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Erin Sebo

@erinsebo.bsky.social
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A/Prof Medieval Literature, Flinders | Visiting Fellow, St Cross College, Oxford | Lead CI ARC DP23: First English Speakers | DP23: Finding Friendship in Old English Literature | PhD TCD | FSA | IAUPE | Beowulf monograph ManchesterUP '26

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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 19h
Over on VoynichNinja (an excellent discussion board with lots of solid linguistic & cryptological work), someone posted this new resource based on my (credited!) work that lets you visualize structure & rearrange quires, bifolia, and pages! It's incredibly cool and really valuable. voynichviewer.com
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Erin Sebo @erinsebo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
For the day that's in it #AFLGF theconversation.com/why-afl-comm...
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Why AFL commentary works the same way as Iron Age epic poetry
Like epic poets, AFL commentators improvise in short phrases, not sentences, because it creates vivid images of fast action.
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Erin Sebo @erinsebo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Out soon with Manchester University Press! The artefact is from a 6th century hoard found near Lejre, where part of Beowulf takes place. And the book will be available at the Lejre Museum!
Cover of "Beowulf and the Economy of Emotion" out soon with Manchester University Press
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Bailey Poletti @baileypoletti.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
"The Book of Contemplation" by Usama ibn Munqidh It is a memoir (kinda, and some translations call it that) from the late 12th century of a Syrian who interacted with the Franks neighboring Franks. It contains anecdotes of his experiences. A translated version is available from Penguin Classics.
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Bailey Poletti @baileypoletti.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
In the 12th century, Knights Templar ejected a European Christian pilgrim from the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem because he was harassing worshipping Muslims and apologized for the man's poor behavior.
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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Reading: Tamara Lewit, "“Not Just a Housekeeper: A New Look at the Work of the Roman Vilica.” Journal of Roman Archaeology, 2026, 1–37 (open access) doi.org/10.1017/S104... Adding this to my ancient slavery reading list.
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Scene of grape treading inside a building with an upper gallery, 3rd-c. CE calendar mosaic of Saint-Romain-en-Gal, Musée d’Archéologie Nationale, Saint-Germain-en-Laye. (Photo Carole Raddato under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 [CC BY-NC-SA 2.0] license.)
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Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Congratulations to @drdavidrundle.bsky.social on this exciting #MedievalSky research! 📚
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Erin Sebo @erinsebo.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Great medieval research starter pack by @florencehrscott.bsky.social! go.bsky.app/Eo1HyLT
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Erin Sebo @erinsebo.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Peter Robinson @usask.ca on a new hypothetical text of Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales
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Erin Sebo @erinsebo.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Sarah Salih @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social on the Wooing Group #iaupe
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Erin Sebo @erinsebo.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Dan Anlezark @sydney.edu.au, finding friendship in the OE Exodus.
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Erin Sebo @erinsebo.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Francis Leneghan @ox.ac.uk on Old English prose and vernacular literacy #iaupe
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Erin Sebo @erinsebo.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Up next, me. #iaupe with Beowulf scholar Profs. Dan Anlezark and Francis Leneghan!
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Erin Sebo @erinsebo.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
David Scott-Macnab @bristolcms.bsky.social on the sporting library of Sir Thomas Kerdeston #IAUPE
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Erin Sebo @erinsebo.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Up first, Rhiannon Purdie @uniofstandrews.bsky.social on Wyntoun's Original Chronicle #IAUPE
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Erin Sebo @erinsebo.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
In a monastery in the middle of a lake somewhere in Bavaria, the International Association of University Professors of English medieval symposium begins
In a monastery in the middle of a lake somewhere in Bavaria, the International Association of University Professors of English medieval symposium begins
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Australian Research Council @arc-gov-au.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
We are seeking a Director, People & Capability (Chief People Officer) to join our executive leadership team. If you’re a strategic HR leader ready to influence at the highest level and build a future-focused organisation, we want to hear from you. Closes 16 July: shorturl.at/h4YIY
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Dr. Rachel Schine @rachelschine.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
It‘s great to be able to be awed by one’s material again and again! Also keep up the match posts—I hadn’t seen them before but I’m reading through and they’re great!
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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
It just always amazes me how integrated the medieval world was - despite me knowing that it was!
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Tom Booth @boothicus.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Do you have the required level of profundity to be the British Museum Curator of European Deep History? bmrecruit.ciphr-irecruit.com/Applicants/v...
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Curator: European Deep History 6,000-800BCE
This is a high-impact role at a time of transformation. You will collaborate in setting the scholarly agenda, influence how the collection is interpreted globally, and ensure it remains relevant, accessible, and inspiring in the digital age.
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UK Archive Sector Leadership @uknatarcsector.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Applications are open for our Resilience Grants funding programme! Resilience Grants, worth up to £20,000, support archives to respond to change and develop sustainable solutions to any challenges they face. Apply by Monday 6 July 2026: nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...
A staff member in an archive conservation studio holds a clear plastic sheet against a very large paper document.
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ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Minister @jasonclaremp.bsky.social has vetoed funding for 13 ARC grants based on security grounds. “Security” is the only way they can veto individual grants anymore* (not just a whim like under the previous legislation). From ARC's “Update on Research Security” 👇 www.arc.gov.au/news-and-pub...
Screenshot of the ARC’s “Update on Research Security” showing black text on white background, giving the only information we’re allowed to know about the grants vetoed, i.e. how many and from what schemes. Two from DP26, two from LP25r1, two from LE26, and three from LP25r2.
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ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Nothing in the Budget last night for the ARC. Despite review after review recommending ARC funding be increased, nothing. Year on year, the same thing, no matter who's in Government.
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 29/04/2026
Michael D Higgins returned €2.6 million to the State since the beginning of his fourteen-year presidency. It is unspent funds from the allowance allocated to him during his two terms. jrnl.ie/7027246
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Michael D Higgins returned €2.6 million to State from allowances received over 14-year presidency
In recent days, the former president returned €384,467 to the Exchequer.
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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
#MedievalSky Another major human aDNA study on late antique/early medieval mixing of populations in Europe. And perhaps a first in Nature? Peer-review included historians! www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪🗃️
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Demography and life histories across the Roman frontier in Germany 400–700 ce - Nature
Analysis of 258 ancient genomes from southern Germany reveals a major demographic shift during the late fifth century, yet family structures persisted from Late Roman times, demonstrating cultural con...
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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Born into slavery, Gustav Badin became part of Swedish royal court and left legacy of books and letters. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Erin Sebo @erinsebo.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
I've been waiting in line to vote for 15 mins. There's a guy ahead of me who is apoplectic. I love the fact that Australians can expect voting to take only a few mins.
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Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 14/03/2026
This from @brodiewaddell.bsky.social is a very useful general introduction to some key early modern legal sources.
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England’s Quarter Sessions Records Online and in Print
Brodie Waddell If you’re interested in the history of crime, poverty or daily life in England anytime between the late sixteenth century to the early nineteenth century, you will find a huge amount…
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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
I completely forgot I made this... a big list of English judicial records, 1500 to 1800, published and often online!
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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
A 17th-century Arabic document from Old Dongola confirms the existence of King Qashqash, offering new insights into early post-medieval Nubian rulership and the region’s Arabization. doi.org/hbq3fw
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Arabic document from 17th-century rubbish heap confirms existence of semi-legendary Nubian king
A recent study published in Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa explores new historical evidence of one of pre-colonial Dongola's earliest rulers.
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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Then, an open access book on mummy portraits, a newly discovered Arabic document may confirm the existence of the Nubian King Qashqash, recovering the psychedelic fungi likely used for the Eleusinian Mysteries, new ancient world journals from @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social & much more. Let's get to it
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Biblioteca Tomás Navarro Tomás CCHS-CSIC @bibtntcsic.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Localizan un manuscrito del siglo XVII en un vertedero que confirma la existencia real del rey nubio Qashqash www.elconfidencial.com/cultura/2026...
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
In honor of #InternationalWomensDay, let's explore the fascinating (often-untold) lives of medieval women with Getty manuscript curators Elizabeth Morrison and Larisa Grollemond. 📖 gty.art/4ubmi4d
Medieval woman in a red gown reading a book with a castle and greenery in the background. What was life like for women in the middle ages? Our medievalists answer your biggest questions. Read the full story at gty.art/mw26.
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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Two-thirds of researchers globally say there is now more emphasis on producing research aligned with government priorities compared with a few years ago, a major survey has found www.timeshighereducation.com/news/s…
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Łukasz Sokołowski @sokolowskilukasz.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Mysterious Greek inscription reignites debate on whether a Syrian mosque stands atop Roman Emperor Elagabalus' Temple. ▶️ phys.org/news/2026-02...
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Mysterious Greek inscription reignites debate on whether a Syrian mosque stands atop Roman Emperor Elagabalus' Temple
A recently discovered Greek inscription at the base of a column inside the Great Mosque of Homs in Syria has rekindled a longstanding scholarly debate about the exact location of the Temple of the sun...
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Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā: The Journal of Middle East Medievalists @alusuralwusta.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Thanks to all authors, reviewers, & readers as we close out issue 33! We published 550 pages in 2025: 7 articles; a thematic dossier w/ 4 more articles; a roundtable; an Arabic edition; a pedagogy file; 7 book reviews; & some short communications. Here’s a thread to gather some highlights! 🧵
journals.library.columbia.edu
Al-ʿUsur al-Wusta
Middle East Medievalists (MEM) is an international professional non-profit association of scholars interested in the study of the Islamic lands of the Middle East during the medieval period (defined r...
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Kristel Zilmer @kristelzilmer.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
We present some results from our long-term work on the earliest #runestone found in an archaeologically datable context #runology: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Inscribed sandstone fragments of Hole, Norway: radiocarbon dates provide insight into rune-stone traditions | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Inscribed sandstone fragments of Hole, Norway: radiocarbon dates provide insight into rune-stone traditions
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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 12/01/2026
Archaeologists have uncovered the largest known corpus of late prehistoric administrative artefacts in the ancient world in western Iran, prompting us to reconsider our understanding of early bureaucratic institutions. A well-organised #AntiquityThread 1/8 🧵 🏺 #Archaeology
Six pieces of clay with impressions of various designs imprinted onto them.
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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 12/01/2026
Southeast Asia was well-connected long before this however, stretching back over 1000 years earlier. Shared coinage from Bangladesh to Vietnam indicates economic connections comparable to those of the Roman Empire as early as the 4th century AD 2/2 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
Ten silver coins, viewed from both sides. They all contain the same motifs: on one side, a rising sun, on the other, a pattern called a Srivatsa. Found at numerous sites across Southeast Asia, they indicate long-distance trade through a shared currency.
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Michael Nielsen @lasermike.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
I like that DPs will now be announced after they are nominally supposed to start (Jan 2027)
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ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Discovery Projects are now a complete joke: EoIs were due 12 Dec last year. Full apps are due 22 April this year. Results won't be out until next year: 15 Jan – 15 Apr 2027. That’s up to 16 MONTHS!
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Dr Vincent Raoult @sawsharkman.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
If the government wants research to work more with industry, they need to sort this out. It's impossible to plan anything with industry partners when you have to tell them its over a year to know whether a grant is successful or not.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Absolutely disgraceful from the Adelaide Festival. I hope other participants reconsider their part in it.
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Jo Dyer @instanterudite.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
BREAKING: 3 members of the Adelaide Festival Board have resigned after it refused to reverse its decision to rescind Dr Abdel-Fattah's invitation. No statement has been issued but their names have been quietly removed from the website. Four people are now responsible for the ongoing crisis.
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Danielle Binks @daniellebinks.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
On the day that a Palestinian writer is dropped from Adelaide Writer’s Week for being *checks notes* Palestinian.
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Premodern Healthscaping @prosanitate.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
We're hosting a hybrid conference in July! "Health and the Environment in the Preindustrial World: Multidisciplinary Approaches" will explore traditional and recent themes converging on public health history. To be notified when registration opens, fill out this form: forms.gle/5dMU4rNd8d5q...
Conference poster: Health and the Environment in the Preindustrial World: Multidisciplinary Approaches
23–24 July 2026, Virtual and at Monash University 
Rest of text doesn't fit in alt text, see link here: https://premodernhealthscaping.hcommons.org/?p=1656
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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
In fact we have records of at least 65,000 immigrants in the late MEDIEVAL period. This means real numbers were significantly higher. In England more than 1% of the population was foreign born (never mind 2nd gen) with numbers as high as 1 in 10 in cities. There’s a database!
englandsimmigrants.com
England's Immigrants 1330 - 1550
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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
After Randa Abdel-Fattah was dropped from Adelaide Writers' Week by the Adelaide Festival Board, a slew of authors, including Michelle de Kretser, have withdrawn from the event.
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Authors withdraw from festival after Palestinian Australian author dropped
After Randa Abdel-Fattah was dropped from Adelaide Writers' Week by the Adelaide Festival Board, a slew of authors, including Michelle de Kretser, have withdrawn from the event.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Absolutely disgraceful. The Adelaide Festival has cancelled Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah from appearing.
As the Board responsible for the Adelaide Festival organisation and all Adelaide Writers’ Week events, staff, volunteers and participants, we have today advised scheduled writer Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah that the Board has formed the judgment that we do not wish to proceed with her scheduled appearance at next month’s Writers’ Week.

