Rarely have I felt so attacked by a comment on the Guardian...

A brilliant opportunity for pupils studying modern languages in State Schools: the Wadham College Oxford Modern Languages 🇩🇪🇫🇷🇪🇸 Modern Languages Summer School bookshelf.mml.ox.ac.uk/2023/04/12/mod…

The Medieval History Seminar likewise returns with a packed calendar of talks by Dr Brianne Dolce, Susannah Bain, Lucy Parker, @sliptonmedieval, EmJ and more! 🗓️ Mondays 5pm 📍 All Souls College and Teams Oxford History Benjamin Thompson Annabel Hancock Clare Whitton

Such an exciting day - publication of the first known coin of Charlemagne’s wife Fastrada. Nobody ever imagined such a coin had been minted! There’s a press conference in Aachen this afternoon. 1/2 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/em…

Great article about Feras Krimsti and his work with Arabic, Turkish, and Persian manuscripts at the Gotha Research Library! aramcoworld.com/Articles/July-…

📢 #OutNow #OpenAccess Our first collection of essays "Pathways through Early Modern Christianities", is now also available as an electronic resource. And best of all: It's entirely free of charge!🤩 Download your free PDF copy of the book at: doi.org/10.7788/978341…

Two weeks today I'll be starting a new job as Assistant Professor of History at the University of Nottingham! Beyond excited to be joining UoN History Uni of Nottingham #WeAreUoN

Come and join the fun! Tickets on-sale soon. More information and programme: nottingham.ac.uk/humanities/dep….

The world of Byzantine studies has lost a great scholar and a wonderful friend who was an inspiration to us all. byzantium.ac.uk/elizabeth-jeff…

A colleague in Nottingham, Dr Tarik Oumazzane, is raising money to help communities devastated by the earthquake earlier this month in Morocco. If you can, please consider supporting his efforts here: gofund.me/85b6bbb1

Tickets 🎟️ are already being booked for Uni of Nottingham #WeAreUoN's Being Human Festival! This is a free festival showcasing brilliant #humanities research happening in Nottingham. We've got: art & poetry workshops, tastings, performances & more! Book your tickets ➡️beinghumanfestival.org/2023/hubs/nott…

Please consider supporting Queer Britain Museum - the museum itself is already fabulous, and now they want to embark on 2 bold initiatives to record Queer voices through community residencies & accessible audio guides! Absolutely, 100% worth it! We need *more* initiatives like this

Please join us in Durham for more Syriac 👇 with Andy Hilkens Mara Nicosia Dan Batovici Claudia Simonelli George Anton Kiraz Lindsey A. Davidson Sara Daiane José @Sheenholt Bert Jacobs Kristian Heal Marion Pragt Lucy Parker Bogdan Draghici Philip Wood Alexander Sherborne and many others!!

Announcement: Register for the Book Launch, 7 Feb, 2024 Relief and Rehabilitation for a Postwar World? Edited by Samantha K Knapton (University of Nottingham) and Katherine Rossy (Royal Military College of Canada) Samantha K Knapton For more details, check: nottingham.ac.uk/humanities/dep…

Join me & Dr. Katherine Rossy, our contributors Dan Plesch Peter Gatrell Katarzyna Nowak Silvia Salvatici Joshua Thew Caroline Reeves, Lisa Payne Ossian, & Grace Schneider, and our commentators Jessica Reinisch TaitheModern & Kerstin von Lingen on 7th Feb! Scan QR for details

Join us for an evening of trans creativity, performance, and history-making: Trans pasts, Trans presents: An Evening of Creative History Making Wednesday 14th February 2024, 5.30-7pm, Djanogly Recital Hall, Nottingham Lakeside Arts

This was a splendid conference Durham University. A unique opportunity to reflect collectively on the field of Syriac Studies, its shape and history, but also exciting new research directions. sites.google.com/view/conferenc… #conferencesyriacintheuk

My review of Reyhan Durmaz's Stories between Christianity and Islam is now out in EHR academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-ar… It's a fascinating book - essential reading for anyone interested hagiography/late antiquity/early Islam