Levi Roach

📢 Calling all graduate students working on Anglo-Norman topics. The Marjorie Chibnall prize is a great way to build your CV and make connections in the field. #SkyStorians details here 👇 battleconference.wordpress.com/marjorie-chi...

Catholic Archbishop for the Military Services with pastoral responsibility for US soldiers issues statement saying Catholic military personnel are morally obligated to refuse to participate in a potential livestreamed execution of Nidal Hasan. www.milarch.org/archbishop-b...

Hard to process the loss of Chris Wickham. A true intellectual 'gentle giant' - if one can put it like that - who wore his astonishing breadth and depth of learning so lightly. It was a real privilege to be taught the Medieval Historiography course by him during my M.St. I will really cherish (1/6)

"Ogni volta che, con la mente magari distratta in qualcuno dei nostri impegni quotidiani, ci verrà da pensare «Chissà Chris cosa ne dice?». E allora davvero ci renderemo conto di quanto ci manca" Maria Elena Cortese su Chris Wickham per #RetiMedievali 💚https://tinyurl.com/mrtu8thu

The passing of Chris Wickham is hard to take in. Few have made a bigger contribution to their field, with such personal warmth. He's going to be missed by a lot of people.

Delighted and honoured to have been able to experience @benpohl.bsky.social's inaugural tonight!

#OnThisDay 1066 William the Conqueror set sail for England. It was only 48 hours after the Battle of Stamford Bridge, so he and his army embarked with no idea which opponent they would have to fight.

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

My TLS piece on the Exeter cuts ✨

Kalamazoo ICMS 2027 CFP: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳 (Session #8365) 𝗘𝗫𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗗 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘: 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟮, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝘋𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦: Hybrid 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: Haskins Society 𝘊𝘰-𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: Medieval People @kzooicms.bsky.social

Not many people know this, but Wat Tyler was the son of William Wallace & Edward II’s wife, Isabella of France (see Braveheart), and Tyler had a child with a wealthy heiress from Nottinghamshire. Their son is the person we know as Robin Hood. In other words, Robin Hood is William Wallace’s grandson.

James Bond: you think I haven’t faced death before? Supervillain: oh, I don’t expect you to die, Mr. Bond. I expect you to suffer. *opens travel funding reimbursement software I think you will find your motorboat rental and casino reservations especially complex James Bond: no. no. pls kill me

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The University of Toronto is advertising a tenure-track job in Global Anglophone Literature and Postcolonial Theory. I pasted information below. Full details: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-... Closing Date: October 15, 2026

Offre d’emploi – Une chercheuse ou un chercheur (postdoc) pour le département d’histoire médiévale (h/f/x), Institut historique allemand rmblf.be/2026/08/18/o...

Reposting for the weekend crowd #medievalsky #digitalhumanities

This is an important question but very difficult to answer. A thread on the Christianization of the Roman _State_ which by proxy gives us some insight on the Christianization of the Roman _World_

As the govt pushes forward with plans for technical education routes for even younger pupils, the 'record high' numbers of students taking T levels at post-16 is still just... 1.4% of overall entries? Not exactly conclusive proof of massive employer and learner demand, is it

Calling anyone working on the Normans. Medieval People CFP for Leeds next year: "The Normans and their communities". Please circulate to anyone you think might be interested.

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.

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...

Waltharius Nibelungenlied

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

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

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

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.

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 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

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:

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 👁️‍🗨️

@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

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.

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

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

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...