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James Wilson

@jamesdavidwilson.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral Fellow at the Zukunftskolleg of the University of Konstanz, Germany.

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Transmediterranean History @transmedhistory.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
AotW: Daniel G. König, 996: Yaḥyā b. Saʿīd al-Anṭākī on a Pogrom against Foreign Christian Traders in Old Cairo, in: Transmediterranean History 8.1 (2026), doi.org/10.18148/tmh.... *We are looking for authors: ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/transmed/ind... !* #medievalists #medievalsky
Cairo in the Fatimid Era, Raymond 2000, p. 32
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Gender & History Journal @genderandhistory.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We are excited to announce our Annual Lecture 2026! Prof. Judith Evans-Grubbs (Emory University) "An Illegal and Dishonorable Deed": The Sale of Children by their Parents in the Roman Empire (200-600 CE) Wednesday, 21 October, 3:30 PM-5 PM (further details and links to come) #skyhistorians
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Gender & History Annual Lecture 2026
Professor Judith Evans-Grubbs (Emory University) will speak on the Sale of Children by their Parents in the Roman Empire (200-600 CE)
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Matthew J Kuiper @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This looks fantastic: “Dr Mara Nicosia will explore the education of Syriac Christian intellectuals in Abbasid Iraq, and the role they played in carrying Greek science and philosophy into Arabic” 🗃️
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History of Syriac Intellectuals in Abbasid Iraq | The Institute of Ismaili Studies
Join IIS on 7 October 2026 for an online IHTLS lecture about history of Syriac intellectuals in Abbasid Iraq were educated and rose to prominence.
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Josef Ženka @mozkyt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nestává se moc často, aby člověk mohl vystoupit na půdě Marocke královské akademie, navíc s objevem, který přepíše dějiny marockeho území a Ceuty v polovině 13. století. Téměř 50 dosud neznámych diplomatickych dokumentů z Ceuty. Nález pulstoleti.
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Rurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Post advertising iShamela, An app containing a digital library of Islamic texts on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history: www.reddit.com/r/AcademicQu...
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https://www.reddit.com/r/AcademicQuran/s/TOrIwXLHLW
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Joshua Alfaro @joshuaalfaro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A new guide is available for Hill Museum and Manuscript Library’s photographic collections of Ethiopian manuscripts, including information on repositories, digitized and cataloged manuscripts, and how to view the manuscripts. hmml.org/assets/pdf/H...
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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 23/09/2026
please to see that my latest academic article is out now: "Ghost in the Machine. Crusade Medievalisms in the 21st-century United States" I take on the ghost of Samuel Huntington and some right-wing tropes in scholarship open access so free to read --> www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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Mohamad El-Merheb @mohamadel-merheb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Coming soon! This volume (Open Access), co-edited with James Wilson, brings together 12 contributions based on Arabic, Anglo-Norman, Judeo-Arabic, Latin, Old French and Turkish medieval sources.
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Transmediterranean History @transmedhistory.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
AotW: Suleiman A. Mourad, 1340–1345: Ibn Qayyim al-Ǧawziyya on the Question of Permanent Truce, in: Transmediterranean History 8.1 (2026), doi.org/10.18148/tmh.... *We are looking for authors: ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/transmed/ind... !* #medievalists #medievalsky
Sultan al-Kāmil and Frederick II agree on the peaceful surrender of Jerusalem in 1229 (symbolised here by the Dome of the Rock), Giovanni Villani, Chronica, 14th c., today Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Rom Cod. Chigi L VIII 296, fol. 75r
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Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If there are Cambridge academics/researchers here who would be interested in a letter demanding more substantial investigation than the two 'reviews' proposed by university & also transparent input methods, please let me know.
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Kordula Wolf @kordulawolf.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
From #Ayyubid East to #Almohad #Maghreb: #manuscripts reveal how #Saladin's conquest of #Jerusalem evolved across the #medieval #Mediterranean. With Javier Albarrán Iruela & Paul Cobb 📅 24 Sept. 2026, 5:00-6:00 PM CET (Zoom) Register here: t1p.de/entanglement... #medievalsky #medievalmediterranean
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Marijn van Putten @phdnix.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I just heard the sad news of the passing of Professor Jan Just Witkam. Editor of the Journal of Islamic Manuscripts until very recently, and an otherwise inspiring codicologist. I'm proud to have been a co-author on (one of?) his last publications. doi.org/doi:10.1163/...
