Reposted by Juliane WitteDr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 14hHope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago 16777861976
Reposted by Juliane WitteMatthew Leggatt @matthewleggatt.bsky.social · 20hExcited that we'll be welcoming a new member to the English Literature team. For more details and to apply see the link below. We're looking for a 0.5 colleague with a specialism in pre-1800s. www.winchester.ac.uk/About-Us/Wor...winchester.ac.ukWork with us - University of WinchesterExplore the University of Winchester and discover your new career. We have a variety of positions in academic and professional services. Work with us. 047
Juliane Witte @julianewitte.bsky.social · 01/10/2026So I've had a speaker drop-out last minute from the session dedicated to Old Norse female networks and communities! I still need to figure out next steps but is there coincidentally anyone who'd like to present in this session? #MedievalSky #OldNorse 11724
Reposted by Juliane WitteNorseMap @norsemap.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Today we are #shipposting ! Viking ships are one of the most popular and enduring symbols we associate with the Viking Age - and who could blame us, really 😏 [Photo Credits: Bart the Viking, DrummieKerr, InghenRuiadh] #NorseMap #iViking #MedievalSky 1105
Reposted by Juliane WitteDr Grace Khuri @gracekhuri.bsky.social · 01/10/2026For my new role as RA for the #OxfordUniversity project: 'British Fantasy and the #FirstWorldWar', I'll be drawing on my extensive research experience with the widespread mythic framing of #WorldWarI. Below is an illustrated article on the topic. academia.edu/113103338/Th... #Norsemyth #medievalskyacademia.eduThe Politics of Norse Medievalism in the British Press during the First World WarThe Norse-Germanic branch of medievalism in Britain during the First World War has been strangely neglected in both literary-cultural and historical scholarship. 1 Several studies have addressed that ... 2126
Reposted by Juliane Wittemaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun. 158171544224
Reposted by Juliane WitteSam Ottewill-Soulsby @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Fascinating! ‘Greece will hand over to Bulgaria the remains identified as those of Bulgarian medieval ruler Tsar Samuel under an accord signed on Tuesday that also provides for the transfer of other historic and religious artefacts between the two Balkan neighbours.’ 01910
Reposted by Juliane WitteArizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies @acmrs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026ACMRS is hiring! We are seeking a program manager to join our ongoing Mellon Foundation-funded RaceB4Race initiative. Find the full position listing below and apply today! asu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ASU…asu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.comProgram ManagerJob Profile: Administrative Operations Specialist 3 Job Family: Administrative Operations Time Type: Full time Apply before 11:59 PM Arizona time the day before the posted End Date. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree and five (5) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved. Job Profile Summary: Supports and instructs those served by the department with complex queries, applies specialized knowledge of multiple standards, policies... 036
Juliane Witte @julianewitte.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Took some annual leave to figure out how I'm going to work my way through this mountain over the next few months... should probably start with the sequels right? #Booksky 1100
Juliane Witte @julianewitte.bsky.social · 30/09/2026www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 000
Reposted by Juliane WitteSpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026Send Stephen Miller to The Hague. 21275282472
Reposted by Juliane WitteRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Time for this classic again. 153163505501
Reposted by Juliane WitteKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Seeing people post about how unfair the “mob justice” against the Cornell rapists is doesn’t really move me when there is no justice for survivors. The system doesn’t work; it enacts further punishment on the victims. Society is even crueler. So spare me the “mob justice” rhetoric about the accused 233557413
Reposted by Juliane WitteKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A truly heinous man has doxxed the Cornell victim on X and the comments are predictably vile. Based on countless interviews I’ve done with survivors, the trauma they are subjected to for coming forward is oftentimes even worse than the initial trauma they experienced. There is no real justice system 12471381373
Reposted by Juliane WittemedievalJewishStudiesNow! @med-ljewishstnow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Job: Assistant Professor of Medieval History, History Department, UT-Austin. #jewishstudies #medievalsky mjsnow.hypotheses.org/23115mjsnow.hypotheses.orgJob: Assistant Professor of Medieval History, History Department, UT-AustinThe Department of History at The University of Texas at Austin invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor to begin in Fall 2027. We seek a scholar to teach medieval Europe, excluding ... 073
Reposted by Juliane WitteFiona Campbell-Howes @fortrenn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Still time to get your tickets for our @pictishartssociety.bsky.social conference next weekend! A fantastic line-up of experts looking at the 'Pictishness' of Pictish art, new findings from Burghead, and approaches to representing Picts and Pictland in the role-playing game Carved in Stone. 289
Reposted by Juliane WitteDr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026youtu.be/R92vqPDVgA4youtu.beThe greatest Viking gold ever discoveredYouTube video by The Archaeologist's Notebook 142
Reposted by Juliane WitteSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Happy Stanislav Petrov day! He saved the world from nuclear annihilation on this day in 1983. My freshman year in college would have been so much worse without his courage.🧵 5600187
Reposted by Juliane WitteHella Hannah 🌟 [Comms Open!] @hellahannah.bsky.social · 14/09/2026A second foal has hit the ground! <3 3716334
Reposted by Juliane Witte🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Detection software is a con. Those who believe it works are getting suckered while thinking they're righteously punishing someone who deserves it. The damn stuff says Emily Dickinson, famously deceased long before modern computing, used this generative junk. It cannot be relied on to tell on itself 718757
Reposted by Juliane WitteMythologyBot @mythologybot.boodoo.co · 24/09/2026B646 Marriage to person in reptile form. 082
Reposted by Juliane Witteweeder @weeder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026God, grant me the courage to change the things I can and incredible new powers to change the things I can't. 63106752531
Reposted by Juliane WitteNatalie Hopwood @nrhopwood.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Reminder to all Old Norse PGRs and ECRs! The next NECRON event is happening NEXT WEEK! Hope to see many of you there 🌟 0118
Reposted by Juliane WitteUrsula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026How men feared women! she thought, walking among the late-flowering roses. Not as individuals, but women when they talked together, worked together, spoke up for one another - then men saw plots, cabals, constraints, traps being laid. 113655
Reposted by Juliane WitteMisery Highlight @miseryhighlight.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Listen, man, you didn’t weird me out you weirded me in. Tell me more obscure facts immediately. 7836301
Reposted by Juliane WitteGrand Admiral Shaun Duke @shaunduke.net · 22/09/2026Hey! A while back, JSTOR dropped a Speculative Fiction reading list. There are pieces on obvious things, but also some sociology/social sciences pieces about speculative thought. Lots of nifty bits here! daily.jstor.org/spec...daily.jstor.orgSpeculative Fiction: A Reading List - JSTOR DailySpeculative fiction, from Afrofuturism to Star Wars, offers students tools and methods for analyzing social movements, power structures, and utopian thinking. 0209
Reposted by Juliane WitteMiddeleeuwen Podcast @middeleeuwen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Deze week is dr. Janna Coomans van de Universiteit Utrecht terug in Middeleeuwen! In de nieuwste aflevering spreken we over haar onderzoek naar brand in de middeleeuwen: van preventie tot het blussen van branden. Deze aflevering is nu overal te beluisteren 🎧 ➡️ linktr.ee/middeleeuwenshows.acast.comBrand in de middeleeuwen | Middeleeuwen 0127
Reposted by Juliane WitteMrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 23/09/2026RIP to Chris Christie’s 2028 campaign, murdered by an octogenarian mere hours after launch 623302558
Reposted by Juliane WitteNorseMap @norsemap.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Coins make up only a small part of the hoard, but they range from Arabic dirhams to Anglo-Saxon pennies, showing how far reaching Viking hoarding tendencies were. #NorseMap #iViking #UCC #CACCS #FutureHumanities #CitizenScience #Vikings #Norse #PublicHistory #CulturalHeritage #ERC #MedievalSky 041
Reposted by Juliane WitteNorseMap @norsemap.bsky.social · 21/09/2026After a hot Norse summer of incredible finds, we are transitioning into hoard autumn 🍁 The beginning of September brought the news of the 18,5kg Rebild hoard, the largest silver hoard ever found in Denmark! [photo credits: Nordjyske Museer] #NorseMap #MedievalSky 1145
Reposted by Juliane WitteBrandon W. Hawk @brandonwhawk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026#MedievalSky, surely this is a time to shine for medievalists who can talk about the long tradition of considering God & Jesus in feminine & non-binary terms--not just maleness. 45413
Reposted by Juliane Witte👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 21/09/2026It’s just a conference motion and only from the party with the third most seats in Parliament but it passed resoundingly and I do think that matters. 430436
Reposted by Juliane WitteVajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 22/09/2026new cat, new mouse, new brain, what dread punchline is this setup for 4415
Reposted by Juliane WitteCrawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 22/09/2026www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comSolar and wind generation meet record 80% of power demand on Australia’s national gridRooftop solar alone generates more than half of all power used, as clear sunny days and low demand drive record-breaking surge 15532
Reposted by Juliane Wittede Volkskrant @volkskrant.nl · 21/09/2026Nu homo-accceptatie is gehalveerd, maken lhbti-leerlingen zich weer onzichtbaar. ‘Schrikbarend, hoe hard het is gegaan’volkskrant.nlLhbti-leerlingen maken zich weer onzichtbaar op school. ‘Schrikbarend, hoe hard het is gegaan’ 52920
Reposted by Juliane Witteit's Halloween name charloh! (it/its) @charloh.online · 21/09/2026seems irresponsible to launch a new mouse right after new cat was released but we're no biologist 534696
Reposted by Juliane WitteNeil Willcox, World-saving Witch Detective @neilwillcox.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning (2025) 083
Reposted by Juliane Wittemolly priddy @mollypriddy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026as you get older you really begin to understand how many hinges the human body has 1465692
Reposted by Juliane WitteDilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽♀️ 159167284689
Reposted by Juliane WitteZach Bigalke (he/him/his) @zbigalke.bsky.social · 19/09/2026If I ever find out that a peer reviewer is feeding my work into an LLM, that peer reviewer will not enjoy our interaction the next time I see them in person. You do not under any circumstances feed your colleagues' work to a slop machine, and DEFINITELY not their unpublished drafts. 1428
Reposted by Juliane WitteCharles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 17/09/2026What interests me about the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition is how its huge success seems to have caught a lot of people by surprise. 7362
Reposted by Juliane WitteHourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Hubble Sees Galaxies Spiraling around Leo - From Goddard Space Flight Center - flic.kr/p/nbxsKE 012426
Reposted by Juliane WitteClare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Viking Age settlement around #Liverpool maybe witnessed by the discovery of a stone fragment in a garden in Old Swan. It bears an animal face with a round eye, long snout, nostrils and mouth. This piece would have protruded from the top or side of a larger sculpture. Now in private hands #medieval 3389
Reposted by Juliane WitteH S Purtymun @hspurtymun.bsky.social · 17/09/2026As an alumna of @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social’s MSc in Medieval History this is ridiculous and devastating for staff, faculty, students and alumni! 293
Reposted by Juliane WitteChris Simms @chrisnsimms.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Another story of mine that just went online for @newscientist.com. The first completely new species of cat to be named in a century - the tilcayo, a type of tiger cat from Bolivia. Isn't it lovely? #cats 🧪 🐈🦊 🐅 www.newscientist.com/article/2589...newscientist.comBeautiful new cat species is first to be named in a century | New ScientistThe enigmatic tiger cats of South America now encompass a new species – the tilcayo – bringing the number of known tiger cat species to five 25319
Reposted by Juliane WitteHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 13/09/2026‘What private company or government agency would have funded Einstein's seemingly bonkers ideas about general relativity’? Good letter in @economist.com from a UK scientist about why discovery research is critical and easy to undervalue economist.com/letters/2026... 06225
Reposted by Juliane WitteJames F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Merton College, Oxford proposes to appoint up to three three-year, fixed-term Early Career Researchers from 1 October 2027 or as soon as possible thereafter in the fields of Classics, Ancient History or Modern Languages. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSV212/f...jobs.ac.ukFellowships for Early Career Researchers 2027 in Humanities: Classics, Ancient History, Modern Languages at University of OxfordAn opportunity for an academic position as a Fellowships for Early Career Researchers 2027 in Humanities: Classics, Ancient History, Modern Languages is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply… 0610
Reposted by Juliane WitteClare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Obvs this would happen (saying it 20 yrs ago no-one wd listen) the plan was 1. coax libraries to throw out hard copy & subscribe to ecopy 2. without hard copies available, pump up price for contd access to ecopy. These people who claim to run universities like businesses have no clue about business 14221