Feeling decidedly old looking at the Reading & Leeds festival line-up and only knowing about 5 bands on there. Also, Neck Deep are playing on two different stages?! Struggling to book bands this year maybe? #reading2024 #leeds2024

The title slide to Monica H Green, "Crisis under a Microscope: The Black Death, Multidisciplinarity, and the Global Middle Ages," keynote presented at the 2024 meeting of the International Medieval Congress, Leeds University. Image on left: a 14th-century illustration of the 3 parts of the world. In the middle: a photograph of the microscope owned by Alexandre Yersin, who in 1894 1st identified the bacterium, Yersinia pestis.

#MedievalSky: a reminder that, if you registered for #Leeds2024 #IMC2024, you still have access to the recorded lectures online until the end of August. Link to my keynote on the Black Death: imc-leeds.confex.com/imc/2024/pre... 🧪

Notice of the Annual Medieval Academy Lecture at the Leeds International Medieval Congress, 2 July 2024. The title of the lecture is "Crisis under a Microscope: The Black Death, Multidisciplinarity, and the Global Middle Ages."

Just found what's likely to be the closest thing I'll get to to a "smoking gun" for a line of research I've been on for the past several months.
Next challenge: deciding the most elegant way to incorporate it into my #Leeds2024 talk in 4 weeks: imc-leeds.confex.com/imc/2024/pre... #MedievalSky