Florence Bourgne
@florencebourgne.bsky.social
Professor of English Medieval Studies & head of @cema-su.bsky.social, the Centre for Medieval English Studies at @sorbonne-universite.fr
VP of the AMAES (French Society for the Study of Medieval England)
Singing/Cotentin/Medieval Inscribed Objects
VP of the AMAES (French Society for the Study of Medieval England)
Singing/Cotentin/Medieval Inscribed Objects
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Beowulf & Circulations
A website for Sorbonne Université's Beowulf & Circulations conference, featuring a home page with Sorbonne and Beowulf manuscript images, and easy navigation to the call for papers, progra…
cemasorbonne.org
#medievalsky
@cema-su.bsky.social is organizing a 'Beowulf & circulations' conference in Paris on March 13-14, 2026.
Come enjoy a public reading of the poem, and two great keynotes!
CFP & free (but compulsory) registration via the CEMA's new website:
cemasorbonne.org
@cema-su.bsky.social is organizing a 'Beowulf & circulations' conference in Paris on March 13-14, 2026.
Come enjoy a public reading of the poem, and two great keynotes!
CFP & free (but compulsory) registration via the CEMA's new website:
cemasorbonne.org
Gridogram 2025-12-04, Thursday of Thought
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Gridogram - Find Today’s Hidden Quote in the Letter Grid
Let the grid speak to you... Gridogram is a word game with a hidden quote to find each day. Trace words in the grid of letters to discover it.
www.gridogram.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Gridogram 2025-12-04, Thursday of Thought
⏱️ 04:33 🎯 100% 🔎 11/225 www.gridogram.com
⏱️ 04:33 🎯 100% 🔎 11/225 www.gridogram.com
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The back cover of the new issue of @mediumaevum.bsky.social features my predecessor, the late great Nigel Palmer, with an appeal for the travel fund being established in his name. For more on that, visit mediumaevum.org.uk/donate/palme... .
December 2, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The back cover of the new issue of @mediumaevum.bsky.social features my predecessor, the late great Nigel Palmer, with an appeal for the travel fund being established in his name. For more on that, visit mediumaevum.org.uk/donate/palme... .
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Reflection of the skyline of Rotterdam in the windows of the Depot of Museum Boijmans van Beuningen.
See comment for the entire building.
#photography #urbangaze #EastCoastKin #rotterdam #boijmansvanbeuningen #architecture
See comment for the entire building.
#photography #urbangaze #EastCoastKin #rotterdam #boijmansvanbeuningen #architecture
November 27, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Reflection of the skyline of Rotterdam in the windows of the Depot of Museum Boijmans van Beuningen.
See comment for the entire building.
#photography #urbangaze #EastCoastKin #rotterdam #boijmansvanbeuningen #architecture
See comment for the entire building.
#photography #urbangaze #EastCoastKin #rotterdam #boijmansvanbeuningen #architecture
Faroe Islands for @gweneng.cpesr.fr
We know why 🥰
We know why 🥰
Dusk silhouettes along the coastline, Faroe Islands
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#photography #landscape #phototours #photographyworkshops #landscapephotography #faroeislands #travel #bluesky #nature
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#photography #landscape #phototours #photographyworkshops #landscapephotography #faroeislands #travel #bluesky #nature
December 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Faroe Islands for @gweneng.cpesr.fr
We know why 🥰
We know why 🥰
Gridogram 2025-12-02, Top Dog Tuesday
⏱️ 04:18 🎯 100% 🔎 8/398 www.gridogram.com
⏱️ 04:18 🎯 100% 🔎 8/398 www.gridogram.com
Gridogram - Find Today’s Hidden Quote in the Letter Grid
Let the grid speak to you... Gridogram is a word game with a hidden quote to find each day. Trace words in the grid of letters to discover it.
www.gridogram.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Gridogram 2025-12-02, Top Dog Tuesday
⏱️ 04:18 🎯 100% 🔎 8/398 www.gridogram.com
⏱️ 04:18 🎯 100% 🔎 8/398 www.gridogram.com
1973 -- Paul Mc Cartney Live & Let Die / cover by Gun's & Roses
youtu.be/iXKVA5Xs90M?...
youtu.be/iXKVA5Xs90M?...
November 30, 2025 at 10:58 PM
1973 -- Paul Mc Cartney Live & Let Die / cover by Gun's & Roses
youtu.be/iXKVA5Xs90M?...
youtu.be/iXKVA5Xs90M?...
