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Adrienne Williams Boyarin

@aboyarin.bsky.social
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UVic prof, medievalist, Anglo-Jewish women, Early Middle English, etc

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Annette Yoshiko Reed @annetteyreed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What’s the hot topic in the Magid-Reed household these days….? If you guessed Morris Jastrow Jr., you are correct. Read Shaul’s new Substack… shaulmagid.substack.com/p/morris-jas... +
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Morris Jastrow and the Case Against Political Zionism
“The highest aim of the State in thus predicated on the acquirement of power.” - Morris Jastrow, *The War and the Coming Peace.*
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Annette Yoshiko Reed @annetteyreed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Keep an eye out for Shaul’s forthcoming anthology of historical sources on the topic @princetonupress.bsky.social - coming out next month! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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Jewish Anti-Zionism
A collection of texts illustrating the complex reasons why Jews have contested or rejected the Zionist ideal over more than a century
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Liora Halperin @lioracle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
There’s a new thing in the world (and I’m proud to be on its advisory council) www.theforumfcjt.org
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The Forum for Critical Jewish Thought
The Forum generates compelling and creative Jewish thought to advance justice, equality, and solidarity. Public scholarship, webinars, and a law fellowship.
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medievalJewishStudiesNow! @med-ljewishstnow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
CFP: "Communities of Violence Revisited: Minorities, Sex, and Disease," IMC Leeds 2027. #jewishstudies #medievalsky mjsnow.hypotheses.org/22972
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Laura Ashe @lauraashe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I am so profoundly sorry to hear of the death of Julia Boffey. A wonderful person; a brilliant scholar; she was unendingly kind and good and large-hearted.
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Dr David Rundle @drdavidrundle.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Ahead of the launch today of the manuscript fragments of Guernsey, on which @tamarajatkin.bsky.social and I have been working with the Island Archives for the last couple of years, I have written up one of my favourite finds: lostmss.org.uk/highlights - Hidden Devotion on Guernsey
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Highlights | Lost Manuscripts
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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Sooooooooooooo true www.youtube.com/shorts/YqPPy...
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Rough Draft vs Final Draft
YouTube video by Elle Cordova
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Dr Sian Witherden @sianwitherden.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I’m pleased to share that records for parish churches and chapels are now available on Medieval Libraries of Great Britain - mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk #provenance #manuscripts @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
#MedievalSky
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 23/08/2026
Researchers say texts from 12th to 15th centuries ‘hint at a culture which has not even been imagined’
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Manuscript fragments hiding in plain sight shed light on medieval Guernsey’s literary life
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Stephanie J. Lahey PhD @sjlahey.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Our new paper is out! 📚📜 www.nature.com/articles/s40... #parchment #conservation #MedievalManuscripts #BookScience
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Parchment damage assessment: a review of methods, multimodal workflows, and a transparent reporting framework - npj Heritage Science
npj Heritage Science - Parchment damage assessment: a review of methods, multimodal workflows, and a transparent reporting framework
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medievalJewishStudiesNow! @med-ljewishstnow.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
New book (Open Access!) - Jewish Craftspeople in the Middle Ages: Objects, Sources and Materials. #jewishstudies #medievalsky mjsnow.hypotheses.org/22312
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Noëmie Duhaut @duhaut.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I'm on the organising committee for the 2027 Jewish Law Association conference! 📢 CfP: Inside/Outside: Jews, Law, and Jewish Law 📍 Vienna 🗓️ 19–21 July 2027 Proposals welcome on Jewish law's boundaries & entanglements – pluralism, limits of law, universality/exclusivity. tinyurl.com/JLAIntl2027
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JLA Int'l 2027, Vienna Juridicum — Jewish Law Association
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Jewish Historical Society of England @jewishhistorical.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
majw.uvic.ca Searchable database: *Medieval Anglo-Jewish Women* #skystorians #medievalists @aboyarin.bsky.social
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Medieval Anglo-Jewish Women: Medieval Anglo Jewish Women: Home Page
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Nathan Melson @nsmelson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I did this years ago on Twitter, but, here's a list of tools/utilities that every medievalist show know about and have bookmarked: #medievalsky
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Steven Van Impe @svanimpe.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
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.
Albert Derolez last year, holding his latest publication on the Liber Floridus, a Dutch popular science book.
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Annette Yoshiko Reed @annetteyreed.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Susannah Heschel on women in Jewish Studies www.hadassahmagazine.org/2026/07/06/t...
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The Fight for Jewish Feminism Continues
Prof. Susannah Heschel explores the breakthroughs that transformed Jewish life and the barriers women and nonbinary scholars still face.
