A screenshot of the covers of three academic monographs: Michel Summer, Willibrotd Between Ireland, Britain and Merovingian Francia (690-739): Beyond Mission; Ronan Mulhaire, Irish Kingship in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries: Approaches to the Study of Power; Niall Ó Súilleabháin, Social Élites in Medieval France: Status, Wealth and Power in the Loire Valley, c. 850-1150.

Just listened to fascinating discussion by three ECRs on the process of turning their TCD History PhD theses into monographs - illuminating insights on practicalities, funding landscape, psychological barriers & publication process. Thank you, @leafandstream.bsky.social, Ronan & Niall! #MedievalSky

#medievalsky #art #cumbria #sculpture

My photo shows an ancient Egyptian Senet gaming board. It is a small rectangular box made of glossy bright blue faience with a separate sliding drawer at one end (shown at left) for storing the blue faience gaming pieces. Six gaming pieces are shown on the game board on top of the box. Three are reel-shaped and three are semi-conical. There are four reel-shaped pieces and one semi-conical piece on the display case surface beside the game board. The long side of the gaming board is decorated with alternating ‘Isis Knot’ and ‘djed pillar’ symbols. The gaming board dimensions are 5.5 x 7.7 x 21 cm. On display at Brooklyn Museum. Dated New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III c. 1390-1353 BC Here’s the Brooklyn Museum Catalogue description: “Top of board divided into thirty compartments with dividing lines glazed black. Four squares inscribed with numerals and a nefer sign. Long sides decorated with painted design of seven panels, each with alternating ankh and djed signs. Solid end bears painted Horus name (Amenhotep III?) ‘beloved of Amon.’ Open end pierced twice on one side. Base glazed black. Ends of drawer glazed dark and light blue in checkerboard pattern. Base and interior of drawer glazed dark purple-blue. Front of drawer pierced with four small holes (for handle?); sides pierced three times and two times - purpose not evident. Condition: Object has been assembled from fragments. Extensive scattered areas of plaster restoration. The drawer was probably originally much longer. Glaze worn in spots. Numerous firing cracks”.

A 3,400 year old Ancient Egyptian ‘Senet’ game board with gaming pieces.

Senet is one of the earliest known board games. Popular in ancient Egypt, it was associated with the soul’s journey through the underworld and was often placed in tombs.

Brooklyn Museum 📷 by me

#Archaeology

The Social History of a Medieval Fish Weir c.600-2020 by the always-worth-reading Tom Pickles.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Prizes – SCE SCE

🚨 Only a week left to submit for our Celtic Studies student prizes: best PhD thesis, and best Scholarly article (by a pre-doc). Deadline 31st March.
Regulations & info: celtologica.eu/gb/prizes/
#AcademicSky

Only managed 40
Mins at the protest this evening. Some people have been there all day. Pass the Occupied Territories Bill. Free Palestine 🇵🇸

NLI jam packed for launch of Lemass memoir by @ronanmcgreevy.bsky.social’

The Village Green: Mapping the Vikings: history, heritage, and hipsters Tom Birkett, University College Cork Twelve hundred years on from the first raid on Ireland’s shores, why do Vikings remain so prominent in popular culture? This is one of the questions asked by No…

We're delighted to feature a post by Prof Tom Birkett of @ucc.ie on The Village Green! Tom writes about #Vikings and our modern ideas about them, and his new EU-funded project #norsemap fmrsi.wordpress.com/2026/03/13/t... #spéirgorm #blog #research

Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies building in Dublin, Ireland

Scoláireacht bliana le fáil i Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh
1 Year scholarship available in SCS
@dias.ie
Sonraí / Details:
www.dias.ie/2026/03/06/v...

Taking Photos of the First Women's Liberation Conference What was it like to take photos at Britain's first Women's Liberation conference? Chandan Fraser shares her memories and pictures with us.

OTD in 1970, the first Women's Liberation Conference was held in Oxford. A watershed in the British feminist movement, attendees discussed equal pay, 24-hour childcare and free contraception.

In this piece from the archive, Chandan Fraser shares her memories of the event.

Professor John Nightingale, iconic medievalist and Fellow of Magdalen, who taught me Einhard's Life of Charlemagne, retires this summer.
So Oxford and Magdalen are recruiting. There is no better place to teach and research medieval history than this: in the footsteps of Karl Leyser.

Spring is here, so that must mean that the 7th UHI Institute for Northern Studies International St Magnus Conference is approaching fast.

