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Katherine Weikert

@kateweikert.bsky.social
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Medievalist 900-1200ish England and Normandy most of the time. Immigrant and misplaced Hoosier in the south of England when not in Wales. Usually tired. Trustee @castlestudies.bsky.social. She/her. Insta @katherineweikert

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Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social · 8h
I feel like a big, tired, cranky walrus trying to take a nap while tourists are pointing and taking pictures.
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Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Dire.
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Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Thank you!
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Laura Cleaver @laurajcleaver.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If you’d like to try palaeography too our online challenge is here share.articulate.com/uzWJfzquhgEN...
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SAS Festival: Palaeography Activity
Welcome to the SAS Festival's transcription challenge.  Pick a document that you want to try transcribing and begin!
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Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Is there a link to read the full article? I don't subscribe to FT.
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Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Ohhh this is delightful! Would you be all right with me using this with some of my first years, with credit to you?
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David Connolly BAJR @bajr-badger.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Field Services Manager Rubicon Archaeology Ltd Salary: £45,000 – £47,316.54 Closing Date: December 31, 2026 Location: Essex www.bajr.org/job-ad/field...
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Field Services Manager - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources
Salary: £45,000 – £47,316.54Closing Date: 31/12/26Location: Essex
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Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
@kjsoar.bsky.social?
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Laura Cleaver @laurajcleaver.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🚨Free public lecture on the Norman Conquest @sas-news.bsky.social @ies-sas.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social on November 12. Book now to hear Dr Mark Hagger explore the impact of 1066 on Britain. 👇 #BayeuxTapestry #YearOfTheNormans #Millenium www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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"A day of destiny for England": The Norman impact on the British Isles 1066-c. 1135
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Mike Kaspari @mikekaspari.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ms. Hamilton created the strings of 0’s and 1’s that got Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins to the moon. And back. May her memory be a blessing.
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Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
These are all really great, Rachel! Attendance - woof indeed. I know what you mean. Great to have study guides for those who miss though
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Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I love this ❤️
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Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is very useful, going to scribble this down as 'fully re/explaining the concepts/questions + reflective practice in room to regroup where needed' 😊
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Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Always something. If it were me in a room, I'm always happy saying, hey folx, what's up? Looking here as well for in-room techniques to foster contribution (that I can share more widely in a programme/school)
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Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is systematic rather than a particular person/module. Looking for in-room techniques to foster contribution (that I can share more widely in a programme/school). If it were me in a room, I'm always happy saying, hey folx, what's up?
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Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Both. I've got more techniques about reading at the moment, but happy for any techinques.
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Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Seeking some advice. How do you engage students in teaching sessions when they're not engaged? Looking for any kind of techniques that are shareable with colleagues. Kicking them out/dismissing early aren't the kind of options I'm looking for, please. UKHEI context and tertiary education, please.
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Sheila Liming @seeshespeak.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
it’s season of mists and mellow fruitfulness season, mthrfkrs
Red maples against blue and white skies A blazing specimen of red maple against blue sky
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will pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
i wrote about this last year www.history-uk.ac.uk/history-in-p...
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‘Doing the Readings’
Dr Will Pooley (Associate Professor in Modern History), University of Bristol The students, we often grumble, don’t read the secondary readings we set for class. Every year, we find ourselves press…
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Isabelle Marie @isabellemarie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Nearly 600 Medieval Manuscripts from German Monasteries Now Online. www.medievalists.net/2026/09/600-...
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Nearly 600 Medieval Manuscripts from German Monasteries Now Online - Medievalists.net
Nearly 600 medieval manuscripts from the German monasteries of Heilsbronn and Sankt Jobst have been digitised and made available to explore online.
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Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Oh goodness yes, none of this has to do with him.
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Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Same :) Good luck and fingers crossed!
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Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I'd go for the Erminfrid Penitential fwiw!
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Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Same, feel guilty that I haven't tried to get my students there...!
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Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
After all the Bayeux Tapestry ticketing issues, meaning I'm not even trying to take my students to or even see myself, it's probably bad that my reaction to this was 'oh dear.'
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Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I definitely appreciate this.
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Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You really need to go to a county fair in the midwest US.
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medievalmvb @medievalmvb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sam and Dean Winchester from Supernatural sitting on a log by a lake, with a speech bubble added
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Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Come work with us at Winchester! We're hiring a 0.5FTE open-ended contract in pre-1800 English Lit. Details at the link. Deadline 14 October. Please share! Lecturer in English Literature at University of Winchester share.google/2la1PLwY1Tey...
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Lecturer in English Literature at University of Winchester
An opportunity for an academic position as a Lecturer in English Literature is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
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Matthew Leggatt @matthewleggatt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
For ease, here's the post on jobs.ac.uk. Applications close 14th October. Job starts in January. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DTD128/l...
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Lecturer in English Literature at University of Winchester
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Lecturer in English Literature on jobs.ac.uk!
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Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Come work with us at Winchester! We're hiring a 0.5FTE open-ended contract in pre-1800 English Lit. Details at the link. Deadline 14 October. Please share! Lecturer in English Literature at University of Winchester share.google/2la1PLwY1Tey...
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Lecturer in English Literature at University of Winchester
An opportunity for an academic position as a Lecturer in English Literature is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
