Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialDr Laura Varnam @drlauravarnam.bsky.social · 28/09/2026And the second essay in CREATING THE MEDIEVAL NOW is out! Thanks to @realmandeville.bsky.social for ‘The Middle Ages as Creative Topic’, check it out! www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 098
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialDr Laura Varnam @drlauravarnam.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Delighted that the first essay in CREATING THE MEDIEVAL NOW, a special issue of Public Humanities, ed by me & Eleanor Barraclough, is now available! Check out @thecelticist.bsky.social brilliant essay ‘De Ira’ & bookmark this page for further essays this autumn! www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 12712
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialgamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Google earth has updated its satellite images of Gaza. The destruction is almost incomprehensible. 4420951207
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialHelen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 28/09/2026New from Ryan Lavelle: to be published in November. Bet this'll be excellent! yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300... 0308
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialirishtextssociety.bsky.social @irishtextssociety.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Our annual seminar jointly organised with the combined Departments of Irish, UCC, will be held on Saturday, 7 November. This year's subject will be Cath Maige Tuired: The Second Battle of Mag Tuired. 11110
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialThe Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 26/09/2026‘It would be wrong to participate’: Gavin Bazunu on decision to withdraw from squad for Israel matchirishtimes.com‘It would be wrong to participate’: Gavin Bazunu on decision to withdraw from squad for Israel matchGoalkeeper released statement on social media after leaving Irish squad before Nations League game 0225
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialDavid Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026My working group on 𝐀𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐜 in @scs-dias.bsky.social will commence on 6 October and will continue every Tuesday at 16:00 (local Dunsink Time). If you want to join, in person or via Zoom, please let me know via email. 1227
emerp.bsky.social @emerp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Thinking of Rena Maguire this evening. Sending love to her Mam, daughter, partner, and all who had the privilege of knowing her. 060
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialRichard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The story of Natalie Abudayyeh (21) a journalism student and member of the Palestine Women's Football Team. She played in Dublin against @bfcdublin.bsky.social in 2024. Today, she's in an Israeli jail. Her family and teammates say she was taken at gunpoint from university without charge. 4200162
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialPatrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Myself, Seán Fearon and Pat Brodie have published a report today examining the exaggerated benefits and significant costs of data centres to Ireland. Below is a short thread on some of the key takeaways. Read the full report here: mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/21... 1/6 25040
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialDavid Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The big day is coming up today: at @scs-dias.bsky.social @dias.ie: "The Voyage of St Brendan: A European Odyssee". www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-voyage... My day will start at 8.30 with an interview at RTÉ's Morning Ireland... It will be a long day. 2217
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialNorse in the North @norseinthenorth.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Norse in the North 2027: Life and Death Abstract deadline: 1st February 2027 We welcome proposals from postgraduate students for papers in any area of Old Norse, medieval Scandinavian, and Viking studies relating to the theme. We look forward to reading your proposals! #callforpapers #oldnorse 02214
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialCorinna @shroomgirl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Spent a lovely windswept day delivering the Ragna's Islands Project #NorthRonaldsay booklets (saga-stories, poetry and place-names) to islanders. It is wonderful to be here again! #Orkney #OrkneyingaSaga #Placenames 1197
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialElizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Fantastically interesting article by the brilliant @francescatinti.bsky.social out now in English Historical Review on language and identity in early medieval England. #OpenAccess #MedievalSky academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...academic.oup.comLanguages, Identities and Communication in the Age of Bede*Abstract. This article seeks to address the underexplored role of language as a marker of identity in the early medieval period by focusing on England in t 0135