➕ 15-17th April 2026
➕ Venue: UHI Perth

Register: tinyurl.com/yc4c2ufa

Tuneskipet flyttes til sitt nye hjem på det nye vikingtidsmuseet på Bygdøy Dersom Tuneskipet hadde blitt stående, ville det ha kollapset under sin egen vekt. Nå starter en nervepirrende flytteprosess.

Last of the 3 vikingships in Oslo is now on the move to a new location within the new museum: www.nrk.no/ostfold/tune...

Oluf Rygh – Wikipedia

Oluf Rygh nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oluf_Rygh not only began that essential work Norske Gaardnavne, but also excavated in 1867 the #Tune #Viking #Ship (being moved to this week), the first of the three famous ships to be excavated. He was the first professor of archaeology in a Scandinavian university.

Famously, this inscribed stone not only bears a runic inscription, but it is also the only runic-og(h)am biscriptal stone in Ireland (more at O3D: ogham.celt.dias.ie/I-CLA-004).
Contrary to a widespread belief, the ogham inscription does NOT contain the Norse name TORQRIM (Thórgrímr).

Quest for Valhalla: An Alliterative Dream Poem by Robert Cuthbert (Rónán Fionn Ó’Dubain) Dawn broke in the Bear Lands, / Bringing the gods themselves. / Groups in the grass there / Gathered to heed the call ...

"Quest for Valhalla by #SCAdian Robert Cuthbert, AKA Rónán Fionn Ó’Dubain. In Norse fornyrðislag (Old Lore) meter.

alliteration.net/poetry/quest-for-valhalla/ #alliterative #norse #poetry #poetrysky #poetrylovers #sca #bardic #poem

🗃️ jobs, jobs, jobs - and one for #medievalsky

‘Decolonising’ medieval Irish history? The (im)possibility of challenging existing practice The ‘Decolonial’ turn has come to the discipline of Irish history. How will it be used? As a liberal metaphor or decolonial praxis? As the turn proceeds through the discipline to pre-modern studies...

New article out by Stephen Hewer et al on decolonising medieval Irish history www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #history #medievalsky #ireland

And if you still haven't had your fill of #Orkneyingasaga #SagaoftheEarlsofOrkney (who has?), I'm doing a webinar on 4th March: www.mymagazinesub.co.uk/history-scot... (see also Niall Sharples on #Vikings in the #Hebrides on Thursday)

New book on pre-order - 'Royalty and Ritual: The Landscape of Power in Early Medieval Scotland and Europe' edited by Professor Alex Sanmark ( @thinkuhi.bsky.social Institute for Northern Studies), Dr Mark Hall, Professor Jane Geddes & Dr Oisin Plumb (UHI INS)

tinyurl.com/2w43wrt5

Our next seminar on Monday 23 Feb. will be Dr Paddy Gleeson (QUB) speaking on 'Landscapes of kingship: governance, rule and territory in early medieval Ireland'. All welcome in-person / online www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...

Sign the Petition Erasing a Word Erases a People: Reinstate Palestine in the British Museum

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Charlie’s Boy Medieval High Cross at dusk, Sleaty Church, Co. Laois One of the first things you noticed about Charlie Doherty was that everyone had, or wanted to have, a word with him. He appeared to know almost…

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Wow. That’s a beautiful tribute to Charlie.

Queens and the Making of Medieval Europe: lecture recordings now available - RHS On Friday 6 February the Society hosted the first lecture in its 2026 programme. Our great thanks to Professor Charles West (University of Edinburgh) who spoke on: ‘"Alike in Appearance but not in Sco...

Video and audio recordings are now available of the Society's latest lecture (6 February):

‘Alike in Appearance but not in Scope’: Queens and the Making of Medieval Europe' with Professor Charles West (University of Edinburgh) bit.ly/46j42f5

@pseudo-isidore.bsky.social #Skystorians

Cover of the journal Celtica, issue XXXVII, 2025

Celtica XXXVII foilsithe / published!

Seolfar Celtica XXXVII (2025) ar 19 Feabhra in DIAS
Beidh an iris ar fáil ar líne as sin amach.

Celtica XXXVII (2025) will be launched on 19 February at DIAS
It will be available online from that date.
www.dias.ie/celt/

Poster advertising lecture by Pádraic Moran, click link for same details.

An chéad léacht i sraith léachtaí an earraigh
The first lecture in our spring series

Pádraic Moran (Gaillimh/Galway)
Sun, moon and stars in the Reichenauer Schulheft

5pm, 19 Feabhra/February
DIAS, 10 Burlington Road
www.dias.ie/celt/
@dias.ie

Recording on the way.