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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

SLEUTH-HOUND isn't even out yet (Oct 20!), but here go. 😅 Thrilled to announce ETHER WARS—the story of anesthesia's discovery in the 1840s & the fierce battle over credit. When a discovery changes the world, who, if anyone, can claim it as their own? Thanks to my agent @dconaway99.bsky.social!

A screenshot announcing the deal of ETHER WARS in Publishers Marketplace

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Chloë R McKenzie @chloermckenzie.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

That must have felt so isolating. I’m sorry 😔 everyone in our group was of a similar age, and v few had local family as a support network, so the group was our main port of call. I would have been lost without it, so I’m sorry you didn’t have that. It’s wild some areas have zero support

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Chloë R McKenzie @chloermckenzie.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

The course I did was expensive (over £200) and I remember thinking it definitely a “social filter”. 13/14 parents had degrees, 5/14 phds and 2/14 MDs. We were all higher earners. I think NCT offer discounts for lower wage earners, but these aren’t well-publicised.

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Chloë R McKenzie @chloermckenzie.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Oh, absolutely. And having other parents going through the same trials at the same time (the group WhatsApp at 2am…) kept me sane. All bar 1 of the 7 births required intervention, for a range of reasons, and many women had traumatic births and NEEDED support of their peers.

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Chloë R McKenzie @chloermckenzie.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

An interesting observation. I did do an NCT course in 2023 (and remain in daily contact with the parents I met - a wonderful support). The instructor was VERY anti-intervention, which really wasn’t helpful. I found the course itself quite unless, but it was worth it for the friends made.

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Dr Courtney Hagen Ford @chf-ldn.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

🧵 about #alevels, #results and exams in the UK. My mum was working class, went to the type of secondary school where girls were encouraged to leave at 16 to train as secretaries. They saw her as the 'wrong sort', and made her do CSEs and barred her from O Levels. She fought and lost. 1/

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The Haskins Society @haskinssociety.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

CFP: “Women, Lordship, and the Culture of War” A Haskins-sponsored session at the 2026 ICMS in Kalamazoo, MI (14–16 May) Apply by 15 Sept. 2025 at icms.confex.com/icms/2026/pr... @kzooicms.bsky.social #MedievalSky

Cropped image of a high medieval manuscript showing two women with rocks defending the gates of a castle from soldiers in chain mail bearing swords.

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Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Exactly 7 years ago I was at Hereford Cathedral with @chloermckenzie.bsky.social, launching the St Thomas Way: a new #heritage route from #Swansea to #Hereford, inspired by a real #medieval #pilgrimage. 13 locations, 13 circular walks, + free multimedia resources & activities. www.thomasway.ac.uk

Leaflet for the St Thomas way: find out more at www.thomasway.ac.uk

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Chloë R McKenzie @chloermckenzie.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

So real. I know so many archaeologists and historians who were totally missold their careers by Harrison Ford 😂

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Chloë R McKenzie @chloermckenzie.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

The algorithm is a nightmare. I got some really dodgy stuff when I was on maternity leave - lots of “how to make extra money as a SAHM” accounts and MLM scams, until I did a whole lot of muting 😂

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Many people have compared what is happening in America to what happened in 1930s Germany - and rightly so. But I want to remind everyone that the current situation is not a fait accompli, and I worry that these comparisons sometimes imply otherwise. The situation is dire, but not without hope.

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Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

25 time machines into moments in England's past... I'm so excited to share the cover for A HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN 25 POEMS (and thanks to Waterstones for doing the cover reveal on their channels this morning). I hope you love it as much as I do!

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

We’ve launched a new collection of openly accessible videos, Interviews with Historians, in which prominent 20th century historians reflect on their lives and professional practices. Access the collection here: www.history.ac.uk/library-digi...

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Chloë R McKenzie @chloermckenzie.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

A great day at the UK National Archives, Kew, for the Pipe Roll Society AGM and Council. It’s such an honour to serve on this society, which does so much to facilitate medieval research and accessibility to original documents. Check out PRS work and consider becoming a member! piperollsociety.co.uk

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Kirsty Bolton @lusignanmermaid.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

MAMO is this week! I’m so excited for so many amazing papers and workshops reflecting on how medieval research interacts with the modern world.

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Kate Lister @k8lister.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Today on #BetwixtTheSheets I am talking to the one and only and utterly fabulous prof Vanessa McCarthy about her research into sex work in #renaissance Italy. Listen wherever you get your podcasts!

