for papers. Together with Orietta DaRold and Philip Shaw at Leicester, we will be running a small conference in Bergen in early June entitled Writing Europe before 1450. It builds on the successes of two ‘Writing England’ conferences held in … Continue reading
On February 7, a few of us in the department received an email from Egypt. At first glance, I thought this might be one of the periodic letters we get claiming a desire to learn about conversion and Christianization and … Continue reading
Forskningsdagene, aka Norwegian National Science Week, involves a number of events intended to make research (most often scientific) available to the public and also to create public awareness about research in Norwegian universities and enterprises. In one event in Bergen … Continue reading
Any day there should be something to report from King’s, but every day nothing surfaces. Earlier this week a letter from David Ganz was posted on the facebook page (which can be viewed without a facebook account, I think). Like … Continue reading
The Staffordshire hoard will stay in the region where it was found and be housed in the Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent museums. The full story in The Guardian. In other news, a thorough examination and dating of the inscription appears to … Continue reading
We, that is the Nordic Centre for Medieval Studies, are running a two-week summer course in Bergen in August on the theme “Past and Present in the Middle Ages”. We hope to get PhD students working on how the Middle … Continue reading
Almost a month after its initial appearance, Mary Beard’s post continues (or continued) to receive comments, most recently one by Teresa Webber, a prominent and influential palaeographer at Trinity College, Cambridge, where she repeats comments to a THE piece. In … Continue reading
The King’s College debate has produced (at least on the facebook group) many comments that reflect how people view palaeography as a textual discipline, where they think it is going and what practitioners might do to ensure its continuation. As … Continue reading
I’m throwing the following up here, not because I think its the best, only, most excellent example of the form, but because I’ve been advocating letters to some in person. I could have circulated it via a palaeography-oriented list or … Continue reading
…to my King’s Gets Press comments. I’ve been informed that Miles Templeman was more likely not a second choice, but a choice that was made on second thought (as my friend so nicely put it). That is the original Today … Continue reading