Obligatory 'THAT'S INSANE!'

The days are getting shorter, but the pup knows the best way to start an Autumnal day

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Academia is very much on the back burner for me at the moment, but it's been heartening to continue to get occasional messages regarding my academic work

Off to a workshop on peasants later today, so thought I'd put up a blog on early medieval labour rights, and how a Carolingian king limited the working week to 3 days ( - or did he...)
blogs.ed.ac.uk/cwest3/2025/...

It's been a year, but I still think this is the best thing I've written.

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This rare example of an almost intact #Roman #fortlet and signal station at Old Burrow (Countisbury, N Devon) was built on the stunning Exmoor coast overlooking the Bristol Channel.. (1/n)

And again today!🏄‍♂️

'Tis the season 🍄

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Today's tasks:

1) Work on application
2) Sneak in a cheeky surf
3) Submit application

I'm currently on #2 🌊🌊🌊

Very spooky

Post-doc fellowship in Rome, open for medievalists, early modern and contemporary historians and musicologists. Deadline: 31 October
application.dhi-roma.it/Jobs/Detail/...

#medievalsky #historysky #musicologysky #fellowship

I saw them in Cardiff last week, they did not disappoint

Looks lads, I know every institution needs their own application portal, with all the associated bells and whistles, but if this has to be the case can we ensure it works properly and doesn't sign us out every 5 minutes?

Kind regards,

Very Tired Applicants

I'm going to found a Welsh equivalent for blue sky called grey sky

Long-Term Fellowships Researchers with long-term fellowships spend four to nine months immersed in the Newberry collection and in our community of learning.

Applications are now open for long-term fellowships at the Newberry Library, deadline November 1st, a range of areas and collection holdings of potential interest to #histsci #medievalsky and #earlymodern historians: www.newberry.org/research/fel...

Best surf I've had all year 🏄‍♂️

What makes a good military leader? The Byzantine answer - Medievalists.net Despite the extraordinary attention that modern armies pay to the subject of military leadership, the answer to the question, “What makes a good (military) leader?” is neither simple nor universal...

What makes a good military leader? The Byzantine answer www.medievalists.net/2023/10/good...

Notre logo avec une série d'images carrées tirées d’œuvres de l'Antiquité et du Moyen âge (statues, mosaïques, peintures, enluminures...)

Vous travaillez sur l'Antiquité ou le Moyen âge ? Aujourd’hui on vous parle de la politique de publication de la revue Frontière·s : open access et délais de publication courts ! 🏺 #Thread publications-prairial.fr/frontiere-s/

You're clearly a Wales supporter too. Your latter statement is our official motto!

I'm just riding the Wales hype as far as we can go, not necessarily expecting us to go much further, but happy to be along for the ride

Closer than I'd like but I'll take it! LET'S GO WALES!!

(On an unrelated note, it's interesting that the Bluesky app has the Welsh flag emoji, but the website doesn't...)

Allez les rouges!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

I wonder what Mirabelle wants for breakfast?

Dog diplomacy The habit of judging a political figure by their dog may seem to be a distinctively medieval preoccupation. Yet it is by no means alien to modern political discourse.

‘Putin’s big dogs threaten to reveal a small man.’

To celebrate the global launch of my book, check out my essay published by Princeton University Press, on dogs in diplomacy past and present.

(If this is how I get banned from Russia, at least I’m on brand.)

press.princeton.edu/ideas/dog-di...

You just wait. Soon, the Russian-Ukraine war will be concluded with a mutual exchanging of elephants.

Absolutely delighted to see that @medievalists.bsky.social have featured my recent piece for Historical Research!

I've had several very kind messages regarding my recent Historical Research article, and it very much made my day. I guess the moral of the story is, if you like someone's research, tell them!