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Henrike Lähnemann @hlaehnemann.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Nuntastic job opportunity! Research positions on the nuns’ letters project available from 1 October at the HAB Wolfenbüttel. Deadline for applications 15 September. Very happy to answer informal inquiries medingen.seh.ox.ac.uk/index.php/20...

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Opportunity: Research Position for the Lüne Letters – Medingen Manuscripts

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Watch last Friday's fascinating talk by PhD researcher Georgie Anderson from the University of Kent, who traces the Black Knight in medieval manuscripts to shed light on processes of race-making in medieval Europe. Find the full talk here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf36... #RaceInHistory

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Race Making and Romance in Medieval Europe (Georgie Anderson)

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

From ancient Alexandria to Britain during WW2, the Bodleian hosts lots of ... rubbish! Listen to today's talk by Péter Tóth and Andrew Honey about dumped papyri form the 3rd century, a recycled map from the 1940s and other kinds of rubbish held at the Bodleian. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y10T...

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Rubbish in the Bodleian! (Péter Tóth and Andrew Honey)

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Learn about the first western discovery of the star tables of fifteenth-century Timurid astronomer-ruler Ulugh Beg and watch last Friday's presentation by Daniel Fried, doctoral student at New College. 💫 www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEEL...

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The western discovery of the star tables of Ulugh Beg in the Bodleian Library (Daniel Fried)

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

A victim, a witness, a sacrifice? Listen to the latest Coffee Morning presentation by Jana Lammerding from the University of Vienna to learn more about the presence of the child in books on witchcraft in the Bodleian's Francis Douce Collection. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EMj... #witch #douce

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The Witch and the Child in the Bodleian's Douce Collection (Jana Lammerding)

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Let James Freemantle of the St James Park Press, the current Printer in Residence, introduce you to Artists' Books from the Bodleian and from his from his private Collection. Watch the full presentation from last Friday's Coffee Morning at the Weston Library here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tafb...

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Artists Book in the Bodleian Library (James Freemantle and Chris Fletcher)

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Last Friday, we had the pleasure of listening to artist and art historian Ashkan Sepahvand presenting the 'Irradiant Archive' from WW2 Iran, including an unpublished epic romance manuscript by a an Iranian peasant. 📖 Watch the latest Coffee Morning presentation here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWye...

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The 'Irradiant Archive' from WW2 Iran in the Bodleian Libraries (Ashkan Sepahvand)

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Take a look at the Conservative Party Archive in the Bodleian Library, presented by Fran Allen and Hannah Bithel-Vaughan at last week's Medievalists Coffee Morning in the Weston Library: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXAv...

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Conservative Party Archive in the Bodleian Library (Fran Allen & Hannah Bithel-Vaughan)

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

A trip back to the ... 1980s at yesterday's Medievalists Coffee Morning, with Jack Orchard's fascinating talk on the history of technology and personal computing culture in 1980s Britain. #chuckiegg 👾💾 Watch the full presentation on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-WF...

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Chuckie Egg! Personal Computing from the 80s in the Bodleian (Jack Orchard)

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Last friday's Medievalists' Coffee Morning sparked excitement for Hilary Term, with Visiting Fellow Jarrah Sastrawan presenting on religious transformations in 16th-century Island Southeast Asia. 📜☕️ Check it out on the @oxmedstud.bsky.social YouTube channel www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSQA...

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Religious Transformations in 16th-century Island Southeast Asia in the Bodleian (Jarrah Sastrawan)

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Listen to behind-the-scenes impressions from our marvellous Medieval Mystery Cycle 2025, with thx to 'Beyond Shakespeare' for capturing the excitement and buzz of the day! audioboom.com/posts/874257...