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialThe Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 19/09/2026See Prof. Steve, all our star archaeologists, our brilliant Viking Festival, and our early medieval ring find all weekend! Our Viking-Age Fest, Glasgow Doors Open Days event, and dig are all on from 11am-4pm Sat and Sun, and it's all FREE! 🔗 Link to Prof. Driscoll's interview in the comments ⤵️ 2125
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialClare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 16/09/2026www.nui.ie/what-we-do/n...nui.ieDublin Festival of History International Viking Event - National University of IrelandDublin Festival of History International Viking Event: Viking Ireland and the Wider World 10 am to 12 pm Friday 9 October 2026 Wood Quay Venue, Dublin City Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 3 For the ninth y... 0125
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialElizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 10/09/2026In-person research seminars @ceilteachomn.bsky.social in Maynooth this semester! All welcome. 32715
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialClare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Just got the proofs back for this baby, now to check through and index (the publisher keeps checking that I actually want to index it myself, which makes me feel like I have some weird indexing kink) Publication in April #medievalskypenguin.co.ukThe Vikings in Britain and IrelandThe impact of Scandinavian invaders on the peoples of the Britain and Ireland was incalculable. Raiders on a sometimes large scale, they initially attacked coastal and river settlements, but ended up ... 1509
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialTrevor Wiley @mearcsteppende.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Want to learn how early medieval people living on the coast in Scotland hunted seals and seabirds? Or how collecting sea snails on the beach was part of new Christian practice? You should check out my new article in Water History! link.springer.com/article/10.1... #medievalskylink.springer.comWild animals, small practices, and the formation of an early medieval coastal landscape on the Firth of Forth - Water HistoryThe large-scale landscape changes that occurred in northern Britain from roughly 400–800 C.E. were built on a vast array of smaller shifting practices which reflected the realities of local environmen... 510245
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialAnfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Talking about the Bayeaux Tapestry, the British Museum has prepared a website where you can explore the whole embroidery (it is not really a tapestry) in high resolution. It even includes annotations so you can understand what each character and event is! www.britishmuseum.org/bayeux-tapes...britishmuseum.orgThe Bayeux Tapestry online experienceFollow the story and discover the people, places and events of 1066 and the Battle of Hastings. Made for young learners, open to all. 25328
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialAdrián Maldonado @archaeonado.bsky.social · 11/09/2026A Viking-age boatyard on the Isle of Eigg! Watch via National Museums Scotland socials www.instagram.com/reel/DdJXyv9... or old skool text version here www.nms.ac.uk/discover-cat...nms.ac.ukA Viking Age boatyard on Eigg | National Museums ScotlandTwo oak boat stems dating to 880-1050 AD from the isle of Eigg show the arrival of Scandinavian seafaring technology to Scotland.These rare survivals revea 0133
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialClare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 11/09/2026#oxford #medievalsky I’ll be presenting at the All Souls (that autocorrected as All Soups!) seminar series on 2 November probably on the genealogy of Ivar the Boneless (not a soup flavour) 2275
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialViking and Medieval Norse Studies Programme @oldnorse.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Six students in Medieval Icelandic Studies and Viking and Medieval Norse Studies defend their Master's theses today from 13:00–16:00 in Edda 209. Warmest congratulations to all of our presenters on reaching this milestone and on a job well done! Links to the theses and abstracts in 🧵 172
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialDigiLab, Institute for Medieval Research, ÖAW @digilab-imafo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026We extended the application deadline for Winter School: HTR of Historical Sources to 15th September 2026. This year, all sessions will be virtual, and we have added several new languages! Check out our Indico website in the comments. 1108
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialSíle Ní Mhurchú @silenimhurchu.bsky.social · 07/09/2026💡Comhdháil Lae💡 Recording the Past: The Annals of Inisfallen and the Making of Irish History @ucclibrary.bsky.social 🖋️ Bígí linn ar an 18 Meán Fómhair! libcal.ucc.ie/event/4589456 📝libcal.ucc.iePublic Conference: Recording the Past: The Annals of Inisfallen and the Making of Irish HistoryJoin us for a special conference to mark Recording the Past: The Annals of Inisfallen and the Making of Irish History exhibition. Conference Keynote: Richard Ovenden, Bodley’s... 076
