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@swanrad.ch
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Historical linguist from Switzerland working in the field of Germanic languages, etymology, onomastics. I like libraries, tea, Linux, typography & type design, photography, cinnamon buns. swanrad.ch pics: www.flickr.com/photos/29409291@N05

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Cave elephantum !! 🐘 A cheeky tessellated elephant guarding the threshold / welcoming visitors on a modern recreation of a #Roman mosaic at Avalon Archaeology 📷 Aug 2026 Based on an adorable betrunked quadruped found on a #Roman floor at Whatley #Somerset 😍 Happy #MosaicMonday
Mosaic depicting an elephant snuffling at a palm tree with its trunk
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Institut für Germanistik | Bern @germanistikunibe.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
📚 „Familiennamenatlas der Deutschschweiz. Mit Ausblicken auf die romanischen Sprachgebiete" Das SNF-Projekt wurde erfolgreich abgeschlossen: Die drei Atlas-Bände sind ab sofort beim Narr Verlag erhältlich. Ab sofort erhältlich, auch als Open Access. 🔗 www.narr.de/familienname...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Kremlev, the Russian who sponsored Don Jr's wedding, is a former member of the Night Wolves biker gang, went to China with Putin and is personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his role in abducting children. He praises Stalin on social media www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Dr Frances Kane @drfranceskane.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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Inaugural Lecture & Launch: The Society for Name Studies in Ireland
'Assessing 18th-century toponymic knowledge: Tadhg Ó Neachtain’s Irish gazetteer (1728)' with Aindí Mac Giolla Chomhaill
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lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 24/08/2026
Out now: «The Speakers of Indo-European and Their World» 2026 reichert-verlag.de/de/978375200...
A book cover. It's turquoise with white writing.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 20/08/2026
⚡️At least 12 dead after hours-long Russian ballistic missile, drone attack on Kyiv, children's hospital damaged. The attack is still ongoing and an air raid alert is still in place in the capital.
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At least 12 dead after hours-long Russian ballistic missile, drone attack on Kyiv, children's hospital damaged
The attack is still ongoing and an air raid alert is still in place in the capital.
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lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 14/08/2026
Evening mood on Lake Brienz. Brienz, Canton of Bern, Switzerland. 13. August 2026. #photosky #landscapephotography #fotografie #landschaftsfotografie #brienz #kantonbern #schweiz #switzerland #unterwegs #naturephotography #landscape
A mostly dark image of Lake Brienz with some mountains, it's in the evening, the sun is already gone, there's a slight afertglow and some pinkish clouds.
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Constanze Ackermann-Boström @conab.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Umeå University is recruiting ten fellows as full-time assistant professors through the Umeå University Northern Star Fellows Programme. ⤵️ #academicjob #sweden www.umu.se/en/northern-...
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Northern Star Fellows
Reach research excellence with Umeå University as a young researcher.
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lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 09/08/2026
From a recent hiking tour: Schweizertor and Drusenfluh seen from the direction of the Alp Larein. Canton of Grison, Switzerland. #photography #landscapephotography #switzerland #schweiz #grison #graubünden #fotografie #landschaftsfotografie #hiking #unterwegs
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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
#OTD 213 years ago, Ivar Aasen (1813–1896) was born 🤩 A Norwegian dialectologist, lexicologist, translator, poet, and playwright, he is best known today for creating Nynorsk, one of the two official written standards of Norwegian, the other being Bokmål. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
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De Gruyter Brill Language, Literature & Culture @dgb-langlitcult.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Die neue Auflage des KLUGE ist da! Das Standardwerk zur Etymologie des Deutschen erklärt die Entstehung von rund 13.000 Wörtern: umfassend überarbeitet, mit aktualisiertem Stichwortbestand und auf dem neuesten Stand der (indo-)germanistischen Forschung. 🔗📖 www.degruyterbrill.com/de/document/...
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Caitlin Ellis @medivalist.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Still 3 weeks left to apply for a PhD position in runic & Latin epigraphy and for two postdocs, one in Latin and one in Old Norse on Alessandro Palumbo’s ERC project in Oslo www.hf.uio.no/iln/english/...
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Vacancies - Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies
Read this story on the University of Oslo's website.
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lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 30/07/2026
From a hiking tour in the area of the Simplon Pass, Canton of Valais, Switzerland. #photosky #landscape #landscapephotography #photography #switzerland #hiking #schweiz #valais #wallis #photografie
A range of mountains, rocky, above the tree line, one mountain in the middle of the image is shady and therefore dark, whereas the ones in the back are brighter.
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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Study uncovers lost ‘golden age’ of languages news.yale.edu/2026/07/23/s... New study by @damianblasi.bsky.social, Claire Bowen @yale.edu. et al @science.org The rise and fall of language diversity through the Holocene www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Study uncovers lost ‘golden age’ of languages
A new study coauthored by Yale linguist Claire Bowern suggests that tens of thousands of languages were spoken between 1,000 and 3,000 years ago.
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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Indogermanische Forschungen Vol. 131, No. 1 (2026) www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/... @dgb-langlitcult.bsky.social @alwinkloekhorst.bsky.social
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lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 22/07/2026
Doc/Postdoc jobs at the ERC project Epigraphic Centres of Medieval Scandinavia, Oslo: www.hf.uio.no/iln/english/...
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Vacancies - Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies
Read this story on the University of Oslo's website.
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Mundartforum @mundartforum.ch · 22/07/2026
Veranstaltungshinweis: 2. Mundartschtobe. Lesungen, Gespräche, Witze, Musik – alles in der ganz speziellen Stuhlfabrik-Atmosphäre. 20. September 2026, Herisau. Weitere Infos: mundartforum.ch/agenda/ #mundart #schweizerdeutsch #kultur #schweiz
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Agenda – mundartforum.ch
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Mundartforum @mundartforum.ch · 22/07/2026
Veranstaltungshinweis: Minger u Meh. Bruno Adrian Lüscher liest aus seinem Buch „minger u meh“. Datum: 28. August 2026. PERRON-3, Bahnhofplatz 2, 3067 Boll. Weitere Infos: mundartforum.ch/agenda/ #mundart #schweizerdeutsch #kultur #schweiz
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Agenda – mundartforum.ch
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Peter Ricketts @lordrickettsp.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
The Tapestry is a gift which will go on giving! These 11c images have effortlessly taken to social media.
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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I want VAR to review my faculty evaluation from 2014
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lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 05/07/2026
Stockhorn. Sunny on top. From a hiking tour in the area of Erlenbach im Simmental, Canton of Bern, Switzerland. #photosky #landscape #landscapephotography #photography #switzerland #hiking #schweiz #bern #erlenbachimsimmental
A landscape with a rocky mountain, green meadows, huts and in the foreground an alpine lake. Summer weather, blue sky, the top of the mountain is sunny.
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Professor Caroline Edwards @theblochian.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Another JOURNAL FLIP TO DIAMOND #OPENACCESS at the @openlibhums.org!!!! Medieval Sermon Studies is leaving Taylor & Francis to begin publishing with OLH in January 2027. Thank you to all of our OLH library supporters for making this possible.
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Hanna Liubakova @hannaliubakova.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
#Russia's latest assault on Kyiv - nearly 500 drones, 74 missiles, at least 17 people killed and around 90 injured - is another reminder that Putin interprets hesitation as permission. #Ukraine needs more air defense, tougher sanctions and sustained military support. Now.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 02/07/2026
⚡️Update: 13 killed, more than 80 injured in massive Russian missile, drone attack on Kyiv. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko put the number of injured at 86, 70 of whom had been hospitalized.
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'A terrible night' — 13 killed, more than 80 injured in massive Russian missile, drone attack on Kyiv
Ukraine's Air Force said Russia launched 74 missiles and 496 long-range drones during the attack, most of which targeted Kyiv.
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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
#TombTuesday #Visigoth sarcophagus discovered at Los VIllaricos #Roman complex in #Spain   , 2021. The six-and-a-half-foot-long sarcophagus is intricately carved with a curving spiral motif. Ivy leaves decorate the lid.  📸 THE UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA 👀 #Archaeology #History
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Henry Sweet Society @henrysweetsoc.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
A preliminary programme for the 2026 Henry Sweet Society Colloquium is now available! Lots of exciting papers coming your way - have a look👀 hss2026.sciencesconf.org/resource/pag...
