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Levi Roach
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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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📢JOYCE YOUINGS MEMORIAL LECTURE📢

Prof. Jane Whittle: Work & gender, status & power: the surprising history of everyday chores in early modern England

🗓️ 28 January, 3pm
📍 Uni of Exeter & Zoom

All welcome at this public 🗃️ lecture, register for your place: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-joyce-...
A very detailed embroidering depicting men and women undertaking various work tasks. These include spinning, harvesting wheat, picking fruit, sheering sheep, carrying water and so on. Each task is labelled with the name of the month. Credit: The Labours of the Months, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
January 15, 2026 at 8:50 AM
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eccleshistsoc.bsky.social
Want to be a part of the Ecclesiastical History Society? Apply to be our new Conference Secretary!

Details here: ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/vacancies/
January 14, 2026 at 12:28 PM
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gzornetta.bsky.social
la prossima settimana, a Roma: “Segni, immagini, rappresentazioni del potere longobardo (VI-XI sec.): i re, i duchi, i principi

Istituto storico italiano per il Medioevo / Ècole française de Rome / Österreichisches Historisches Institut Rom
January 10, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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How do you become a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society? What kinds of activity lead to Fellowship?

RHS Fellows are elected for their 'original contribution to historical scholarship'. We've a new guide to the many ways Fellows achieve and demonstrate this bit.ly/48mpcJa

#Skystorians 1/2
Blog post image on 'Joining the Fellowship of the Royal Historical Society: a brief guide if you’re considering an application'. Full abstract: "Fellowship is one of several ways to join and belong to the Royal Historical Society. Fellows are elected to this position by the Society in recognition of their work for the historical discipline and profession. There are many different routes to Fellowship, just as there are different kinds of contributions and careers within the discipline of history. Today’s RHS Fellows are history practitioners from a range of backgrounds (within and beyond higher education) who have contributed to historical understanding and knowledge through a body of work. These contributions take many forms, from academic publications of different formats, to editorial and curatorial work, history programming and public history. This post addresses common questions asked by those considering applying to join the Fellowship of the Royal Historical Society. If you are interested in making an application, we hope this helps."
January 9, 2026 at 1:59 PM
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🎺🎺 Tari, tara, die Francia ist da 😎

Ab sofort sind die Beiträge der Francia 51 (2024) frei online verfügbar! U.a. mit J. Haemers und F. Buylaert zu "Murder as »Good Lordship«" und F. Rexroth zu Hermann Heimpel in Strassburg...

Hier geht's zum Heft: journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/fr...
Bd. 51 (2024) | Francia
Jan Thorbecke VerlagSenefelderstraße 12 D-73760 Ostfildern
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January 8, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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suzpaul.bsky.social
Amazing collections, lovely people. Come and spend a year doing research @theul.bsky.social @theulspeccoll.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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January 1, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Reposted in the hope that someone on here may be able to venture a guess re. the artefact’s likely date of production…
benpohl.bsky.social Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 19d
A little challenge for my fellow #skystorians (esp. art historians): we found this rather lovely piece of devotional art w/ Cyrillic(?) letters in a late relative’s house. Origin/provenance and date unknown. Any suggestions?
December 30, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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University of Southern Denmark, 3-year postdoc in Medieval Studies

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University of Southern Denmark, 3-year postdoc in Medieval Studies | MEMOs
University of Southern Denmark - 3-year postdoc position in medieval studies
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December 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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gzornetta.bsky.social
Issue 23 (2025) of I Quaderni del Maes is finally out #openaccess! You will find scientific papers, source editions, a monographic section on sermons and several book reviews.

