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Would people like a light-hearted Story from the Archives? In my case, the Bodleian's special collections reading room, which was at the time in the basement of the science library. It is entitled "Why Have You Given Me This Block of Wood?"

CALL FOR PAPERS Excited to open the CFP for 'Wundor in Old English Literature' at Leeds IMC next year (5th-8th July 2027). If you have any questions, please get in touch! Abstracts due 10th September 2026. #IMC2027 #medievalsky @imc-leeds.bsky.social

Interested in the history of #OldEnglish scholarship? @emgallimore.bsky.social, Thijs Porck and I will be editing a volume on OE in the long 19th century; if you'd like to contribute a chapter, the deadline for abstracts is 1 Sept 2026, first full drafts due Sept 2027. Spread the word! #medievalsky

William Lambarde's Perambulation of Kent talks a bit about Rochester Bridge (he even edits an Old English charter about its upkeep) so I decided to research a bit about the bridge's history. Was not expecting everything I found, so here follows a thread: (1/11)

See below for a CFP for #leeds2027 organised by Robyn Stewart.

✨️Vivien Law Essay Prize✨️ We invite all students and ECRs to submit an essay on any topic in the history of linguistics. Winning essay receives a prize of £200 and more! Deadline: 30 September 2026. See details here and get your submissions ready👇️ : www.henrysweet.org/vivien-law-p...

The Vivien Law Prize — Henry Sweet SocietyThe Vivien Law Prizewww.henrysweet.org

"Shoulda bought Sunn O tix when they were still $80" was not on my bingo card for 2026.

Karl Simrock, einer der bekanntesten frühen Germanisten der zweiten Generation nach Grimm und Lachmann.

Old English Abroad: A hybrid/online lecture series on the reception and study of early medieval English language and literature outside the Anglophone world Professor Santiago Disalvo (Universidad Nacional de la Plata) 21 July, 2026; 14:00 CEST emergence.leiden.edu/OEB1

EMERGENCE - ERC Project | Old English Abroad lectureProfessor Santiago Disalvo (Universidad Nacional de la Plata): ‘Awareness and references to early medieval English poetry in Spanish-speaking intellectual circles (late 19th and early 20th centuries)’...emergence.leiden.edu

📣 #CallforContributions #medievalsky #OldEnglish 📜 Dynamics of Old English Scholarship in the Long Nineteenth Century: Discoveries, Disputes and the Development of a Discipline ✍️ Editors: Rachel A. Fletcher, Ellen Gallimore & Thijs Porck ⏰ Abstracts due: 1 Sept 2026 📆 Drafts due: end of Sept 2027

CFP for @imc-leeds.bsky.social #IMC2027 on Building Scientific Communities: The Transmission of the Quadrivium in the Early Medieval Period (c. 300-1000 C.E.). Posted on behalf of Dr Robyn Stewart (University of York) who is not on Bsky. Deadline 1 Sept 2026 for 250-word abstracts.

Freche Eigenwerbung: Meine Videos zur alten deutschen Schrift, erstes Video: youtu.be/reQJ7zhAr_A?...

Deutsche Kurrentschrift. Alphabet, Besonderheiten der Buchstaben, Abgrenzung zur SütterlinYouTube video by Arbeitsstelle Grimm-Briefwechsel Berlinyoutu.be

Now that everyone has returned from this year's @imc-leeds.bsky.social, I thought I'd share my CFP for next year's on female communities and networks again 😊 feel free to reach out with questions as well! #MedievalSky

Here’s a piece about a whole group of #OEDMakers: namely the musicians. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNAmembers and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/miscellaneou...

Our sessions have moved! Due to a technical issue with our original room, you can now find us in the Esther Simpson Building room 2.08 tomorrow starting bright and early at 9am. Hope to see you there at @imc-leeds.bsky.social! #IMC2026

I hope you've kept your Thursday of @imc-leeds.bsky.social clear to attend all 3 sessions of Old English in the Long 19th Century! Join us in Laidlaw Library Teaching Room 1 for nine papers on the impact of Old English language, literature, and law in the 19th century. #IMC2026 #medievalsky

Cornelis Stoffel (1845–1908) is my latest #OEDMaker, and here—after another gap (apologies, life continues busy)—is a piece about him. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNAmembers and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/the-quotatio...

Counting down the days to #IMC2026, especially our panel on M. R. James and Old English! First, Emily Dixon will give a fascinating paper on reading Old English Soul & Body poems through ‘The Mezzotint’, then I’ll talk about James’ work on the Jamnes and Mambres fragment in Cotton MS Tiberius B.v.

Neil Ker’s parallel transcription of all seven instances of the Early English Poema Morale, c.1200-1300. Here’s your big data. He completed this in 1932, while finishing his mammoth BLitt thesis on Ælfric Homilies.