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Chloë R McKenzie @chloermckenzie.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

That’s very interesting. I didn’t know that. The site has a long, sad history of execution and imprisonment. It is a place of much beauty, but also a lot of sadness and cruelty too

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Lisbet Sherlock @lisbet.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

BALH is hosting a talk this evening about Jane Austen’s Social Networks and the Wider World which will explore the remarkable women in Austen’s Southampton circle, lives shaped by empire, scandal, and global connections. All welcome Find out more: balh.org.uk/NTM209 @balhnews.bsky.social

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Chloë R McKenzie @chloermckenzie.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Poppies pouring in through Traitors’ Gate, beneath St Thomas’s Tower, at sunset 🌅 We also met Poppy, one of the Tower’s resident ravens, named for the original 2014 installation. I had met Poppy once before, in February during a visit with students, but it was nice to be formally introduced 🐦‍⬛

Art installation of ceramic red poppies, protruding from the water, as though pouring through the Traitor’s Gate at the Tower of London. Photo taken at sunset on 20 June - the warm evening light is shown peaking through the gate.

Poppy the raven - a large black bird - sits on a wooden railing of a bridge over the moat at the Tower of London. Photo taken February 2025

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Chloë R McKenzie @chloermckenzie.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

It was amazing Chloe! You would love the key ceremony

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Chloë R McKenzie @chloermckenzie.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

An evening with lovely people at the Tower of London. Endless thanks to @ravenology.bsky.social for hosting, showing us round and telling the best tales, and to @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social for bringing us all together. @euanroger.bsky.social @tealcartoons.bsky.social @katewilliamsme.bsky.social

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Chloë R McKenzie @chloermckenzie.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

An incredible night at the Tower of London, hosted by the wonderful @ravenology.bsky.social 🐦‍⬛ I’ve never seen the Tower like this: peaceful, dusky light. We saw the ancient Key Ceremony, then spent the night at Yeoman Warder’s pub, The Keys. Thanks @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social for organising! 🏰 🍻

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

What an evening hanging at the Yeoman Warder's Club w/ @ravenology.bsky.social at the Tower of London! No ghosts (this time), but lots of laughs! Grateful to have such good people in my life @katewilliamsme.bsky.social, @chloermckenzie.bsky.social, @tealcartoons.bsky.social, @euanroger.bsky.social

A group photo of Kate, Chris, Lindsey, Chloe, Marcus and Euan - smiling and standing inside the Yeoman Warder's Club.

A photo of Chloe in a read dress and Lindsey with long blonde hair smiling at the camera.

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TOEBI @toebi.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

📢 #jobopportunity #medievalsky 📜 Lecturer in Old English ⏳5 years, full-time (anticipated duration to 30 June 2030) 🏫 University College Cork ⏰12 noon (Irish Local Time) on Tuesday, 8th July 2025 📲 Details of the post, selection criteria and application process: www.ucc.ie/en/future-hu...

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Lecturer in Old English | University College Cork

UCC wishes to appoint a scholar with a proven commitment to excellence in teaching and research to the role of Lecturer in Old English.

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Chloë R McKenzie @chloermckenzie.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Truly heartbreaking. Such sad news for Cardiff and the sector

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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

I did all my degrees at Cardiff University This news is heartbreaking

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People of 1381 @peopleof1381.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Very excited about our #EstuaryAnthology workshop 'Routes to Protest' on 22 June at Gravesend Town Pier. There will be 1381 sound sculptures, a banner workshop and punk legend Gina Birch's choice of protest songs. Come and join the fun - its free!

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Routes to Protest: the River, Vessels and People of 1381

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Jenn Scott @jennscott1485.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

www.facebook.com/share/1DwtdX... Come and see me this weekend at the Highland Folk Museum, Newtownmore.

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Chloë R McKenzie @chloermckenzie.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Somehow I missed this notification! Thanks for the suggestion @bernhardhuss.bsky.social - added

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Chloë R McKenzie @chloermckenzie.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Excellent history content incoming!!! Can’t wait to listen to this new episode in @alexvont.bsky.social HISTORY’S HEROES, featuring the incomparable @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social on one of greats of medical history, Harold Gillies.

