #medievalsky

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Dr Ellen Gallimore

@emgallimore.bsky.social

4 July

I'm enjoying this portrayal of historians from the Ruhleben internment camp – where British civilians were held as prisoners during the first world war. 1/4

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In 1918 Felix Liebermann lent some books on Welsh history to David Evans, who was involved in teaching Welsh and Celtic studies at Ruhleben. (Liebermann later cited this as one of the many things that showed his moderate and balanced views of England during the war) 3/4

This was done through Elisabeth Rotten's organisation Auskunfts- und Hilfsstelle für Deutsche im Ausland und Ausländer in Deutschland. She organised the loan of books and scientific equipment to British prisoners in Germany – on the premise that German prisoners in Britain would get the same 4/4

I'm enjoying this portrayal of historians from the Ruhleben internment camp – where British civilians were held as prisoners during the first world war. 1/4

This image is from the camp magazine and shows one of the many academic lessons that took place in the camp – the prisoners organised a full programme of lectures and language classes, so many that it was called "the university of Ruhleben" 2/4

ingridfiv.github.ioA catalogue of the Liebermann Library in TokyoA complete-as-possible catalogue of the books owned by Felix Liebermann.

A niche subject, perhaps, but for anyone interested, here is a copy of the catalogue of Felix Liebermann's library ingridfiv.github.io/ingridsblog/...

Sadly the post has fewer pictures than I'd like (for permission reasons). But I can post some, for example this from Liebermann's own copy of Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen

Oops, a much better picture of that page here

ingridfiv.github.ioA catalogue of the Liebermann Library in TokyoA complete-as-possible catalogue of the books owned by Felix Liebermann.

A niche subject, perhaps, but for anyone interested, here is a copy of the catalogue of Felix Liebermann's library ingridfiv.github.io/ingridsblog/...

Sadly the post has fewer pictures than I'd like (for permission reasons). But I can post some, for example this from Liebermann's own copy of Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen

If anyone wants to know more about anything, feel free to get in touch. I have a lot more information than posted here!

19 Mar

Man, I had been warned that there are a lot of rules and bureaucracy in Japan, but still gets me annoyed that you can't take pictures of any book in the university library – but you can fill in a lengthy form so that someone else can make a paper photocopy for you. Won't even send the digital scan!

13 Mar

Felix Liebermann owned quite a lot of very old books, including first editions of all previous editions of the early English laws. Lucky him! Here are his copies of Lambarde (1568), Whelock (1644) and Wilkins (1721)! 1/3

13 Mar

If I owned a copy of Lambarde from 1568, I wouldn't be using it to note down manuscript variants... 2/3

@rorymaclellan.bsky.social

13 Mar

And I certainly wouldn't cut out part of the page, as Liebermann seems to have done a section of Leges Eadwardi from Wilkins! (He did this to other editions as well.) 3/3

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Dr Rory MacLellan

11 Mar

You can almost hear the crotchety voice of this retired WWI general in his volunteer form to help with evacuating London in 1939. "Previous experience: ??? - see books of reference Available now for voluntary social work if required? I don't know what social work means"

16 Feb

For anyone in Tokyo: I'll be speaking at this thing on Friday. Please come! #skystorians

Nerd Nite Tokyo@nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social

Nerd Nite Tokyo will return on Friday, Feburary 20 at a new location near Shinjuku! Speakers Ingrid Ivarsen and Bektur Ryskeldiev will help us start our tenth anniversary year, as we consider history and human-computer interfaces. tokyo.nerdnite.com #nerdnite #tokyo #history #hci #livestream

theguardian.comUK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programmeExclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say

17 Dec 2025

My whole career and life in the UK started with an Erasmus year in St Andrews. Safe to say it changed my life. Hurray for the British students who'll get this opportunity again! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

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Robert Gallagher

@hwaetspur.bsky.social

11 Dec 2025

The ad for the second postdoctoral position on our @leverhulme.ac.uk Britain’s Early Medieval Letters project is now live. We’re looking for an Old English specialist (who also works with Latin). 32-month FT post. Deadline for apps is 16 Jan 🙂 jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

jobs.kent.ac.ukJob Opportunity at the University of Kent: Postdoctoral Research AssociateAre you passionate about early medieval Britain? Do you have advanced knowledge of Old English and proficiency in Medieval Latin? If yes, then you may be interested in this fixed term full time post...

ingridfiv.github.ioTranslation of IV EdgarTranslations of the Old English and Latin versions, both from Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 265.

11 Nov 2025

If anyone should ever need an English translation of the mysterious IV Edgar Latin! ingridfiv.github.io/ingridsblog/...

ingridfiv.github.ioFelix Liebermann’s library in Tokyo, Part IWho is Felix Liebermann and how did his library end up in Tokyo?

16 Oct 2025

I'm currently in the strange situation of living in Tokyo as a JSPS fellow to do my research on Anglo-Saxon law. Why? Well, just look here! ingridfiv.github.io/ingridsblog/...