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Elaine M. Treharne FSA FRHistS FEA FLSW was born in Aberystwyth, Wales, in 1964. She is a Senior Associate Vice… more

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by Elaine Treharne

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Old and Middle English can set you up for life. Fund the Humanities!

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Kemi Badenoch wants to end ‘rip-off degrees’ – but I wouldn’t have created Horrid Henry without mine | Francesca Simon
I studied Old and Middle English. Although I didn’t know it, I couldn’t have chosen a better subject to train me to become a children’s author, says author Francesca Simon
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Reposted by Elaine Treharne, Charles West, Kathleen Kennedy

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Published today! Facsimile: Making, Likeness, and Medieval Manuscripts, by Siân Echard.

Siân is not on here to promote it, but I will! #medievalsky #manuscripts #bookhistory

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Facsimile – Penn Press
An unprecedented cultural history of reproductions of medieval manuscriptsFacsimiles are, or claim to be, exact copies of objects, and medieval manuscripts h...
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by Elaine Treharne

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Had fun filming a short video about the fabulous Parker.stanford.edu with @blalbritton.bsky.social today. We have a super NEH project (Global Currents) on the automated retrieval of features of manuscript layout using Parker data.
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*Vacancy - Chair of Advisory Board (Voluntary)*

UWP is seeking to appoint a new Chair to the Advisory Board, responsible for ensuring the Board functions effectively in supporting our mission, vision and strategic objectives.

For more information, visit: www.uwp.co.uk/app/uploads/...
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by Martin Paul Eve — Reposted by Elaine Treharne, Martin Paul Eve

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A preprint/author's original version of my review of @elikaortega.bsky.social's Binding Media.

Posted under OUP's self-archiving policy academic.oup.com/pages/self_a...

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Review of Binding Media by Élika Ortega
A review of Ortega's Binding Media. My conclusion is that Ortega's terminology—"binding media"—is a useful phrase that should enter the critical lexicon. It gives us the means through which to conside...
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by Elaine Treharne

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I’ve got company!
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by Elaine Treharne

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I’m very sorry about your loss. All sympathy to you.

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some beautiful zingers in this new piece by Ruha Benjamin: "Worshipping one’s own intelligence, it seems, leads to a dangerous desire to bring the rest of humanity to its knees." #ai lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
The New Artificial Intelligentsia | Los Angeles Review of Books
In the fifth essay of the Legacies of Eugenics series, Ruha Benjamin explores how AI evangelists wrap their self-interest in a cloak of humanistic concern.
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by Elaine Treharne

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Benicia, former capital of California
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by Elaine Treharne

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Gwych, Catherine!
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Reposted by Elaine Treharne, Chris Hanretty, Federica Genovese , and 1 more

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“This is a movement…This is an achievement of a whole society…I am just one person.”

The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
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MEMOs EVENT: Islam in Medieval England
British Library, London:

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MEMOs EVENT: Islam in Medieval England | MEMOs
Our expert panel explore the Islamic presence in England during the medieval and early modern period.
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The Norwegian Nobel Committee, in a statement announcing its decision to recognize Maria Corina Machado with the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025:
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by Elaine Treharne

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Fantastic!!
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Reposted by Elaine Treharne, Joanna Bryson, Anna O. Law , and 24 more

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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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The Verge @theverge.com · May 26
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
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Reposted by Elaine Treharne, Kris Inwood, Margot C. Finn , and 2 more

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MLGB is back!! Delighted that Medieval Libraries of Great Britain @bodleian.ox.ac.uk is now back online. We are also working had on plans for the next phase of the resource, enhancing & adding data & functionality. HUGE thanks to my colleagues for their hard & clever work mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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Reposted by Elaine Treharne, Pauline Stafford

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Delighted to be giving a Bede's World / Durham World Heritage Site lecture in @durham.ac.uk on 18 October.
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Reposted by Elaine Treharne, Katie Barclay, Greg Walker , and 1 more

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Job alert! University of Auckland, lectureship in English, in the long 19th century:

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Lecturer - English
Company Description: Waipapa Taumata Rau | The University of AucklandThe University of Auckland is New Zealand’s pre-eminent University, with a turnover of $1.1bn, including research revenue of over $...
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Reposted by Elaine Treharne, Stephen M. Walt, Kim L. Scheppele , and 24 more

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I thought I'd put the administration's proposed "compact" with universities in context, so I wrote the blog post below.

It's especially for journalists covering this story!

Many details about how the compact itself works and why the administration has retreated to this strategy.
Balkinization: The Art of Replacing the Law with the Deal
A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics
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Reposted by Elaine Treharne, Lesley A. Hall, Keith Lilley , and 2 more

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Tenure-track assistant professor "Early medieval history" (Univ. of Copenhagen) www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-1...
Tenure-track assistant professor "Early medieval history" (Univ. of Copenhagen)
Tenure-track assistant professor in early medieval history at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen The Saxo Institute, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen (UCPH) invites ap...
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Reposted by Elaine Treharne, Charles West

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Next Wednesday 8th October, 12.30-1.30: Jiří Vnouček on "A Tale of Two Parchments" - insular and continental parchment preparation.
In person: @bodleian.ox.ac.uk Weston Library, Lecture Theatre
Or livestreamed.
Free: book here visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/oct25/...
A tale of two parchments
In this talk, Dr. Jiří Vnouček discusses differences in species choice and membrane preparation of 'Insular' and 'Continental' parchment used for book-making in the early Middle Ages.
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📢 Happy #medievalmonday, #medievalsky!
📜 Here is our #OldEnglish Resource of the Week...
📖Old English Poetry in Facsimile
📲 oepoetryfacsimile.org/index.html
©️Medieval Academy of America
✍️Director and Senior Editor: Martin Foys
✍️Associate Editor: Kyle Smith
💻Digital Mappa: www.digitalmappa.org
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Is it coffee time yet? MSS R.9.17
See the whole manuscript here: mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/R...
#marginaliaMonday
Two drawings of jugs in the bottom margin under manuscript text.
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by Elaine Treharne

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Indeed!
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by Elaine Treharne

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Yes, Andalusia was part of the Roman Empire at this point
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by Elaine Treharne

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Stunning 1st-century monumental gilded bronze letters and punctuation marks that had fallen from a public building in Singilia Barba, Andalusia (Málaga Museum). *First century*!
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by Elaine Treharne

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Granada quite good; Córoba exceptional.
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by Elaine Treharne

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Palace of Charles V, Granada
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by Margot C. Finn — Reposted by Elaine Treharne, Lesley A. Hall, Tim Hitchcock

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£77,816 er annum. What an exciting post.
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National Museum Directors' Council @nmdcnews.bsky.social · 24d
Vacancy for Head of Research, Archives and Libraries - British Museum. Deadline 29 September 2025. bmrecruit.ciphr-irecruit.com//templates/C... #MuseumJobs
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by Elaine Treharne

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Look at the ‘T’ though in this first-century inscription for Lucius Vibius Rusticus (Museo de Málaga)
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