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Society for the Medieval Mediterranean (SMM) @socmedimedit.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
"Reconsidering the Historical Legacy of Ibn Khaldun”: research.ju.edu.jo/research/gro... The project was established in response to the growing conviction that the historical sections of Ibn Khaldun's writings deserve renewed scholarly attention beyond the dominant focus on the Muqaddimah.
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The University of Jordan :: Research Groups ::
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Mohamed Qassiti @mqassiti.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
New review: Theresa Bachhuber: Rezension zu Eric Böhme, The Agency of the Conquered. Muslim Communities in the Emergence of Norman Sicily and the Kingdom of Valencia. In: Das Mittelalter 2026, 31(1), 245–246. Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Publishing. doi.org/10.17885/hei... #medievalsky
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Eric Böhme: The Agency of the Conquered | Das Mittelalter. Perspektiven mediävistischer Forschung
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Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL) @cbrl.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Call for Participants 📣 [ International Writing Workshops in Translation Studies ] Are you an early-career researcher in Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, or Iraq with ambitions to publish in leading international journals in translation and interpreting studies?
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nrhodgson-hist.bsky.social @nrhodgson-hist.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Only a few days left to register for our Teaching Medieval Women CPD day - come and learn about strategies to incorporate more women into your teaching of history at school - and put your CAR questions to exam board reps! All welcome...
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Embodied Imamate @embodiedimamate.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Call for paper for our upcoming conference 'The Institutional Embedding of Shiʿi Imams: Kinship, Caliphs, Courts and Companions (700-900)' embodiedimamate.hcommons.org/2026/04/25/c...
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Eric Böhme @e-boeh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Out now – Eric Böhme / Robert Friedrich, 1231: The Muslims of Menorca Submit to the Crown of Aragon in the Treaty of Capdepera, in: Transmediterranean History 8/1 (2026), DOI: doi.org/10.18148/tmh....
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1231: The Muslims of Menorca Submit to the Crown of Aragon in the Treaty of Capdepera | Transmediterranean History
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Laury Sarti @laurysarti.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
0,65 Wiss. Mitarb. (m/w/d) "Geschichte mittelalterlicher Kulturräume und ihrer Verflechtungen" (Ruhr-Univ. Bochum) www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-1...
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0,65 Wiss. Mitarb. (m/w/d) "Geschichte mittelalterlicher Kulturräume und ihrer Verflechtungen" (Ruhr-Univ. Bochum)
Wiss. Mitarb. (m/w/d) an der Professur für die Geschichte mittelalterlicher Kulturräume und ihrer Verflechtungen, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Fakultät für Geschichtswissenschaften Bochum, 01.10.2026 – 30...
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Lucas Haasis @lhaasis.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Remembrance Games in the History Classroom – more important than ever. Speaking at #HistoDay in Berlin today on how games can engage younger generations as holocaust survivor voices fade. Thanks @evzfoundation.bsky.social for this event. 3-4pm at Frizzforum #KeineZeitzuVergessen #seriousgames
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Transmediterranean History @transmedhistory.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
AotW: Daniel G. König, 713: The Treaty of Tudmir as a Testimony to the Muslim Subjection of the Iberian Peninsula, in: TMH 2/1 (2020), doi.org/10.18148/tmh.... *We are looking for authors: ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/transmed/ind... !* #medievalists #medievalsky
Treaty of Tudmir as transcribed by al-Ḍabbī, Kitāb Buġyat al-multamis (13th cent.),  today Madrid, Biblioteca de El Escorial, ms 1676, fol. 84v
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Österreichischer Wissenschaftsfonds FWF @fwf-at.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Die römische Eroberung Jerusalems 70 n. Chr. spielt für die Christen eine entscheidende Rolle. Galt sich doch als Teil eines göttlichen Plans. Der Historiker Alexander Marx @oeaw.bsky.social untersucht, wie das hist. Ereignis Geschichte geschrieben hat. #scilog ✨ scilog.fwf.ac.at/magazin/die-...