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

When losing a limb made you a hero but losing a face made you a monster, Harold Gillies restored dignity to WWI's disfigured soldiers. In HISTORY'S HEROES, I speak to @alexvont.bsky.social about what courage & imagination can accomplish in the face of relentless horror. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

A compilation of photos of disfigured soldiers in various stages of the reconstruction process, along with a photo of Harold Gillies and an image of Lindsey's book THE FACEMAKER

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Dr Rachael Harkes @latemedievalist.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

It was great to hear @elizabethbiggs.bsky.social’s talk last night for our @mappingthemarch.bsky.social seminar series. Really interesting discussion afterwards on if it is possible to compare the different Marches (particularly the Scottish, Irish, and Welsh) in the late Middle Ages. #medievalsky

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

A historian who doesn't do any actual research is like a neurosurgeon who doesn't operate on brains. It's so fundamental to what we do that you can hardly claim the title "historian" without it.

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Dr Abby Armstrong @medievalabby.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

If anyone is interested in working at CSMC and has any questions, I’m happy to try and answer them

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Andrew Ayton @andrewayton.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Where it all began for me. A third-year special subject, 1980-81, involving historical computing, a brilliantly innovative course by my mentor, John Palmer. The rest has been history. #DigitalHumanties before the term had been invented. Weeding old box files, this course booklet from my UG years…

Domesday England

This course will examine the political, social, economic and administrative structure of England in 1066 and 1086, paying particular attention to the changes which occurred in the intervening period, largely as a result of the Norman Conquest. It will be based upon a study of Domesday Book, a survey compiled upon the orders of William the Conqueror in 1086 which records the wealth, population and ownership of every village in England at that date and at the time of the death of Edward the Confessor.

On certain topics the volume of detail recorded in Domesday Book is such that it can only be adequately analysed with the aid of a computer, which all students will need to use.

No previous knowledge of computing will be assumed and no particular expertise in mathematics will be needed to master the art; but since the use of the computer will be a novelty within this Department, anyone wishing to take this course must attend a preliminary meeting in the Departmental Classroom in order to learn exactly what is involved. The meeting will be held prior to the return of your ballot forms and details will be advertised on the Year II noticeboard.
The course will be taught by weekly seminars and examined by one three-hour paper and a dissertation.

(Course tutor Dr J.J. N. Palmer)

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

YEAR III SPECIAL SUBJECTS

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Elizabeth Biggs @elizabethbiggs.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

In case anyone is free next Monday and would like to join- please do email the project. Would love to see people there in person and online!

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International Medieval Congress Leeds @imc-leeds.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

#IMC2025 may be 4 weeks away, but the #IMC2026 Call for Papers is officially open!!! 🎉 This year our Special Thematic Strand is 'Temporalities'! Click here: www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc-2026/ to find out how to submit papers and sessions, and also to learn more about our Padlet page.😊 #MedievalSky

A red IMC Picture with the date of IMC 2026 of the 6th to the 9th of July. There are 5 roundles in the right hand corner displaying different historical ways on interpreting time.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

🎶 Thou needest not have wealthe To be my love Thou needest not be coole To rule above Ther nys no especial signe Ich have affinitee wyth Ich nede naught but thyne extra tyme and thy [lute riffe] kysse 🎶 #Prince

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Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Child casualties almost halved, child deaths down by 3/4… All the other stats don’t really matter

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Women's Prize @womensprize.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Free this time next week? Join us live at 6:30pm on Thursday 12 June as we announce the winners of the 2025 Women's Prizes for Fiction and Non-Fiction. Watch over on our website: womensprize.com/

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Chloë R McKenzie @chloermckenzie.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

And so wonderful to see you and the archives crew!

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Chloë R McKenzie @chloermckenzie.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Such a fabulous evening celebrating #SceptredIsle. A true labour of love by @helencarr.bsky.social 🙌🏻

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Dr Daniella M Gonzalez @deegonz92.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Really enjoyed @helencarr.bsky.social’s book launch this evening at @hatchards.bsky.social. So great to hear from Helen and be part of a great crowd of #Medievalists 🥳 Cant wait to delve into Helen’s book and learn so much more about the 14th century!

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Amy Prendergast @amyprendergast.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Funded PhD studentship of €25,000/year for 4 years plus fees available @tcddublin.bsky.social to work with me on Irish women's life writing from the long 18th century! Please spread the word! @ecfjournal.bsky.social @cecs-york.bsky.social @clhlwr.bsky.social @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social

Details of funding available for PhD studentship at TCD

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