Brittany to Auxerre: Networks of Knowledge along the Loire and Beyond : Find an Expert : The University of Melbourne <p> Christianity dominates the intellectual and literary culture of the early medieval Latin West, and central to this culture are the biblical commentaries, glosses, and glossaries that facilitated the study and interpretation of scripture. Long dismissed as mere patchworks of patristic sources, these works, both anonymous and attributed, are now recognised as creative and innovative contributions to an interconnected tradition of scholarship — and as invaluable witnesses to the intellectual activity of their times and places of production. This project will investigate the networks of knowledge that connected the major religious and intellectual centres of ninth- and tenth-century Francia, with a particular focus on the Loire and Burgundy regions, home to celebrated houses such as Fleury, Auxerre, Tours, Orléans, and Reims. </p> <p> The successful candidate will take as their starting point the <em>Glossae Floriacenses (currently being edited by the primary supervisor),</em> attested at Fleury and Reims and containing Old Breton and Old English glosses. This work provides compelling early evidence of the regional connections under investigation. The candidate will focus on Genesis as a biblical book that attracted an especially substantial and varied corpus of commentary and glosses, thus making it an ideal case study for identifying textual relationships and moments of creative intervention. In addition to this compilation, the project will survey a wide range of published, in-progress, and as-yet-unstudied exegetical compilations to trace the transmission, adaptation, and innovation of material across this geographically and intellectually rich landscape. </p> <p> The candidates should have a strong knowledge of Latin, and knowledge of palaeography, medieval textual culture, and textual transmission would be an advantage. </p> <p> <strong>Notes to interested applicant</strong>: please attach a statement of interest to your CV document when submitting your Expression of Interest. </p>

TWO #FUNDED #MEDIEVAL #LATIN #PHD OPPORTUNITIES

Co-supervised by myself and Franck Cinato, with time @cnrs.fr and @unimelb.edu.au

#Scholarship includes tuition fees, living allowance, health insurance, and relocation support

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Project 1: go.unimelb.edu.au/85t2
Project 2:

Congratulations!!

Geesteswetenschappers: pas op de plaats met vernieuwing bacheloropleidingen In een open brief vragen Utrechtse Geesteswetenschappers om onmiddellijke opschorting van het zogeheten Transitieplan van hun faculteit. De voorgestelde ingrepen in het bacheloronderwijs zijn volgens ...

Open brief hekelt snelle tempo, slechte onderbouwing en ondoorzichtig proces

Call for Papers for @ihr.bsky.social History of Liturgy Study Day in Cambridge on Saturday 25 April 2026.

**New Directions in the History of Liturgy II**

PhD position on medieval representations of disability within the project DISMANTLE Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS) invites applications for a PhD position on medieval representations of disability within the project DISMANTLE (1.0 fte, 4 years / 0.8 fte, 5 y...

Please help spread the word #medievalsky!

Funded PhD position on medieval literary and artistic representations of disability as part of a Vidi project I will be leading that is funded by the Dutch Research Council:

www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3592...

this week at the Department of Humanities / Ca' Foscari University of Venice #medievalsky

This is great - can we some day do a series of non-existent stuff on maps plus the stories behind them?

Research-Creation in the early Middle Ages: the example of Hibernicus Exul : Find an Expert : The University of Melbourne <p> The pivotal role played by Irish scholars in preserving and transmitting ancient learning during the early Middle Ages is well known even beyond the academy, thanks to popularising works such as ‘How the Irish Saved Civilization’. Yet a great deal of work remains to be done on individual Irish figures working in continental Europe during the eighth to tenth centuries in order to establish more rigorously the Irish contribution. The shadowy figure known as ‘Hibernicus Exul’ (‘the Irish exile’) provides an ideal test-case for this work: the author of thirty-eight Latin poems, on scholarly, political, and comic topics, his works appear in a single manuscript, Vatican Reg. Lat. 2078. This is an important and influential poetic anthology from the heart of the Carolingian Renaissance, a period of intense cultural and intellectual activity in eight- and ninth-century Europe during which the literature and learning of the ancient Graeco-Roman world was rediscovered and concerted efforts were made to standardise and widen access to educational systems, with significant consequences for the intellectual history of western Europe. The PhD student recruited will write the first monograph-length study of Hibernicus Exul, setting his work in the context of the manuscript, addressing the controversial question of his possible identification with the better- known Carolingian scholar Dúngal, and demonstrate how the poet exemplifies the nature of medieval Irish literature, which simultaneously aims to educate and to entertain, and can in many ways be seen as a predecessor of today’s Research-Creation. </p> <p> <strong>Please note below additional requirements when submitting your Expressions of Interest:</strong> </p> <ul> <li>Additional requirements: <ul> <li> <strong>Statement of research interest [max. 1000 words]</strong> </li> <li> <strong>MA in a related field, or equivalent, to be completed by the programme start date.</strong> </li> <li> <strong>Evidence of at least six semesters of Latin, or equivalent, with grades of B+ or higher, or equivalent</strong> </li> </ul> </li> </ul>

#MEDIEVAL #LATIN #PHD OPPORTUNITY:
Co-supervised by myself and Cillian O'Hogan, University of Toronto

Project start: September 2027, with time in #Toronto, France, & @unimelb.edu.au. #Scholarship includes tuition fees, living allowance, health insurance, and relocation support.

