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Dr Sarah Corrigan

@corrigans.bsky.social

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She/Her. Latin Language & Literature @ UniMelb. Into Ancient & Medieval, Philology, Manuscripts, Compilation, Reception/Transmission, other cool stuff. Teach Latin and Underworld & Afterlife inter alia. Work and live on Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung land.

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Dr Sarah Corrigan @corrigans.bsky.social · 1d

Only THREE places remaining!

ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 25d

As part of the 2025 ANZAMEMS conference, a one-day intensive palaeography workshop will be hosted at University of Melbourne on Tuesday 2 December for HDRs and ECRs. See the below flyer:

Flyer for the Intensive Palaeography Workshop to be hosted at University of Melbourne on 2nd December 2025. More details at https://conference.anzamems.org/anzamems-seminar/

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Dr Sarah Corrigan @corrigans.bsky.social · 9m

Really looking forward to this!

Nine Objects: An Encounter with the Collections of the University of Melbourne | Potter Museum of Art

potter-museum.unimelb.edu.au

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Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social · 9h

What is Hwæt? The Debate Behind Beowulf’s Opening Line www.medievalists.net/2025/07/hwae... #Beowulf

What is Hwæt? The Debate Behind Beowulf’s Opening Line - Medievalists.net

Discover the meaning of hwæt, the iconic first word of Beowulf, and explore the medieval and modern debates over how it should be translated.

www.medievalists.net

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Dr Sarah Corrigan @corrigans.bsky.social · 19h

What’s better than palaeography? Palaeography for kids!
#BeingHuman @unimelb.bsky.social

Writing like the ancients

Learn to write the way that people did in Ancient Greece and Rome! In this hands-on workshop for kids aged 8-12, discover how writing worked in Anc...

events.unimelb.edu.au

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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 20h

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University of Galway Library @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social · 20h

In the Treasures of the O'Gorman Special Collection blog series, we highlight volumes by the acclaimed poet and author Seamus Heaney including first editions, signed volumes and more. To read more, please visit: hardimanlibrary.blogspot.com/2025/10/treasures-of-ogorman-special-collection.html

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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 22h

*weeps in accidental medievalist*

Dr McInnes’s Monster @drbeard79.bsky.social · 23h

Sometimes literary criticism is more fun to read than the literature it’s criticising.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Dr Sarah Corrigan @corrigans.bsky.social · 1d

Us too! 🪶

Dr Sarah Corrigan @corrigans.bsky.social · 1d

Only THREE places remaining!

ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 25d

As part of the 2025 ANZAMEMS conference, a one-day intensive palaeography workshop will be hosted at University of Melbourne on Tuesday 2 December for HDRs and ECRs. See the below flyer:

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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 1d

Ancient writers, especially physicians, had plenty to say about caring for genitals – but please don't try it at home.

👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/genital...

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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 16d

Families Join us for an Open Day: Words on the Wave – Ireland & St. Gallen exhibition
🗓️ Sat 4 Oct | 11.00–16.00
📍 NMI, Kildare St
Talks: Maeve Sikora (11:30), Dr Ó Riain (12:30), Prof Ó Cróinín (14:30)
Take part in free Workshops & handle replica artefacts
🎟️ Free admission
museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

An Incipit (opening letter) with two birds from the St. Gallen manuscript Priscian Institutiones Grammaticae, Cod. Sang 904, p. 25. © Stiftsbibliothek St Gallen.

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Dr McInnes’s Monster @drbeard79.bsky.social · 21d

Reinventing conferences:

Organisers agree to produce a programme to show to your home institution for money but when you get there it’s all just coffee breaks, lunches, and wine receptions and there’s a room where you can do your paper if you really want to.

Kristina Šekrst @epiphenomenal.bsky.social · 21d

Reinventing conferences:

All talks begin with mandatory words: "This is part of a larger project I'll never finish."

Instead of coffee breaks, you get randomly assigned to a group where someone inevitably argues that Aristotle already solved your problem.

#academia #philsky #philosophy #philmind

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De Gruyter Brill Medieval & Early Modern Studies @dgb-mem.bsky.social · 21d

We 💛 it here & want to thank so many of you for following us!

To celebrate, we’re raffling of this wonderful book:
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Like + repost to enter!

