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AAW: Medieval Sunspots2 comments

Abelard wrote 3 days ago: I’m back!  I’ve been visiting Maryland and Virginia over the Thanksgiving holiday so I h … more →

Tags: astronomy, medieval science, John of Worcester, Medieval History

Employment: Newberry Library Fellowships in the Humanities, 2010-2011

Ann wrote 4 days ago: The Newberry’s fellowships support humanities research in our collections.  Our collections ar … more →

Tags: Employment, News, Information

Updated post: Next Exeter Medieval Seminar

Philip Schwyzer wrote 2 weeks ago: Barbara Mosse’s talk on “The Monk of Farne” scheduled for Tuesday 24 November has … more →

Tags: Conferences and Events..

Ancient Astronomy Wednesday: The 1366 Leonids

Abelard wrote 2 weeks ago: Sadly, it looks like the observation of the Leonid meteor shower caused by the passing of Comet 55 P … more →

Tags: astronomy, Medieval History, medieval science, Fernão Lopes, Leonids, Medieval Astronomy, Portugal

Medieval Irish not as dumb as we thought, journalist claims.

Abelard wrote 3 weeks ago: Attention grabbing headlines about archaeological finds always crack me up. It was reported this wee … more →

Tags: medieval archaeology, medieval science, Ancient Medicine, Ireland, Middle Ages, trepanation

Commedia dell'arte

Abelard wrote 4 weeks ago: Okay, so I was re-reading Poggio Bracciolini’s Facetiae this weekend and laughing, as usual, a … more →

Tags: Medieval Literature, Italy, Poggio Bracciolini

Where does a PhD in medieval history get you?

trivium wrote 1 month ago: This is going to be a bit of an apologia pro vita sua–an answer to my critics, and a response … more →

Tags: About Academia, In Defence of the Arts, Art History, arts major, English Majors, Liberal Arts, Medieval History, PhD, Philosophy

Whither Medieval Studies on the Internet?1 comment

Abelard wrote 1 month ago: I remember back in the mid-90s when I was in graduate school there was a great excitement about how … more →

Tags: Classics, Higher Education, humanities computing, Internet

History vs. Studies: Resolved at last

themadscholar wrote 1 month ago: Am I in the mood to blog? Not really. Do I have a good excuse to not blog? Not remotely. So here goe … more →

Tags: grad school, Personal Statement

The Modern Agincourt

Abelard wrote 1 month ago: The NY Times ran a story the day before St. Crispin’s Day (October 25th) about Anne Curry … more →

Tags: media, Medieval History, Agincourt, Historiography

Exeter Medieval Seminar programme (Semester 1)

Philip Schwyzer wrote 1 month ago: Centre for Medieval Studies EXETER MEDIEVAL SEMINAR Term 1, 2009–10 Tuesdays 4–5.30 p.m. Queen’s Bui … more →

Medieval Archaeology reporting ...

Abelard wrote 1 month ago: It was announced on Saturday in Al-Thawra, the Syrian news daily, of the discovery of two 12th c. mu … more →

Tags: medieval archaeology, al-Marqab, archaeology, Crusades, Syria, Murals, Medieval Art

Ockham's Razor

Abelard wrote 1 month ago: I’m a fan of PHD comics! Today’s cartoon (10/12/2009) portrays our friend William Ockham … more →

Tags: Medieval Philosophy

Keynote Speaker Profile: Eileen Joy

Liam Cooper (Managing Editor) wrote 1 month ago: Professor Joy will be giving her keynote lecture entitled ‘Reading Beowulf in the Ruins of Gro … more →

Tags: Profiles, BABEL Working Group, Beowulf, cultural studies, Eileen Joy, Emmanuel Levinas, English Literature, ethics, Graduate Studies

The Modern Feudal System...

caridwen wrote 2 months ago: OK, so I was half-asleep and trying to get my coffee choked down so I could get around to paying the … more →

Tags: feudal system, Wal-Mart, organic, produce, npr, Local Farming

CFP: Early Modern to Postmodern Medievalisms (Exeter, 9/2010)

Philip Schwyzer wrote 2 months ago: Recasting the Past: Early Modern to Postmodern Medievalisms A Conference at the University of Exeter … more →

Tags: Exeter Early Modern Studies, Calls for Papers, Conferences and Events..

Academic and Literary Matters

trebmal wrote 3 months ago: I think I’ve narrowed my search for a grad school to two: Baylor University and the Center for Thomi … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Christianity, writing, grad school, English Literature, Latin

Puns to Ponder

kakonged wrote 4 months ago: Brikena Ribaj Ponders on Puns - Photo Courtesy of Morguefile.com By Brikena Ribaj Tip of the hat to … more →

Tags: Creative Writing, Culture, Education, Entertainment, media writing, Opinion, Writing (all kinds), Brikena Ribaj, Donna Kakonge

Beyond Medievalism? Exeter Medievalism Network at Leeds IMC

Philip Schwyzer wrote 5 months ago: The Leeds International Medieval Congress 2009 gets underway two weeks from today.  The theme of thi … more →

Tags: Exeter Early Modern Studies, Early Modern Studies around the Southwest, Conferences and Events..


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