Reposted by Katherine CM CrossDr Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 28/09/20261. #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 6250105
Reposted by Katherine CM CrossCharles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Looks like a great job for medieval historians, at either Assistant or Associate (tenured) level, at John Hopkins. 11010
Reposted by Katherine CM CrossClare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 28/09/2026PhD funding at Liverpool, happy to mentor medievalist with Irish Sea/ North Sea/ Atlantic interest in this theme #phds #academia #medievalsky 01010
Reposted by Katherine CM CrossHistory and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 26/09/2026🧵8 Posts: High on the windy ridge above the Spen Valley, beside Walton Cross Farm at Hartshead, stands a remarkable survivor from Yorkshire’s medieval past. At first glance, it appears to be little more than a weathered block of grey gritstone. Yet this is the surviving base of 317551
Reposted by Katherine CM CrossCharles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026For those not on Instagram, details of a memorial service in memory of Rosamond McKitterick: 5 p.m. on Friday 23 October 2026, at Great St Mary’s, the University Church. 03119
Reposted by Katherine CM CrossGav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Sure, the last person employed in HE in 2029 wins REF 2029. 1409
Reposted by Katherine CM CrossNatalie 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 Katherine CM CrossNorse 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 Katherine CM Crossleon @leyawn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026new idea "one email a day" you should only be able to send or read one email a day 392368381
Reposted by Katherine CM CrossThe Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 23/09/2026⚔️ Alt Clut: A Volcanic Kingdom 🌋 Episode 1 - Viking Longships on the Clyde From Dumbarton Rock 🏰 to the @govanstones.bsky.social 🪨 0165
Reposted by Katherine CM CrossKate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I've now gotten three reviews from right-wing media outlets of Pregnancy Interrupted while most center and left-wing outlets have avoided coverage of a book that contests the cultural norms we put around the science of pregnancy. 26117
Reposted by Katherine CM CrossNorseMap @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 1135
Reposted by Katherine CM CrossChris Millard @chrismillard83.bsky.social · 21/09/2026“Universities have managed staff costs significantly below inflation,[between 2016-17 and 2023-24] increasing only 14% compared to the 41.2% increase in RPIX [measure of inflation]” Substantial real terms pay cut, which continues a trend existing years before that…gov.ukCost of undergraduate provision and qualifications in EnglandA study of the full economic cost of providing undergraduate-level higher education and other qualifications in England. 65538
Reposted by Katherine CM Crosscbnewham @parishchurches.org · 18/09/2026Introducing the Parish Churches App: a photographic archive and guide to England's parish churches. Available on Android, Apple iOS, Windows and Apple Mac. parishchurches.org/parishchurch... 1/6 32412
Reposted by Katherine CM CrossFrancesca Bouaoun @francescabouaoun.bsky.social · 16/09/2026West Fife Doors Open is this weekend, and it’s nice to see the Aberdour Lapidarium highlighted - an opportunity to see a collection of 130 replicas of Pictish and medieval carved stones from Britain and Ireland (plus visit a lovely village) www.welcometofife.com/event/doors-... #Fife #Scotland 063
Katherine CM Cross @kcross.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I just received my copy of this lovely yellow volume! Lots of useful articles about the word viking and concepts of vikings and Viking Age - not all in agreement. 2145
Reposted by Katherine CM CrossSam Wetherell @samwetherell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Some incredibly exciting news! My book about how Liverpool's history makes us think differently about Britain's past, present and future has been shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize! 1310820
Katherine CM Cross @kcross.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Woah, massive congratulations @samwetherell.bsky.social ! How does it feel to be on the list with Lyndal?? 030
Reposted by Katherine CM CrossDan Meyer @ddmeyer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Last week, in fifth grade, the kids spent twenty minutes on two problems. If we only wanted kids to learn to get answers, yes, we could have done that MUCH faster. But here is what we learned BEYOND getting answers ... 1113
Katherine CM Cross @kcross.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This is so crazy. I had to read it a few times to understand what was going on. Genuine dystopian stuff. 031
Reposted by Katherine CM CrossPlashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Quick equalities check: across English, History/Politics/War Studies 6 women have lost their jobs and 0.5 men. 4 men and one woman are safe. English goes from 50:50 (6M, 6F) to 1 woman and 2.5 men. 913159
Reposted by Katherine CM CrossShannon McSheffrey @medievalmcsheff.bsky.social · 28/08/2026JOB!! The Department of History at the University of Ottawa invites applications for a position in medieval and/or transregional history, 7th-16th centuries. French or English, bilingualism an asset. universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/... 380107
Reposted by Katherine CM CrossJames 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 Katherine CM CrossRory Naismith @rorynaismith.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Early medievalists may be happy to know that Simon Keynes’s collection of maps of Anglo-Saxon England has now been made freely available via @trincolllibcam.bsky.social These were commissioned by Simon and drawn (by hand) by Reg Piggott between 1991 and 2012. archives.trin.cam.ac.uk/index.php/ma...archives.trin.cam.ac.ukMaps of Anglo-Saxon England - archives.trin.cam.ac.uk 413468
Katherine CM Cross @kcross.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I also don’t like the ‘who was the rightful king in 1066?’ question. I actually don’t believe in the rightfulness of kings? and maybe we shouldn’t still be arguing over that same question 1000 years later 1112
