Dr Ellen Gallimore

Calling all #historians 🚨

Our Summer Conference on 'The Church and Race' is now open for paper submissions.

It will be held in London on 13-15 July 2026 at Royal Holloway, University of London.

ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/26summer/

Vacancies — The Portico Library

📍 Manchester city centre
⏰ 17.5–21 hours per week (0.5–0.6 FTE)
💷 £32,000 pro rata
📄 10-month fixed-term contract
🗓 Application deadline: 5pm, Monday 13 April

Full details and candidate pack available here: www.theportico.org.uk/vacancies

So lucky to be a part of this lovely team!

A selection of books form the Fagel Collection

TCD Library is recruiting a Senior Bibliographer to help catalogue the Fagel Collection! This is a fabulous professional opportunity to work on one of Europe's great early modern private libraries. Closing 10 March at noon. Full details available at www.tcd.ie/hr/vacancies

The SIMS-CSMC Fellowship

📢 Call for applicants!

We are delighted to announce the SIMS-CSMC Fellowship, set up with our colleagues @sims-mss.bsky.social. It supports innovative approaches to the study of manuscripts and includes time at SIMS in Philadelphia and at CSMC in Hamburg.

Apply by 1 May 2026!

More info:

I certainly wasn’t expecting this article in the Guardian on the Milan fashion week to have a final section on Sutton Hoo

Don't forget to submit a paper proposal for our Summer Conference held in London, 13-15 July 2026.

Plenary speakers include President Miri Rubin (@qmul.bsky.social), Prof Herman Bennett (@cuny.edu) & Rev Rowan Williams (104 Archbishop of Canterbury)

ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/26summer/

#CfP 'Connection, Conversation, Contention: Encounters in the
Medieval and Early Modern World'

13-14 July 2026, St John’s College, @durham.ac.uk

With Keynotes by Dr Natalie Goodison (Durham), Dr Lisa Kattenberg (Amsterdam) and Professor Stuart Carroll (York) @durhammemsa.bsky.social

📢 TOEBI Conference Grants 2026 #medievalsky ‼️
💻We are now accepting applications from #TOEBI members who are graduate students or recent PhDs without a full-time post to support presentations at conferences.
‼️ Deadline: 5pm on the 31st March 2026.
📲 Details: www.toebi.org.uk/grants-for-g....

Assistant Professorship in Medieval Literature (temporary cover) at University of Cambridge Apply now for the Assistant Professorship in Medieval Literature (temporary cover) role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.

An opportunity for a medievalist to join the team at Cambridge: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQQ346/a...

Call for Contributors!

Writing the Industrial Revolution brings together short illustrated essays on industrial change and its cultural consequences in Britain, circa 1770–1830.

We'd love to hear from other researchers who'd like to contribute an essay. Please see ⤵️

www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6341

Joseph Bosworth & Old English Studies: Then, Now and the Future (21 May 2026, 16:00-19:00 CEST / 10:00-13:00 EDT) An online academic memorial event reflecting on the continuing impact of Joseph Bosworth († 27 May 1876) and his Old English dictionary on the field of Old English Studies. The programme will consist of a series of 20-minute papers and a roundtable. Confirmed speakers include: • Dabney Bankert (James Madison University) • Rachel A. Fletcher (Leiden University) • Thijs Porck (Leiden University) • Christine Rauer (University of St Andrews) • Ondřej Tichý (Charles University, Prague) • Madeleine Thompson (Anthropic, author of the Bosworth-Toller smartphone app) For more information (or joining the roundtable) you can contact the organisers by sending an e-mail to Rachel A. Fletcher (r.a.fletcher@hum.leidenuniv.nl ). Attendance is free, but please let us know you are coming by filling out this registration form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScj3hMvrYe6vVzQlTWsFyNmgQ44jWkTUyL8ZDlxnF6E6btZJg/viewform Organisers: Rachel A. Fletcher, Thijs Porck, Christine Rauer and Ondřej Tichý This event is is part of a project that has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation program (EMERGENCE, Grant agreement No.101115867, https://doi.org/10.3030/101115867 ). Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

Like Old English, dictionaries, and/or nineteenth century scholarship? Save the date for an online event celebrating Joseph Bosworth and his Old English dictionary.
Register (free!) here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

WEBER POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR IN EUROPEAN HISTORY University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!

📣 Job Opportunity: Weber Postdoctoral Scholar in European History at #UCLA!
The UCLA Department of History seeks applicants for a 2-yr Postdoctoral Scholar. Please apply or share with anyone who might be a great fit!
🗓️ Review begins: Apr 1, 2026
🔗Details & application ⬇️
recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10862

Just registered to attend this. The programme looks incredible! Looking forward to it immensely.

Tutorial Fellowship in History, and Associate Professorship (or Professorship) of Medieval British and European History at University of Oxford Explore an exciting academic career as a Tutorial Fellowship in History, and Associate Professorship (or Professorship) of Medieval British and European History. Don't miss out on other academic jobs....

We are hiring ....
Because John Nightingale is retiring...
for a Tutorial Fellowship in European History 400-1000...

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQP650/t...

#Medievalsky we'd love to hear from you if you're working on Yorkshire in some capacity!

The event is free, and will take place on 19th and 20th June - so a (hopefully) sunny trip to York could be on the cards!

Join us (in person or online) on 3 March to hear my thoughts on some of the best images in the 'vie de Colette'!

(This is absolutely an excuse for me to talk about demons).

ICYMI our @ehunineteen.bsky.social PGRs are hosting a conference - check out our poster - please reskeet - share with your PGRs - and do come along and join us in June!

Towards a Literary History of Old English Prose with speaker Professor Francis Leneghan. This lecture foregrounds the richness of Old English prose, exploring its role in the emergence of Engla lond as an ‘imagined community’ in the long tenth century. www.york.ac.uk/english/abou...

A poster of the scheduling of three sessions on Old English in the Long 19th Century taking place on Thursday 09 July at the Leeds International Medieval Congress

As everyone starts thinking ahead to #IMC2026, make sure your plans include attending our three sessions on Old English in the Long 19th Century!

CFP: Race, Law and Empire

The So What - Sports Medievalism CFP.docx Call for Proposals:  Sports Medievalism - TSW Special Issue *** Submission Deadline for Proposals: March 31, 2026*** In athletics, athletes are often described as ‘throwing down the gauntlet’ when t...

Just dropped! A #CFP for a Sports Medievalism Special Iss of TSW, guest ed. by
@mairistirlinghill.bsky.social! We’re seeking proposals for pieces that engage w/ the relationship between sporting culture & medieval aesthetic! Full CFP attached
Deadline: 3/31
#medievalsky #academicsky #sports

A lovely job opportunity for an ECR, a temporary lecturing position but it has built in research time too. Come work with us in Maynooth for a year! #medievalsky You can email/message me if you've any questions & I can point you in the right direction.

Our #CfP for our Summer Conference 2026 @royalholloway.bsky.social is now open!

More details: ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/26summer/

A snippet of the blue backgrounded IMC 2027 Padlet Page. The Writing reads 'IMC 2027 'Communities' Proposals on any topic related to the Middle Ages are welcome, while every year the IMC also chooses a special thematic focus. In 2027 this is 'Communities'.'

After the reveal of the #IMC2027 Special Thematic Strand 'Communities', we now have a #IMC2027 Padlet Page! 🎊

Any session Organisers who want to advertise their 2027 Call for Papers, email imc@leeds.ac.uk with your CFP and we will add it to the Padlet! 🙂

#MedievalSky #SkyStorians

Hey, #medievalsky - I just launched Compilatio ( oldbooks.humspace.ucla.edu/index.html ), a quick-and-dirty site that assembles completely digitized #medieval #manuscripts (mostly from UK repositories) in one convenient location. Check it out, and do let me know what you think.

The staff list for the International Medieval Congress 2026

I'm especially excited for #IMC2026 because this year I'm part of the @imc-leeds.bsky.social team! I look forward to seeing everyone in July!

A delegate in a computer cluster looking at the home page of the IMC 2026 website.

#IMC2026 PDF Programme and January Newsletter is available on the IMC Website!🎉🎉 Go and read about your involvements in IMC 2026, registration details, exciting exhibitors, events, excursions, and keynote lectures!

#IMC2026 is all starting to become very real now!🎊

#MedievalSky #SkyStorians

Illustrations of 10 less common garden birds: Tree Sparrow (brown with a black cheek spot), Pied Wagtail (black and white with a long tail), Rook (glossy black with a pale beak), Fieldfare (grey head, brown back, speckled chest), Blackcap (male: grey with a black cap, female: brown with a chestnut cap), Common Gull (grey wings, white body), Stock Dove (blue-grey), Jay (pinkish with blue wing patch

Ready to level up your birdwatching? 😎

Here’s another 10 birds to keep an eye out for this #BigGardenBirdwatch...

From colourful Jays to stealthy Sparrowhawks, who have you spotted on your patch before?

PS - Don't forget to sign up: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...