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michaelajaneruth.bsky.social @michaelajaneruth.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I had a wonderful time interviewing @ana0dias.bsky.social about her upcoming article in EME. You can listen to it now! #medievalsky #medievalists

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michaelajaneruth.bsky.social @michaelajaneruth.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Thank you to everyone who braved the heatwave to make our conference #TimeTempoStorytelling2026 such a great success last week. We had incredible contributions and deep discussions that have made me very excited to move forward towards publication. #medievalsky #medievalists

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Becca Grose @beccagrose.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Great papers, amazing organisation from @michaelajaneruth.bsky.social and her student assistants + Yaniv and @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social, and endless iced coffee in a castle. Best possible end to my stay in Germany and curious to hear what happens next to some of the great talks I heard 🤩

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

A CfP for #IMC2027.

CfP:
Manuscripts, History, Rulers and Popes:
Sessions in Memory of Rosamond McKitterick
Leeds IMC, 5-8 July 2027

This set of sessions at the IMC in 2027 honours Rosamond McKitterick (1949–2026) and her work through the lens of four of her monographs: The Carolingians and the Written Word (1989), History and Memory in the Carolingian World (2004), Charlemagne (2008) and Rome and the Invention of the Papacy (2020).
We invite papers that engage with the themes Rosamond McKitterick explored in these books, including early medieval manuscript culture, the role of history-writing in shaping Frankish memory and community, early medieval Frankish rulership and the history of the early medieval papacy.
Talks should be 15-20 minutes long and can be delivered either in person or online.
Please send an abstract of no more than 200 words, along with a title, by 20 August 2026, to
• Claire Burridge, c.p.s.burridge@iakh.uio.no
• Charles West, Charles.West@ed.ac.uk

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Samuel Rowe @samdrowe.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I am circulating my CFP for #IMC2027, concerning how early medieval gentes, equatable with ethnic communities, were delineated, defined and redefined in the sources through active discourse and brokerage, to various identificatory ends – distinction, promotion, inclusion, exclusion, specialness...

A call for papers for sessions concerning the subject "Redefining early medieval gentes" at the IMC Leeds 2027.

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michaelajaneruth.bsky.social @michaelajaneruth.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Happy to announce that we will be hosting our conference "Time, Tempo, and Storytelling" from 29-31 July in hybrid format. Anyone interested in participating via Zoom is welcome to register their interest with me via email! #medievalsky #medievalists #TimeTempoStorytelling2026

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michaelajaneruth.bsky.social @michaelajaneruth.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Four and a half years and 392 pages later i have submitted the thesis! Only a few days before heading to the @imc-leeds.bsky.social which is definitely the best way to celebrate 🎉 #medievalsky #medievalists #phdsubmission

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michaelajaneruth.bsky.social @michaelajaneruth.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I feel very proud to release the programme of a conference I have co-organised with @yanivfox.bsky.social and @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social funded by the @dfg.de on the intersection between Narratology and Temporality on 29-31 July in Tübingen. We have an incredible lineup - I can't wait!

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Northumbria UCU Branch @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Please sign and share this petition - c.org/Wh2NJg5dpc. Prevent mass course closures at yet another apparently financially stable university. Solidarity and strength to @uhertfordshireucu.bsky.social! @ucu.org.uk

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Sign the Petition

Save the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire

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michaelajaneruth.bsky.social @michaelajaneruth.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I know this is horrible timing for anyone in Europe, but if anyone is interested in hearing about my thesis, I will be coming back to @aucklanduni.bsky.social to present my doctoral research in the Ancient History Seminar. It is available both in person and on Zoom. Would love to have you along!

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michaelajaneruth.bsky.social @michaelajaneruth.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

It was so amazing to hear a preview of the papers just before this exciting news came out! Yay for PresentDead and yay for getting a Tuesday! Anyone interested in interactions with the dead, come to our session at the next @imc-leeds.bsky.social !!

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michaelajaneruth.bsky.social @michaelajaneruth.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Kind of shellshocked to say that my first book has sold out! I am so proud to have been a part of telling these stories, and I am so pleased that so many people wanted to learn more about NZ medical history. Thank you everyone for the support 🥰 #aotearoahistory #feministhistory #womenshistory

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Thom Gobbitt 🎲✨🌿☠️⚖️📖 @booksoflaw.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Hi #Medievalsky, Michaela and I have decided to put together a last minute #IMC2026 session proposal: *Dead Reckoning in the early medieval [?world]" If you've anything on interactions with the dead (literary, historical, legal, etc.) and are looking for an (unfunded) session to join, let us know!

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michaelajaneruth.bsky.social @michaelajaneruth.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

What a wonderful Merovingianist day we had on Wednesday at the @imc-leeds.bsky.social ! Thanks to my coorganisers @beccagrose.bsky.social and @lisakaarenbailey.bsky.social and to all our speakers. Thanks especially to our respondent Shane Björnlie. I feel challenged and inspired #medievalsky

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michaelajaneruth.bsky.social @michaelajaneruth.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

I took the 16th C limp binding workshop today and it was absolutely fantastic! Linette explained everything so well and i felt like i picked it up so quickly! Not that this is the neatest thing in the world but i got to live my book binding dreams for 3 hours! @imc-leeds.bsky.social #IMC2025

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Rutger K. 🟥 @anotheraspirin.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Hey kids! First time at the #IMC2025 @imc-leeds.bsky.social? Here are some of Old Man Kramer's Hot Tips! #medievalsky

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michaelajaneruth.bsky.social @michaelajaneruth.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

@imc-leeds.bsky.social is almost upon us and since the app is now out, I thought I’d remind everyone of our 4 panels on the Merovingians happening all day Wednesday. We finally rallied everyone together so be there or be square! #merovingian #imcleeds2025 @beccagrose.bsky.social

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Becca Grose @beccagrose.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

IMC 2025: Merovingianist Mixer We'll be at the Library bar, where campus meets Hyde Park, to avoid interrupting the Euros at Old Bar again. All welcome, whether you work on late antique or Merovingian Gaul or want to meet people who do. Plz RSVP to @michaelajaneruth.bsky.social for table space!