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The Annual Henry Sweet Society Colloquium - Sciencesconf.org
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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
#OpenAccess Fridell, S. (2026). Bidrag till Sparlösainskriftens tolkning. [Eng sum: Contributions to the interpretation of the Sparlösa inscription] doi.org/10.66449/for... Parallels are drawn to the Rök stone and its vision of Ragnarök. #Runes #VikingAge #Archaeology
First of the four sides of runic inscriptions on the Sparlösa stone. At the base is a pitcture of a man holding up the text. Photo: Bengt A. LundbergThird side of the Sparlösa stone. Snakes are twining around firgures that have been interpreted as an owl and a crane. Photo: Bengt A. Lundberg
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Anette Sand-Eriksen @sanderiksen.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The Museum of Cultural History @uio.no is hiring a PhD candidate in Nordic #Archaeology, linked to the museum’s research on the #VikingAge. As icing on the cake, you’ll be working in the environment of the new Museum of the Viking Age, part of MCH, opening in 2027! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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PhD research fellow in Nordic Archaeology (301195) | University of Oslo
Job title: PhD research fellow in Nordic Archaeology (301195), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, July 31, 2026
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lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 16/06/2026
Jobs: 1 Doc and 1 Postdoc in linguistics at the German department of the University of Bern: www.germanistik.unibe.ch/ueber_uns/ak...
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The planned closure of the Archaeology institute at Humboldt-Universität Berlin is still on the table. So if you haven't signed the petition yet, please do (and share). Archaeology has been a part of Humboldt-Universität's academic tradition for almost 200 years weact.campact.de/petitions/sc...
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Schließung des Instituts für Archäologie an der HU-Berlin
Die Archäologie gehört seit fast 200 Jahren zur wissenschaftlichen Tradition der Humboldt-Universität. Ihre Schließung bedeutet den Abbruch einer gewachsenen Forschungstradition und eine dauerhafte Sc...
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Centre for the Study of the Viking Age @uoncsva.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The Fryske Akademy (Leeuwarden, NL) and the Dept. of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic (Cambridge, UK) are offering a one-year paid fellowship for a researcher to explore the relations between Frisia and Great Britain, Ireland and/or Scandinavia in the early Middle Ages (c. 400–1100). Appy by June 28th.
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Collaboration with University of Cambridge results in postdoctoral fellowship vacancy
Have you already completed your PhD and would you be interested in spending nine months conducting research in Leeuwarden and three months in Cambridge? And getting paid for it, too? The Fryske Akadem...
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Krister Vasshus @kristervasshus.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Interested in runes, Old Norse or medieval Latin? The ERC project Epigraphic Centres of Medieval Scandinavia (EpiCentres) is hiring! We are looking for two postdocs and one PhD fellow for 3 years For more info, including how to apply, scroll this thread.
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lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 02/06/2026
Job: Doctoral Research Fellowship at the ERC project Epigraphic Centres of Medieval Scandinavia www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Doctoral Research Fellowship at the ERC project Epigraphic Centres of Medieval Scandinavia (301726) | University of Oslo
Job title: Doctoral Research Fellowship at the ERC project Epigraphic Centres of Medieval Scandinavia (301726), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, August 23, 2026
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lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 02/06/2026
Job: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Old Norse www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Old Norse (301751) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Old Norse (301751), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, August 23, 2026
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lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 02/06/2026
Job: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Medieval Latin www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Medieval Latin (301750) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Medieval Latin (301750), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, August 23, 2026
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 29/05/2026
It’s truly astonishing to see how comprehensively the US government is tearing down every part of the system that has made it up until now a world-leading power in science, research, and technological development. The entire world will suffer from this wanton destruction.
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Schweizerisches Idiotikon @ch-idiotikon.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Das Phonogrammarchiv der Universität Zürich sucht einen neuen Leiter, eine neue Leiterin: jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell....
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UZH: Archivleiter(in) des Phonogrammarchivs der Universität Zürich
Das Phonogrammarchiv der Universität Zürich ist das älteste Tonarchiv der Schweiz. Es bewahrt und dokumentiert eine einzigartige Sammlung historischer Tonaufnahmen aus den Mundarten aller Schweizer La...
