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What role can #History teaching play in developing well-being? What place has well-being in the teaching of History? bit.ly/4e8t4PT A new article in 'Transactions @RoyalHistSoc', by David Stack, considers innovative approaches to History pedagogy 1/2 #twitterstorians

You might be interested in the CfP from our colleagues @camedieval, who are welcoming interdiciplinary contributions which 'stretch our conception of medieval in time or space'! Deadline 1 October, check it out.

Fascinated to find these @theUL last week - the medieval hall @pembroke1347 being demolished in 1874, to make way for a monster gothic revival replacement by the Manchester architect Alfred Waterhouse.

Check out this fantastic CfP from Adam Mahler and our editorial board member Jean Dangler. Stay tuned for what promises to be a great essay cluster on medieval Iberian lyric!

We are pleased to announce our 🚨Call for Papers🚨 for Michaelmas! We're looking for 20 minute presentations responding to the theme of 'Embodied/Unbodied', from researchers at any career stage - deadline 17 September. We can't wait to read your submissions!

Totally bowled over that ‘Justinian’ has won the London Hellenic Prize against stiff competition from over 150 wonderful entrants! It is a huge honour to be reckoned alongside such past winners as @19Averil , Mark Mazower, Peter Parsons et al. Amazing news!

The #IMC2025 Padlet Page now has 53 Session Call for Papers and we're so happy to see so much enthusiasm so early in the IMC year! 🥳 Check out the page here: universityofleeds.padlet.org/imc13/imc-2025… If anyone wants to post on the padlet then email imc@leeds.ac.uk with your CFP ☺️

⏰LATE CALL FOR PAPERS⏰ The deadline for submitting late call for paper proposals is 5pm (BST GMT +1) 05 June 2024. Follow the link: imc.leeds.ac.uk/late-cfp/ Also make sure to register for the #IMC2024 by Wednesday 12 June 2024 23:59 (BST GMT+1).⏰🥳

‘Modelling the Black Death and Social Connectivity in Medieval England’ Postdoctoral Research Associate job at Durham University jobs.ac.uk/job/DHV511/pos…

Research Associate in Early Medieval History at Manchester Uni - Making the March project jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…

It looks like a Greek translation of Justinian will be forthcoming (Dutch, Spanish, Turkish, Chinese and others in press). I am sure he would have approved!

The #CULconservation team have chosen their top 10 moments from the the #CuriousCures Project. Here you can see pigment expert Cheryl Porter and CUL Conservator Marina Pelissari examining the red powdering vermillion ink in a late 14th century English manuscript (CUL Add. 451).

✨ Apply now for the 24/25 Cambridge Visual Culture (CVC) Visiting Research Fellowships ✨ cvc.cam.ac.uk/opportunities/ #cambridgevisualculture #visualculture #arthistory #arthistoryjobs #arthistoryfellowship @Cambridge_Uni @HoArt_cambridge @FitzMuseum_UK @kettlesyard

and Madison Bennett (on the parchment for early-eleventh-century English gospel books) and Prof. Orietta da Rold (on the concept of 'quality' in relation to paper).

This week will feature discussion on the concept of 'luxury' in relation to the material on which books were written, introduced by presentations from Prof. David Ganz (on purple parchment and the parchment of Carolingian deluxe books) [...]

After a long hiatus, the Cambridge Palaeography Workshop is back! It will be taking place this Friday, 24th May, 2-4pm, in the Milstein Room, @theUL.

This week, the #CULconservation team have chosen their top 10 manuscripts from the the #CuriousCures Project. Today we have a Cistercian manuscript with an exposed medieval binding structure [CUL MS Add. 5368]. cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-II-000… #bookconservation #medievalmanuscripts

2 year post alert!!! Assistant Professor of Early Medieval History [Temporary Cover] - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/46516/

👀 CALL FOR PAPERS: Workshop on WOMEN IN POWER, POWERFUL WOMEN with a specific thematic strand on DISPLAYS OF GENDERED EMOTIONS (15 November 2024, University of Adelaide). Deadline for proposals: 31 July.