Helen Gittos
@helengittos.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Medieval History; parent involved in the Independent Inquiry into Maternity Services at East Kent.
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NEW EPISODE! Cerne Abbas: Secrets Beneath The Giant | TIME TEAM (Dorset) 2025
YouTube video by Time Team Official
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Now out! Cerne Abbas: Secrets Beneath the Giant.
A @timeteam.bsky.social special on @hugh-willmott.bsky.social's excavations. It's been a joy to work with Hugh, at Cerne, to do some digging, and to get to know the people and the landscape of so special a place.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY68...
A @timeteam.bsky.social special on @hugh-willmott.bsky.social's excavations. It's been a joy to work with Hugh, at Cerne, to do some digging, and to get to know the people and the landscape of so special a place.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY68...
Chris Morris or Alan Sokal?! 😆
'educators might want to learn how to use AI tools that generate automated feedback, analyse discussion forums, or predict student engagement... helping academics reimagine learning so that it becomes genuinely personalised. '
'educators might want to learn how to use AI tools that generate automated feedback, analyse discussion forums, or predict student engagement... helping academics reimagine learning so that it becomes genuinely personalised. '
New Post: Embedding AI, not bolting it on www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/11/24/e...
November 24, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Chris Morris or Alan Sokal?! 😆
'educators might want to learn how to use AI tools that generate automated feedback, analyse discussion forums, or predict student engagement... helping academics reimagine learning so that it becomes genuinely personalised. '
'educators might want to learn how to use AI tools that generate automated feedback, analyse discussion forums, or predict student engagement... helping academics reimagine learning so that it becomes genuinely personalised. '
Reposted by Helen Gittos
Certainly also happening in Sciences - see e.g. Leicester and geology bsky.app/profile/thef...
My alma mater, Leicester University, is dissolving its Geology Department leading to the loss of 14 staff. Palaeo is being completely axed, despite Leicester's long and storied history in this area (and its current strengths). Please sign this petition!!: www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
Sign the Petition
Save Geology at the University of Leicester
www.change.org
November 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Certainly also happening in Sciences - see e.g. Leicester and geology bsky.app/profile/thef...
'the architecture of disordered discourse, automated'
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
'the architecture of disordered discourse, automated'
Save the Sherborne Altarpiece!
A crowdfunder set up by @dorsetmuseum.bsky.social.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.dorsetmuseum.org/sherborne-al...
A crowdfunder set up by @dorsetmuseum.bsky.social.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.dorsetmuseum.org/sherborne-al...
November 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Save the Sherborne Altarpiece!
A crowdfunder set up by @dorsetmuseum.bsky.social.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.dorsetmuseum.org/sherborne-al...
A crowdfunder set up by @dorsetmuseum.bsky.social.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.dorsetmuseum.org/sherborne-al...
What would you call the reconstructed Sutton Hoo ship?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sutton Hoo ship name contest urges no 'Boaty McBoatface' suggestions
Sutton Hoo Ship's Company wants help naming their replica, but urges people not to make joke suggestions.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 8:59 AM
What would you call the reconstructed Sutton Hoo ship?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A comparison of the beast on the west porch at Deerhurst with the one on the coppergate helmet. Both drawn by Maggie Kneen and published in this article: www.academia.edu/144740312/Ni...
November 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
A comparison of the beast on the west porch at Deerhurst with the one on the coppergate helmet. Both drawn by Maggie Kneen and published in this article: www.academia.edu/144740312/Ni...
Reposted by Helen Gittos
🇬🇪 Georgia: Day 358 of nonstop protests. Citizens continue to face daily illegal detentions for simply standing on Rustaveli Avenue. Yesterday, on the one-year anniversary of the arrest of the regime’s prisoner Mate Devidze, police arrested more than ten demonstrators. Video: @publikage.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
🇬🇪 Georgia: Day 358 of nonstop protests. Citizens continue to face daily illegal detentions for simply standing on Rustaveli Avenue. Yesterday, on the one-year anniversary of the arrest of the regime’s prisoner Mate Devidze, police arrested more than ten demonstrators. Video: @publikage.bsky.social
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Eric Cambridge on the Jarrow Hall podcast talking about the career of Dame Rosemary Cramp @durham.ac.uk. Time to go back to Bede's World... @ascorpus.bsky.social.
youtu.be/kso-ZcxfoVk?...
youtu.be/kso-ZcxfoVk?...
Dame Rosemary Cramp's Extraordinary Archaeological Career - The Jarrow Hall Podcast Ep. 4
YouTube video by Jarrow Hall
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Eric Cambridge on the Jarrow Hall podcast talking about the career of Dame Rosemary Cramp @durham.ac.uk. Time to go back to Bede's World... @ascorpus.bsky.social.
youtu.be/kso-ZcxfoVk?...
youtu.be/kso-ZcxfoVk?...
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Another beautiful, freezing cold, moon free night in the #snow.
#weather #LongMynd #ChurchStretton #Shropshire #photograghy #MilkyWay
#weather #LongMynd #ChurchStretton #Shropshire #photograghy #MilkyWay
November 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Another beautiful, freezing cold, moon free night in the #snow.
