Reposted by Lucie KaempferMary Flannery @15thcgossipgirl.bsky.social · 03/03/2026I’m honoured and delighted to have been invited to chair the upcoming online launch of @lukaempf.bsky.social’s book on Thurs 19 March 4.30-5.30pm CET. Info is in the attached flyer—please share widely, and join us! 043
Reposted by Lucie KaempferPrinceton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Timaeus in Paradise is now available worldwide! In this book, Piero Boitani traces the influence and impact of Plato’s Timaeus—and its major themes, creation and beauty—through the centuries. Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #Plato #AncientWorld #AncientHistory #Timaeus 041
Lucie Kaempfer @lukaempf.bsky.social · 27/11/2025My book is out! www.cambridge.org/core/books/j...cambridge.orgThe Joy of Love in the Middle AgesCambridge Core - Anglo Saxon and Medieval Literature - The Joy of Love in the Middle Ages 010
Reposted by Lucie KaempferJonathan Fruoco @jonathanfruoco.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Chaucer in the Age of Medievalism needs you! In the wake of our conference, we are now preparing a collective volume and seeking additional chapters to complement the proceedings. Please share widely! #medievalsky modmed.hypotheses.org/8517modmed.hypotheses.orgAppel à articles : Chaucer in the Age of MedievalismFollowing the Chaucer: Here and Now exhibition (2023–2024) at the Bodleian Library, the conference Chaucer in the Age of Medievalism—sponsored by the Modernités médiévales association and the New Chau... 22627
Reposted by Lucie KaempferRebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social · 13/08/2025My book is out! Medieval Responses to Ovid's Exile, with Cambridge UP @universitypress.cambridge.org. I am so grateful to the friends, family, colleagues, librarians and archivists who helped along the way. Nervous and excited to see it in the world! www.cambridge.org/core/books/m...cambridge.orgMedieval Responses to Ovid's ExileCambridge Core - Classical Literature - Medieval Responses to Ovid's Exile 1815132
Reposted by Lucie KaempferNoreen Masud @noreenmasud.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Reporter: “Why do you think so many countries and governments around the world are just ignoring what’s happening in Gaza?” Greta Thunberg: “Because of racism.” 112245
Reposted by Lucie KaempferDr Jane Bonsall @janebonsall.bsky.social · 30/04/2025I wrote a blog post about my book! Want some ramblings about fairy ladies, magical princesses, and serpent women (and how we should feel about them)? Or just curious about how reading medieval romance is like watching Star Wars?? It's all here, folks (and also a 35% discount 👀)! 0165
Reposted by Lucie KaempferOxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Somehow Trinity term has already snuck up upon us, but rejoice, for that means the 📯Oxford Medieval Studies Booklet📯 is ready for viewing! Find it in its full glory along with some other announcements in this week's Medieval Matters: medieval.ox.ac.uk/2025/04/28/m... 0163
Reposted by Lucie KaempferDr. Olivia Colquitt @oliviacolquitt.bsky.social · 28/04/2025So many Floire & Blancheflor manuscripts, so little time…thankfully the Post-REALM team make use of Transkribus! Read about Elliot Worrall’s experiences with this fantastic tool in his work on 2 Swedish texts, plus his tips on using it for your project. postrealmproject.wordpress.com/2025/04/28/u...postrealmproject.wordpress.comUsing TranskribusEditions and Transcriptions Since my first blog post, where I discussed the Scandinavian texts of the Floire and Blancheflor tradition, I have been looking more closely at the specific manuscript v… 021
Reposted by Lucie KaempferTOEBI @toebi.bsky.social · 25/04/2025📢 #CfP #medievalsky #OldEnglish 📜New Directions in Old English Prose 🏫University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk 📅30-31 March 2026 ⌛️Deadline: 1st August 2025 0116