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Oxford Mystery Cycle 2025 (Behind the Scenes)

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

OPPORTUNITY 📯 Applications are now open for the @ducollections.bsky.social Collections Fellowships and Visiting Fellowships, enabling research across the historic collections of Durham! Deadline: 3 September 2025 More details at durhamcollections.org.uk

The aim of the Durham Collections Fellowships is to enable and foster research across the three historic collections of Durham — those held by Durham University, Durham Cathedral and Ushaw Historic House, Chapels and Gardens, all of which have internationally significant collections of books and other materials that deserve to be brought to a wider scholarly and public audience.

In addition to libraries this includes archives, collections of visual and material culture, and architectural assets.

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

POSTDOC OPPORTUNITY! @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social are advertising a full-time 6-month postdoc position to work with Andrew Dunning on redeveloping the Medieval Libraries of Great Britain project as a sustainable, open-access digital resource for manuscript studies. 🖊️ Apply by 14 July

Home page of the Medieval Libraries of Great Britain project beta website.

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Faculty of Arts - University of Groningen @facultyofartsug.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

📅 Join the public lecture by prof Henrike Lähnemann @ox.ac.uk, titled "Early modern code-switching between Latin & the vernacular: a Low German religious community investigated." 10 July, 4:30-5:30 PM, Van der Leeuw hall, Academy Building. @rug.nl @oxmedstud.bsky.social More info 👉 lnkd.in/eQDev2ih

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Just one week until we celebrate the launch of the 2025 Oxford Medieval Mystery Plays FILM!! Join us for drinks and nibbles and share your thoughts about the future of this grand Oxford tradition.

The 2025 Oxford Medieval Mystery Plays Film Launch. Thursday 19 June, 4:30-6pm, Farmington Institute, Harris Manchester College

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Join us online from 16:45 TOMORROW (19 June) for the premiere of the 2025 Oxford Medieval Mystery Cycle Film! Watch it live and comment along at youtu.be/R-bYdS8pLUY?...

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Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

It's out! On Thursday, there was a book launch for this transformative study of how the Domesday Book was made. Astonishing that it has been possible to learn so much about something so apparently well-understood. @oxmedstud.bsky.social

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Join us online from 16:45 TOMORROW (19 June) for the premiere of the 2025 Oxford Medieval Mystery Cycle Film! Watch it live and comment along at youtu.be/R-bYdS8pLUY?...

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Just one week until we celebrate the launch of the 2025 Oxford Medieval Mystery Plays FILM!! Join us for drinks and nibbles and share your thoughts about the future of this grand Oxford tradition.

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

It's Week 7! Just two more weeks to go, which means two more weeks of fantastic medieval lectures, seminars, reading groups, and more, all viewable now in the latest Medieval Matters: medieval.ox.ac.uk/2025/06/09/m...

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

📯 Exciting news! To celebrate the end of the year and the success of this year's Medieval Mystery Plays, we have planned a very special FILM LAUNCH for the plays! 🗓️ Thursday 19 June, 4.30-6pm 📌 Farmington Institute, Harris Manchester College medieval.ox.ac.uk/2025/06/01/f...

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Film Launch Medieval Mystery Plays 2025 – Oxford Medieval Studies

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

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Film Launch Medieval Mystery Plays 2025 – Oxford Medieval Studies

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

It's Week 6! Just 3 more weeks until the end of the academic year but we're nowhere near done yet - find out what's in store this week in the latest Medieval Matters: medieval.ox.ac.uk/2025/06/02/medieval-matters-tt25-week-6

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

🗓️ Friday 30 May 🗓️ Join us at Lincoln College this Friday for 'Fragments of Lives', a day of discoveries about medieval lives in the muniments of @magdalenoxford.bsky.social , @lincoln.ox.ac.uk and beyond!

Poster for Fragments of Lives. Friday 30 May. Lincoln College, Oakeshott Room. No registration is required. For all enquiries, please email laure.miolo@history.ox.ac.uk

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Somehow, it's already Week 5 and we're half way through the term 🙀! See how our medieval community is marking this midpoint with this week's Medieval Matters: medieval.ox.ac.uk/2025/05/26/m...

