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The Medieval Academy of America @medievalacademy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

MAA News - CARA Call for Executive Committee Nominations The Medieval Academy of America’s Committee on Centers and Regional Associations (CARA) invites nominations to fill one upcoming vacancies on its Executive Committee. CARA strives www.themedievalacademyblog.org/?p=9…

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The Medieval Academy of America @medievalacademy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Jobs For Medievalists The Department of History at The University of Texas at Austin invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor to begin in Fall 2027. www.themedievalacademyblog.org/jobs…

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medievalJewishStudiesNow! @med-ljewishstnow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Book Prize: The David Blumenthal Prize in Medieval Jewish Studies. #jewishstudies #medievalsky mjsnow.hypotheses.org/23059

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Maya Soifer Irish @msoiferirish.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

We wait patiently for them to arrive, decorate our windows with their effigies, and finally they are here! This one stayed for only a few seconds before being chased away by another hummer.

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The Lady of Elche. This remarkable 2,400 year-old limestone bust of a woman with elaborate headdress and jewellery is an icon of Iberian culture from pre-Roman Spain. From La Alcudia, Elche, Spain. National Archaeological Museum, Madrid. 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows a famous Iberian limestone sculpture known as ‘La Dama de Elche’ / The Lady of Elche, on display at the National Archaeological Museum in Madrid. Here is a description by the museum:

“Female bust that features a lady's face with very perfect features and that preserves traces of polychromy on the lips and specific areas of face and clothing. The lady is richly dressed: on her head she wears a headdress formed by a pointed tiara covered by a veil and on top of it a strap that joins the two side “cases" that frame the face, where the hairstyle and a headband would be collected on the forehead; the back and shoulders are covered with a mantle that forms folds on the front and exposes three necklaces with amphoras and amulet holders; the earrings of plates and infulas that hang on the sides of the face, and a small fibula that closes the tunic on the neckline. At the back, it has a hole whose function has given rise to numerous interpretations. It was richly painted with red, blue and yellow tones and application of gold sheets, of which hardly any traces remain.

Technically and stylistically it is considered a work of strong Greek influence, possibly made by an artist of this origin, perhaps linked to the nearby town of Santa Pola, after receiving the commission of a high-ranking Iberian character.

It has been speculated about its function but with a posterior opening it suggests a use as a funerary vessel, just like the Lady of Baza. At the same time, it has been interpreted as the representation of a goddess, a priestess, or some royal character or of the aristocracy adorned for a special ceremony and dressed in her best clothes that could constitute her wedding dress composed of three necklaces, diadem and fibula, comparable to those found in several treasures”.

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Martina Mampieri @martinamampieri.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Thrilled to have contributed to this new volume, edited by Francesco Quatrini & @freyas.bsky.social and just published by @routledgebooks.bsky.social in the @emodir.bsky.social series! #earlymodern #skystorians #academicsky

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Arc Humanities Press @archumanities.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Focusing on Christian Europe and their immediate neighbours, contributors ask: To what extent did medieval peoples, polities, and territorial principalities represent or constitute nations? When and where can we discern this occurring? www.arc-humanities.org/978180270424...

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Andrew Trexler @atrexler.com · 26/08/2026

UW-Madison Poli Sci has THREE searches for TT assistant professors: Environmental politics: go.wisc.edu/1gk366 Chinese politics: go.wisc.edu/847082 American political thought: go.wisc.edu/lfwg6o I am not on any of the search committees, but happy to chat about the dept/UW/Madison/etc at APSA!

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

Did Charlemagne consider converting Muslims in al-Andalus to Christianity? New evidence uncovered by Lukas Dorfbauer, just published on Early View, suggests he might have - contrary to previous assumptions. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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A newly discovered Carolingian text: Candidus' <fi>Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti</fi>, written for Charlemagne

This article presents a newly discovered Latin text: a theological treatise titled Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti that was written by Alcuin’s friend Candidus (Wizo) at the request of Charlem...

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Arc Humanities Press @archumanities.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

{New book} A Jewish Physician’s Response to the Black Death: Abraham Caslari’s "Tractate on Pestilential Fevers and Fever Types" Edited and translated by Susan L. Einbinder www.arc-humanities.org/978180270397...