Image of the book “Medieval Art, Modern Politics,” edited by Brigitte Buettner and William J. Diebold, published by De Gruyter in the series “Sense, Matter, and Medium.” The dark green cover features sculpted stone heads from the Gallery of Kings of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, now preserved at the Musée de Cluny (image: Wikimedia Commons/Connie Ma, CC BY-SA 2.0 Generic). The book is placed in front of a background with a dark blue to light green gradient. A dark blue circular label in the top right corner reads “Book Raffle”.

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Dr Sarah Corrigan @corrigans.bsky.social · 22d

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NTEU @nteunion.bsky.social · 25d

There is still much to be done to fix university governance but nonetheless a huge win for the thousands of NTEU members who have campaigned tirelessly to build better unis.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

'Rotten' Australian university culture lashed in long-running senate inquiry

Australia's universities are blighted by a "culture of consequence-free, rotten failure", a senate inquiry has found.

www.abc.net.au

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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 26d

Call for Proposals: ANZAMEMS Seminars 2026 #medieval #earlymodern www.anzamems.org/?p=...

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Dr Sarah Corrigan @corrigans.bsky.social · Sep 14

We're hoping in the next week!

Dr Sarah Corrigan @corrigans.bsky.social · Sep 14

A reminder that EARLY BIRD registration closes Friday 10 October!

#anza25

Dr Sarah Corrigan @corrigans.bsky.social · Sep 5

Come and join us for a few days jam-packed with medieval and early modern keynotes, papers, roundtables, and events!

@anzamems.bsky.social Conference 2025 at the University of Melbourne, 3–5 December

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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · Aug 23

While the Call for Papers for our annual conference may be closed, we are still open to submissions for our Journal!

JAEMA publishes scholarly articles on the Late Antique and Early Medieval world, see our website for details: aema.org.au/journal/

This call for submissions states that the Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association seeks submissions of scholarly articles on the early medieval period and late antiquity, from anywhere around the globe, between the fall of the Roman Empire and the end of the eleventh century. The Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association publishes articles that appeal to those interested in our period, whether these are focused on the historical, political, social, literary, cultural, religious, ethnic, geographic, and interpretive crossovers between.

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Dr Matt Firth @mattfirth.bsky.social · Sep 13

Early English Queens, 850-1000 has just been reviewed in @jaema.bsky.social 20.2. McLeod states that it 'finds an ingenious structure to tell a difficult and timely story' & 'is highly recommended'.

Links to the review & the book (all formats):

Review → search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/...

Book ↓

Early English Queens, 850–1000: Potestas Reginae

This book offers a comprehensive, biography-led examination of queenship in England between 850 and 1000, tracing the development of the queen’s role from bed companion to institutional office. The pe...

www.routledge.com

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Dr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social · Sep 10

A #Roman glass vessel in the shape of a fish - it has an adorable little face on what is technically the side/bottom of the vessel (it is shown in the museum lying horizontally). A bit impractical though, yes...

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Dr Sarah Corrigan @corrigans.bsky.social · Sep 10

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Matthew Scarborough 𓀀 @mattitiahu.bsky.social · Sep 9

How to Kill a Lizard: Aspects of Indo-European Poetics

The cover of Calvert Watkins's book How to Kill a Dragon, but I changed the word Dragon to Lizard.

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Australasian Classical Reception Studies Network (ACRSN) @acrsn.bsky.social · Sep 9

#openaccess & plenty of #classicalreception: Classics Ireland vol. 31 (2024) - Graeco-Roman Influences in Irish Visual and Material Culture, edited by Ciarán Rua O’Neill and Isabelle Torrance classicsireland.ie/published-vo...

Published Volumes - Classics Ireland

Past issues of Classics Ireland are available here for download. All issues since volume 19/20 (2012/2013) have been produced by the current editor, Dr Shane Wallace (Trinity College Dublin). Previous...

classicsireland.ie

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Sara Charles @saracharles.bsky.social · Aug 31

There’s lots of knopper galls out on the oak trees at the moment - where gall wasps have laid their eggs inside of developing acorns. These interesting shapes are good for making #irongallink, but they are very sticky!

English oak tree laden with acorns and knopper galls

Close up of a knopper gall inbetween two acorns

Two knopper galls on an English oak tree

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Dr Kate Farrant Shaw @katefarrantshaw.bsky.social · Sep 4

A video on the stunning and unique 'Words on the Wave' exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland which features precious manuscripts from the Abbey of St Gall, Switzerland — some returning to Ireland for the first time in 1000 years!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BikJ... #medievalsky

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