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Queer Medievalist 🏳️‍🌈🏰 PhD student at the University of Bern, researching empathy, dysphoria and transformation in late medieval literature

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MAMO Conference 2027 @themamoconf.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Just over a week left to submit abstracts for MAMO 2027!
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Dr Florence H R Scott @florencehrscott.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Bayeux Tapestry good but massively upstaged by seeing a cat in a ruff right before
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Ceræ @ceraejournal.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
It was wonderful to bring early career medieval scholars together at IMC 2026! We're now calling for submissions to join us at Leeds #IMC2027, July 5-8 2027: ‘Constructing Selves, Constructing Communities’. @imc-leeds.bsky.social See CFP in blog for more info. Abstracts due September 7 #medievalsky
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Ceræ @ceraejournal.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
What made a medieval self? CFP, Leeds #IMC2027, July 5-8: ‘Constructing Selves, Constructing Communities’. We would love to hear from graduate students and early career researchers who may like to join us at @imc-leeds.bsky.social! See CFP for more info. Abstracts due September 7 #medievalsky
Call For Papers: IMC Leeds 2027 
Constructing Selves, Constructing Communities 
What made a medieval self? Augustine’s noverim me, noverim te (“May I know myself; may I know You”) 
suggests that knowing oneself depended upon relationships with both God and other people. Taking this insight 
alongside Paul Ricoeur’s distinction between idem (sameness) and ipse (selfhood), this panel asks how medieval 
people negotiated selfhood through their relationships with communities, institutions, and the divine. 
This panel aims to explore how selves and communities were imagined, enacted, negotiated, and transformed 
through material culture, texts, language, and social practice. We are particularly interested in the significance of 
belonging, memory, and authority in shaping both individual and collective experience. 
Papers may consider, among other themes: 
• Communities of belonging: 
• Embodied and material expressions of selfhood
• Texts, rituals, and discourse: how rhetoric, 
narrative, images, and language mediated 
relationships between individuals, communities, and 
the divine. 
• Authority, spaces and social order: how hierarchy, 
sacred or social spaces, exclusion, and reputation 
structured medieval selves and communities. 
We welcome interdisciplinary approaches from across 
medieval studies. 
We invite submissions of a 150–250 word abstract, 
accompanied by: a paper title; a brief personal biography 
including your current institutional affiliation (if any) and 
academic title (if any); your full contact details (email and phone); any equipment/accessibility requirements 
and scheduling requests; and whether you intend to participate in person or virtually.  
Submissions must be sent to ceraejournal@gmail.com by 11:59 PM (GMT) Monday 7 September 2026.  
All submissions will be reviewed by the Ceræ Committee. Decisions will be communicated to all applicants 
within 5 days of the deadline.
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Ceræ @ceraejournal.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Today we're launching Friends of Ceræ, a new initiative for our wonderful supporters and readers around the world! Check out all the benefits. We're also announcing a newly expanded essay prize! We'd love for you to be a friend of Ceræ!❤️ ceraejournal.com/2026/07/14/s... #medievalsky #earlymodernsky
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Support our journal and become a Friend of Ceræ
We’re pleased to introduce our Friends of Ceræ supporter program, a new initiative designed especially for our wonderful supporters and readers all over the world! Established in 2014, Ceræ is comm…
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Kirsty Bolton @lusignanmermaid.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
It's that time of year! @imc-leeds.bsky.social has just begun but I'm thinking about #IMC2027! Please consider submitting an abstract for papers on Community in Romance to kirsty.bolton@ell.ox.ac.uk by 31st August.
Call for Papers for Leeds IMC 2027 for 20 minute papers about Community in Romance. Contact kirsty.bolton@ell.ox.ac.uk with any queries or to submit a 200 word abstract by 31st August 2026. Image shows king Arthur and his round table.
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Abbie Fray (she/her) @abbiefray.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Delighted to share that registration is now open for Fissures: Gender and Political Crisis! We're really looking forward to two days of discussion on gender, power, and political instability across medieval Europe #medievalsky
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Ceræ @ceraejournal.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
We have one spot left on one of our three hybrid panels at the Leeds International Medieval Conference 2026 (July 6-9)! Theme of Premodern Timeliness and Timelessness. 🕰️ Late submissions received by 3 June will be considered. ✏️ #medievalsky #earlymodernsky www.facebook.com/CeraeJournal...