Reposted by Katherine CM CrossHistory and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Bridge in Yorkshire on 25 September 1066 just weeks before Hastings. The modern Stamford Bridge Tapestry tells the story of Harold Godwinson’s northern campaign celebrating Yorkshire’s place in the events that shaped the Norman Conquest. www.visiteastyorkshire.co.uk/listing/stam...visiteastyorkshire.co.ukStamford Bridge TapestryWhat Is The Stamford Bridge Tapestry Project? The Stamford Bridge Tapestry is in the form of the Bayeux Tapestry, created in stitched wool on linen using the same embroidery stitches as the Bayeux tap... 4343
Katherine CM Cross @kcross.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I don’t get the point of an AI ‘actor’. Surely you can just create a new AI avatar for each character - a computer-generated character doesn’t need to be ‘acted’? Baffling 150
Reposted by Katherine CM CrossSamuel Rowe @samdrowe.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I don't circulate this again with much hope, but as we have had a speaker drop out, there is one last opportunity to send me something by 6 PM CEST today; at that point, the submission is being sent "sí o sí". #medievalsky #imc2026 11012
Reposted by Katherine CM CrossHannah O’Regan @palaeohan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026📣 new #bear paper! Dr Liam Lewis and I gathered the evidence for bears and bear-baiting in #medieval England and northern France. We looked at bones, literature and archival accounts. We found that evidence for live bears increased after the #Norman Conquest 🧵 415946
Reposted by Katherine CM CrossAdam @eblueaxe.bsky.social · 09/09/2026We will be back at Govan in a couple of weeks time for an amazing two day event! We have a huge early medieval textiles display, weapons, and high status object of the period, and some glass bead making and casting demonstrations, alongside some have a go textile crafts and games! 076
Reposted by Katherine CM Crosswill pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 08/09/2026this is absolutely astonishing. you don’t have to know a lot (anything?) about the maths (i don’t!) to understand the implications of what it seemed happened here. researchers used a commercial tool, and when rumors of their advances leaked the COMPANY who make the tool tried to pip them to it 2205
Reposted by Katherine CM CrossLeibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA) @leizarchaeology.bsky.social · 08/09/2026A new book explores how the terms “Viking” & “Viking Age” have been understood, adapted and misused from the early Middle Ages to the present day. Edited by our LEIZA researcher Thorsten Lemm, it brings together fresh perspectives from research, education and society. 🔗 go.leiza.de/vikings-viki... 1176
Katherine CM Cross @kcross.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Very grateful to have received a Scouloudi Public History Grant in partnership with Kirkbymoorside History Group. Our project is ‘Stories in Stone: Materialising Kirkbymoorside’s Viking Past through Community Research’ 2140
Reposted by Katherine CM CrossAbbey @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 02/09/2026This is what living next door to a 30 megawatt data center sounds like. 61273004264
Katherine CM Cross @kcross.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Don’t think I’ll take advice on AI and children from someone who thinks this is a good idea! ‘I have used it to respond to my five-year-old’s bedtime-delaying tactic of asking vast questions just as I turn down the lights…’ 1153
Reposted by Katherine CM CrossCharles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 06/09/2026That feeling when you welcome the public interest in the period you study, but not the reactionary politics that evidently underpins some of it. 6445
Reposted by Katherine CM CrossScottish Society for Northern Studies @northernstudies.bsky.social · 02/09/2026We have reopened funding schemes, supporting scholars and students in their research, training, travel, and conference organisation - with an emphasis on PGRs and ECRs! Research Grant Deadline: 1 December 2026! All Other Grants Deadline: 2 November 2026! For details, see ssns.org.uk/funding/ 02631
Katherine CM Cross @kcross.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Featuring the many Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Scandinavian crosses (and more early medieval stone sculpture) 0114
Reposted by Katherine CM CrossMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 04/09/2026Technology being everywhere doesn’t mean it belongs everywhere. The tech industry wants us to believe that AI in early education is not only inevitable, but necessary. We don't see it that way. This week, we announced a moratorium on generative AI for public school students in 2-K to 8th grade. 9361581085
Reposted by Katherine CM CrossKatherine CM Cross @kcross.bsky.social · 04/09/2026But I can’t make my mind up about the vikingness of the ship because I can’t access this paper - can anyone help please? doi.org/10.1017/S026...doi.orgIV. The Norman Church and Door at Stillingfleet, North Yorkshire | Archaeologia | Cambridge CoreIV. The Norman Church and Door at Stillingfleet, North Yorkshire - Volume 106 334
Katherine CM Cross @kcross.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The magnificent door - and doorway at St Helen’s Stillingfleet Featuring Adam and Eve, and a (?) viking longship 212820
Reposted by Katherine CM CrossThe Parker Library @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Going to see the Bayeux Tapestry? Be sure to look out for the image that may well have been inspired by the 6thC Augustine Gospels (CCCC MS 286) parker.stanford.edu/parker/catal... The 11thC embroidery was probably made at Canterbury where the MS was then at St Augustine’s Abbey #bayeuxtapestry 07730
Reposted by Katherine CM CrossRobert Wiśniewski @relicsclerics.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Job offer. 3-years postdoctoral position on the on the project "Networks of Book Circulation and the Making of Reading Communities in Late Antiquity" led by Marta Szada at Nicolaus Copernicu University in Toruń. More here: bitly.is/4cmwGyW 176
Reposted by Katherine CM CrossGreg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Today is Norman Day on Radio 4, with a series of different programmes about the Norman Conquest and Bayeux Tapestry At 4pm there’s a special episode of You’re Dead To Me about 1066 710021
Reposted by Katherine CM CrossMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026'It's real history.' (PM, Andy Burnham, 3 September 2026). Discuss. In case anyone is already thinking of the year's exam questions, the Tapestry, one suspects, will be delivering for rich pickings medieval, modern and contemporary time periods alike. 0132
