Suitable levels of spookiness for Halloween!

Announcing the shortlist for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2024! From Brazil to South Korea to Poland, we honour superbly translated work from great writers of the present and the recent past. tinyurl.com/3uff923y

Many thx Dr Alison Ray for filming Philip Mo & me presenting Hans Sachs' dialogues Bodleian Libraries during Bodleian Centre for the Study of the Book Oxford Medieval Studies coffee mornings - incl. spooky gallows doddle! youtu.be/2uJTcTkt68s

Old Man's Beard twining through wine-dark dogwood. I love it when plants have different names at different times of year (like Hawthorn/May). The wild clematis Traveller's Joy is now Old Man's Beard - like the morning star becoming the evening star🤍💜🤍

Come work with me! Akademische*r Rat*Rätin auf Zeit 3+3 Jahre, Bewerbungsschluss: 30.11. Arbeitsschwerpunkte im Team sind: Literaturwissenschaftliche Frühneuzeitforschung, kulturwissenschaftliche Theorien, Digital Humanities, Wissenschaftskommunikation. uni-freiburg.de/stellenangebot…

Very much looking forward to joining Medieval Women's Writing Research Group for this event next month, where I’ll be sharing my journey into public-facing history and giving insights into working with/in the heritage sector. Find out where and when below 👇🏻

NEW: The Ashmolean Museum has confirmed that the Fra Angelico masterpiece will go on public display from December. The museum has successfully raised £4.48 million to secure the acquisition of Fra Angelico’s exquisite Crucifixion for the public.

Huge thanks to Joanna for organizing such a seamless online event, and to members Henrike, Laurel, and Margaret for sharing their thoughts on how to publish your work! 🎉✨2/

Tickets to attend tomorrow's curators' lunchtime lecture on our ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Medieval Women exhibition are now sold out 😭 But you can still register to attend online and tickets are free! 🥳 We're looking forward to seeing everyone, in person or online …hlibraryculturalevents.seetickets.com/event/medieval…

Fantastic Bodleian Centre for the Study of the Book coffee morning on the challenges of printing Sanskrit, demonstrated w/ Bodleian Libraries books by All Souls librarian Barbora Sojkova youtu.be/c2A0AkPZmEc

At ⁦Dr Eleanor Baker⁩‘s book launch! 🧁

On this day 35 years ago sections of the Berlin Wall were breached, beginning the fall of the wall. A piece of the Berlin wall is in the Taylor Institutions special collections. It was donated by a former graduate student along with some books.

Today, we celebrate 35 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall - a monumental day that changed the history of Germany, Europe & the world. In these times of growing populism and extremism, it is more important than ever to recall how East Germans stood up for freedom & democracy.

It's Week 5 and we're officially halfway through term! To cheer our ailing souls, this week’s Medieval Matters is brimming with upcoming events and a particular concentration of new opportunities. Find out more at medieval.ox.ac.uk/2024/11/10/med…

Aus gegebenem Anlass: #openaccess German Historical Linguistics lecture series playlist for my German at Oxford student, starting w/ the newest on 'Language of Totalitarianism' by Henk de Berg tinyurl.com/PaperIVHistori…

Did you catch Taylor Editions at yesterday’s Oxford Digital Festival? We now have 100+ editions in 20+ languages, by authors from Jane Austen to Zhang Zhao. Digital Editions training is open to all online and runs in Hilary term as an in-person course: editions.mml.ox.ac.uk

Procrastination 101: Read directions for 'how to sit to write' from a manual published in 1733 Bodleian Libraries

This was huge fun to record - many thx Matt! And also to Open Book Publishers who made the volume on which this is based #openaccess available as pdf & audiobook openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647…

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