Laura Morreale
@lauramorreale.bsky.social
Independent Scholar/Medieval Francophonie & Italian Historiographies. http://digitalhumanitiesddp.com, http://tcf.lauramorreale.com, http://dalme.org.
I have never felt that AI is a threat to transcription projects. Transcription is such a fulfilling experience and the words run through you in ways that reading alone can never do. Meeting up with scribes of the past will always be thrilling.
November 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I have never felt that AI is a threat to transcription projects. Transcription is such a fulfilling experience and the words run through you in ways that reading alone can never do. Meeting up with scribes of the past will always be thrilling.
Don't you think part of this is tied into the whole myth of what a "good" scholar is? You have spent so much time on a subject so you can just stand in front of a class and perform genius, & if you can't do that it must be bc you aren't good enough? Being a good bullshitter is not good teaching.
November 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Don't you think part of this is tied into the whole myth of what a "good" scholar is? You have spent so much time on a subject so you can just stand in front of a class and perform genius, & if you can't do that it must be bc you aren't good enough? Being a good bullshitter is not good teaching.
ah ok. thanks! each subfield has its methods :)
November 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
ah ok. thanks! each subfield has its methods :)
Alan let me take a look at a denier that circulated in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, and I was 😮. Imagining the coin jingling in the purse of some long ago merchant really made things real for me.
November 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Alan let me take a look at a denier that circulated in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, and I was 😮. Imagining the coin jingling in the purse of some long ago merchant really made things real for me.
Princeton has a wonderful coin collection, curated by the generous and inimitable Alan Stahl. Here is Alan talking about some of them: middleagesforeducators.princeton.edu/resource/coi...
Coins of Axum (medieval Africa) in the Princeton University Collection
In this video, Princeton Curator of Numismatics Alan Stahl introduces a new and growing collection of coins from the medieval African kingdom of Axum, in the area that is now Ethiopia
middleagesforeducators.princeton.edu
November 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Princeton has a wonderful coin collection, curated by the generous and inimitable Alan Stahl. Here is Alan talking about some of them: middleagesforeducators.princeton.edu/resource/coi...
Sorry, Hannah, could you interpret this statement for people who are not as technically proficient as they might like to be?
November 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Sorry, Hannah, could you interpret this statement for people who are not as technically proficient as they might like to be?
I do not understand the incessant need to rank people. For those who claim to be so brilliant, the construct of the "top 10" seems devoid of nuance at best, a complete waste of time & harmful at worst. I know that even making this observation, the response would be, "but who was the best--really?"
November 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I do not understand the incessant need to rank people. For those who claim to be so brilliant, the construct of the "top 10" seems devoid of nuance at best, a complete waste of time & harmful at worst. I know that even making this observation, the response would be, "but who was the best--really?"
Not that I know. Maybe there have been other concerns (aka larger law suits) but it does seem that AI is of a part
November 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Not that I know. Maybe there have been other concerns (aka larger law suits) but it does seem that AI is of a part
If I were a parent of 1 of the students in his class, I would have a v. hard time encouraging my child to attend. Teachers teach so much more than the material when they walk into a class (also why AI is garbage). Parents, speak up! Tell Harvard you don't want this model of morality for your child.
November 18, 2025 at 1:55 AM
If I were a parent of 1 of the students in his class, I would have a v. hard time encouraging my child to attend. Teachers teach so much more than the material when they walk into a class (also why AI is garbage). Parents, speak up! Tell Harvard you don't want this model of morality for your child.
yes that is starting to make sense. It is followed by the abbreviation for pounds and then solidi. They just wrote it so far away from the rest of the number that it looks like an abbreviation of some sort. Thanks, team! That was quick work. Medievalists are so cool.
November 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
yes that is starting to make sense. It is followed by the abbreviation for pounds and then solidi. They just wrote it so far away from the rest of the number that it looks like an abbreviation of some sort. Thanks, team! That was quick work. Medievalists are so cool.
iiiiinteresting. Will take another look. Thank you!
November 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
iiiiinteresting. Will take another look. Thank you!
Thank you! I am working with a Sienese scholar, but we had not considered this yet. I'll look into it!
November 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Thank you! I am working with a Sienese scholar, but we had not considered this yet. I'll look into it!
I bet you are!
November 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I bet you are!
ooooh pretty. Have fun!
November 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
ooooh pretty. Have fun!
What is interesting is how willing the media is to name individual faculty members, but not the administrators who are fighting the faculty. The administrators are actual people and they need to answer for their actions.
November 15, 2025 at 4:15 AM
What is interesting is how willing the media is to name individual faculty members, but not the administrators who are fighting the faculty. The administrators are actual people and they need to answer for their actions.
Thanks for this.
You can add sexism & elitism to that list, though I know I have benefitted greatly from the system as it now stands.
So many academics are wonderful people, but the system does not allow them to welcome different ways of thinking & working, which is the point in the first place 😃.
You can add sexism & elitism to that list, though I know I have benefitted greatly from the system as it now stands.
So many academics are wonderful people, but the system does not allow them to welcome different ways of thinking & working, which is the point in the first place 😃.
November 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Thanks for this.
You can add sexism & elitism to that list, though I know I have benefitted greatly from the system as it now stands.
So many academics are wonderful people, but the system does not allow them to welcome different ways of thinking & working, which is the point in the first place 😃.
You can add sexism & elitism to that list, though I know I have benefitted greatly from the system as it now stands.
So many academics are wonderful people, but the system does not allow them to welcome different ways of thinking & working, which is the point in the first place 😃.
I feel the same way about my field. The only answer I have found so far is to just create something (with other brilliant collaborators who are willing) so that what we do will continue to exist. But it is a very very heavy lift, and I'm starting to lose energy and hope, even in these efforts.
November 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I feel the same way about my field. The only answer I have found so far is to just create something (with other brilliant collaborators who are willing) so that what we do will continue to exist. But it is a very very heavy lift, and I'm starting to lose energy and hope, even in these efforts.
Right; probably best to keep air travel to a minimum while air traffic personnel are working on a volunteer basis
November 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Right; probably best to keep air travel to a minimum while air traffic personnel are working on a volunteer basis