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An open access volume of essays on vikings in the Mediterranean: bora.uib.no/bora-xmlui/h...

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Job Opportunity! The Princeton University Art Museum seeks a Curator and Lecturer in the Art of the Ancient Americas. The Curator will shape the display, interpretation, growth, and care of the Museum’s Art of the Ancient Americas collections. www.h-net.org/jobs/job_dis...

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A full-time, open-ended lectureship in Ancient History at Leeds! It's a different department to me but your duties will still include being asked interminable questions about ancient weirdos by me, your colleague with a healthy interest.

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Jewish oil lamp, bronze. Mediterranean, 400–600 CE. One of the treasures of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Currently not on view. #historysky #mediterranean

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A painting from the Xuande era (1426-1435) by court artist Shang Xi showcases two cats playfully reaching for butterflies and crickets. This artwork not only reflects the artistry of the time but also offers a glimpse into the cultural significance of pets in ancient China. 🎨 《戲貓圖》明商喜

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The #Viking Trade Network Effect 💰🌐 Silver dirhams from Central Asia, found in Scotland. All minted in what is now Uzbekistan, the whole coins were deposited in Skye's Storr Rock Hoard (c. 935-40), and the fragment at a possible Viking-Age beach market at Stevenston Sands, Ayrshire. My 📷 NMS

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One of our very greatest treasures!

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For #MiniatureMonday we present: Ms. Codex 724! This 13th century French Bible isn't miniature, but it's chock full of little guys - guys in initials that illustrate biblical stories, guys in the margin, and even guys hanging out between the columns. Check the link for more! 🔗: bit.ly/41os6Lo

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The University of York Centre for Medieval Studies has two full home scholarships for 2025-26 for the MA in Medieval Studies: www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu...

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Fantastic new exhibit at #BostonCollege ‘s #McMullenMuseum “Wonders of Creation: Art, Science, and Innovation in the Islamic World.” 170 extraordinary objects and MSS used to explore the intersections of art and science in Islamic intellectual and visual culture from the 9th century to the present.

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Enameled mosque lamp, Mamluk Egypt (ca. 1320). The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. #medievalsky

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Current mood. 🐺

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Virgin and Child, 14th century French (Norman), limestone with taces of polychromy. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. I love the little squirrel on a leash!

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NEH introduces new prohibited categories to comply with executive orders. This is an infringement of academic freedom plain and simple, and also nonsense: what is “discriminatory equity ideology”

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Call for Papers: (Be)laboring Medieval Iberian Texts and Cultural Production LLC Medieval Iberian Forum Session Abstracts due March 20, 2025 #cfp #MLA #medieval #medievalIberia #labor #medievaltexts #academicconference

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My review of Jonathan Ray's book "Jewish Life in Medieval Spain: A New History" was just published in the journal "Medieval Encounters" (Full Access). brill.com/view/journal...

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“The manuscript, thought to date from about 1475, was found in a shoebox containing leaflets from the 1980s.” www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Professor @fancynahyan.bsky.social and @monicamedhist.bsky.social have discovered fascinating new information about the origins of the Black Death www.thetimes.com/article/e654...

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"Ask the right questions." That's literally what I teach my students. Sincerely, Educator.

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Thinking of #Sevilla on this gloomy February day, hoping to be there again soon.

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Spectacular octopus from the floor of the women’s changing room at the Central Baths in ancient Herculaneum. This magnificent #Roman monochrome mosaic makes quite an impact! 📷 by me #MosaicMonday #Archaeology

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My cat as a work of art 🖼️ #catsofbluesky

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In Toledo it was possible to come into contact with works from the Arabic tradition that could be translated into Latin and, later, into Castilian Romance. This was a source of attraction for intellectuals who saw it as a way of recovering a rich information www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5199

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Winter howls 🐺🐺

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📷 Souvenir Photograph of a Young Lady, with a Note on the Back: 'A Keepsake for My Dear Aunt.', 1910s #WomenInHistory #WomensHistory

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#EarlyModern drawing in the #archives: two men in powdered wigs, shaking hand and d*ck, in the civil law protocols of the Antwerp aldermen, 1665 (Antwerp City Archives, SR 796).

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CFA: Samuel W. and Goldye Marian Spain Postdoctoral Associate in Jewish Studies, Rice University (Houston). "We are especially interested in candidates whose scholarship relates to the study of antisemitism or to Israel studies." #jewishstudies mjsnow.hypotheses.org/16421

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Let their howls inspire you 🐺

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#MosaicMonday - Discovered 14 July 1897: 'The Academy of Plato' mosaic from the Villa of T. Siminius Stephanus, Pompeii, with seven figures in the garb of Greek philosophers. #Pompeii #AncientBluesky 🏺 Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (124545). Link - mann-napoli.it/mosaici/#gal...

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In Torah portion 'Yitro' (יִתְרוֹ) Moses receives the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai while the people wait at the foot of the mountain. #ParashahPictures BL Add MS 22413; Tripartite Maḥzor; 1300-1329 CE; Germany; f.3r

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Today's vibe: A Superb #Owl

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Academics have always been complaining about admin duties eating into their teaching and research time

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What can you do with a Rice History degree? Hear from some of our brilliant alumni. youtu.be/iX8YvMuds7M?...

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California State University - the largest public system in the country w 23 campuses - announced it is now “AI powered.” All while laying off hundreds of faculty and shuttering whole depts due to yet another (Democratic Party I should add) austerity budget

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Pleurants, Anonymous. Castile, ca 1295. From the tomb of Don Sancho Sáiz de Carrillo and his wife Juana, San Andrés de Mahamud, Burgos, Spain.

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Hidden behind all the justifiable worry about the #txlege censoring history instruction is Abbott's demand that ALL faculty be removed from the faculty hiring process. No more hiring committees. Professors would be appointed by HR, administrators, and regents. www.texastribune.org/2025/02/06/t...

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Looking forward to teaching on Charlemagne and the Avars this week. Image: horseman using a composite bow from the Utrecht Psalter, c. 820.

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Francisco Goya, “The sleep of Reason produces monsters” (ca. 1799).

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My father, the medieval historian Bob (R.I.) Moore, died peacefully this morning after a long and increasingly-not-fun battle with cancer.

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Very sad news. Many of us owe a huge intellectual debt to Bob Moore.

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Evidence of Muslim master-masons’ participation in the repairs of Seville’s defensive walls (ca. 1385). Source: Municipal Archive of Seville. #medievalsky

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