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michaelajaneruth.bsky.social @michaelajaneruth.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Pleased to announce that our book is in the top 20 bestsellers at Independent Bookstores in New Zealand this week! What an honour for the opening week. #newzealandhistory #womenshistory #feministhistory #medicalhistory #womendoctors #herstory #aotearoanewzealand #nonfictionbooks #newrelease

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michaelajaneruth.bsky.social @michaelajaneruth.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

What an amazing experience it is publishing a book 🥰 i feel so honoured to have been chosen to tell the stories of New Zealand's first women doctors. Thanks to everyone who came to our launch, I am still in shock that it is on shelves. #booklaunch #aotearoahistory #womenshistory #feministhistory

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michaelajaneruth.bsky.social @michaelajaneruth.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

I am very proud to say that my first book "Against the Odds: New Zealand's First Women Doctors" has officially launched! We had an overwhelming number of people turn up to the opening lecture at the @universityofotago.bsky.social last night and we received wonderful feedback. Thanks for the support!

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Becca Grose @beccagrose.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Calling all #IMC2025 Merovingianists and late antique Gaul people! Sunday 7th July 25, ca 5pm onwards @michaelajaneruth.bsky.social and I will be hosting the second annual Merovingianists Mixer! All welcome for a chill pre @imc-leeds.bsky.social drink, especially postgrads, ECRs & first-timers.

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michaelajaneruth.bsky.social @michaelajaneruth.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Such disappointing news to wake up to... The lack of appreciation for the humanities was one of the main reasons i left academia in NZ and it's only getting worse. #historysky #newzealand #humanities #fundingcuts www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

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Government's Marsden Fund cuts: All humanities, social sciences research funding slashed

Cutting all research funding for the fields is a massive step backwards, critics say.

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michaelajaneruth.bsky.social @michaelajaneruth.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Feeling very conflicted... Received the final proofs back from the copyeditor and much has been changed, including what i would consider my "voice" and a lot of sentences that now mean the opposite of what I intended... Is this normal when working with an academic press? #historysky #publishing

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michaelajaneruth.bsky.social @michaelajaneruth.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Does anyone else struggle to find the balance between researching (reading) and writing? I have so many half-read books in my "currently reading" folder because i read so slowly and then run out of time to finish them before i have to start writing to meet a deadline 🤦🏻‍♀️ #medievalsky

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James T Palmer @jtpmedieval.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Reminded Gregory of Tours doesn't start his Histories with "a great many things keep happening, some of them good, some of them bad" (as per the Penguin edition), but gets in a grumble about "the decline or rather death of the cultivation of liberal letters" first. #medievalsky (pic Paris BF 17655)

The opening page of Gregory of Tours' Histories in the seventh-century manuscript Paris BnF 17655, complaining about the "decline or rather death" of the cultivation of the liberal arts.

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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

When you ask what did the Middle Ages ever do for us, remember: in the 830s the monks of Fulda Abbey copied this recipe for an almost-lasagna, Patina Apiciana, from De re coquinaria by Apicius (a signature dish, if you will). Full recipe below! NYAM Vault MS 1

A fragment of a manuscript describing a cooking recipe.

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michaelajaneruth.bsky.social @michaelajaneruth.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I need to start posting on here more so here is my win for the day: I just found the origin of the technique I am studying for my thesis. The first pattern Gregory of Tours encountered that arguably introduced him to the concept and proved to him the power of mimicking the scriptures 🤯 #medievalsky

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michaelajaneruth.bsky.social @michaelajaneruth.bsky.social · 03/07/2024

I couldn't have asked for a better panel. The presentations were brilliant and the audience was lovely. Thank you once again Shachar, Yaniv, and Erin! #imc2024

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michaelajaneruth.bsky.social @michaelajaneruth.bsky.social · 27/06/2024

Final run-through of my @IMC_Leeds presentation before i print it out! If you like #merovingianhistory and #literaryhistory make sure to swing by at 9am on Wednesday!

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michaelajaneruth.bsky.social @michaelajaneruth.bsky.social · 21/06/2024

In today's episode of #chatgpt is amazing, did anyone else know that it is able to determine what handwriting might be. This is something i am pretty decent at but sometimes i just get caught on something...

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michaelajaneruth.bsky.social @michaelajaneruth.bsky.social · 05/06/2024

Just received some amazing feedback for my research at the St Andrews / Tübingen Graduate Conference. The paper is now up on Academia.edu and talks about the various audiences of Gregory of Tours and how he manipulated their understanding of his stories 🤔

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michaelajaneruth.bsky.social @michaelajaneruth.bsky.social · 02/05/2024

The first draft of the first chapter of my first book. Absolutely insane to see it printed out and before I make all of the red editing marks over it. @EMWoNZ book coming out June 2025.

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