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medievalJewishStudiesNow! @med-ljewishstnow.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

New book — Jews in the Old Rus’: A Documentary History, by Alexander Kulik. #jewishstudies #medievalsky mjsnow.hypotheses.org/22259

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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Medieval Worlds: comparative & interdisciplinary studies Vol. 24 (2026) medievalworlds.net/medievalworl... #openaccess @imafo-oeaw.bsky.social Medieval Origin Myths in Eurasian Comparison

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Krista Dalton @kristadalton.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I'm thrilled to say that we are hiring a tenure track Assistant Professor of Religion in the Islam subfield at Denison University! Please share widely among your networks. apply.interfolio.com/188984

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Megan Nutzman @megannutzman.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The CFP for Ohio State’s visiting scholar program at the Center for the Study of Religion is now available. This opportunity is specifically designed for non-tenure-track colleagues, including contingent and independent scholars. religion.osu.edu/visiting-sch...

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Visiting Scholar Program | Center for the Study of Religion

The Center for the Study of Religion hosts a short-term visiting scholar program one or two times per academic year. Building on a successful pilot program held in March 2023, this initiative aims to ...

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Maya Soifer Irish @msoiferirish.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

😱 Taxation is how we got representation in the first place 😰

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Maya Soifer Irish @msoiferirish.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

My review of Haym Soloveitchik's Jews and the Wine Trade in Medieval Europe was just published. (I'm always happy to send a PDF of this review, or of any of my articles, to anyone who asks). www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....

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Lisa Haushofer @haushoferl.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

🚨Job! 🚨 Open-rank, tenure-track position in pre-1800 history of medicine at Johns Hopkins #histmed #histstm apply.interfolio.com/182469?fbcli...

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Sam Ottewill-Soulsby @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I’m extremely excited that my copies of The Carolingian South have arrived! Published by @manchesterup.bsky.social, I had great fun editing it with @graemeyward.bsky.social, turning the empire of Charlemagne upside down with a wonderful set of contributors! #medievalsky

Picture of a box in which copies of The Carolingian South lounge alluringly in their gorgeous covers featuring an eagle-headed St John from the Sacramentary of Gellone.

Photo of a grinning editor (who may or may not need a haircut) holding before him a copy of the aforesaid The Carolingian South.

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medievalJewishStudiesNow! @med-ljewishstnow.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

New book: Ethno-Religious Interaction in the Late Medieval Iberian World, ed. by Thomas Barton. #medievalsky #jewishstudies mjsnow.hypotheses.org/21874

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Maya Soifer Irish @msoiferirish.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

“What? Don’t I look like a plate?”

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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

HEAD OF STONEHENGE! #goals

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Arc Humanities Press @archumanities.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

{{New paperback}} Medieval France at War by John France www.arc-humanities.org/978180270447...

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk · 21/05/2026

Free event at the Weston Library in collaboration with @ochjs.bsky.social and part of Jewish Culture Month. A talk featuring two case studies of Jewish and Christian scholarly collaboration in past centuries by Professor Judith Olszowy-Schlanger and Dr César Merchán-Hamann.

Hebrew and Jewish Book Culture in Medieval and Early Modern England

Weston Library | 9 June 2026 | 5–6pm
Free, booking required
Part of Jewish Culture Month

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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Newest addition to the 2nd Plague Pandemic bibliography: Susan Einbinder's edition & translation of a Hebrew text from the 1340s, showing a practicing physician wrestling w/ a swiftly lethal disease amid an unfolding pandemic. #histmed #EpiSky #MedievalSky www.arc-humanities.org/978180270397...

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A Jewish Physician’s Response to the Black Death - Arc Humanities Press

Abraham Caslari was a Jewish physician in Catalonia, where he and his family found refuge after the great expulsion of French Jews in 1306. In 1348, he was a...

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Adrienne Williams Boyarin @aboyarin.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Happy to share my latest article in Aschkenas, “Rachel Was Shapely and Beautiful: A Jewish Woman in Hostile Archives”—on a 13th-century woman from Nottingham, archival silences and hostility, and critical speculation. Check it out: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

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Brendon @beholdbybrendon.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

This is one of my absolute most favorite works of art from the Romans

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Jon Agar @jonagar.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Please help spread the news far and wide! We have a new, full-time, permanent Lecturer in Global History of Science job @stsucl.bsky.social Don't be fooled by the application of deadline of only 9 June 2026. This is an open search #histsci #skystorians www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Rob Townsend @rbtownsend.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

New: “The evidence is now clear: History departments are shrinking.” bit.ly/3RhjGCY

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Michael Brown @medhistoryman.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

📢JOB ALERT 📢 We are looking to appoint a F/T open-ended Lecturer in Late Medieval / Early Modern History (1400-1700) @lancasteruni.bsky.social. This is an amazing opportunity that we are very proud to announce, so please spread the word far and wide! www.hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

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Job Opportunity at Lancaster University: Lecturer in Medieval/Early Modern History

The School of Global Affairs at Lancaster University is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Late Medieval / Early Modern History (1400-1700). This is a 1.0 FTE indefinite appointment to start on 1 August...

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 10/05/2026

This Wednesday we're @librarywales.bsky.social and @aberuni.bsky.social to meet with historians from the region. Subjects include history in Welsh HE and new work in Welsh history. Our public lecture (6pm) is by Prof Miri Rubin (QMUL). All welcome www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blackbeaut... #Skystorians

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Black/Beautiful: Meanings of Blackness in a Biblical Verse - IN PERSON

RHS Lecture with Professor Miri Rubin (QMUL) at Aberystwyth University, 13 May 2026

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Maya Soifer Irish @msoiferirish.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Going to #kzoo2026? Come hear me talk about my little side project this coming Thursday (May 14). The other two papers sound fantastic as well! It's a hybrid session, so those of you registered to attend virtually can listen in! #kzooicms #medievalsky

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Maya Soifer Irish @msoiferirish.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

A lovely croizier head from Sicily (1100s, metal mounts from the 1500s), as seen at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford last month. #medievalsky

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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Love me some Etruscans! If I were going to be in San Francisco in the next few months I would 100% be going to this. In fact, maybe I should take a trip... www.famsf.org/exhibitions/...

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The Etruscans: From the Heart of Ancient Italy

Togas, temples, hydraulic engineering, winemaking, and even “Roman” numerals, all widely credited to the Romans, were actually Etruscan innovations. The Etruscans thrived in what is now Italy for almo...

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Maya Soifer Irish @msoiferirish.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Looks like a great course! share.google/WoOWqGYuzHcz...

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Steffen Hope @hopesteffen.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

The date of this rune stone points to how the practice of monumental memorialisation continued well into the Christian era. The practice most likely came to an end when an organised church absorbed much of the power previously held by local aristocrats.

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Maya Soifer Irish @msoiferirish.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

My review of Tzafrir Barzilay's book, Poisoned Wells: Accusations, Persecution, and Minorities in Medieval Europe, 1321–1422, just appeared in the journal "Antisemitism Studies." Let me know if you need a PDF. #jewishstudies muse.jhu.edu/issue/56703

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Project MUSE - Antisemitism Studies-Volume 10, Number 1, Spring 2026

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

'Texas A&M philosophy professor Martin Peterson is leaving the university after administrators told him in January that he couldn’t teach Plato’s Symposium in his philosophy class; they said the ancient Greek philosopher’s work violated the system’s restrictions on gender and sexuality content.' 1/3

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Faculty Defect From Texas Publics, Citing Censorship

Fed up with the state’s censoring of Plato, Joan of Arc and Romeo and Juliet, humanities professors are leaving Texas public institutions in pursuit of academic freedom.

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German Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Happening tomorrow! Join us for a special panel discussion and conversation with Professor David Nirenberg at the Art Workers' Guild in Bloomsbury. Please sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-convers... #medievalmonday #skystorians #medievalhistory

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In Conversation with David Nirenberg: 30 years “Communities of Violence”

Join us at the Artworkers' Guild for a special panel discussion.

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medievalJewishStudiesNow! @med-ljewishstnow.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

New projects: “Only One Jew”: Theological Pretexts, Political Leverage, and the 1514 Expulsion from Merseburg, by Arik Solomon. #jewishstudies mjsnow.hypotheses.org/21104

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

From Pulitzer Prize finalist Steven Nadler comes Spinoza, Atheist, a fascinating historical and philosophical narrative that unravels the mystery of whether Spinoza was an atheist. Now available (2 June UK pub). Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #Philosophy #Spinoza

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Medieval and Early Modern Orients (MEMOs) @memorients.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

📢 New blog alert! MEMOs News Editor Jessica Minieri (@jessicaminieri.bsky.social) takes us into the fascinating world of bodily relics in The Body of a Crusader King: The Relics of Louis IX of France between Tunisia and Sicily. memorients.com/articles/the...

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The Body of a Crusader King: The Relics of Louis IX of France between Tunisia and Sicily | MEMOs

Upon Louis’s death in 1270, his bones, entrails, and heart were dissected and boiled to ensure that they could be moved back to France and buried locally.

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Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies @sims-mss.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

For #CoffeeWithACodex on April 9 (12pm Noon ET, on Zoom), @leoba.bsky.social will bring out LJS 478, a collection of astronomical treatises, with a particular focus on the astrolabe. The copy was completed in A.H. Jumādá al-Ākhirah 625 (May 1228). #medievalsky Register here: bit.ly/4d0PPYh

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Coffee with a Codex: Astronomy in Arabic

An informal lunch or coffee time to meet virtually with Kislak curators and talk about one of the manuscripts from Penn's collections. Each week we'll feature a different...

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