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Ceræ @ceraejournal.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Less than a week to go until our virtual conference! Full programme here ceraejournal.com/programme/ #medievalsky #earlymodernsky #ancientsky
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Programme 2026
All of the session times have been provided below in UTC time. Please consult the pdf version of the programme for a detailed breakdown of each paper presentation time according to the timezones of…
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Ceræ @ceraejournal.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Presenter abstracts for our upcoming online conference Fame and Fortune 25-26 April are now live! Thanks to everyone for their submissions! Register now to attend—full agenda to follow shortly. Please share widely #ancientsky #medievalsky #earlymodernsky ceraejournal.com/presenter-ab...
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Presenter Abstracts 2026
Destiny in a Language: How the Fortuna of Female Pilgrims Became Literary FamaAlessandra Adornato – University of Barcelona, Portugal Abstract: This study investigates the dialectic between F…
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Ceræ @ceraejournal.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Three wonderful keynotes announced for our online conference, 25-26 April 2026! Full programme to follow shortly. Register now to attend! #ancientsky #medievalsky #earlymodernsky
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2026 Ceræ conference – Keynotes Announced – Registrations Open!
We are pleased to announce three keynotes for our annual online conference Fame and Fortune to be held 25 – 26 April 2026. Registrations to attend are now open! The conference will feature the following keynotes:   Associate Professor Lisa Bailey, University of Auckland (New Zealand), on ‘The Fama and Fortuna of Balthild, Slave Queen’  Professor Jane Hwang…
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 17/03/2026
"I’m very worried about what is being destroyed. We’re all extremely worried, because what we’re seeing is the ad hoc closure and drastic cutting of many, many departments across the country." Historian Lyndal Roper in today's THE: bit.ly/4sqsfJ2 #Skystorians 1/2
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Lyndal Roper: ‘Drastic’ cuts to UK humanities risk brain drain
Newly crowned winner of Holberg Prize raises alarm over job losses and shuttering of courses across UK
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Abbie Fray (she/her) @abbiefray.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
#Cfp extended!!! Please share widely with anyone who might be interested! #medievalsky #earlymodern #medievalstudies
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Mary Flannery @15thcgossipgirl.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
I’m honoured and delighted to have been invited to chair the upcoming online launch of @lukaempf.bsky.social’s book on Thurs 19 March 4.30-5.30pm CET. Info is in the attached flyer—please share widely, and join us!
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Ceræ @ceraejournal.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Thanks to everyone who has submitted so far for our conference and Vol 13 on Fame and Fortune! Keep them coming! Deadline for conference abstracts 6 March. Conference detail here: ceraejournal.com/conference-i... See you there! #medievalsky
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Conference 2026
Conference Dates & Venue The Ceræ Conference will be held on 25–26 April 2026. We conduct the annual Ceræ conference according to a unique format of sessions spaced out over a continuous 24-30 …
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Ceræ @ceraejournal.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
CFP: Two weeks to get your submission in for Ceræ’s 3rd annual online conference ‘Fame & Fortune’, to be held 25-26 April 2026 (deadline 6 March). We’re also inviting submissions for Vol. 13 of the journal with the same theme. #medievalsky ceraejournal.com/2026/01/28/2...
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2026 Ceræ Call For Papers
We are pleased to announce that the theme for Volume 13 of Ceræ, as well as for our 3rd annual online Conference, is Fame and Fortune. We invite submissions to both the conference and the journal o…
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Abbie Fray (she/her) @abbiefray.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Casually attended a conference in the most beautiful lecture hall I’ve ever seen (University of Wrocław)😍
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Rachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I've had a number of exciting abstracts for the Nostalgia and Radical Politics, Past and Present conference but I've decided to EXTEND the deadline to 22 Feb, as I'm away the prior week so won't be reviewing apps then! www.northampton.ac.uk/research-blo... Please share. Ask Qs below! 🗃️
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Call For Papers: Nostalgia and Radical Politics, Past and Present | UON
Centre for Historical Studies, University of Northampton, UK Monday 15 – Tuesday 16 June 2026 CFP deadline extended to 22 February...
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Dr Elena Rossi @elenarossi.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Need some help accessing medieval documents? I am available for freelance work in archives! I have extensive experience transcribing medieval documents in Latin, Middle French, Middle English and Italian from 1200 to 1500.
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WOR$T GIRL IN ACADEMIA @medievaliste.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
a little known fact about activism is that it’s not a competition
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Laura Tisdall @lauratisdall.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
This sounds great! #histchild #skystorians royalhistsoc.org/calendar/gen...