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Job alert!! Postdoctoral position (36 months) on the TGL-ReACH project: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Postdoctoral Researcher — TGL-ReACH (M/F)
emploi.cnrs.fr
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Job alert!! Postdoctoral position (36 months) on the TGL-ReACH project: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
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This is so problematic. Creating big-money grants (7m EUR!) is such a travesty. Instead of funding 1 researcher, why not fund 25 with smaller grants? It would create more ideas, secure more careers, and create so much more innovative knowledge. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
ERC’s new €7m Plus Grants open to researchers at any career stage - Research Professional News
European Research Council president describes scheme as part attempt to lure US talent
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This is so problematic. Creating big-money grants (7m EUR!) is such a travesty. Instead of funding 1 researcher, why not fund 25 with smaller grants? It would create more ideas, secure more careers, and create so much more innovative knowledge. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
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Come and apply to be the Professor of Bibliography & Modern Book History @engfacoutreach.bsky.social & @jesusoxford.bsky.social (and work closely with us @bodleian.ox.ac.uk). Following a long line of great scholars: Don McKenzie, Kathryn Sutherland, & Dirk van Hulle ... my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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November 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Come and apply to be the Professor of Bibliography & Modern Book History @engfacoutreach.bsky.social & @jesusoxford.bsky.social (and work closely with us @bodleian.ox.ac.uk). Following a long line of great scholars: Don McKenzie, Kathryn Sutherland, & Dirk van Hulle ... my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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Born #OTD in 1898: C. S. Lewis, creator of Narnia!
This hand-drawn map is his own sketch, later redrafted by Pauline Baynes for Prince Caspian.
Spot Aslan’s How, Cair Paravel and Lantern Waste on the map. 🦁
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. c. 220/1, fol. 160
This hand-drawn map is his own sketch, later redrafted by Pauline Baynes for Prince Caspian.
Spot Aslan’s How, Cair Paravel and Lantern Waste on the map. 🦁
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. c. 220/1, fol. 160
November 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Born #OTD in 1898: C. S. Lewis, creator of Narnia!
This hand-drawn map is his own sketch, later redrafted by Pauline Baynes for Prince Caspian.
Spot Aslan’s How, Cair Paravel and Lantern Waste on the map. 🦁
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. c. 220/1, fol. 160
This hand-drawn map is his own sketch, later redrafted by Pauline Baynes for Prince Caspian.
Spot Aslan’s How, Cair Paravel and Lantern Waste on the map. 🦁
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. c. 220/1, fol. 160
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Less than 4,000 signatures to go to reach the 100,000 milestone.
We need a full investigation into Russian interference in our democracy.
We need to see how deep the rot goes, and hold those responsible to account.
Sign and share!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
We need a full investigation into Russian interference in our democracy.
We need to see how deep the rot goes, and hold those responsible to account.
Sign and share!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Less than 4,000 signatures to go to reach the 100,000 milestone.
We need a full investigation into Russian interference in our democracy.
We need to see how deep the rot goes, and hold those responsible to account.
Sign and share!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
We need a full investigation into Russian interference in our democracy.
We need to see how deep the rot goes, and hold those responsible to account.
Sign and share!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Thrilled to see this beautiful volume now in print, and honoured to have contributed a chapter—where I explore the theatricality of some of Isaac Oliver’s miniatures.
tansey-miniatures.com/en/activitie...
tansey-miniatures.com/en/activitie...
November 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Thrilled to see this beautiful volume now in print, and honoured to have contributed a chapter—where I explore the theatricality of some of Isaac Oliver’s miniatures.
tansey-miniatures.com/en/activitie...
tansey-miniatures.com/en/activitie...
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This is a very interesting interview with @melissaterras.bsky.social on @transkribus.bsky.social 's co-operative model, and how to balance financial imperatives with academic imperatives.
#DigitalHistory
#DigitalHistory
Can AI be ethical and transparent? At READ-COOP, the unique European cooperative behind Transkribus, we prioritise democratic control and purpose over profit.
Read Melissa Terras' (@melissaterras.bsky.social) thoughts on why this model is a global blueprint:
blog.transkribus.org/en/melissa-t...
Read Melissa Terras' (@melissaterras.bsky.social) thoughts on why this model is a global blueprint:
blog.transkribus.org/en/melissa-t...
Melissa Terras on why cooperatives are the future of AI
Discover why Melissa Terras believes cooperatives like READ-COOP represent the future of AI, fostering community-driven, sustainable technological innovation.
blog.transkribus.org
November 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
This is a very interesting interview with @melissaterras.bsky.social on @transkribus.bsky.social 's co-operative model, and how to balance financial imperatives with academic imperatives.
#DigitalHistory
#DigitalHistory
#boomerfeeling When you see labels like this and you think this is the end of civilization--or at least spelling. You've got to love the financial whiff: funds and bonds 😜
November 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
#boomerfeeling When you see labels like this and you think this is the end of civilization--or at least spelling. You've got to love the financial whiff: funds and bonds 😜
Sorbonne/Brüsel this morning. Excellent Schuitten vibes 🤩
November 18, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Sorbonne/Brüsel this morning. Excellent Schuitten vibes 🤩
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📣 Le samedi 11 avril 2026 à Paris je vous propose un grand événement pour fêter les 9 ans de ce podcast, une Super Table Ronde ! Vous avez jusqu'au 17 décembre pour réserver votre place, avec quelques options possibles !
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Super Table Ronde : les 9 ans de Passion Médiévistes
Venez fêter l'anniversaire du podcast le 11 avril 2026 à la Bellevilloise à Paris !
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November 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
📣 Le samedi 11 avril 2026 à Paris je vous propose un grand événement pour fêter les 9 ans de ce podcast, une Super Table Ronde ! Vous avez jusqu'au 17 décembre pour réserver votre place, avec quelques options possibles !
fr.ulule.com/passionmedie...
fr.ulule.com/passionmedie...
