IT’S WORKING! Colleagues in history and archaeology have just been informed they are no longer at risk of redundancy. This is down to UCU plus an incredible and well supported campaign by Archaeology Chester and Chester Archaeology and Heritage Student Voices Let’s keep fighting, we CAN save every job!

Idris Mathias was a postman in Cardigan. His work took him along the Teifi River. In 1945 he embarked on project that would take 17yrs, drawing a 58-foot-long map of the area. His map includes drawings of birds, fishermen –and their names, local landmarks and placenames. #thread

The University of Sheffield Council has decided to endorse the proposal of the University Executive Board to close our Department. This means the unequivocal end of Archaeology in the University of Sheffield. #SaveSheffieldArchaeology

Really enjoyed bringing together the #EnvironmentalHistory collections UoY Borthwick Institute for Archives into a new website for History Day 2021! Valuable records documenting small and large-scale changes to the Yorkshire landscape tinyurl.com/ybs94yu3 Senate House Library Institute of Historical Research #HistDay21

All good things come in pairs... It's also History Day today and to mark the occasion we are thrilled to unveil our brand new website telling you all about our amazing Environment and Natural History Collections #HistDay21 Senate House Library Institute of Historical Research sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/env…

Rabbits between the staves. Cambrai BM 125-128, c. 1540-50.

Don’t forget we will be collecting cakes at the dock tomorrow morning for the scarecrow trail. All donations welcome. We will also be selling ice lollies at the cafe over the weekend. So let’s hope for some ☀️☀️

The State Archival Service of Ukraine has announced a charity account to preserve the documentary heritage of Ukraine, rebuild archives and ensure their proper functioning during wartime. Find out more about the charity account and how to donate to it: archives.gov.ua/en/a-charity-a…

High over the river, the crows are circling, calling and weaving, back & forth, they cannot settle. Something has shifted deep in the land, deep below the snow and the flood and the rocks, and they need to measure it for themselves.

Fab thread!

For many years I have been posting little observations on here. What you may not know is that for many years, artists have been illustrating them - for no reason other than they wanted to respond. Below is a thread of some of these beautiful drawings, because they should be seen:

So many of our churches occupy the edges. The liminal spaces. Clinging to crumbling coastlines, sinking into saltmarshes, up a mountain hanging, literally, between heaven and earth. Their landscape is ancient and brand new all at once. It’s everchanging and constant. #thread

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Fascinating to hear Kimberly Glassman 's research to unravel Hooker's Flora Boreali-Americana and to follow the threads which lead to the undervalued contributions of women botanists #NatSCA2023

Really inspiring papers at the morning session of #NatSCA2023 - I was excited to see examples of the value of archival collections in re-examining and reinterpreting collections 💚 looking forward to this afternoon!

A fantastic first day at our #NatSCA2023 conference. Lovely to have the family back together in person (and online!) again!

For #WorldOtterDay here are some medieval otters having an otterly lovely swim in a 1430-40 manuscript of Gaston de Foix's Livre de la Chasse, now in Getty Ms. 27 (87. MR.34), f. 29v #OttersofTwitter #MedievalAnimals

Today it has been wonderful to visit UoY Borthwick Institute for Archives as part of their 70th anniversary celebrations.

It's #NationalTreeWeek! An ongoing project here at NEYEDC is our part in the national update of the Ancient Woodland Inventory, now lead by our EDO Josie. You can read more about Ancient Woodland, its importance, and why we're re-mapping it here: neyedc.org.uk/updates-insigh… 🌳🌲

BRACE YOURSELF: the UoY Borthwick Institute for Archives crew are arriving en masse to IMC_Leeds. YES! Laura Yeoman in the chair, and Lydia Dean and I speaking on the subject of the York Adventurers along with Euan Trower, a brilliant York CMS colleague! 9:00am, 2nd July!