Reposted by Sihong LinDr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 09/10/2026A personal anecdote about Chris Wickham, whose passing - like everyone in our field - comes as shocking news. Other people will be able to replicate this with myriads of their own examples. In the spring of 2016, I was spending three months in the Belgian Academy of Rome on a modest stipend. 312233 0
Reposted by Sihong LinCharles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 10/10/2026The passing of Chris Wickham is hard to take in. Few have made a bigger contribution to their field, with such personal warmth. He's going to be missed by a lot of people. 513121 0
Reposted by Sihong LinRory Naismith @rorynaismith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Very pleased to have worked on this fascinating group of finds with the wonderful @francescatinti.bsky.social , and thanks to the comms team @cam.ac.uk for putting together the release. www.cam.ac.uk/stories/angl...cam.ac.ukAnglo-Saxon expats got special treatment in Rome’s 'Little England'The first material evidence of the Schola Saxonum suggests the Anglo-Saxons in Rome were a thriving and valued expat community. 29935 0
Reposted by Sihong LinAshley Brown @ashleyb2711.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Excited to give my paper next week as part of the medieval seminar series at @glasgow.ac.uk! 5pm on the 7th in 1 university gardens or on Teams! Shoot me a message or comment for the link 🥰 032 0
Reposted by Sihong LinRobert Wiśniewski @relicsclerics.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Warsaw Late Antique Seminar: Winter Semester 2026/7: lateantiqueseminar.historia.uw.edu.pl 02110 0
Reposted by Sihong LinCatherine Keane @ckeane.bsky.social · 01/10/2026A completely full hall at the first Art History guest seminar of the semester: ‘Women’s Fashion in Medieval Cairo’ Doris Behrens-Abouseif, SOAS University of London, 💪 @glasgow.ac.uk @uofgartshums.bsky.social 042 0
Reposted by Sihong LinFrancesca Tinti @francescatinti.bsky.social · 17/09/2026At long last, my article on Languages, Identities and Communication in the Age of Bede has come out in the EHR. And it is open access! academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...academic.oup.comLanguages, Identities and Communication in the Age of Bede*Abstract. This article seeks to address the underexplored role of language as a marker of identity in the early medieval period by focusing on England in t 26727 0
Reposted by Sihong LinMateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 16/09/2026How do we think about the "Fall" of Rome today? What can we do to frame it in a more productive way? Our new open access article tries to tackle these questions and offer a new view of the scholarly narrative of the end of Rome. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgTowards and beyond the ‘Fall’: rethinking Rome’s end | The Journal of Roman Studies | Cambridge CoreTowards and beyond the ‘Fall’: rethinking Rome’s end 415561 0
Reposted by Sihong LinZuzana Hofmanova @zhofmanova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Very happy to announce that I’ve been awarded an @erc.europa.eu Starting Grant for #SLAVA: Biomolecular Investigation of Long-Distance Slave Trade in the Early Middle Ages! 🙌 More about the project ↓ 1344 0
Reposted by Sihong LinDr. Erika Graham-Goering @jeanneologist.bsky.social · 03/09/2026With good academic news from my friends so rare these days, I want to shout about Claire Burridge's exciting new ERC project even though she's not on here! How cool is this?! Congrats Claire!hf.uio.noResearching food and pharmacy in medieval Northern Europe - Faculty of HumanitiesHow did people in the Middle Ages think about the relationship between food and health? With funding from the EU, Claire Burridge will shed new light on this question. 44817 0
Reposted by Sihong LinEddie Meehan @eddiemeehan99.eurosky.social · 11/08/2026Postdoc job alert! Early medieval charters, monastic economics and XML-TEI, starting January 2027. Come join a lovely department @livunihss.bsky.social, brilliant project team with @unituebingen.bsky.social and awesome city! #medievalsky #digitalhumanities www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSO571/p...jobs.ac.ukPostdoctoral Research Associate at University of LiverpoolAn opportunity for an academic position as a Postdoctoral Research Associate is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings. 03963 0
