It's a remarkable fact of the internet that the online BHL (database of Latin hagiography) has been running successfully, pretty much unchanged, since 1998. I'm not aware of many other websites with that sort of longevity....

Me, to my students: "Always leave time to revise your written work, a second draft will make it so much better." Me, to my own article drafts/thesis with pending revisions:

Out of 8 options, a full 75% of my 3rd-yr undergrads chose to write their final essays on the impact of the Black Death. Who says medieval history isn't relevant?

"Come on guys, it's not funny. Who did it? 'Fess up!" William II is very disappointed with the rowdy behaviour of the lads during their New Forest hunting weekend. (As depicted in the 14th-cent 'Grandes Chroniques de France', BL Royal 16 G vi, fol. 272r)

I hope whoever decided to digitise every Vossiani manuscript in the Leiden Universiteits Bibliotheek and then stick them behind the biggest €11k paywall in history stubs their toe today, and every day for ever and ever.

Evaluation survey for my hourly-paid, optional module: "What's the one thing that should not change when the module runs in the future?" One of my students: "The lecturer" ...

Join us History at Leeds – we are looking for a Lecturer in Global History c. 500-1500, closing date 8 March 2021. Full details here: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r… IMC_Leeds

First submitted to a journal in Oct 2017, I'm delighted to announce that my first peer-reviewed article has officially been accepted.

Have just found a man named Alfred living (and inheriting!) in Blois in 903. I always wonder what motivates these sorts of names, especially when there's a famous Alfred around in the late ninth century.... (ARTEM 2173/AD Loir-et-Cher G 2549)

For a variety of unpleasant reasons, I now know that Windows Safe-Mode is basically a slightly faster version of Windows '98. I expect to confirm in the coming days that this is sub-optimal for working from home, mid-lockdown, in the year 2021.

We are launching a new short term ECR Support Grant in addition to our existing funding streams. frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/grants.htm

Job in Late Medieval History 1200-1500 at KCL, open-ended contract! Come and work with a lovely lovely collection of historians at the start of a new period for King's Medieval Studies, with launch of interdisciplinary medieval MA jobs.kcl.ac.uk/gb/en/job/0235…

Come & join us King's History! We are seeking a (permanent!) Lecturer in Late Medieval History, with a possible preference for Southern Europe/Mediterranean. Wonderful department, supportive colleagues, excellent students. Apply!! #twitterstorians jobs.kcl.ac.uk/gb/en/job/0235…

Perhaps nothing illustrates better the differences between Anglophone and Francophone academia than the fact I've just stumbled across a recent French *Master's dissertation* that is ~20% longer (in terms of page count) than my PhD thesis...

#MedievalTwitter - To celebrate its 30th anniversary Early Medieval Europe will sponsor 2 sessions at the next Leeds IMC, featuring graduate students and/or ECRs. EME will bear the cost of the registration fees for the six selected speakers. See below for further details

I just finished teaching my first in-person class in almost four years (and my first ever hybrid class), and I really don't think I realised how much I missed it until I was back