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Gender & History Special Issue Call for Papers - Childhood, Gender and Crises: Living at the End of the World - CALL FOR PAPERS - RHS
'Childhood, Gender and Crises: Living at the End of the World' Gender & History: Special Issue Edited by Katie Barclay and Emily Ward Call for Papers deadline - 31 May 2026. What is the future of our ...
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Abbie Fray (she/her) @abbiefray.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
The journal and conference #CFP for Volume 13 of Ceræ is now open! Please share widely and spread the word to anyone who might be interested. #medievalsky #earlymodernsky
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Mary Flannery @15thcgossipgirl.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
3 places left!
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Mary Flannery @15thcgossipgirl.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Next Wed 28 Jan I’ll be running a *free* 60-minute webinar on ‘How to Start Learning Grant Writing’ (4-5pm CET). It’s intended for grad students and ECRs in the arts/humanities planning to apply for their first big grants. Please share widely! www.eventbrite.com/e/pbp-how-to...
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PBP ‘How to Start Learning Grant Writing: A Free PhD/ECR Webinar’
This 60-minute beginners’ webinar is intended as an introduction to the process of learning how to write strong research grant proposals.
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Abbie Fray (she/her) @abbiefray.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Ceræ’s Volume 12 is out, featuring an excellent set of articles well worth your time! Check it out here: #medievalsky #earlymodernsky
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Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
This miniature shows the medieval author Christine de Pizan presenting her Book of Peace to Louis de Guyenne. The manuscript dates to 1470, and the illustration was painted by the Flemish artist Jean Hennecart. #ChristinedePizan #medievalmanuscripts
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Dr. Erika Graham-Goering @jeanneologist.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
An interesting PhD opportunity (i.e. job!) at Oslo on the project POLYCHROME: "Candidates should propose a research project that examines, in one form or another, historical sources that shed light on changing attitudes to medieval objects after the Reformations in the Scandinavian countries."
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Doctoral Research Fellowship (SKO 1017) at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History (293057) | University of Oslo
Job title: Doctoral Research Fellowship (SKO 1017) at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History (293057), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, March 22, 2026
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Abbie Fray (she/her) @abbiefray.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
This is the last week to submit abstracts for Fissures: Gender and Political Crisis! #Fissures2026 #medievalsky
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Ceræ @ceraejournal.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
We hope everyone had a lovely holiday season and will continue having a comfortable beginning-of-semester. CERÆ is preparing the Call for Papers for our thirteenth volume, to be published soon: watch this space! #medievalsky #earlymodernsky
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Mary Flannery @15thcgossipgirl.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
My 2 workshops on academic grant writing start NEXT WEEK—and there are still spaces available! (Pls share!) You get: - access to 2 dozen successful applications for major grants (e.g. ERC, NEH, NSF) - guidance to help you write stronger grant proposals - 1-year subscription to Page by Page 1/5
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Prof Megan Leitch @meganleitch.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Medievalist friends! Applications are open until end of Feb for a fully-funded PhD in Arthurian Literature with the brilliant Louise D'Arcens @medievalafterlives.bsky.social and myself, based between Sydney (Australia) and Groningen (The Netherlands). Please share widely! tinyurl.com/f7su6urv
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Global PhD on Middle English Arthurian romance
The University of Groningen and Macquarie are offering a co-funded scholarship to support a student undertaking doctoral research in medieval literature.
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MedievalWomenSpeak @medievalwomenspeak.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
I’ll say to you, my blessed spouse, ‘Welcome to me with all kinds of joy and happiness, to live here with me and never to leave, to always stay with me in joy and bliss, which no eye has seen, no ear has heard, no tongue can tell, and no heart can imagine.’ Margery Kempe, born c. 1373
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ESSE @essenglish.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Call for Papers. Fissures: Gender and Political Crisis. Host and dates: Pembroke College, Cambridge. 17-18 September 2026. Deadline for submissions: 16 January 2026. #essecfp. 👉 essenglish.org/cfp-conferen...
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Abbie Fray (she/her) @abbiefray.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
One month left to submit your abstracts for Fissures: Gender and Political Crisis, @pembroke1347.bsky.social (17–18 Sept 2026). See the full #CFP below. #Fissures2026 #medievalsky #skystorians #medieval #GenderHistory #PoliticalHistory
CFP: Fissures: Gender and Political Crisis. Pembroke College, Cambridge, 17–18 Sept 2026. Abstracts due 16 Jan 2026.