Reposted by Sihong LinFergus @fergushs.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Coming out of the woodwork to announce a Pictish CfP for Leeds IMC this year! Any shares would be much appreciated :) Any Qs just drop me a message here or @ fergus.holmes-stanley@glasgow.ac.uk 03318 0
Reposted by Sihong LinSamuel Rowe @samdrowe.bsky.social · 13/07/2026I 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... 02314 0
Reposted by Sihong LinLeonie V. Hicks @lvhicks.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Normans at #IMC2027! Call for papers sponsored by the Battle Conference. Full details in the alt text and pasted in successive posts. Deadline for abstracts 15 Sept. #medievalsky #archaeology #skystorians @imc-leeds.bsky.social 12930 0
Reposted by Sihong LinCharles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 17/07/2026A CfP for #IMC2027. 04527 0
Reposted by Sihong LinDr Stuart McKie @bigfridge224.bsky.social · 15/07/2026These numbers are grim, but really just confirm what precarious academics have known all along. A 30% drop in Classics ECR numbers since 2012/13. At the same time, a 29% increase in professorships. Our discipline is eating its young. 47216 0
Reposted by Sihong LinRoyal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 15/07/2026The Society will write up a summary for History for next week. Key points at this stage include: > 11% decline (-440 FPE) across all History staff between 2018/19 and 2024/25, compared with a 7% decline across all humanities > loss of 140 FPE History roles 2022/23 to 2024/25 #Skystorians 1/3 24445 0
Reposted by Sihong LinRobert Gallagher @hwaetspur.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Not one question on the HE financial crisis in this 40-min interview with Bridget Phillipson, UK Secretary of State for Education. @lewisgoodall.com could you please press ministers on this? We’re losing social mobility, learning opportunities, economic prosperity, research, arts at an alarming rate 23417 0
Reposted by Sihong LinRicky Broome @karanthir.bsky.social · 10/07/2026The whole thread is a great tribute to Walter Goffart, but this bit feels especially important (with things that would maybe benefit not only junior scholars). 0106 0
Reposted by Sihong Linaelura @aelura.bsky.social · 09/07/2026New tech support team at @imc-leeds.bsky.social seems a little sus. Eager though! 😆 34514 0
Sihong Lin @sihonglin.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Glasgow is hiring a lecturer in medieval history (c.800-1500) on an open-ended basis. We are a lovely bunch in the medieval area, would be great to have a new colleague! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSF052/l...jobs.ac.ukLecturer in Medieval History (Research & Teaching Track) at University of GlasgowLooking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Lecturer in Medieval History (Research & Teaching Track) on jobs.ac.uk! 0153143 0
Reposted by Sihong LinMateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Have you organized a smashing session at #IMC2026 that fits somewhere in the first millennium and you are thinking about publishing it? Essays in Long Late Antiquity accept proposals for special issues and special sections, just get in touch! liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/ella/cur...liverpooluniversitypress.co.ukContents | Essays in Long Late Antiquity 1, 1This editorial introduction explains the rationale for this journal and its place in the current research landscape of late antique studies. While this field has “exploded”, different specialisms and disciplines continue to approach the period through ... 14026 0
Reposted by Sihong LinCharles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 06/07/2026With impeccable timing, on the first day of #IMC2026, the latest issue of Early Medieval Europe is out! Featuring articles by, amongst others, @katefalardeau.bsky.social and @medievaljon.bsky.social. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14680254...onlinelibrary.wiley.comEarly Medieval Europe: Vol 34, No 3Early Medieval Europe is an interdisciplinary medieval studies journal covering European history from the fall of the Roman Empire up until the 11th century. 15019 0
Reposted by Sihong LinLiesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 30/06/2026This petition needs as many signatories as the Exeter one. Please sign and share — don’t let Hertfordshire managers get away with this just because a Russell Group one took the spotlight. #UKHE 4105124 0
Sihong Lin @sihonglin.bsky.social · 04/07/2026If you want to be even more revisionist, there was also a M6 graduate conference in Liverpool in June 2018. Maybe it's the eighth anniversary now :P 010 0