Whilst we do not suggest in any way that Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah’s or her writings have any connection with the tragedy at Bondi, given her past statements we have formed the view that it would not be culturally sensitive to continue to program her at this unprecedented time so soon after Bondi.

The Board has also now formally established a sub-committee to oversee the ongoing Board-led review, and guide decisions about Adelaide Writers’ Week in the near and longer terms. This includes ongoing engagement with relevant Government agencies and the appointment and/or advice of external experts.

This suite of decisions has been taken with the genuine view that they provide the best opportunity for the success and support of the Adelaide Festival, for Adelaide Writers’ Week and the communities we seek to serve and engage.

We understand these Board decisions will likely be disappointing to many in our community. We also recognise our request to Dr Abdel-Fattah will be labelled and will cause discomfort and pressure to other participants. These decisions have not been taken lightly.

Our only request is that our community is respectful to our staff and volunteers who have not formed part of our decision-making process and deserve nothing but ongoing support for their excellent work.

We have communicated our decisions to the State Government after having regular discussions post the tragic events at Bondi. The Board and Senior Executive will be communicating with all Adelaide Writers’ Week participants in coming days, along with other key stakeholders.

We hope to see you at Adelaide Writers’ Week.

The Adelaide Festival Board
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Ren Wyld @wyld.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
I will be withdrawing from two panels I was to chair at Adelaide Writers Week 2026. I stand in solidarity with Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah, and other Palestinian Australian writers. I urge all writers to do the same. Watch out for statements from SA mob. www.adelaidefestival.com.au/news/2025/ad...
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Adelaide Festival Board Statement
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