Reposted by Lucie KaempferGreg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 23/04/2025The replies to this thread are very funny, but it’s a warning sign that one of the key functions of Googling - the ability to factcheck a quote, verify a source, or track down something half remembered - will get so much harder if AI prefers to legitimate statistical possibilities over actual truth 1973082
Reposted by Lucie KaempferHelen Davies @helsinhashtags.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Bindingggg fragmentssssss 064
Reposted by Lucie KaempferLauren Groff @legroff.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week. 6051512184
Reposted by Lucie KaempferDr Jane Bonsall @janebonsall.bsky.social · 09/04/2025If you (or your students) are interested in genre-reading, medieval gender studies, and/or magical women in romance, please give it a read! #medievalsky #publication #genrestudies #GenderStudies boydellandbrewer.com/978184384665...boydellandbrewer.comWomen and Magic in Medieval Romance - Boydell and BrewerExplores the conventions and contradictions inherent in archetypes of magical femininity - from loathly ladies to monstrous mothers - in a range of popular l... 181
Reposted by Lucie KaempferProf Megan Leitch @meganleitch.bsky.social · 11/04/2025I'm delighted to say that on Mon 28 April Prof Corinne Saunders (Durham) will present the 7th Annual MacDonald Lecture at the University of Groningen (17.30 - 19.00 CEST). “Thinking and Feeling: Love and Loss in Chaucer’s Romance Writing” Online attendees are welcome! meet.google.com/voz-rogm-jmt 084
Reposted by Lucie KaempferDr. Krista A. Milne @kmilne.bsky.social · 03/04/2025🎉✨The Destruction of Medieval Manuscripts in England ✨ Absolutely delighted to announce that my second book has just been released (and it's open access; free to download at the link below!). academic.oup.com/book/59790?f...academic.oup.comThe Destruction of Medieval Manuscripts in England: Institutional CollectionsAbstract. It is generally accepted that the contingencies of manuscript survival have disproportionately destroyed some sorts of manuscripts and not others 1327184
Reposted by Lucie KaempferPrinceton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 02/04/2025A unique look at how classical notions of ascent and flight preoccupied early modern British writers and artists. Philip Hardie's Celestial Aspirations is 60% off in the latest print flash sale: press.princeton.edu/sale/flash-s... 0102
Reposted by Lucie KaempferHester L-J @starcrossed2018.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Hamlet: but what if SOMETHING after death, something worse even than this? www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/slo... Andrew Scott at the Almeida dir. Rob Icke in 2017, with subsequent transfers, and filmed; here's Scott delivering this soliloquy. Ooof 💔 www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdZV... 0182
Reposted by Lucie KaempferLucie Kaempfer @lukaempf.bsky.social · 14/03/2025My article on Partonope of Blois, beauty and the hero's identity is out!! My Postdoc project on translation and medieval romance has ended a while ago but what a joy it was to work on this wonderful romance! muse.jhu.edu/article/9518...muse.jhu.eduProject MUSE - The Romance Hero in Translation: Beauty, Reputation, and Identity in <i>Partonopeu de Blois</i> and <i>Partonope of Blois</i> 031
Reposted by Lucie KaempferLucie Kaempfer @lukaempf.bsky.social · 17/03/2025The University of Lausanne is advertising for a doctoral position. A truly wonderful place and wonderful department to spend 5 years in! career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...career5.successfactors.euCareer Opportunities: Full-time assistantship in medieval English (22147) 014
Reposted by Lucie KaempferMary Flannery @15thcgossipgirl.bsky.social · 17/03/2025My research team’s special issue of The Chaucer Review has now been published! All pieces authored by COMMode team members @unibern.bsky.social are available open access thanks to @snsf-ch.bsky.social: scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/chaucer...scholarlypublishingcollective.orgVolume 60 Issue 2 | The Chaucer Review | Scholarly Publishing Collective 0114