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Die römische Eroberung Jerusalems – ein historischer Wendepunkt
Ein Ereignis prägte über Jahrhunderte hinweg die Auslegung von Geschichte: die römische Eroberung Jerusalems 70 n. Chr. Sie spielte für das Selbstverständnis der westlichen Christenheit fortan eine en...
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Adam Ramadhan @aramadhan.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
I'm delighted to share the programme for a workshop to be held in Leiden later this year: 'The Social Dynamics of Communal Affiliation in Early Islam' www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
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The Social Dynamics of Communal Affiliation in Early Islam
The Social Dynamics of Communal Affiliation in Early Islam Universiteit Leiden 11–12 June 2026   In much existing scholarship, our understanding of Muslim groups in early Islam has been gauged through...
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Transmediterranean History @transmedhistory.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
AotW: T. Rudolph, 1098: The Anonymous Crusading Account of the Gesta Francorum Describes the Muslim Mother of Kürbuġa as Counsellor, Scholar, and Prophetess, TMH 2.2 (2020), doi.org/10.18148/tmh.... *We are looking for authors: ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/transmed/ind... !* #medievalists #medievalsky
Probably the earliest surviving manuscript of the Gesta Francorum, 12th century, today Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Reg. lat. 572, fols 1v–64v, here fol. 1v.
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Transmediterranean History @transmedhistory.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
AotW: Theresa Jäckh, 1071–1072: William of Apulia on the Norman Conquest of Palermo, in: TMH 2.2 (2020), DOI: doi.org/10.18148/tmh.... *We are looking for authors: ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/transmed/ind... !* #medievalists #medievalsky
Giuseppe Patania, La consegna di Palermo da parte dei musulmani (c. 1830), fresco in the 'Sala Gialla' of the Palazzo dei Normanni, Palermo
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Lucas Haasis @lhaasis.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Games im Unterricht einsetzen? Aber klar doch! Im neuen Heft von Lernende Schule berichten Patrick Heike-Kolde und ich aus unserem Gamelab, wie digitale Spiele den Geschichtsunterricht bereichern – mit praktischem Ratgeber. #BlueLZ #Games @akgwds.bsky.social www.friedrich-verlag.de/friedrich-pl...
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Games in der Schule einsetzen - Ein Erfahrungsbericht aus einem Gamelab am Schnittpunkt von Schule und Universität
Haben Sie sich schon immer einmal gefragt, ob und wie Sie digitale Spiele im Unterricht einsetzen können, aber waren bisher zögerlich? Vielleicht überzeugt Sie dieser Erfahrungsbericht mit praktischem Leitfaden, es einmal auszuprobieren!
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Zukunftskolleg @zukunftskolleg.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Spread the word: Call for ZUKOnnect Fellowships 2026! Up to eight (post-)doctoral stipends for early career researchers from Africa, Asia and Latin America for a 3 months research stay at the Zukunftskolleg are available. Application deadline: 1 February 2026 www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
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Kristin Eichhorn @drkeichhorn.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Die erste Podiumsdiskussion zu #IchBinHanna in 2026 führt mich nach München! Für das @ngawiss.bsky.social bin ich am 29.1. an der LMU! www.gew-muenchen.de/aktuell/term...
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Prekäre Exzellenz? Arbeit an Hochschulen
Podiumsdiskussion: „Prekäre Exzellenz? Arbeit an Hochschulen“ Wissenschaft bedeutet für die Beschäftigten fast immer Dauer-Befristungen, unsichere Karrierewege und strukturelle Überlastung: Die Arbei...