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Medieval matters TT25, Week 5 – Oxford Medieval Studies

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

It's Week 4! Take your mind of exams and essays with one of our many fantastic medieval events, all in this week's Medieval Matters: medieval.ox.ac.uk/2025/05/19/m...

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Medieval Matters TT25, Week 4 – Oxford Medieval Studies

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

It's Week 3! Check out the latest events in the world of medieval studies in this week's Medieval Matters: medieval.ox.ac.uk/2025/05/12/m... And do consider applying for this social media role - deadline this Friday!

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Medieval Matters TT25, Week 3 – Oxford Medieval Studies

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

It's Week 2 of Trinity! From French palaeography to the science of the stars, check out what's going on in Oxford this week in the latest instalment of Medieval Matters: medieval.ox.ac.uk/2025/05/05/m...

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Medieval Matter TT25, Week 2 – Oxford Medieval Studies

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

@stedmundhall.bsky.social is opening up its Old Library for an exhibition of some medieval items - all welcome! 📆 Thursday 1 May (TOMORROW) ⌚️ 10am - 4pm

Exhibition in the Old Library.
The Old Library will be open today (29 April) and Thursday (1 May) from 10am-4pm. The exhibition is inspired by the theme of this year’s St Edmund Hall Community & Giving Week: #GiveItYourHALL and the 1317 Challenge.
In the exhibition case will be items marking significant moments in the history of the Hall since our first mention in the rent rolls of Osney Abbey in 1317, including evidence of a bitter academic dispute about the name and origins of the College, the original Library rules and a relic of our patron St Edmund.
Also on display will be record-breaking and significant works from the collection including the Library’s oldest book, the most recent addition to the Library and the best-selling work by an Aularian author.
All welcome! If you can’t come on either day please contact Library@seh.ox.ac.uk and arrange an appointment.

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Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Friday 2 May, 5pm, @regentsox.bsky.social and on zoom I'll be talking after the AGM of the Henry Bradshaw Society @oxmedstud.bsky.social. #medievalsky

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

📯OPPORTUNITY: Oxford Medieval Studies Social Media Officer📯 As I prepare to depart soon, we're looking for someone to take over the social media reins. If you're interested in this role, have a look at my retrospective at medieval.ox.ac.uk/2025/04/21/o... and do consider applying!

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Oxford Medieval Social Media: A Retrospective – Oxford Medieval Studies

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Somehow 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...

Front page of the University of Oxford's Trinity Term 2025 Medieval Booklet.

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Dr Barbara Eichner @barbaraeichner.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Having fun at the Medieval Mystery plays at Teddy Hall, especially Hans Sachs' "Adam & Eve". @hlaehnemann.bsky.social @oxmedstud.bsky.social

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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

An amazing day for the 2025 @oxmedstud.bsky.social Medieval Mystery Plays! Our very own @lincoln.ox.ac.uk students gave a fantastic performance in a Middle English comedy of the Crucifixion 🎭📯🎉

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Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

And here are the intrepid Crucifixioners at rehearsal today, with @hlaehnemann.bsky.social! @oxmedstud.bsky.social

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Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford @hmcoxford.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

👇🏼Honestly one of the most fun things that you can do in Oxford! Amazing, extraordinary, insightful - and just plain bonkers! Go. Have Fun. Free. Open to all.

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Just 3 days to go until the biggest medieval event of the year - the 2025 Oxford Medieval Plays! 📯📯📯 Join us from noon on Saturday 26 April @stedmundhall.bsky.social. Visit www.seh.ox.ac.uk/mystery-cycle to view more details on timings and to download the full programme.