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Rachel Hope Cleves @rachelcleves.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Congratulations to @jameyj.bsky.social for successfully defending her doctoral dissertation "Re-Storying Indigenous Trans Women in the Colonial Pacific Northwest, 1814-1895" yesterday. She brought everyone to tears with her amazing archival work and loving recuperation of her subjects' lives. Brava!
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J.D. Sargan @jdsargan.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
If you're someone who like a hard copy, but you've been holding off because of the price, I'm happy to say that my book is being paperbacked at the end of the month and it's available to preorder now!
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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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Dr Rory MacLellan @rorymaclellan.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Playlist of talks from the Jewish Square Mile's recent event at the Barbican about medieval Jewish history, including @medievaljews.bsky.social, Natasha Jenman, Emma Cavell, Paul Dryburgh, and me. #medievalsky youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Medieval Jewish London History Day 2026 - YouTube
Discover the hidden history of medieval Jewish London. Recorded live at the Barbican Centre on Sunday 10 May 2026, these expert talks shine a light on the ca...
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Our friends at the Jewish Museum London recently opened Two Rooms, a new interim project space at JW3 in North London for the summer. Find out more here: jewishmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/two...
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Two Rooms
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UVic Humanities @uvichumanities.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Al Fazia, a graphic novel from the Survivor-Centred Visual Narratives Project, was featured on ARTE TV: www.arte.tv/fr/videos/13...
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"Al-Fazia'", l'enfer syrien en BD - Regarder l’émission complète | ARTE
Akram Al Saud étudie l'architecture à Alep quand le régime de Bachar al-Assad l'arrête et le torture. En 2016, il s'enfuit en Europe. Le bédétiste Tobi Dahmen a raconté son histoire dans "Al-Fazia'" (...
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H-Net Job Guide @h-net-job-guide.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
New job: ASPIRATION RESEARCH CHAIR IN AI AND CULTURAL CHANGE University of Victoria - British Columbia, Canada jobs.h-net.org/jobs/70043
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CSN-RÉC @csnrec.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
job Aspiration Research Chair in AI and Cultural Change University of Victoria DL: August 28, 2026 csn-rec.ca/job-postings...
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Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
It! Is! Here! Open Access (and already hoovered up by the scrapers no doubt such is our world) UK/EU paper copies will be available eventually but until then, EVERYONE now has free access! press.library.concordia.ca/projects/ill...
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Adrienne Williams Boyarin @aboyarin.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
UVic Humanities is hiring a Research Chair in AI and Cultural Change — focused on justice-centered, critical, humanist approaches to AI and related technologies. Check it out and distribute widely (deadline Aug 28). www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...
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HUMS 250-110 - Faculty & staff - University of Victoria
Inspired by and honouring place, we are a community-minded, globally engaged university where we transform ideas into meaningful impact.
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Tim Schmalz @timschmalz.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Rosamond McKitterick (1949-2026) A formidable scholar, an inspiring teacher, a generous spirit and a supportive colleague - truly, we have lost one of the great ones. @sidneysussex.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social @camedieval.bsky.social
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medievalJewishStudiesNow! @med-ljewishstnow.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Talk: "French Jews’ Mobility after the Expulsions of the Fourteenth Century: Individual Trajectories and Collective Patterns" #jewishstudies #medievalsky mjsnow.hypotheses.org/21551
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Talk: »French Jews’ Mobility after the Expulsions of the Fourteenth Century: Individual Trajectories and Collective Patterns«
8 June 2026, 16:15 CET Within the Colloquium “Arbeitskreis für Jüdische Geschichte des Mittelalters und der frühen Neuzeit,” Nureet Dermer (Beer Sheva) will speak about »French Jews’ Mobility after th...
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Adrienne Williams Boyarin @aboyarin.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Polemics of sameness, anyone?
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Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Here I am! 🤗 - what is the point of #digitalhumanities in a world which is on fire? and how has DH changed over the past 20 years? My personal take:
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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
I promise to stop going on about this soon, but my list of moving queens 900-1150 is now up to 122 women 👸 blogs.ed.ac.uk/cwest3/2026/... There are probably still errors/omissions (tell me if you spot one!), but thanks to everyone who's made suggestions on here or by email❤️
Network of moving queens
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Arc Humanities Press @archumanities.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
{{New Post}} Digital Medieval Studies—Crusaders and Computers Edited by Laura K. Morreale and Sean Gilsdorf www.arc-humanities.org/978180270291...