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Eddie Yang @eddieyang.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
New paper in Nature. The more a government controls its domestic media, the more it dominates AI training data, the more pro-regime outputs we get from AI. By scraping the open web, LLMs are unwittingly laundering state-coordinated narratives into seemingly objective answers.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 24/05/2026
⚡️ Update: Massive Russian combined missile, drone attack kills 2, injures over 80. The number of casualties from Russia’s overnight missile and drone attack on Kyiv and the surrounding region has risen to two dead and over 80 injured, officials reported.
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'Damage in every district of Kyiv' — Massive Russian ballistic missile, drone attack kills 2, injures over 80
Russian forces launched a large-scale missile attack on Kyiv overnight on May 24, officials reported.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 24/05/2026
⚡️ Russia launched Oreshnik missile at Kyiv Oblast in overnight attack, Zelensky confirms. "They're really insane. It's important that this doesn't go unpunished for Russia," Zelensky said.
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Russia launched Oreshnik missile at Kyiv Oblast in overnight attack, Zelensky confirms
"They're really insane. It's important that this doesn't go unpunished for Russia," Zelensky said.
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Stephen Hopkins @phil-lol-ogist.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/postdoc... Two postdocs at the dictionary of Old English!
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Dan Diffendale @diffendale.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Archaeologists carrying out excavations ahead of the construction of a new road at Ponso, near Este in the Veneto region of Italy, have uncovered an ancient Venetic and Roman temple site, including numerous inscriptions in the Venetic language (all photos: SABAP Padova Treviso Belluno)🏺
Photo of an archaeological excavation, with the focus at center on a cut-stone block, one side of which is entirely covered with five lines of text inscribed in the ancient Venetic alphabet. A few letters spill onto another side of the block. In the background can be seen small stone pillars with architectural moldings.
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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRO233/d... one year post in Old Norse #medievalsky
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Departmental Lecturer in Old Norse at University of Oxford
Apply now for the Departmental Lecturer in Old Norse role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
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lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 14/05/2026
From my recent hiking tour. On top of the Niederhorn, Canton of Bern, Switzerland. #photosky #photography #switzerland #schweiz #naturephotography #naturfotografie #fotografie #bern #niederhorn #thunersee
An ibex, fairly young one with small horns. It is walking on a green grass with a few colorful flowers and in front of a blue sky and a large white cloud.
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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Over 1,400 Russian drones hit Ukraine in 24 hours. 731 weapons in the overnight window alone. A 9-story Kyiv apartment block lost a section. 2 dead, 32 wounded, water cut on the city's left bank. 🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2026/05/14/r...
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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
#OTD 144 years ago, Elise Wipf (1882–1929) was born 🥳 She was a dialectologist and lexicographer who, in 1908, became the first woman to join the editorial board of the Swiss German Dictionary project (@ch-idiotikon.bsky.social). #WomenInLinguistics #Histlx #LinguisticBirthdays
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lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 09/05/2026
A wild ibex. Seen on the Niederhorn, Canton of Bern, Switzerland. #photosky #photography #switzerland #schweiz #naturephotography #naturfotografie #fotografie.
A rocky mountain cliff with an ibex on top, looking towards the gorge. In the background we see a faint village, located much lower, in front of mountains with a bit of snow.
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Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
"Scholars from Trinity College Dublin (TCD) uncovered the manuscript that contains Caedmon’s Hymn at the National Central Library of Rome." #MedievalSky #speirgorm #Spéirghorm www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...
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Lost copy of seventh-century poem in Old English discovered at Rome library
Dublin scholars find 1,200-year-old manuscript of Caedmon’s Hymn composed by Northumbrian cattle herder
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Alwin Kloekhorst @alwinkloekhorst.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
If you haven’t applied yet for the Leiden Summer School in Languages and Linguistics, then please do so soon: the deadline is 11 May. Hope to see you in Leiden this summer! www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/education...
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Summer School in Languages and Linguistics - Leiden University
The Leiden Summer School in Languages and Linguistics 2026 offers a varied program of introductory as well as more advanced courses in Anatolian, Classics, Descriptive Linguistics, Language Documentat...
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lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · 25/04/2026
From a visit to the botanical garden. Bern, Switzerland. #photosky #naturephotography #photography #fotografie
small white flowersleaves of a green plant on a ponda red flower blooming.A plant with star-shaped flowers in a lilac color
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