Definitely for @mathile.bsky.social !
November 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Definitely for @mathile.bsky.social !
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#medievalsky
@cema-su.bsky.social is organizing a 'Beowulf & circulations' conference in Paris on March 13-14, 2026.
Come enjoy a public reading of the poem, and two great keynotes!
CFP & free (but compulsory) registration via the CEMA's new website:
cemasorbonne.org
@cema-su.bsky.social is organizing a 'Beowulf & circulations' conference in Paris on March 13-14, 2026.
Come enjoy a public reading of the poem, and two great keynotes!
CFP & free (but compulsory) registration via the CEMA's new website:
cemasorbonne.org
Beowulf & Circulations
A website for Sorbonne Université's Beowulf & Circulations conference, featuring a home page with Sorbonne and Beowulf manuscript images, and easy navigation to the call for papers, progra…
cemasorbonne.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
#medievalsky
@cema-su.bsky.social is organizing a 'Beowulf & circulations' conference in Paris on March 13-14, 2026.
Come enjoy a public reading of the poem, and two great keynotes!
CFP & free (but compulsory) registration via the CEMA's new website:
cemasorbonne.org
@cema-su.bsky.social is organizing a 'Beowulf & circulations' conference in Paris on March 13-14, 2026.
Come enjoy a public reading of the poem, and two great keynotes!
CFP & free (but compulsory) registration via the CEMA's new website:
cemasorbonne.org
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The world is beginning to wind me up!
BL Harley MS 4940; Matfre Ermengaud's Breviari d'amor; France (Toulouse?); 14th century; f.28r
BL Harley MS 4940; Matfre Ermengaud's Breviari d'amor; France (Toulouse?); 14th century; f.28r
November 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The world is beginning to wind me up!
BL Harley MS 4940; Matfre Ermengaud's Breviari d'amor; France (Toulouse?); 14th century; f.28r
BL Harley MS 4940; Matfre Ermengaud's Breviari d'amor; France (Toulouse?); 14th century; f.28r
Tony Hunt (1944-2025) 😢
November 14, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Tony Hunt (1944-2025) 😢
Medieval bathing for #M402
Mens sana in corpore sano 😉
Mens sana in corpore sano 😉
Did people in the Middle Ages take baths? www.medievalists.net/2023/11/peop... #Medieval
Did people in the Middle Ages take baths? - Medievalists.net
It was said that the Middle Ages was 'one thousand years without a bath.' However, a closer look shows that baths and bathing were actually quite common in the Middle Ages, but in a different way…
www.medievalists.net
November 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Medieval bathing for #M402
Mens sana in corpore sano 😉
Mens sana in corpore sano 😉
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Under Pressure to Cut Costs, a University Closes Its Press (Bucknell University, Pennsylvania) www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
Under Pressure to Prove ROI, a University Closes Its Press
Bucknell University says it’s closing its storied academic press to focus more resources on undergraduate students. But faculty and other scholars say the press has long been a part of the value propo...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Under Pressure to Cut Costs, a University Closes Its Press (Bucknell University, Pennsylvania) www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
#medievalsky
Learn to read Old English from scratch! The CEMA has been hosting monthly manuscript reading sessions at @sorbonne-universite.fr since 1984 🥰 We are now also online, one Saturday morning a month -- next session this coming Saturday, 10-12 CET. Ping me if you want to partake 🎉🎉🎉
Learn to read Old English from scratch! The CEMA has been hosting monthly manuscript reading sessions at @sorbonne-universite.fr since 1984 🥰 We are now also online, one Saturday morning a month -- next session this coming Saturday, 10-12 CET. Ping me if you want to partake 🎉🎉🎉
![Illustration = the Old English Hexateuch, w. an image of the creation of Eve.
Text = Everything you always wanted to know about medieval manuscripts — but were too afraid to ask
Attend the 2025-2026 CÉMA/AMAES Saturday morning sessions and learn to read medieval English manuscripts from scratch!
When — Saturday 10 am-12 noon — October 11, November 15, December 13, January 24, February 21, March 21, April 11, May 30, June 13
Where — Sorbonne & Zoom
To join at any point in the year, just e-mail us: florence.bourgne [at] sorbonne-universite.fr](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6hlwrmjv2f5tbvxno2r3342t/bafkreidcp4qdch723map5sjg4quxgqjohnccv3eokqtm7j4qzyly3boznu@jpeg)
November 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
#medievalsky
Learn to read Old English from scratch! The CEMA has been hosting monthly manuscript reading sessions at @sorbonne-universite.fr since 1984 🥰 We are now also online, one Saturday morning a month -- next session this coming Saturday, 10-12 CET. Ping me if you want to partake 🎉🎉🎉
Learn to read Old English from scratch! The CEMA has been hosting monthly manuscript reading sessions at @sorbonne-universite.fr since 1984 🥰 We are now also online, one Saturday morning a month -- next session this coming Saturday, 10-12 CET. Ping me if you want to partake 🎉🎉🎉