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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
#CfA LMU's (@lmumuenchen.bsky.social) Judaic Studies Unit and De Gruyter Brill (@dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social) teamed up and call for applications for the Moritz Steinschneider Prize, honouring exceptional achievements in Judaic Studies by junior researchers. Find out more here:
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Moritz Steinschneider-Forschungspreis - Institut für den Nahen und Mittleren Osten - LMU München
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Peter Tarras @petertarras.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Are you interested or do you know someone who's interested in doing a PhD on Arabic translations of the Bible? The new #BibliaArabica long-term project is looking for candidates! (tbh, that would have been my dream position a few years back) Spread the word!
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Open Position: Research Fellow for Biblia Arabica - Institut für den Nahen und Mittleren Osten - LMU München
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Lucas Haasis @lhaasis.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Erinnern mit Games im Unterricht – eine Herzensangelegenheit. Montag gebe ich auf der @mobileschule.bsky.social Tagung in Hannover (13:30 „Lab 7“) einen Impuls dazu. Danke an die Veranstalter für die wichtige Plattform! #molol #erinnerung #games #schule #geschichtsunterricht #blueLZ #digitalebildung
Veranstaltungsposter zur #molol (mobile.schule Tagung) in Hannover. Mein Portrait vor blauem Hintergrund und Logo von mobile.schule.
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Transmediterranean History @transmedhistory.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
AotW: Alejandro Peláez Martín, 1489: The Mamlūk Sultan of Egypt Threatens the Catholic Monarchs, in: Transmediterranean History 5.2 (2023), DOI: doi.org/10.18148/tmh.... *We are looking for authors: ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/transmed/ind... !* #medievalists #medievalsky
Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon, anonymous painting of the 15th century
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Laura Morreale @lauramorreale.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Many thanks for the shout out! For a study on a single French-language text from the Crusader States, please check out this newly published work! www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
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A Crusader's Death and Life in Acre by Anne E. Lester and Laura K. Morreale | Paperback | Cornell University Press
A Crusader's Death and Life in Acre uses five parchment rolls that inventoried the possessions of Eudes of Nevers, son of the duke of Burgundy, at his death in Acre in 1266 to open out a panorama of.....
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Transmediterranean History @transmedhistory.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
AotW: 1254: Treaty between the Mamlūk Sultan al-Malik al-Muʿizz and the Venetians, in: Transmediterranean History 5.2 (2023), DOI: doi.org/10.18148/tmh.... *We are looking for authors: ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/transmed/ind... !* #medievalists #medievalsky
Palazzo Ducale, Venice
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Ecclesiastical History Society @eccleshistsoc.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Think you'd survive the #Crusades? If not, don’t panic- historian James Wilson has your back! In our latest blog post, James shares survival strategies that just might have saved your life when the Frankish army arrived in Syria in 1097: wp.me/p7o0HV-pI #churchhistory
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Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Muslims in the Kingdom of Jerusalem with Ann Zimo www.medievalists.net/2025/02/musl... #podcast
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Muslims in the Kingdom of Jerusalem with Ann Zimo - Medievalists.net
This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle speaks with Ann Zimo about the interactions between Muslims and Christians within the legal, political, and even spy networks of the Latin Kingdom of…
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Transmediterranean History @transmedhistory.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
AotW: Victoria Hayn / Eric Böhme, 982: Thietmar of Merseburg on the Battle at Capo Colonna, in: Transmediterranean History 5.2 (2023), DOI: doi.org/10.18148/tmh.... We are looking for authors: ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/transmed/ind...! #medievalists #medievalsky
Otto II, Trier, after 983, today Chantilly, Musée Condé, Ms. 14 bis
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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
#MedievalSky #GlobalMiddleAges Some new work that can be incorporated into teaching. John Tolan has made available on his HAL page his recent study of Raymond of Peñafort's transcript of the papal reply to mendicants ministering to Christian communities in Tunis in 13thC: hal.science/hal-00761257...
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James Wilson @jamesdavidwilson.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Great new interview with @mohamadel-merheb.bsky.social outlining his groudbreaking new research on Louis IX and the Seventh Crusade! bsky.app/profile/medi...
