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Levi Roach
@proflroach.bsky.social
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Professor of Medieval History and Diplomatic. Deputy Head of Arch & Hist @exeter.ac.uk. Editor of charters @monumenta.bsky.social. Monographs with CUP, Yale UP and @princetonupress.bsky.social. Medievalist + Germanophile.
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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 1d
Much #charterrific fun to be had on the new Fiscus website, dedicated to fiscal lands in the regnum Italiae! #medievalsky

fiscus.unibo.it/en/
Fiscus
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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 2d
Sounds like you need a holiday! Vancouver Island is a lovely part of the world...
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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 3d
And congrats, incidentally, on the parenthood! I hadn't realised you'd joined the club. (We really ought to have a catch-up at Pizzer Express some time.)
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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 3d
We've all been there...
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Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 5d
Just arrived. The posthumously published book of my late colleague, Dr Colmán Etchingham. Thanks to everyone who saw it through to publication. We plan to hold an event in Maynooth to mark its publication (details to follow). Available to order here: boydellandbrewer.com/book/vikings...
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A copy of Colmán Etchingham, Vikings in Early Medieval Ireland: Church-raiding, Politics and Kingship (Boydell and Brewer, 2025).
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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 6d
Assistant Professor in Irish and/or European Medieval History
Dublin City University - School of History & Geography #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOY744/a...
Assistant Professor in Irish and/or European Medieval History at Dublin City University
Discover an exciting academic career path as a Assistant Professor in Irish and/or European Medieval History at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!
www.jobs.ac.uk
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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 6d
Interesting gender balance there.
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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 6d
This is what peak performance looks like.
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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 8d
Yes, indeed! A monumental achievement. She's a very good thing.
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PD Dr. Laury Sarti @laurysarti.bsky.social · 12d
0,75 Universitätsassistent:in Praedoc "Hochmittelalter" (Univ. Wien) www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-1...
0,75 Universitätsassistent:in Praedoc "Hochmittelalter" (Univ. Wien)
Als eine der größten Forschungseinrichtungen Europas bietet die Universität Wien einen ungewöhnlich breiten Fächerkanon und damit eine hervorragende Infrastruktur für geisteswissenschaftliche Forschun...
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Catherine Fletcher @cathfletcher.bsky.social · 13d
The Anthropic settlement list is up. Authors, check here to see if your books are included: www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
ANT Homepage | ANT
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Victoria County History @vch-home.bsky.social · 15d
#HistoryJob - just a reminder that our colleagues in VCH Herefordshire are looking for *two* contributing editors to bring their first #BigRedBook for over 100 years to fruition.

Details in the link, applications close on 10 October.
Contributing Editors at The Herefordshire Victoria County History Trust
Apply for the Contributing Editors role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.
www.jobs.ac.uk
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Robert Gallagher @hwaetspur.bsky.social · 16d
Interested in letter-writing in early medieval Britain? A three-year postdoc on @francescatinti.bsky.social’s and my project is now available. Apps close on 17th Oct. Let me know if you have any questions and please circulate! 🙂 jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at the University of Kent: Postdoctoral Research Associate
Are you passionate about early medieval Britain?  Do you have advanced knowledge of Medieval Latin and interested in the analysis of Latin letter-writing?  If yes, then you may be interested in this f...
jobs.kent.ac.uk
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Ingram Braun @ingram-braun.net · 21d
#Stellenauschreibung: Die Stadt #Göttingen sucht einen Archäologen für die #Stadtarchäologie (offenbar Nachfolge Betty Arndt).
#Archäologie 🏺 @Archaeodons group
📷 Göttinger Marktplatz mit altem Rathaus, Gänseliesel-Brunnen und Fußgängerzone ( Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 2.5)
Archäolog:in | Stadt Göttingen
Online-Bewerbung
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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 22d
Quite. All you can do is play your hand and hope for the best.
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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 22d
This is why I naturalized before having children here. ILR never felt truly safe. (Though I'd love to live in a world where it was!)
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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 23d
Yes, and frankly what we do see looks very similar to what's going on elsewhere in Europe in that regard (Ireland, France, Netherlands, Germany).
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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 26d
The long arm of American Puritanism...
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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 26d
Articles may be good, but pizza is better! (And certainly goes better with a beer.)
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Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 26d
The @oxembi.bsky.social is hosting a special lecture, Long Distance Travel from Early Medieval Britain by Prof @francescatinti.bsky.social & a workshop on Global Britain with Jörg Drauschke, Maria Duggan, @caitlinrgreen.bsky.social, @jk-viking.bsky.social & others. 14 & 15 October. All welcome.
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formlitchart.bsky.social @formlitchart.bsky.social · 29d
Grüße aus München: Der heutige Tag der MGH-Herbstakademie ist den frühmittelalterlichen Formelsammlungen gewidmet. Es unterrichten Horst Lößlein und Christoph Walther!
mgh.de/de/blog/post...
Eingangsportal der Monumenta Germaniae Historica in München
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Francesca Tinti @francescatinti.bsky.social · Sep 15
Very excited about this new project on early medieval correspondence starting in January 2026
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Robert Gallagher @hwaetspur.bsky.social · Sep 15
Really grateful to @leverhulme.ac.uk for funding @francescatinti.bsky.social’s and my upcoming project on letter-writing in early medieval Britain. You can read about it in the current Leverhulme newsletter www.flipsnack.com/leverhulmetr... Info on postdoc positions coming soon 🙂
Leverhulme Trust Newsletter – September 2025
Flipsnack is a digital catalog maker that makes it easy to create, publish and share html5 flipbooks. Upload a PDF or design from scratch flyers, magazines, books and more.
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Rory Naismith @rorynaismith.bsky.social · Sep 12
Coming next spring ... yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
Offa
An authoritative biography of Offa of Mercia, revealing his importance as the king who stood at the turning point of Anglo-Saxon history Offa ruled the Merci...
yalebooks.yale.edu
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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · Sep 9
To London, to the 29th annual @britishacademy.bsky.social Anglo-Saxon Charters Symposium! #charterrific
Screenshot of the programme of the annual charters symposium.
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magistraetmater.bsky.social @magistraetmater.bsky.social · Sep 4
Hadn't realised that the Connecting People book is OA as a pdf - have grabbed it from trivent-publishing.eu/home/197-369....
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