Three hardback books side by side: "Æthelred the Unready" by Levi Roach, "The First King of England: Æthelstan and the Birth of Kingdom" by David Woodman and "Offa: King of the Mercians" by Rory Naismith.
Among the things I collect are scholarly biographies of early medieval English kings, written by friends of mine (most recent acquisition on the right). @proflroach.bsky.social @davidwoodman45.bsky.social @rorynaismith.bsky.social
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#CfP Euro-Mediterranean Entanglements in Medieval History
📌 Online #Seminar series | organised by @dhi-paris.fr, @dhiroma.bsky.social, @ghilondon.bsky.social and #GHIWarsaw | online via Zoom | Sessions will take place every two months
📅 June 8, 2026
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Yep. In fact, the real failing of students was when we stopped requiring them to regularly search a library catalogue for their reading and instead produced lists with hyperlinks that students simply had to click. As soon as they have to go off list, they’re lost.
Join us on Tuesday, 24 March, at 5:30pm for the next lecture in our GHIL Spring Series!
Alison Beach (University of St Andrews) will speak about 'The Religious Women of Medieval Westphalia: From Manuscript to Microscope'. The lecture will take place at Pushkin House (with Zoom option).
Ha, I was recently thinking about this in relation to epic metal bands: Writhen Hilt, Dolmen Gate, Stygian Path, Idmon’s Aegis… Similarly. if your band name is Grendel's Sÿster and your album is called Katabasis into the Abaton, chances are I’m going to like your music.
Plakat mit dem Programm des Forum zum britisch-irischen Mittelalter 2026
Das Programm für unser diesjähriges Forum zum britisch-irischen Mittelalter (19.–20.3.2026, Innsbruck) ist da: fobim.hypotheses.org/forum-2026. Eine Online-Teilnahme ist möglich, alle Infos auf der verlinkten Seite. #medievalsky #skystorians
Are you a Post-Graduate Researchers, Early Career Researchers or someone starting out in a field involving the past? Join us on 16 Jan for a free event to consider how the Society could contribute to early career support! www.sal.org.uk/event/early-...
A screenshot from BBC News: ‘Trump says US will 'run' Venezuela until 'safe transition can take place' - watch live The president says the US launched an "air, land and sea" operation to take President Maduro; Venezuela has called it "extremely serious military aggression".’
This is absolutely fucking outrageous. You can’t just overthrow and kidnap the leaders of other countries and then effectively conquer them and suspend their own democratic systems. Trump is a despicable fascist who should be impeached immediately.
He obviously has already been Richelieu in The Musketeers, and I’ll never forgive Dr Who for stealing him away and thus ruining the show.
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As somebody who's been through this, I kind of wish passing the test would be a requirement for British people to be allowed to vote as well.
1 week to go until the final lecture in our autumn/winter series!
Join us next week for a lecture by Stefan Esders (@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social) on 'Ethnicity and Legal Pluralism in the Early Middle Ages':
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Or: I have my grandfather's collected works of Goethe/Schiller/Heine, do you want them for your library?
Librarian: Oh, it must be nice to be able to read all those books.
For anyone interested in resources for German Studies in the UK, may I draw your attention to this one-day colloquium at the British Library on 15 December: gslg.org.uk/2025/10/31/g... I will be speaking about the @ghilondon.bsky.social Library and the programme as a whole looks very interesting.
A menu board in a pub listing "Oktoberfest Specials", one of which is Currywurst with Sauerkraut and curried ketchup.
Sorry but Currywurst with Sauerkraut is an offence against all that is good.
📣 Only 1 month to go until the first event in our upcoming GHIL Autumn/Winter Series! Join us for a lecture by Benno Gammerl (@eui-eu.bsky.social) on 'Queering German History: Still a Vital and Viable Endeavour?' on 21 October at 5:30 pm (BST), either in person at Swedenborg House or via Zoom.
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A picture of the acknowledgements page of the book mentioned in the tweet, with a highlighted passage: 'The staff of the SSEES Library and the German Historical Institute in London deserve great credit for running the two institutions that did most to facilitate the extensive research that this book required and whose rich shelves were a source of endless curiosity and inspiration.'
Nice to open a book that I bought out of personal interest and find this. This is why my colleagues and I do what we do. It makes me so happy to read this. (From 'Central Europe: the Death of Civilization and the Life of an Idea' by @ljukic.bsky.social) @ghilondon.bsky.social
anyone recognise or know anything about this seal/stamp?
It is obscene and shameful to see Newnham Cambridge excluding trans women from fellowships. Nearly all the trans women I know in academia are precarious, and trans women are criminally underrepresented in every field relevant to the talent they have. This is pure nastiness (and that's the point)
@charliejane.bsky.social explains just how much dark academia owes to A.S. Byatt’s Possession.
buff.ly/8dVQ52k
Judas Deacon
Dear colleagues and friends,
A quarter of a century after its last major refurbishment, the GHIL is embarking on a new project to renovate and modernise its building. In a few weeks the builders will move in to make the public facing rooms of the Institute ready for the coming decades. 🧱🔨
Currently on pre-order at my local independent bookshop:
Katabasis by R.F. Kuang
The Power and the Glory: A New History of the World Cup by Jonathan Wilson
The First King of England: Æthelstan and the Birth of a Kingdom by David Woodman
This reflects my interests pretty well.
If you were not already committed to not having Salah, would the Community Shield performance put you off anyway?
I have a free spare ticket for tonight’s @pilottvpod.bsky.social’s live event. (www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/wor...) I’ve caught a bad cold and can’t go but don’t really want to see the ticket go to waste so if anybody wants it or knows anybody who might want it, let me know.
Top of the league, we’re top of the league…!
"Hemp. Mead. Hemp." England playing like a wild medieval night out.
