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Professor of Medieval History and Diplomatic. Deputy Head of Arch & Hist @exeter.ac.uk. Editor of charters @monumenta.bsky.social. Monographs with CUP, Yale UP and @princetonupress.bsky.social. Medievalist + Germanophile.
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Still true: *Britain is a success story *Most of its cities are doing astonishingly well *Multiculturalism is popular *Mass immigration has not led to social disintegration *Nostalgia is increasingly weird *Britain is incredibly safe *Levels of social cohesion are high Don't let them gaslight you.

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A good cfp on 'Borders, Boundaries and Barriers' #medievalsky #skystorians

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Migration minimum income rules damaging family life and causing acute distress, experts warn news.exeter.ac.uk/fa...

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Dr Carly Ameen and the SHArD 3D Lab at the University of Exeter have used advanced micro-CT technology to restore Lanhydrock’s 1636 Prayer Book, bringing history to life. Discover more on Hidden Treasures of the National Trust, playing this Friday at 9 pm, on BBC 2. 🕰️🔬📖 #hiddentreasures #exeteruni

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The Royal Historical Society is a fellowship of professional historians. We welcome applications from historians working in education and many other sectors. Fellows make original contributions to historical understanding through research, public history and heritage bit.ly/4iOu51g #Skystorians

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Das DHIP stellt ein! Zum 1.8.2025 bieten wir eine Promotionsstelle in Teilzeit an (24 Std./Woche, befristet für 1 Jahr). Die Stelle finanziert die Arbeit am eigenen Dissertationsprojekt im Forschungsbereich der Abteilung Geschichte Afrikas. Besonders […] [Original post on wisskomm.social]

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The perks of being friends with a German professor who co-edits a book series.

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The iPad of late antiquity (this one is even similar in size!): a complete wax tablet found in Byzantine Egypt still wit notes in Coptic on it. Low content permanence but high portability with an infinite undo function! Met Museum 14.2.4a–d, c. 500-700

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Not a bad place to spend the morning...

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Wir freuen uns morgen Prof. Dr. Levi Roach aus Exeter bei uns begrüßen zu können, der über das Editionsprojekt der Ostfränkischen Herrscherukunden sprechen und auch allgemein auf die Editionswissenschaften im 21. Jahrhundert eingehen wird. Eine seltene Gelegenheit, die man nicht verpassen sollte!

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Off to Germany to do some archival work and speak in the Landesgeschliches Kolloquium at Freiburg!

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Last call for our Liberal Arts lectureship!

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My latest: a preview of my upcoming paper at @imc-leeds.bsky.social about the shaping of historical narrative in a series of charters during the reign of Arnulf and Louis the Child. Over almost two decades the story of a revolt was embedded and shifted in these documents #medievalsky #history

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Roll up, roll up - the fantastic @etreharne.bsky.social's lecture is tonight and I, for one, am eagerly anticipating this highpoint of the palaeographical year.

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VCs' salaries rank at about 12 on my top 10 list of what's wrong with UKHE, but this 13% rise could readily be fitted into 3/10: The radical, and accelerating, disconnect between senior managers and 'their' staff, esp. academic staff.

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The New College Conference on Medieval & Renaissance Studies returns 5-7 March 2026! Abstracts on all topics in European & Mediterranean history, literature, art, music & religion (4c-17c) are due 1 October 2025: www.newcollegeconference.org/cfp #medievalsky #earlymodern #renaissance #CfP

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Australian authors, creatives, anyone who generates copyrighted works! If you aren't already registered with the copyright agency, why not? They collect your royalties for you & distribute annually in late June. Get on it. www.copyright.com.au/about-us/wha...

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An afternoon with the stunning MacDurnan Gospels, presented by Athelstan to Christ Church (Lambeth Palace MS 1370)

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Das #SealOfTheDay ist das Siegel der Stadt Schaffhausen an einer Urkunde aus dem Jahr 1408, #HHStA AUR 18938. Ist der Widder nicht formidabel?

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Interested in annotated manuscripts of Orosius? the monastery of Moissac? tentative connections between southern France and Brittany? Then this article might be for you academic.oup.com/bics/advance...

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