Sihong Lin @sihonglin.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Really glad to see this is still going strong from its humble beginnings as a PGR reading group. I have a file dating back to the before times of May 2016 (and it may have started earlier too...), so it's been an impressive run! 110 0
Reposted by Sihong LinLiverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Essays in Long Late Antiquity | Volume 1, Issue 1 We are pleased to share that the first issue of ELLA, the innovative new journal in first millennium studies, is here! ➡️Read it #OpenAccess: bit.ly/ELLA-1-1 @calthalas.bsky.social @sihonglin.bsky.social @barber-samj.bsky.social @emuehlbe.bsky.social 055 0
Reposted by Sihong LinPlashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 30/06/2026I’m very pleased that the trade press is giving space to the Exeter horror. Next challenge is for them to look a little further down the league tables - Northumbria perhaps, or my own place. We have feelings too. 616655 0
Reposted by Sihong LinRoyal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 30/06/2026And behind the accessible *quality* content now available you'll repeatedly find higher education: students who benefit and go on to create content, and academic researchers whose expertise and training make possible such content. It's rightly a dialogue, though one increasingly at risk #Skystorians 06415 0
Reposted by Sihong LinMichael Eber @ebermichael.bsky.social · 26/06/2026The first issue of Essays in Long Late Antiquity is out, including a critical English translation of the Latin vita of the trans monk Marinus by yours truly 🎉 doi.org/10.3828/ella...doi.orgFrom Father to Virgin: The Oldest Latin Life of St Marinus (Marina) the Monk: Essays in Long Late Antiquity: Vol 1, No 1This article examines the earliest vitae of St Marinos (Mary/Marina) the Monk, a late antique saint who was said to have been assigned female at birth but to have lived as a monk in a male monastery. It offers brief comparative analyses of the oldest ... 1186 0
Sihong Lin @sihonglin.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Big, big thank you to the indomitable @calthalas.bsky.social and Jakob Riemenschneider for all their hard work behind the scenes. We are also very grateful to the Fiona Macfarlane Bequest and @glasgow.ac.uk for supporting new research/ECRs in medieval history. More exciting things to come! 030 0
Sihong Lin @sihonglin.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Wondering how long/late/early is late antiquity? Looking for a journal with a convenient acronym? University VPN playing up? Well, have we got a new open-access journal for you! 1214 0
Reposted by Sihong LinNeville Morley @nevillemorley.eurosky.social · 24/06/2026Why are you concerned? Do you not trust your senior management team? Do you not love us? thesphinxblog.com/2026/06/24/t...thesphinxblog.comThis Will Hurt You More Than It Hurts Me[The Neville Morley of Earth 2 developed a brief stint as Faculty Education Director into a full-blown managerial career, rapidly progressing via Head of School and Dean to Pro-Vice Chancellor for … 44422 0
Reposted by Sihong LinRutger K. 🟥 @anotheraspirin.bsky.social · 05/06/2026With one month to go until #IMC2026, here's a re-upload of my little non-exhaustive thread of tips and tricks for first-timers (including a link to a great blogpost by @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social at the end!) #MedievalSky 22212 0
Reposted by Sihong LinRutger K. 🟥 @anotheraspirin.bsky.social · 05/06/2026One additional tip: No matter if you're presenting a BA thesis or the latest chapter in your magnum opus, there is a 99% chance that you are the undisputed leading global expert in that particular topic at that particular time in that particular room. Do not let The Olds intimidate you. 1283 0
Reposted by Sihong LinSam Rutherford (he/him) @echomikeromeo.bsky.social · 22/05/2026- insisting on the centrality of LGBTQ+ histories to Britain's national history - creating classroom spaces that centre the needs & perspectives of queer & trans students - supervising student research in local and national LGBTQ+ histories - supporting community work in LGBTQ+ history 0193 0
Sihong Lin @sihonglin.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Would not recommend the sleepless emperor as a model for doing admin though, not fun. 050 0
Sihong Lin @sihonglin.bsky.social · 22/05/2026It's been a long year, but beyond chuffed to get this box of goodies from my GTAs. A small win among *waves at everything* 2151 0