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialClare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Next free online lecture Scottish Society for Northern Studies, free and open to all #medievalsky www.ssns.org.uk/events/ssns-...ssns.org.ukSSNS Seminar - Tara Athanasiou - Who stole my cheese? The survival strategies of vagrants in the Norse period - Scottish Society for Northern Studies % %Stephen will explore why so many of the crucial incidents leading to the downfall of the Norse line of northern Scottish jarls in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries. 02310
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialLouise @selkies.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Sorry something must have been lost in translation, they're saying you don't need to speak Irish to be Minister for the Gaeltacht (representing the native Irish speakers of Ireland and their very specific interests), but you DO need to speak Irish if you just want to live in Ireland and are foreign 319850
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialProf Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Nice piece on the Bayeux Tapestry in @economist.com featuring sound bites by @lvhicks.bsky.social and yours truly! #medievalsky #skystorians 12513
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialDr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Just pure gutter racism dressed up in a suit. Appalling stuff. And I wish I believed the media would put on their grown up pants and deal with this properly but I suspect they'll soft-soap and both-sides it into reality. 321053
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialUCC Library @ucclibrary.bsky.social · 07/09/2026UCC Library invites you to "Recording the Past: The Annals of Inisfallen and the Making of Irish History" one day conference on 18 September. Explore the legacy of this remarkable medieval manuscript with expert speakers from UCC, Oxford and Edinburgh. libcal.ucc.ie/event/4589456libcal.ucc.iePublic Conference: Recording the Past: The Annals of Inisfallen and the Making of Irish HistoryJoin us for a special conference to mark Recording the Past: The Annals of Inisfallen and the Making of Irish History exhibition. Conference Keynote: Richard Ovenden, Bodley’s... 01917
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialfmrsi.bsky.social @fmrsi.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Forum coordinator @emerp.bsky.social's fascinating work on the Ballinderry Gameboard was featured recently in the Westmeath Examiner: www.westmeathexaminer.ie/2026/09/02/a... Emer presented on the gameboard at the 20th #Viking Congress in Oslo. Congrats, Emer! #NUIwestmeathexaminer.ieAcademic shared story of fascinating Rosemount treasure at Viking event in Oslo | Westmeath Examiner 022
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialPatrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Israel continues to bomb Lebanon despite a supposed truce. The US has blocked the continuation of the UN peacekeeping mission. What are the chances that the EU, supporter of the US and Israel, will carry out an impartial mission in its place? www.rte.ie/news/middle-...rte.ieThree killed, 23 injured in Israeli strikes on LebanonIsraeli strikes in southern and eastern Lebanon have killed at least three people and injured 23, the Lebanese health ministry said. 064
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialSchool of Celtic Studies - Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh DIAS @scs-dias.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Clár Thionól na bliana seo ar fáil anois! Tabhair faoi deara gur ar an Déardaoin a chuirfear tús leis i mbliana. Programme for this year's Tionól now available. NB this year it starts on the Thursday. #DIASdiscovers www.dias.ie/2026/04/30/t... 01611
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialDavid Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The programme for the @scs-dias.bsky.social @dias.ie Tionól 2026 is out (26-28 November). An exciting, three-day programme. 12010
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialClare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 30/08/2026#Wirral #Archaeology conference www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/viking-and...eventbrite.co.ukViking and Anglo-Saxon Wirral: The Hunt for BrunanburhCome and explore Wirral's Viking & Anglo-Saxon past in the company of leading experts on the subject. 03211
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialPatrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The genocide continues. In the past 2 days, the IDF have destroyed a warehouse storing food supplies intended for children and mothers in Gaza and seized the UNWRA centre in Jerusalem. And the Irish govnt is refusing visas to Palestinian students. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/...aljazeera.comSeven killed in Gaza as Israeli strike ‘destroys’ aid supply warehouseHealth Ministry warns of 'complete collapse of the basic necessities of life' in Gaza as Israel's attacks continue. 01312
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialRolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library. Here's what the charity does ⬇️ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...rollingstone.comTurning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton's Imagination LibraryCore team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world. 129190508281