Lucie Kaempfer @lukaempf.bsky.social · 17/03/2025The University of Lausanne is advertising for a doctoral position. A truly wonderful place and wonderful department to spend 5 years in! career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...career5.successfactors.euCareer Opportunities: Full-time assistantship in medieval English (22147) 014
Reposted by Lucie KaempferKristen Haas Curtis @hellomizk.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Medievalist-friends! Interested in learning about comics and narrative art and meeting cartoonists for potential collaborations? Apply to join us in Chicago from 5-6 June 2025 for a crossover workshop at the Newberry Library entitled “Cartooning the Medieval”!! www.newberry.org/calendar/car...newberry.orgCartooning the MedievalA symposium exploring the potential of comics and narrative art to create new opportunities for engaging with medieval culture. 107529
Reposted by Lucie KaempferMary Flannery @15thcgossipgirl.bsky.social · 14/03/2025ATTENTION MEDIEVALISTS and MEDIEVAL-CURIOUS ARTISTS! This upcoming event at the Newberry Library is one you won’t want to miss! 0133
Lucie Kaempfer @lukaempf.bsky.social · 14/03/2025My article on Partonope of Blois, beauty and the hero's identity is out!! My Postdoc project on translation and medieval romance has ended a while ago but what a joy it was to work on this wonderful romance! muse.jhu.edu/article/9518...muse.jhu.eduProject MUSE - The Romance Hero in Translation: Beauty, Reputation, and Identity in <i>Partonopeu de Blois</i> and <i>Partonope of Blois</i> 031
Reposted by Lucie KaempferRebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Very excited to share that registration for the 5th Middle Ages in the Modern World (MAMO) conference is now open! 24-26 June, London. Over 100 speakers will present on the reception of the medieval world across a variety of panels, keynotes, events, performances. Take a look: themamo.orgthemamo.orgThe Middle Ages in the Modern WorldA multidisciplinary conference on medievalism in the post-Middle Ages 23415
Reposted by Lucie KaempferSimon Thomson @scfthomson.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Hey, #medievalsky, specifically #earlymedievalenglandsky Have you read or written a kick ass article, book, edition or translation over the last 24 months? Have you done or encountered some incredible outreach or teaching? Nominations are open for ISSEME's awards, details here: isseme.org/awards/isseme.orgAwardsAt the biennial conference of ISSEME, the following publication prizes are awarded: Best Article (paper or electronic), of at least 4000 words, in a journal or edited volume, on any subfield o… 022
Reposted by Lucie KaempferMary Flannery @15thcgossipgirl.bsky.social · 03/12/2024If you’re looking for a gift for someone right now, may I humbly suggest my little Chaucer biography? Smarter people than I am have said it’s great, and it’s only £16.95! Plus it’s small enough to fit into a big stocking…. reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/geoffre....reaktionbooks.co.ukGeoffrey Chaucer | Reaktion BooksThis is a new account of the life and accomplishments of medieval England’s most famous poet, Geoffrey Chaucer. For over six centuries, Chaucer has epitomized poetic greatness, though in more recent y... 0179
Reposted by Lucie KaempferHarriet Soper @hattiesoper.bsky.social · 27/11/2024this amazing new Cambridge Element by Caroline Batten is available open access for the next four weeks! www.cambridge.org/core/element...cambridge.orgHealth and the Body in Early Medieval EnglandCambridge Core - European History 450-1000 - Health and the Body in Early Medieval England 1249
Lucie Kaempfer @lukaempf.bsky.social · 12/02/2024I'm not much present on here but as my first post I'm happy to share that I have been offered a contract with CUP for my first book 'The Joy of Love: A Medieval Literary History'! I am overJOYed! 060
Reposted by Lucie KaempferRebecca Merkelbach @beccamerkelbach.bsky.social · 10/10/2023The programme for #GEMMA, International Winter School at the University of Tübingen, 9-11 Nov, is now online! Limited spots for physical attendance, but virtual attendance will be open to all. Contact me for details! 11013