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Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
The Seventh Crusade: New Research Reveals a Different Story www.medievalists.net/2025/05/seve... #crusades #historysky #medievalsky
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The Seventh Crusade: New Research Reveals a Different Story - Medievalists.net
New research using Arabic sources to reveal a different story of the Seventh Crusade — one shaped by internal Ayyubid power struggles, political intrigue, and the rise of the Mamluks during Louis…
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Nic Morton @nicmorton.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Just received my copy of: "Asian Empires and the Silk Roads" (KS3 History) Includes a section on the Mongols with some input from me.
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Transmediterranean History @transmedhistory.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
AotW: James Wilson, 1177: Ibn al-ʿAdīm on a Zengid Commander of “Frankish” Origin, in: Transmediterranean History 6.1 (2024), DOI: doi.org/10.18148/tmh.... * We are looking for authors: ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/transmed/ind... * #medievalists #medievalsky
Front page of a Ms of Ibn al-ʿAdīm’s Zubdat al-ḥalab min taʾrīḫ Ḥalab, with a note by Silvestre de Sacy (1758–1838), Paris, BNF 1666
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 31/03/2025
Women's and gender history is thriving in HE, but very little of this new work appears in schools history. Mid-way through the gov't's curriculum review, Natasha Hodgson considers the barriers to the take up of new work in schools, and how she seeks to overcome these bit.ly/4lf0Xm4 1/2 #Skystorians
Opening page for Natasha Hodgson's new RHS blog post 'Finding Women's History in Schools - challenges for the curriculum review'.
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Nic Morton @nicmorton.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
New release! "The Women of Antioch: Gender and Political Culture, 1095-1204" By Erin L. Jordan
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Transmediterranean History @transmedhistory.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Article of the Week: Eric Böhme, 11185: Ibn Ǧubayr and a Local Muslim Leader Assess the Situation of Muslims in Sicily, in: Transmediterranean History 6.2 (2024), DOI: doi.org/10.18148/tmh.... * We are looking for authors: ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/transmed/ind... * #medievalists #medievalsky
Map taken from: Yann Dejugnat, Ibn Jubayr, Encyclopaedia of Islam Three Online, https://doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_COM_30845.
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Friederike Pfister @friederikepf.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
One further step on the way to #PhDone🥳 If you want to know more about how late medieval astrologers✨ convinced people to see them as trusted experts, my thesis is now accessible online: doi.org/10.13154/294...
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Future experts?
Die Dissertation untersucht die Selbstdarstellung von Astrologen als Experten im dreizehnten und vierzehnten Jahrhundert und konzentriert sich hierbei auf die Handlungsfelder Hof und Universität in It...
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Laury Sarti @laurysarti.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Akademischer Rat auf Zeit (m/w/d) | 3003 job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/6..., Bewerbungsschluss 25.01.2025 !!!
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Akademischer Rat auf Zeit (m/w/d)
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Transmediterranean History @transmedhistory.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
AotW: Daniel G. König, 711: Ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥakam on Julian’s Collaboration with the Muslims during their Invasion of the Iberian Peninsula, in: TMH 1.1 (2019), DOI: doi.org/10.18148/tmh.... * We are looking for authors: ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/transmed/ind... * #medievalists #medievalsky
Ṭāriq ibn Ziyād (right) and the last Visigothic king Roderic (left), Semblanzas de reyes, 15th century manuscript, Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional de España, MS 7415, fol. 59.
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Middle East Medievalists @mideastmedieval.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Honorary mention for the biennial dissertation prize goes to Dr. Alejandro Pelaez Martin for his dissertation "Reconocimiento y transmision de la autoridad politica en al-Andalus y el Magreb (siglos VIII-XV): la ceremonia de la bay'a en el occidente Islamico".
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Transmediterranean History @transmedhistory.bsky.social · 13/12/2023
Article of the week: Dominic Scheim, 1498: Der Roteiro zur Konfrontation Vasco da Gamas mit muslimischen Händlern in Calicut, in: Transmediterrane Geschichte 5.1 (2023), DOI: doi.org/10.18148/tmh.... #medievalists #medievalsky
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1498: The Roteiro on the Confrontation of Vasco da Gama with Muslim Merchants in Calicut |...
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