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Sam Ottewill-Soulsby @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
This is a really great list of resources for teaching and learning Medieval Latin compiled by Brigid Ehrmantraut #medievalsky www.medievalists.net/2026/06/lear...
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A Guide to Teaching and Learning Medieval Latin - Medievalists.net
Teachers and students of Medieval Latin often struggle to find the same range of learning materials available for Classical Latin. In this guide, Brigid Ehrmantraut highlights textbooks, anthologies, ...
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KU Leuven Libraries Special Collections @speccoll-kuleuven.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
The Anglo-American Legal Tradition (AALT) is a remarkable digital resource providing access to thousands of medieval and early modern English legal records from the UK National Archives. (1/2) #siteoftheweek
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AALT Home Page
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UVic Humanities Computing and Media Centre @uvichcmc.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Big thanks to Alex Brooks, HCMC research assistant, for sharing pictures of the Servitengasse QR code on the street in Vienna! The Servitengasse Project documents the Jewish people who lived, ran businesses, and owned property on that street in 1938. Check it out at hcmc.uvic.ca/servitengasse/
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harmodio @harmodio.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Buen camino, profe Raúl Pacheco Vega. Fuiste y serás siempre el investigador más chido.
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Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Excellent job alert!!!! #STS
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Adrienne Williams Boyarin @aboyarin.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Happy to share my latest article in Aschkenas, “Rachel Was Shapely and Beautiful: A Jewish Woman in Hostile Archives”—on a 13th-century woman from Nottingham, archival silences and hostility, and critical speculation. Check it out: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
This Thursday, May 28th, Natasha Jenman and Dean A. Irwin will give the next #davidpattersonlecture: 'In the Footsteps the Lincoln Jewry: Walking Tour/Book Launch'! Join us online or in person at 6pm on Thursday! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #medieval #booklaunch #Oxford
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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Here's a #GiftLink to this New York Times obit of Sonny Rollins: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/a...
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Sonny Rollins, Giant of the Jazz Saxophone, Is Dead at 95
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Adrienne Williams Boyarin @aboyarin.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Introduce yourself with 10 artists you've seen live: Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians Woody Nelson Bob Dylan Paul Simon Patti Griffin Joni Mitchell Leonard Cohen Lucinda Williams Mavis Staples Concrete Blond
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medievalJewishStudiesNow! @med-ljewishstnow.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
New article: Avital Davidovich Eshed: "Cut Through the Middle: The Virgin Body and the Body Politic in Medieval Ashkenaz." #jewishstudies mjsnow.hypotheses.org/21591
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medievalJewishStudiesNow! @med-ljewishstnow.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Research Group: Joy, Pleasure, and Enjoyment in Judaism. #jewishstudies mjsnow.hypotheses.org/21639
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Research Group: Joy, Pleasure, and Enjoyment in Judaism
According to their call, "Jewish historiography, similar to the broader scholarly landscape, has long emphasized moments of crisis, persecution, suffering, vulnerability, and distress, a tendency famo...
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medievalJewishStudiesNow! @med-ljewishstnow.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
New article — “Rachel Was Shapely and Beautiful: A Jewish Woman in Hostile Archives,” by Adrienne Williams Boyarin. #jewishstudies #medievalsky mjsnow.hypotheses.org/21762
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Jeffrey J Cohen @jeffreyjcohen.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
This is a beautiful piece of historical work across a "debris field" of an archive.
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Dr Dean Irwin @medievaljews.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Super excited that The Medieval Lincoln Jewry has now been published by ARC Humanities Press! Featuring myself, Christopher Johnson, Emily Rose, Julie Mell, and Natasha Jenman. Collectively, we explore some of the sources for the most important of England's medieval provincial Jewish communities.
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Dr Dean Irwin @medievaljews.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Oh, how interesting! I'm writing about her father at the moment. My latest just out: www.arc-humanities.org/978180270288...
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The Medieval Lincoln Jewry - Arc Humanities Press
By 1290, the Lincoln Jewry was one of the oldest and most important Jewish communities in medieval England. The community is richly documented across a broad...
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Adrienne Williams Boyarin @aboyarin.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Happy to share my latest article in Aschkenas, “Rachel Was Shapely and Beautiful: A Jewish Woman in Hostile Archives”—on a 13th-century woman from Nottingham, archival silences and hostility, and critical speculation. Check it out: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
🚨 #medievalsky 🚨 Middle English Dictionary update via FB: "In its 100-year history, MED has enjoyed periods of support, and periods when that support was lacking. It is about to enter on one of the latter. After this year...UMich will no longer fund ongoing editorial work and maintenance." 🧵
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