#weather #LongMynd #ChurchStretton #Shropshire #photograghy #MilkyWay
#weather #LongMynd #ChurchStretton #Shropshire #photograghy #MilkyWay
Why hadn't I read this glorious paper earlier?!
'Merelsweinn the Sheriff, Tovi the Proud, the Godwinesons... men who served as royal councillors, oversaw the executions of criminals, bullied peasants, & fought & died at Hastings – hard, tough, serious individuals, dressed like peacocks...'
'Merelsweinn the Sheriff, Tovi the Proud, the Godwinesons... men who served as royal councillors, oversaw the executions of criminals, bullied peasants, & fought & died at Hastings – hard, tough, serious individuals, dressed like peacocks...'
November 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Why hadn't I read this glorious paper earlier?!
'Merelsweinn the Sheriff, Tovi the Proud, the Godwinesons... men who served as royal councillors, oversaw the executions of criminals, bullied peasants, & fought & died at Hastings – hard, tough, serious individuals, dressed like peacocks...'
'Merelsweinn the Sheriff, Tovi the Proud, the Godwinesons... men who served as royal councillors, oversaw the executions of criminals, bullied peasants, & fought & died at Hastings – hard, tough, serious individuals, dressed like peacocks...'
Job! Associate Prof of Modern European History @ballioloxford.bsky.social and @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social.
www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/balliol-peop...
www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/balliol-peop...
Tutorial Fellow in History and Associate Professor (or
Tutorial Fellow in History and Associate Professor (or Professor) of Modern European History Balliol College and the Faculty of History at the University of Oxford are seeking to recruit a Tutorial
www.balliol.ox.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Job! Associate Prof of Modern European History @ballioloxford.bsky.social and @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social.
www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/balliol-peop...
www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/balliol-peop...
Magical evocations through images and words by @fotofacade.bsky.social of a very special place.
'Travelling along the lane to St Melangell’s is an act of filtration, a redaction of modernity. The pressing matters of the day are pared down with each passing turn.'
'Travelling along the lane to St Melangell’s is an act of filtration, a redaction of modernity. The pressing matters of the day are pared down with each passing turn.'
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Magical evocations through images and words by @fotofacade.bsky.social of a very special place.
'Travelling along the lane to St Melangell’s is an act of filtration, a redaction of modernity. The pressing matters of the day are pared down with each passing turn.'
'Travelling along the lane to St Melangell’s is an act of filtration, a redaction of modernity. The pressing matters of the day are pared down with each passing turn.'
Reposted by Helen Gittos
More concrete proof—if any were needed—that mindlessly shoehorning AI into everything, including Higher Education, causes not progress but decay.
‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI
Staffordshire students say signs material was AI-generated included suspicious file names and rogue voiceover accent
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
More concrete proof—if any were needed—that mindlessly shoehorning AI into everything, including Higher Education, causes not progress but decay.
Reposted by Helen Gittos
Here in Abbotsbury (Dorset) in 1020-1050, Orc, one of Cnut's men, established a guild whose statute survives. If a guildsman fell sick within 60 miles, 15 men should be sent to fetch him; if he died away from home, they should bring him back for proper burial. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
November 27, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Here in Abbotsbury (Dorset) in 1020-1050, Orc, one of Cnut's men, established a guild whose statute survives. If a guildsman fell sick within 60 miles, 15 men should be sent to fetch him; if he died away from home, they should bring him back for proper burial. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Eric Cambridge on the Jarrow Hall podcast talking about the career of Dame Rosemary Cramp @durham.ac.uk. Time to go back to Bede's World... @ascorpus.bsky.social.
youtu.be/kso-ZcxfoVk?...
youtu.be/kso-ZcxfoVk?...
Dame Rosemary Cramp's Extraordinary Archaeological Career - The Jarrow Hall Podcast Ep. 4
YouTube video by Jarrow Hall
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Eric Cambridge on the Jarrow Hall podcast talking about the career of Dame Rosemary Cramp @durham.ac.uk. Time to go back to Bede's World... @ascorpus.bsky.social.
youtu.be/kso-ZcxfoVk?...
youtu.be/kso-ZcxfoVk?...
Yay! Is a PDF document simple to navigate? No problem, let's deconstrust them into lots of tiny little online click-through boxes!
The time-cost of making life easier for administrators on the rest of us sometimes seems intolerably massive...
The time-cost of making life easier for administrators on the rest of us sometimes seems intolerably massive...
November 17, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Yay! Is a PDF document simple to navigate? No problem, let's deconstrust them into lots of tiny little online click-through boxes!
The time-cost of making life easier for administrators on the rest of us sometimes seems intolerably massive...
The time-cost of making life easier for administrators on the rest of us sometimes seems intolerably massive...
Reposted by Helen Gittos
Want to join the www.codicum.eu project?
3 year PostDoct at SDU (Odense, Denmark) for an Latin expert with palaeographical as well as text and book historical skills.
#Medieval #Manuscript
3 year PostDoct at SDU (Odense, Denmark) for an Latin expert with palaeographical as well as text and book historical skills.