Cover of the Oxford Medieval Mystery Plays programme, 26 April 2025 at St Edmund Hall Oxford

Order of Performance: The Fall of the Angels, Adam and Eve, The Flood, Abraham and Isaac, The Annunciation, The Nativity, The Wedding at Cana, The Crucifixion, The Lamentation, The Harrowing of Hell, The Resurrection, The Martyrdom of the Three Holy Virgins, The Last Judgement

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

We're 2 weeks away from the 2025 Oxford Medieval Mystery Plays but the fun has already begun! A performance of the 🔥Apocalypse🔥 is now available to stream for History Hit's new documentary The Medieval Apocalypse. Read more from Shaw Worth at medieval.ox.ac.uk/2025/04/10/a...

Still from a performance of the Apocalypse mystery play in a Romanesque crypt, featuring four costumed players representing Jesus, two angels, and a good soul

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Henrike Lähnemann @hlaehnemann.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

The latest addition to the @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social coffee morning playlist is the brilliant @ashleycastelino.bsky.social talking about dogs in medieval manuscripts! Check it out on the @oxmedstud.bsky.social youtube channel youtu.be/kiGFH9LTrGI

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Dogs in Medieval Manuscripts at the Weston Library Coffee Morning (Ashley Castelino)

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Henrike Lähnemann @hlaehnemann.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Just released: the HistoryHit Apocalypse episode with @goingmedieval.bsky.social, @liber-ray.bsky.social, @lauraashe.bsky.social & a motley crew from @oxmedstud.bsky.social performing an extract from the Towneley Last Judgement play @stedmundhall.bsky.social. Here the outtake: youtu.be/RTM3Cys9E0I

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Apocalypse at St Edmund Hall: The Towneley Last Judgement Play

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Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

The Enterlude of the Godly Queen Hester - a satire on the downfall of Cardinal Wolsey - will be performed for the first time since the C16th in Christchurch, Oxford, the college he founded, by @edwardsboys.bsky.social. Friday 28 March 18.30: www.chch.ox.ac.uk/events/play-... @oxmedstud.bsky.social

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Play: The Enterlude of the Godly Queen Hester

Unperformed since the 16th century, this play about Old Testament Queen Esther satirises the fall of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, right-hand man of Henry VIII.Written in 1529, the play is now performed by ...

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

The 2025 Oxford Medieval Mystery Plays are fast approaching! As a special preview, join @hlaehnemann.bsky.social and Beyond Shakespeare for a walking tour around the route of the event @stedmundhall.bsky.social... Listen now at audioboom.com/posts/866279...

Dramatic poster for the Oxford Medieval Mystery Plays 2025, Saturday 26 April at St Edmund Hall, featuring an actress in a golden robe standing in a well.

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Join Edward's Boys for a performance of the fascinating 'Enterlude of Godly Queene Hester', a political satire about the demise of Cardinal Wolsey, preceded by free talks on Esther and the purimshpil! 📆 28 March, 18:30-20:15 📌 Research Centre, Christ Church Meadow

Colour lithograph by Arthur A. Dixon titled "The Enemy is this Wicked Haman!" presented as a framed portrait.

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Henrike Lähnemann @hlaehnemann.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Listen to Rob, Liza, Antonia, and me discussing the upcoming Medieval Mystery Cycle @stedmundhall.bsky.social, staged by different groups from @oxmedstud.bsky.social on 26 April 2025 on @beyondshakes.bsky.social audioboom.com/channels/495...

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

It's Week 8! The end of Hilary is almost upon us but we have one final full week of OMS events for you to enjoy. See them all at medieval.ox.ac.uk/2025/03/10/m...

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Associate Professor in Byzantine History The Oxford Faculty of History and Corpus Christi College seek a highly motivated, inspirational person to join their thriving academic community and bring exciting perspectives to the teaching and study of Byzantine History at Oxford.

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Professor in Latin Palaeography The Faculty of History and @wadhamcollege.bsky.social are seeking an outstanding palaeographer to join the team of medieval historians. Applications are welcome from candidates at all post-doctoral career stages, including at professorial level.

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