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialRTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 25/08/2026The family of Dolly Parton has asked those wishing to honour the late country music star to support one of the causes closest to her heart, her Imagination Library. It is a cause that leaves a lasting legacy in Irelandrte.ieHow Dolly Parton changed young lives in IrelandThe family of Dolly Parton has asked those wishing to honour the late country music star to support one of the causes closest to her heart, her Imagination Library. 120760
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialDr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026📖 💬🎙⛏️ Watch me talk about my new Viking book, Treasures of the #Vikings, on Becky Hill's Valhalla Conversations Podcast! youtu.be/P03hjDCciRo #Viking #archaeology #history #bookyoutu.beA Treasure Seeker's Guide to the Viking Age #Vikings #history #VikingObjects @tomhorne870 (32)YouTube video by Becky Hill 051
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialClare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 18/08/202650 percent discount deadline 22 August #medievalsky 21917
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialRoyal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 11/08/2026The Royal Irish Academy extends our deepest sympathies to the family, friends and former colleagues of Dr James Quinn, a valued former member of staff who served as managing editor of the Dictionary of Irish Biography @dib.ie Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam. May he rest in peace. 0124
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialClare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 11/08/2026New book - publication date April 2027 - #booksky #medievalsky 1835178
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialIrish Studies@LivUni @irishinstitute.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Congratulations to our Prof @downham.bsky.social whose "The Vikings in Britain and Ireland" is out with Penguin Books April 2027: www.penguin.co.uk/books/452352... 0114
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialThe Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 08/08/2026irishtimes.comIreland’s walled towns: ‘Our city’s walls are unique, probably the best in western Europe, but also unknown’In the second of a four-part series on Ireland’s walled towns, we visit Derry which boasts the only complete set of walls remaining on the island 011
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialPatrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026In just over a decade, Micheál Martin has gone from claiming the Triple Lock is at the core of Irish neutrality to describing those who defend it as 'guilty of demagoguery'. The Fianna Fáil leadership are clearly under pressure. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...irishtimes.comTriple-lock campaigners wish to stand by as Russia and others destroy peacekeeping – MartinTaoiseach says model that State has supported for 60 years is likely to disappear 175
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialRoyal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 07/08/2026‘Monasticism in Ireland, AD 900-1250’ by Edel Bhreathnach (Four Courts Press) is one of the shortlisted books for the 2026 Michel Déon Prize for non-fiction. Read more about the prize and shortlist on the RIA website: www.ria.ie/2026/07/03/s... 22710
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialClare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Looking forward to Emer’s poster at the Viking Congress on the fantastic Ballinderry game board #medievslsky fmrsi.wordpress.com/2026/08/05/t...fmrsi.wordpress.comThe Village Green: It takes a village: Revisiting my study of the Ballinderry GameboardIt takes a village: Revisiting my study of the Ballinderry GameboardEmer Purcell, National University of Ireland In 1995, in partial fulfilment of my MPhil in Medieval Studies at University College… 6267
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialIrish Studies@LivUni @irishinstitute.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Join our PhD student @hspevans.bsky.social for her ONLINE seminar ‘For every woman who is an embroideress deserves more profit than even queens’: gender, status, and textiles in medieval Ireland. FREE registration: www.ssns.org.uk/events/ssns-... With thanks to Scottish Society for Northern Studiesssns.org.ukSSNS Seminar - Hannah Evans - 'For every woman who is an embroideress deserves more profit than even queens': gender, status, and textiles in medieval Ireland. - Scottish Society for Northern Studies ...Stephen will explore why so many of the crucial incidents leading to the downfall of the Norse line of northern Scottish jarls in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries. 0208
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialDr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 30/07/2026www.hotpress.com/opinion/prot...hotpress.comProtest against Gaza student visa refusals to take place in Dublin | HotpressThe demonstration will be held outside the Department of Justice on Friday morning following concerns over the refusal of study visas for Palestinian student... 0227
Reposted by @emerp.bsky.socialDublin Institute for Advanced Studies @dias.ie · 19/06/2026🎂 Today, 19 June 2026, we celebrate 86 years of #DIAS! Since 1940, DIAS has brought together researchers to advance knowledge across fields from physics and cosmology to Celtic studies and geophysics Here's to 86 years of collaboration and curiosity - and to all the discoveries still to come! 🎉 1144