#Medieval #Manuscript
3-year postdoc position in medieval studies
3-year postdoc position in medieval studies The Department of Culture and Language invites applications for a 3-year postdoc position in Dominican studies within the CODICUM project. The position is e...
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November 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Want to join the www.codicum.eu project?
3 year PostDoct at SDU (Odense, Denmark) for an Latin expert with palaeographical as well as text and book historical skills.
#Medieval #Manuscript
3 year PostDoct at SDU (Odense, Denmark) for an Latin expert with palaeographical as well as text and book historical skills.
#Medieval #Manuscript
Spring Clean by Mariette Voke @mariette_artist, a fabulously cheery painting to encounter in the atrium of the new Bristol
Southmead Hospital.
'My paintings are inspired by everyday things, found, hoarded or worn with use... the ability of objects & clothing to encapsulate memories.'
Southmead Hospital.
'My paintings are inspired by everyday things, found, hoarded or worn with use... the ability of objects & clothing to encapsulate memories.'
November 16, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Spring Clean by Mariette Voke @mariette_artist, a fabulously cheery painting to encounter in the atrium of the new Bristol
Southmead Hospital.
'My paintings are inspired by everyday things, found, hoarded or worn with use... the ability of objects & clothing to encapsulate memories.'
Southmead Hospital.
'My paintings are inspired by everyday things, found, hoarded or worn with use... the ability of objects & clothing to encapsulate memories.'
Interesting to see some retreat by strong proponents of open-access, the unintended consequences of which are now biting hard.
“The original Plan S was quite naïve in its focus on open access at all costs... [& led] to many of the issues we see now.”
www.science.org/content/arti...?
“The original Plan S was quite naïve in its focus on open access at all costs... [& led] to many of the issues we see now.”
www.science.org/content/arti...?
After Coalition S disrupted scientific publishing, new plan retreats from strict requirements
The group’s latest strategy emphasizes consultation, lacks spending pledges
www.science.org
November 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Interesting to see some retreat by strong proponents of open-access, the unintended consequences of which are now biting hard.
“The original Plan S was quite naïve in its focus on open access at all costs... [& led] to many of the issues we see now.”
www.science.org/content/arti...?
“The original Plan S was quite naïve in its focus on open access at all costs... [& led] to many of the issues we see now.”
www.science.org/content/arti...?
What better way to spend a rany Saturday than watching the new @timeteam.bsky.social! #medievalsky
Now out! Cerne Abbas: Secrets Beneath the Giant.
A @timeteam.bsky.social special on @hugh-willmott.bsky.social's excavations. It's been a joy to work with Hugh, at Cerne, to do some digging, and to get to know the people and the landscape of so special a place.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY68...
A @timeteam.bsky.social special on @hugh-willmott.bsky.social's excavations. It's been a joy to work with Hugh, at Cerne, to do some digging, and to get to know the people and the landscape of so special a place.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY68...
NEW EPISODE! Cerne Abbas: Secrets Beneath The Giant | TIME TEAM (Dorset) 2025
YouTube video by Time Team Official
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What better way to spend a rany Saturday than watching the new @timeteam.bsky.social! #medievalsky
New article from Robin Fleming on the break between Roman & Early Medieval Britain.
'the lines drawn between periods are not... inherent, but because they help us organise our data, structure our understanding of the past, & keep us sane. An historical period is a tool...[not] an explanation.'
'the lines drawn between periods are not... inherent, but because they help us organise our data, structure our understanding of the past, & keep us sane. An historical period is a tool...[not] an explanation.'
November 15, 2025 at 8:35 AM
New article from Robin Fleming on the break between Roman & Early Medieval Britain.
'the lines drawn between periods are not... inherent, but because they help us organise our data, structure our understanding of the past, & keep us sane. An historical period is a tool...[not] an explanation.'
'the lines drawn between periods are not... inherent, but because they help us organise our data, structure our understanding of the past, & keep us sane. An historical period is a tool...[not] an explanation.'
Reposted by Helen Gittos
A Second Chance at Intellectual Life | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/news-and-ide...
A Second Chance at Intellectual Life | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University
How a newly minted Radcliffe fellowship program helped Lily Macrakis, at the time a stay-at-home mother with a master’s degree, reignite her bookish passions—and reach her full scholarly potential.
www.radcliffe.harvard.edu
November 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A Second Chance at Intellectual Life | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/news-and-ide...
'The transformations we see... took place in the hall rather than the war band.
Its invention was domestic rather than
martial
& it was created by all sorts of women & men —indigenous and foreign, local and newcomer....'
So good, @robin-f.bsky.social!
Its invention was domestic rather than
martial
& it was created by all sorts of women & men —indigenous and foreign, local and newcomer....'
So good, @robin-f.bsky.social!
November 15, 2025 at 8:16 AM
'The transformations we see... took place in the hall rather than the war band.
Its invention was domestic rather than
martial
& it was created by all sorts of women & men —indigenous and foreign, local and newcomer....'
So good, @robin-f.bsky.social!
Its invention was domestic rather than
martial
& it was created by all sorts of women & men —indigenous and foreign, local and newcomer....'
So good, @robin-f.bsky.social!