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Matthew Leggatt @matthewleggatt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Excited 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...
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Work with us - University of Winchester
Explore the University of Winchester and discover your new career. We have a variety of positions in academic and professional services. Work with us.
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danmattingly87.bsky.social @danmattingly87.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Come and work with us at UoW! The English department is looking to appoint a new colleague with expertise in pre-1800 writing. Our application deadline is October 14, and the successful candidate will be starting in January 2027. Please circulate far and wide. www.winchester.ac.uk/About-Us/Wor...
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Work with us - University of Winchester
Explore the University of Winchester and discover your new career. We have a variety of positions in academic and professional services. Work with us.
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Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hwaet! Winchester is advertising for a 0.5FTE, open-ended contract in English Lit (pre-1800). Deadline 14 October for applications. Please share this with anyone who might be interested! www.winchester.ac.uk/About-Us/Wor...
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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Exciting new finds on the English immigrants living in early 10th-c. Rome.
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Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
How exciting! (And just in time for me to lecture on this next week!!) Congratulations!
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Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
One of my favourites!
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Leonie V. Hicks @lvhicks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
'Go, litel book'. And as its much missed supporter Björn Weiler said of one of his books, 'If reviewer 2 is mean, sit on them'. Landscapes of the Normans submitted at last. #medievalsky
Printed sheet of A4 reading 'Landscapes of the Normans' Leonie V. Hicks' with a photo of an overgrown earth and timber castle site.
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Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A Thousand congratulations and I can't wait to read it! Is that the Motte d'Olivet on the cover?
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Dr Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
1. #MedievalSky, grab a lifejacket and a seasickness bag, we’re casting off on a thread about the Norman invasion fleet in 1066! 960 years ago, the Normans landed at Pevensey and established a base at the Roman shore fort which was already succumbing to erosion from the sea on its south side. 1/20
Photograph of Pevensey Castle with an information board in the foreground showing an artists impression of how the view may have looked in 1066 when the sea came almost up to the walls.
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Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sometimes I do some things like figuring out a degree classification or some mean or average proportion of marks, basic algebra stuff, and students from English secondary and tertiary education systems look at me like I'm doing alchemy. It's really rather illuminating of the differences.
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Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I had to take a number of math and science classes for my Humanities degree, and same. I like knowing stuff about physics and being able to tutor my niece and nephew in chemistry and knowing how to do the math I need to do.
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Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Forensics: hell yes
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Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It made the BBC yesterday too, fwiw
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Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Found all that too. Thanks.
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Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
He's a journalist and the front of Marketplace on NPR in the US, actually a really good one. But nice to know where the coffee thing has come from.
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Tom Hulme @tomhulme.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This looks like a cool queer history conference!
Call for Papers: Queer Rural History Symposium
Date: Monday 15th March 2027
Venue: The Museum of English Rural Life, Reading, RG1 5EX
Lunch to be provided for all attendees
About the Symposium
Until recently, studies of queer history have focused almost exclusively on the urban sphere, given the greater availability of archival material evidencing queer lives in the city. The few queer rural histories which have been popularised in public consciousness are those of aristocrats in country homes, such as Anne Lister and Vita Sackville-West. However, it goes without saying that people with dissonant sexualities and gender identities lived and loved in all corners of society throughout the centuries, including the countryside. As such, there is a growing appetite for broader research into this area. How did queer people meet those who were like-minded in regions of scarce population density? What forms did their relationships take against a backdrop of criminality and stigma? And how did rural attitudes towards queer people differ to those in the city?
This one day symposium aims to bring together researchers of all backgrounds, and at any stage of their work, to share ideas and discuss methods on this emerging field of study. It works towards the goal of not just filling gaps in academic knowledge that exist for both rural history and queer history, but also to show queer people living in the countryside today that there is, and always has been, a heritage and a place for them.Proposals
We invite proposals on themes such as, but not limited to, the following:
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Queer histories of the working and middle classes in rural areas
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Methodologies for recovering queer rural histories, such as the use of museum and archive collections
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Queer rural networks: how they met and flourished
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The response of rural communities to queer relationships
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Migration of same sex couples from the city to the countryside and vice versa
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The ways in which museums and archive services respond to queer rural history
If you would like to submit a proposal, please send an abstract (max 250 words) along with a short bio (50 words) to symposium organisers Tim Jerrome and Esther Rutter at t.jerrome1@uni.brighton.ac.uk. It is preferable that these come in the form of a Word document attached to the email. The deadline for submissions is 5pm on Sunday 6th December 2026.
If you would like to attend the symposium without presenting a paper, let us know via the above email as we need to ensure we do not go above capacity.
We are currently applying for funding to help cover travel costs for those who need it. Please let us know if you would like to attend but would require assistance with travel costs to do so. Priority will be given to attendees where cost would otherwise be a barrier to participation.
Many thanks to Rainbow Canopy (The LGBTQ+ network of Forestry England), the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund, and the staff at The MERL for helping us to fund and organise the symposium.
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 24/09/2026
New from History UK: a valuable and interesting survey of UK history students use of and attitudes towards GenAI in HE teaching - their preliminary report is published today: bit.ly/4hatsRR The report is by Dr Sarah Jones and Dr Simon Peplow @simpep.bsky.social #skystorians
Opening page of History UK's statement on their survey and report on AI and History Students in UK universities. Full text: 

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become impossible to ignore in higher education. For historians, working in a discipline which depends on interpretation, evidence, and critical thinking, the development of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has raised particularly significant questions. In 2026, we launched a survey to gather the perspectives of people who are often overlooked in considerations of the impact of AI and appropriate responses – history students themselves.
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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The humanities take bold new steps in their defence strategies.
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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
God, grant me the courage to change the things I can and incredible new powers to change the things I can't.
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