Get in touch!

Afl 217: Keukentafelkennis uit het jaar 1000 | Onder Mediadoctoren

Podcast! De Mediadoctoren in aktie! Over ieders favoriete middeleeuwse boekrol: ondermediadoctoren.nl/afl-217-keuk...

Afl 217: Keukentafelkennis uit het jaar 1000 | Onder Mediadoctoren

Ook in de 11e eeuw wilden mannen niet kaal worden en wilden vrouwen af van haar op ‘gekke’ plekken. We spraken met historica @carinevanrhijn.bsky.social over de Rotulus von Mülinen: een zes meter lange middeleeuwse medische rol vol alledaagse levenswijsheden
ondermediadoctoren.nl/afl-217-keuk...

#moresundayreading

Excellent news, congratulations Jesse!

Doctoral Research Fellowship (SKO 1017) at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History (293057) | University of Oslo Job title: Doctoral Research Fellowship (SKO 1017) at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History (293057), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, March 22, 2026

An interesting PhD opportunity (i.e. job!) at Oslo on the project POLYCHROME: "Candidates should propose a research project that examines, in one form or another, historical sources that shed light on changing attitudes to medieval objects after the Reformations in the Scandinavian countries."

Nee, als het artikel door de review is kun je kiezen: geen open access (niks betalen), of één van de vele vormen van Open Access (betalen). Universiteiten in NL willen standaard OA maar dat is niet altijd te financieren.

Pay to publish: nee. Betalen voor Open Access: ja. Maar in Duitsland is het bijvoorbeeld heel anders geregeld dus het is lastig iets algemeens te zeggen.

Need for Movement

Baldur’s Catflap 3
Guild Disagreements

PhD Position in Medieval Manuscript Studies | Radboud University Do you want to work as a PhD Candidate in Medieval Manuscript Studies at the Faculty of Arts? Check our vacancy!

🚨Phd Position in #Digital #Medieval Manuscripts Studies

You will be part of an international research project, applying innovative computational methods to the study of the transmission history of the Latin Physiologus and the Bestiary.

📍Radbout University (NL)
📆15 Jan 2026
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Birkbeck, University of London, is seeking a Lecturer in Medieval Studies to join our dynamic team within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Autumn 2026. As Lecturer in Medieval Studies you will contribute to the teaching of Medieval English literature and Medieval history across the Faculty, within our School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication, and School of Historical Studies - this includes our BA English and BA History programmes, as well as postgraduate taught programmes in the two subject areas. This post is offered on a permanent contract at Birkbeck, full time 35 hours per week, with a salary of £44,247 rising to £60,858 per year. Teaching hours will vary from 6pm - 9pm, Monday to Friday. To be successful, you will bring research expertise in the literature, history and culture of the Late Medieval period (c.1300-1500), and demonstrate a capacity to contribute to interdisciplinary research and teaching, participate actively in curriculum development, supervise doctoral students, and help shape the intellectual life of our vibrant academic community. We would also welcome applicants who would be able to contribute to collaborative teaching programmes or research in the Faculty, in areas such as identity, race/ethnicity, or gender - experience of collaboration with cultural institutions, whether through research or teaching, is also welcome. Core responsibilities will initially include programme/module administration, teaching, supervision, assessment, student support and pastoral care. You will also be equipped to supervise doctoral students. With a PhD in any area of Medieval Studies, you will contribute the Faculty’s and Schools’ research impact and culture, and to the intellectual and cultural life of the institution and the various communities and partners with whom we work and serve.

Birkbeck is hiring a Lecturer in Medieval Studies (c.1300-1500), full-time and open-ended.

They will be formally based in English but expected to be able to contribute about 0.5FTE to History, including teaching and supervision.

Closing date Feb 23rd: cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...

Exactly! And again an argument for slow science. No shortcuts, just do the work.

Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵

Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...

Surely you answered in Latin and all was well?

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New issue of Early Science and Medicine Vol. 30, No. 6 (2025) brill.com/view/journal... @carinevanrhijn.bsky.social @jtpmedieval.bsky.social @dgb-mem.bsky.social

In the tenth century a charm to control a bee swarm was added, upside down, in the margin of an earlier mss. It's one of the earliest Old High German texts. Tim Hertogh argues in recent article it was intended as an amulet to cut out & place in a hive - explaining the margins excised elsewhere.👇

Exterior view of GHI London

#CfP Medieval Germany Workshop

📌 1 Day #Workshop at #GHILondon | 29 May 2026 | organised by @ghilondon.bsky.social and @germanhistsoc.bsky.social | for #researchers to discuss work in progress

📝 Deadline for proposal submissions: 15 February 2026

🔗www.maxweberstiftung...

Screenshot of search for 'petition' on the BL's Archives and Manuscript catalogue

Hooray! The British Library has just released a beta version of its rebuilt Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue: searcharchives.bl.uk

2,619 hits for 'petition' in Western Manuscripts, texts in English, in case you're curious. 🗃️

Yes, good idea. We are doing very different things, but there is interesting overlap.

Sounds wonderful!

This asks for collaboration with the Anonymous Knowledge project (ca.500-1000)!

Wat is dit voor wonderlijk curiosum??