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Christyn Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Pleased to be interviewed for this much needed piece on the rising transphobia in higher education. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/trans-s... (Archive link: archive.is/oYqXS)
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Trans scholars being ‘pushed out of academia’, researchers warn
Universities ‘afraid to be trans inclusive’ after Supreme Court ruling and OfS Sussex fine, leaving staff fearing ‘hostile environment’
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Ceræ @ceraejournal.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
The semesters are rattling to a close, the winter is bearing down, and we at Ceræ are still accepting non-themed articles by postgraduate students and early career researchers! #medievalsky #earlymodernsky ceraejournal.com/submissions/
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Submissions
Author Guidelines Ceræ: An Australasian Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies invites submissions for original and engaging articles of approximately 5000–8000 words, varia of up to 3000 wor…
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Dr Laura Varnam @drlauravarnam.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Attention creative medievalists! Eleanor Barraclough & I are co-editing a special issue of Public Humanities entitled CREATING THE MEDIEVAL NOW! See the cfp for details: essays of 2,000-3,000 words due 1 May 2026. (Amazing artwork by @hellomizk.bsky.social). 1/ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Abbie Fray (she/her) @abbiefray.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Can I even call myself a medievalist when medieval was only 4th on my Spotify wrapped?
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Abbie Fray (she/her) @abbiefray.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Bern is starting to feel so Christmassy, I love it 🎄♥️
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Shannon McSheffrey @medievalmcsheff.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
On this Trans day of remembrance, let’s think about Rolandina Ronchaia, cruelly executed in 14th-c Venice middleagesforeducators.princeton.edu/resource/cas...
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The Case of Rolandina Ronchaia, a 14th - century transwoman?
In this video three historians of gender and sexuality examine the legal case of Rolandina Ronchaia, a transwoman in mid-fourteenth century Venice
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Sam Rutherford (he/him) @echomikeromeo.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
I'm glad to have signed this statement in support of queer and trans staff at the National Library of Scotland, who by the sounds of it are going through an awful time at the moment: docs.google.com/document/d/e...
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Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk · 20/11/2025
Today is Trans Day Of Remembrance #TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames *** Trigger warning for the following thread: Violence against trans people (especially TWOC) * * *
MOURN THE DEAD, FIGHT LIKE HELL FOR THE LIVING
TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE
THIS IS WHY WE'RE SO FUCKING ANGRY
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Durham History @durhamhistory.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
One for urban historians... The new Cambridge Urban History of Europe is out soon, including chapters by Durham historians Christian Liddy (vol. 2) and Markian Prokopovych (vol. 3): www.cambridge.org/core/books/c... www.cambridge.org/core/books/c... @cambridge.org
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The Cambridge Urban History of Europe
Cambridge Core - European Studies - The Cambridge Urban History of Europe
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Abbie Fray (she/her) @abbiefray.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Very excited to announce this CfP! Please share widely with anyone who might be interested! #medievalsky #skystorians #cfp #histmed #Fissures2026
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Dan Elphick @danelphick.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Well this is awful news: tinyurl.com/yr65mjkx 'All modern language and music courses are being suspended for new students at the University of Nottingham.' Nottingham friends: please be assured that we will join you in protesting against this decision in the strongest possible terms. Solidarity.
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Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 15/10/2025
We've two new titles forthcoming in our New Historical Perspectives book series: > Gareth Roddy's 'Atlantic Isles' is published on 30 October bit.ly/3WFhpRg > Rachael Harkes's 'Forging Fraternity' is available from 6 November bit.ly/4ogSm2H Full details from @uolpress.bsky.social #Skystorians 1/2
Cover images for the two forthocming titles in the New Historical Perspectives book series: 

'Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940', by Gareth Roddy

Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society. The Palmers' Guild of Ludlow, by Rachael Harkes
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Abbie Fray (she/her) @abbiefray.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Currently loving this corner of my office ☕️🧡
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J.D. Sargan @jdsargan.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
It's true: I wrote a book. And what's more, the book is done and soon you'll be able to own a copy. And what's more more, if you want a hard copy you can order one for 50% off now, with the code SAR50. And if you want it digitally, it'll be open access! www.arc-humanities.org/978180270163...
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Trans Histories of the Medieval Book - Arc Humanities Press
Archival collections are political spaces: the decisions that govern whose histories are preserved, when, and by whom are not neutral. They reflect the commu...
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Abbie Fray (she/her) @abbiefray.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
I arrived in Bern yesterday to start my PhD in Medieval English literature! Would love to hear people’s advice for starting their PhD or settling into life abroad☺️ #phd #medievalsky
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