maes.unibo.it #UniversitàBologna #AlmaJournals #medievalsky
December 29, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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Great end to the year for our Oswald project with an essay in the 75th anniversary edition of @historytoday.com. #MedievalSky
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Double page spread from History Today magazine. Title “An English Saint Abroad” on left page and miniature of Saint Oswald from a medieval manuscript on right page.
December 22, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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“Be sure to set me to ‘delicate,’ Alison. It’d be a shame to ruin that sweater, you know, in case it ever comes back in style.”
Internet ad for “Condescending tumble dryer” for £70.
December 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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marcmorris.bsky.social
The complete Bayeux Tapestry has finally been released and proves that Bishop Odo had absolutely nothing to do with the illegal Norman invasion of England.
December 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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meganleitch.bsky.social
Medievalist friends! Applications are open until end of Feb for a fully-funded PhD in Arthurian Literature with the brilliant Louise D'Arcens @medievalafterlives.bsky.social and myself, based between Sydney (Australia) and Groningen (The Netherlands).

Please share widely!

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Global PhD on Middle English Arthurian romance
The University of Groningen and Macquarie are offering a co-funded scholarship to support a student undertaking doctoral research in medieval literature.
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December 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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😍We are rejoining Erasmus. Official announcement tomorrow😍

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme
Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say
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December 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
proflroach.bsky.social
Was privileged to see Laura in her element today! (Charter of Frederick II and added bonus.)
lauropea.bsky.social Laura @lauropea.bsky.social · Dec 16
had fun showing off our Friedrich II charter (1226! with seal!), and to none other than @proflroach.bsky.social today!
medieval charter with seal
December 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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It me!
sasanianshah.bsky.social Χοδαδαδίος Ρεζαχανίδης, PhD, KRT, Duc de Téhéran @sasanianshah.bsky.social · Dec 16
An interesting lecture by @proflroach.bsky.social on editions of Ottonian charters. Memories of the grad school seminar on Carolingian Diplomatics with Patrick Geary. So faaaar away from my world!
December 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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There may be better ways to prepare for a lecture, but if so, I've yet to find them! #charterrific #7sternwien
Photo of a Wiener Helles beer and a copy of Ellen Widder's Habilitationsscheift.
December 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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To Wien! To the Institut für Mittelalterforschung!
proflroach.bsky.social Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · Nov 13
Will you be in Vienna in mid-December? If so, you can come hear me give the annual IMAFO lecture on editing the East Frankish royal charters! You know you want to... #charterrific
A poster for my lecture in Vienna on 16th December.
December 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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iucounu.bsky.social
—I’ve been asked to baptise the King of Spain’s daughter
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
December 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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benpohl.bsky.social
My 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...
Chewing 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
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December 15, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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itcouldbesaid.substack.com/p/it-could-b... Latest article is up on the substack; my (long in gestation) look at why I changed my mind on mass immigration. More people means a healther economy, a more powerful country & a more balanced society. We should all want to welcome as many people as possible
It Could Be Said #81 How I Lost Faith In Immigration Restrictionism
Will writes about his strange new respect for mass immigration
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December 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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0,65 Wiss. Mitarb. (m/w/d) "Mittelalterlicher Geschichte (6.-12. Jh.)" (Univ. Hamburg) www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-1...
0,65 Wiss. Mitarb. (m/w/d) "Mittelalterlicher Geschichte (6.-12. Jh.)" (Univ. Hamburg)
Die Universität Hamburg sucht zum 01.04.2026 eine:n Wissenschaftliche:n Mitarbeiter:in in Mittelalterlicher Geschichte (6.-12. Jh.) befristet für die Dauer von zunächst vier Jahren
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December 12, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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We are pleased to launch today a new programme for early career researchers with @ihr.bsky.social & @chalkefestival.bsky.social

'Pitch my Project' is an opportunity for early career historians to present their research at the Chalke History Festival in 2026 bit.ly/44kfUMM Applications now invited.
Pitch my Project: an opportunity for early career historians to present their work at the Chalke History Festival 2026 - RHS
Have you ever wanted to share your research with a wide audience? Would you like to gain experience in public speaking, and be supported to develop imaginative ways to communicate your research to the...
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December 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM