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Medievalist. Cultural historian. Interested in the late Middle Ages, collective memory, commemoration, gift-giving, medieval heroes after the Middle Ages, medieval Hanse and Livonia. Associate professor at the Latvian Academy of Culture (Riga)

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Map of central and eastern Europe, annotated with locations and images of wooden beams and pillars carved with faces, stretching from eastern Germany to western Russia.

Map of central and eastern Europe, annotated with locations and images of wooden beams and pillars carved with faces, stretching from eastern Germany to western Russia.

Which of these early medieval funky faces captures your #FridayFeeling?
Spread from modern Germany to Russia, they suggest a shared artistic and spiritual tradition across Slavic central and eastern Europe during the Early Middle Ages.

🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

🏺 #Archaeology

13.03.2026 08:13 👍 35 🔁 13 💬 2 📌 1

"I got my PhD by writing prompts instead of doing research, I'm winning"

got some bad news, there still no jobs and now you also know nothing

13.03.2026 16:47 👍 6819 🔁 1159 💬 79 📌 48
Medieval Studies | MA | University of Lincoln

To anyone interested in our medieval studies programme, we have some scholarships for international students. Various links to follow in a thread. 1/6 www.lincoln.ac.uk/course/medstdma

10.03.2026 09:13 👍 21 🔁 23 💬 1 📌 3
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Artis Svece | Timotijs un Dalila Pasniedzējam, kurš strādā ar studentiem šobrīd, ir jāiegaumē, ka reti kuru atsauci uz Rietumu kultūras klasiku var uzskatīt par pašsaprotamu.

Latvian philosopher Artis Svece has written a very thought-provoking essay on Chalamet and ballet. Of course, the essay is about something more than this quite bizzare scandal. What to do with Classics today? Is the common knowledge of culture lost?

satori.lv/article/timo...

10.03.2026 11:06 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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Esam gatavi runāt par sarežģītām vēstures tēmām. Raidījums «Izvēle Nr. 1» spējis izlauzties cauri izklaides troksnim Laikā, kad cīņā par auditorijas uzmanību uzvar īsie formāti un izklaide, cilvēkus pie ekrāniem spēj noturēt stundu gara saruna par sarežģītiem vēstures jautājumiem bez šova elementiem. Šis fakts ganda...

"Esam gatavi runāt par sarežģītām vēstures tēmām". Principā esam gatavi runāt tikai par 20. gadsimtu, jo par visu pārējo trūkst zināšanu. Es vienkārši skatos un neticu savām acīm cik sekla ir vēstures doma Latvijā. (tas nav tikai par šo tēmu) www.lsm.lv/raksts/arpus...

06.03.2026 07:47 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

paldies par šo.

05.03.2026 13:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Good thing some US colleges are closing their Religious Studies departments—definitively not “useful” at all or an area of expertise that might be relevant for understanding our present…

03.03.2026 03:21 👍 299 🔁 116 💬 6 📌 3
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Just your regularly scheduled share of this masterpiece by @tomgauld.bsky.social

28.02.2026 15:55 👍 10794 🔁 2972 💬 111 📌 94

It’s not science fiction that makes us nervous about of autonomous weapons platforms breaking free of human command- it’s history.

Control of warriors has been an unending struggle.

The founding myth of the English is of mercenaries who topple a kingdom.

28.02.2026 10:56 👍 203 🔁 24 💬 10 📌 2

Man bija tieši šis jautājums, kāpēc ir sižets par random cilvēku, kurš sarakstījies ar Epstīnu, kas sagadīšanās pēc ir latvietis. Provinciāla pieeja - redz, arī te ir latvietis.

23.02.2026 11:30 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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Source: Cignetti's salary now averages $13.2M through 2033 After leading Indiana to the national title, coach Curt Cignetti has finalized a contract with the school that will pay him an average of $13.2 million through the 2033 season, a source confirmed to E...

Something is awry in higher education. Indiana University agrees to pay the football coach more than $100 million, shortly after cutting hundreds of academic programs. www.espn.com/college-foot...

20.02.2026 21:16 👍 259 🔁 109 💬 24 📌 40
Vēstures izpētes un popularizēšanas biedrība - Aptaujas veidlapa

Aicinu visus, kurus interesē vēsture un kuriem šķiet svarīga nozares attīstība, nobalsot par Gada vēsturnieku 2025. Ceru, ka mums izdosies atrast un novērtēt lielisku vēsturnieku. www.vesturesbiedriba.lv/gadavesturni...

13.02.2026 15:50 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Vai nu lapas apakšā, vai arī pēc teksta. Maksimāli vienkārši. Akadēmisks teksts ir darba instruments.

05.02.2026 12:32 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

esmu ar Muraško bārā stundu diskutējis par veidu kā viņš kārto atsauces. Man tas šķiet neveiksmīgs un akadēmiskiem tekstiem nederīgs, bet jā, let's agree to disagree...

05.02.2026 12:17 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

University is not a business, students are not customers, education is not a product, researchers are not salespeople.

04.02.2026 19:20 👍 311 🔁 78 💬 1 📌 6

Opus Dei ļoti prasmīgi vervē (cits vārds nenāk prātā) cilvēkus. No pieredzes zinu.

02.02.2026 20:30 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

pilnībā piekrītu!

02.02.2026 10:14 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

es uzreiz ietu ieņemt Sāmsalu. Galu galā Sāmsala kopā ar Pilteni (veco Kurzemes bīskapiju) 16. gs. vidū piederēja Johanam Minhauzenam un tad Dāņu princim Magnusam. Mums Sāmsala ir nepieciešama nacionālajai drošībai. Pārāk ilgi (astoņus gadsimtus vismaz) tā ir bijusi mums drauds.

02.02.2026 09:21 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Jaunā nenoteiktība pasaules politikā. Saruna ar vēsturnieci Uni Bergmani Saruna ar vēsturnieci, Helsinku universitātes pētnieci Unu Bergmani par jauno nenoteiktību pasaules politikā, ASV un Eiropas attiecībām, lielvaru noteikto dienaskārtību un mazo un vidējā lieluma valst...

šī nebija ļoti priecīga saruna, bet manuprāt svarīga lr1.lsm.lv/lv/raksts/br...

27.01.2026 17:24 👍 36 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 3

Everyone freezing on the East Coast or in the Midwest remember: Kyiv has the same weather, except that hundreds of thousands of people don't have electricity, heating or running water

24.01.2026 16:22 👍 3853 🔁 1091 💬 77 📌 31
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Rinkēvičs respektē Mieriņas personisko nostāju par Nobela Miera prēmijas piešķiršanu Trampam Valsts prezidents Edgars Rinkēvičs respektē Saeimas spīkeres Daigas Mieriņas (Zaļo un Zemnieku savienība) personisko nostāju, parakstot Nobela prēmijas komitejai adresētu vēstuli ar rosināju...

Gan Mieriņas rīcība, gan šī retorika no @edgarsrinkevics.bsky.social puses Latvijai rada neuzticama partnera reputāciju. Haotiska valsts, kurā līdzās oficiālajai nostājai pastāv arī amatpersonu personīgās pozīcijas. www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas...

21.01.2026 12:13 👍 46 🔁 10 💬 10 📌 0
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Trump Announces New European Tariffs in Greenland Standoff; Allies Outraged

NYT will sanewash the Trump administration into authoritarianism. Obviously, this is not a "standoff", it is a shakedown.

Also, any European politicians who still thinks the current U.S. is an "ally" is delusional and incompetent. The Trump administration is an adversary at best, an enemy at worst.

18.01.2026 17:31 👍 97 🔁 23 💬 0 📌 3

MI radīti?

17.01.2026 10:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The Nobel Prize and the Laureate Are Inseparable - Nobel Peace Prize The medal and the diploma are the physical symbols confirming that an individual or organisation has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The prize itself – the honour and recognition – remains insepar...

“In 1943, the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun travelled to Germany and met with Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. After returning to Norway, he sent his Nobel medal to Goebbels as a gesture of thanks for the meeting.”

Things I did not know. www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-...

16.01.2026 22:53 👍 470 🔁 155 💬 5 📌 5

I went to QMUL, and all I got is my PhD.

14.01.2026 07:51 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Are you writing about #Greenland and looking for expertise on the tense geopolitical situation? (unless you trust US AI chatbots to do the trick, of course 🙃)
The University of Southern Denmark @sdu.dk has a team of experts ready to help 🔽

09.01.2026 08:01 👍 38 🔁 18 💬 2 📌 0

Time to stop writing articles about the "security" or "economic" reasons to capture Greenland, they are irrelevant

09.01.2026 07:18 👍 2213 🔁 711 💬 125 📌 30

paldies @aidistomsons.bsky.social par lielisko interviju. Mierīgi, ar precīziem jautājumiem liek pašam Brokam uzkāpt kokā un nekāpt no tā lejā.

05.01.2026 11:57 👍 16 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

un Broks saka, ka Saeimas deputātam ir jānāk vienreiz nedēļā, jāiedziļinās un jānobalso... viņš nav dzirdējis par darbu Saeimas komisijās un tikšanos ar vēlētājiem...

05.01.2026 11:49 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0