Arts&Humanities HE

Nicholas Royle joins us for a public lecture exploring how the weird, the uncanny, and the queer seep into ‘real’ life narratives, and what that opens up for writers and readers. @engfac 📅 10 February | ⏰ 17:30 📍 The Buttery, Wolfson College + Online buff.ly/NF247Qs

New Episode! "Twelfth Night: ‘Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun; it shines everywhere’" Episode 199: The line I have used for the title of today’s episode is spoken by Feste the foo… Player links & show notes: thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com/e/141380210538…

New Episode! "The Poetaster: ‘Good Ignorance, I’m Glad Thou Art Gone’" Episode 198: As Ben Jonson was writing ‘The Poetaster’ in 1601 the Elizabethan age was drawing to a close. Elizabeth would liv… Player links & show notes: thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com/e/141283168691…

Three more episodes in the series will take us to Joan's great victory at Orléans; the coronation of the Dauphin at Reims; her capture; her trial; & her execution. You can get them all here, plus - in 2 weeks - a bonus in which we explore her afterlife. therestishistory.com

Today on @theresthistory, the incredible story of the young peasant girl who saved France - JOAN OF ARC. The 100 Years War is raging. The English seem on the verge of victory. But in an obscure village, a mysterious voice is summoning a WARRIOR MAID... linktr.ee/restishistory

@SCynic1 I have laid out a detailed account of the slaughter & eviction of innocent Palestinian civilians in Jaffa in 1948 and am very happy to debate any of the details with you. But because you cannot counter any of these historical facts, you mute me. This is hardly an adult response & certainly not one would expect from a KC supposed to be trained to distinguish fact from fiction. Tant pis! But if you'd like a reading list to help educate yourself about the 1948 war and the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians, just let me know.

Part 4: American Greenland: Nazis, Secret Nuclear Bases, & Trump x.com/i/status/19378…

Part Three: Danish Greenland: Eradicating Inuit Culture x.com/i/status/19361…

PART TWO: FROM GREENLAND TO VINLAND: THE NORSE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA x.com/i/status/19351…

As Trump makes moves on Greenland, making up history as he goes, there is no better time to learn its real history. At @EmpirePodUK we did a deep dive into story. Here are all four parts again. No.1 Eric the Red and the Birth of Viking Greenland

📚The African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) is pleased to announce the finalists for the ninth annual Pauli Murray Book Prize for the best book in Black intellectual history. aaihs.org/2026-finalists…

#EdwardtheConfessor died 960 years ago #OnThisDay. A model of #medieval piety, Edward was a surprisingly effective ruler, relying on the Normans to keep the powerful Godwine dynasty at bay. 🔓 This archive article is free for 7 days buff.ly/mWaz5bi

Anyone involved in psychotherapy must read this fantastic article. For me, it was the best piece (published in the media) on relational psychotherapy in 2025. Drawing the link between Rogers & Winnicott was long overdue - @psychgeist52 does a brilliant job tapmagazine.org/all-articles/c…

The Dark Secret Behind the Ancient Odeon of Herodes Atticus in Athens - GreekReporter.com greekreporter.com/2026/01/04/sec…

More images for the month of January in medieval calendars: people wisely staying by the fire, eating, and keeping their feet warm. (Bodleian Library MS. Rawl. liturg. e. 14, Add. A. 46, Douce 12 and Douce 62)

'The bittre frostes, with the sleet and reyn, Destroyed hath the grene in every yerd; Janus sit by the fyr, with double berd, And drynketh of his bugle horn the wyn. Biforn hym stant brawen of the tusked swyn, And "Nowel!" crieth every lusty man.' (Chaucer, The Franklin's Tale)

@AntigoneJournal @Cambridge_Uni @AHHEresearch New Year resolution - to be active on Twitter (sic) and promote some fab online journals which made publishing in 2025 easy (and v well read!) eg the stunning @AntigoneJournal

The silver medal falls into the hands of Jan Parker of @Cambridge_Uni, who wrote about Homer's Odyssey adapted for the silver screen. No, this wasn't about Nolan, but Uberto Pasolini's "The Return" and how trauma still resonates across media and millennia: antigonejournal.com/2025/05/odysse…

OK, with ten days left in the year AVC MMDCCLXXVIII = ΟΛ. ΨΑ' ΕΤ. Α' = AD 2025, we'll start sharing with you the top ten most popular pieces of the year on the Antigone website. At #10, it's @ArmandDAngour in search of the women in Plato's Symposium: antigonejournal.com/2025/03/women-…

New Year resolution - to be active on Twitter (sic) and promote some fab online journals which made publishing in 2025 easy (and v well read!) eg the stunning @AntigoneJournal