Reposted by Sihong LinAdrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · 18/03/2026I’m pleased to say that we’re advertising for a permanent lectureship in early modern English Literature (grade 7). I’m happy to answer any questions via email. Please circulate. www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...jobs.gla.ac.ukLecturer in Early Modern English Literature (R&T)College of Arts & HumanitiesSchool of Critical Studies Lecturer in Early Modern English Literature (R&T)Vacancy Ref: 195373Salary, Grade 7, £41,064 - £46,049 per annum The School of Critica... 15264 0
Sihong Lin @sihonglin.bsky.social · 26/02/2026About time we take the Northumbrian metropolitan elite down a peg. 2182 0
Reposted by Sihong LinSam Barber @barber-samj.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Coming soon! We are excited to share our first issue in just a few months. We are also accepting submissions for issue 2 onwards! Feel free to send any questions or ideas to @calthalas.bsky.social @sihonglin.bsky.social or me on here, or with the editors via email tinyurl.com/tph5wvmdliverpooluniversitypress.co.ukEssays in Long Late Antiquity HomeThe first issue will appear in Spring 2026. 02511 0
Reposted by Sihong LinProf Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 15/12/2025My tasty take (pun intended) on the Bayeux Tapestry—a subject on which I had vowed never to publish. Available Open Access with @ihr.bsky.social. See what you make of it, and bon appetit! academic.oup.com/histres/adva...academic.oup.comChewing over the Norman Conquest: the Bayeux Tapestry as monastic mealtime reading*Abstract. This article offers a new contextualization of the Bayeux Tapestry by exploring its use as mealtime reading in a monastic refectory. This concept 26326 0
Reposted by Sihong LinJulia Hillner @writinghelena.bsky.social · 15/12/2025some news 👇 we're going to find out how to overcome the numerous practical and ethical problems we face when researching the nameless. 2407 0
Sihong Lin @sihonglin.bsky.social · 15/12/2025The first issue is shaping up nicely already, look out for more news in 2026 and an appearance from the team at the Leeds International Medieval Congress! 094 0
Reposted by Sihong LinNiamh Wycherley @niamhwycherley.bsky.social · 28/11/2025The brilliant Prof. Alex Woolf @standrewshist.bsky.social is back on the podcast to tell us what the Scandinavian diaspora got up to in the Middle Ages & why 'The Vikings' is a problematic concept. @maynoothuniversity.ie @researchireland.ie @tiagoovsilva.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/3ljZ...open.spotify.comSpotify – Web Player 12411 0
Reposted by Sihong LinAnd-Boo 👻 Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 25/11/2025This is a late ancient (5-7th c.?) Greek account of the life of a rich woman who was raised Jewish, converted to Christianity when her parents died, lived for 20 years as a male monk named John, was discovered & made head of a woman's monastery, & was later martyred 612361 0
Sihong Lin @sihonglin.bsky.social · 28/11/2025IMC acceptance day seems to come earlier every year.... but excited to have this session on 'Britain and Byzantium at the End of Antiquity' finalised. Co-organised with the wonderful Janel Fontaine and featuring @helengittos.bsky.social, you'll want to stick around on Thursday for this! #IMC2026 1273 0
Reposted by Sihong LinSam Ottewill-Soulsby @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Academia and particularly the humanities is facing a global crisis. We need to be supporting each other. What we do not need to be doing is tarring kind, brilliant people with political views and personality traits they don’t have just because you disagree with the results of their research. 48914 0
Reposted by Sihong LinJames Harland @jmharland.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Apropos nothing in particular, one can disagree with a good junior scholar's arguments about a set of events in the past without maligning them as advancing a harmful political agenda whose emergence post-dates work they did on those events and with which that scholar is openly, clearly, not aligned 4487 0
Reposted by Sihong LinJames T Palmer @jtpmedieval.bsky.social · 12/12/2024What to expect from Merovingian Worlds in c. 500 words. #medievalskymerovingianworld.comMEROVINGIAN WORLDS IS OUTWant a fresh history of the Merovingians? Maybe the newly published Merovingian Worlds (Cambridge University Press, 2024) is for you! James’s new book Ok, so it begs the questions of whether … 56618 0