#postmedieval
Admittedly, I am dealing with older reports again and I know it is partially down to tradition being that you just stripped the top or all of the postmed off... awareness about #postmedieval #archaeology has gotten slightly better
September 28, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Really interesting #OpenAccess article by Ziyang Li on "palimpsestic" medievalism and Arthurian myth in Kazuo Ishiguro's The Buried Giant.

#MedievalSky

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Rubbing and rewriting: Medievalism in Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Buried Giant - postmedieval
This article argues that Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Buried Giant recasts the Arthurian myth of British origins through what I deem a palimpsestic form of medievalism. This process of ‘rubbing and rewriting’...
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September 19, 2026 at 8:38 AM
I enjoyed reading a draft of this and I reckon I'll enjoy reading it again as I think more about Orientalism and imperialism before the semester

‘The worst of all Turkish peoples’: Ibn Faḍlān’s travel account as British naval intelligence by Tonicha Mae Upham
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‘The worst of all Turkish peoples’: Ibn Faḍlān’s travel account as British naval intelligence - postmedieval
The tenth-century CE Arabic travel account of Aḥmad Ibn Faḍlān has seen many reactions, receptions, and afterlives in Islamicate languages and in European settings. These relate both to the identity a...
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September 17, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Yo todavía me acuerdo de ir al panadero del pueblo a por la hogaza, y no pagabas, sino que te hacía una muesca más en la tarja, que era un palito parecido a ese. Postmedieval que es uno...
Tally sticks are medieval credit instruments, and here's one I examined at the University of Toronto last year. Explanation in the next tweet...plus a gripe!
September 13, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Congrats to Liam Waters on the publication with Basil Arnould Price of an important article in the journal Postmedieval entitled 'Valhalla: A phantasm'... a topic close to our hearts.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#UCC #CACCS #FutureHumanities #Vikings #Norse #Valhalla #medievalsky
Valhalla: A phantasm - postmedieval
This Terms of art examines Valhalla as a phantasmic construct that gathers fantasies of whiteness, masculinity, and militarism across political, religious, and temporal divides. Beginning with invocat...
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September 11, 2026 at 1:56 PM
I haven't read this article, but the abstract skims the situation.
Whiteness, medievalism, immigration: rethinking Tolkien through Stuart Hall - postmedieval
This essay rethinks Tolkien’s scholarship and fiction in light of his rejection at Oxford of Stuart Hall, who approached him regarding graduate work on William Langland. I argue that Tolkien’s white m...
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September 11, 2026 at 4:35 AM
one week to put the final touches on your proposals for special issues & essay clusters!! send us your ideas: tinyurl.com/postmedieval...
/postmedieval/ is looking for special issue and essay cluster proposals.

do you work in medieval studies—or a field that speaks to premodern cultures? we'd love to hear your ideas. if you're interested in guest-editing a collection for the journal, send us your proposal by 15 september.
September 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM
ready to start a new academic year? at /postmedieval/ we have some readings for you: our spring issue is free-to-view until the end of september!

link.springer.com/journal/4128...
September 4, 2026 at 5:44 AM
Agreed! But also want to hijack this post to highlight a very special exception, @postmedieval.bsky.social, a journal that has been doing a lot to push these boundaries. They also happen to be seeking proposals for special issues / essay clusters RIGHT NOW! sites.google.com/view/postmed...
September 3, 2026 at 7:22 PM
still thinking about proposing a special issue or essay cluster for /postmedieval/?

there's still time! we're accepting proposals for guest-edited collections until 15 september.

find the full #cfp on our website: sites.google.com/view/postmed...

#MedievalStudies #PremodernStudies #CallForPapers
/postmedieval/ is looking for special issue and essay cluster proposals.

do you work in medieval studies—or a field that speaks to premodern cultures? we'd love to hear your ideas. if you're interested in guest-editing a collection for the journal, send us your proposal by 15 september.
September 2, 2026 at 2:06 PM
"Child labor has a long history in the postmedieval Netherlands. From the early 1600s, children increasingly became part of the workforce. By the 1800s, census data suggested children made up around 5% of the workforce, or around 27,200 children. ...
September 1, 2026 at 4:55 AM
#Capitalocene: " #Children in the postmedieval Dutch workforce worked so hard that their spines became worn and deformed, with some children affected before they even had a chance to lose their baby teeth" phys.org/news/2026-08...
Centuries of child labor left lasting spinal damage in Dutch children, study finds
Children in the postmedieval Dutch workforce worked so hard that their spines became worn and deformed, with some children affected before they even had a chance to lose their baby teeth, a new study ...
phys.org
September 1, 2026 at 4:55 AM
Centuries of child labor left lasting spinal damage in Dutch children, study finds
Children in the postmedieval Dutch workforce worked so hard that their spines became worn and deformed, with some children affected before they even had a chance to lose their…

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Centuries of child labor left lasting spinal damage in Dutch children, study finds
Children in the postmedieval Dutch workforce worked so hard that their spines became worn and deformed, with some children affected before they even had a chance to lose their baby teeth, a new study published in the International Journal of Paleopathology finds.
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August 29, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Dutch child laborers from the 1600s to 1800s showed spinal damage usually linked to old age, including some affected before they had lost their baby teeth. Rural dairy work appeared hardest on the spine. doi.org/hcg7w5
Centuries of child labor left lasting spinal damage in Dutch children, study finds
Children in the postmedieval Dutch workforce worked so hard that their spines became worn and deformed, with some children affected before they even had a chance to lose their baby teeth, a new study published in the International Journal of Paleopathology finds.
phys.org
August 29, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Call for contributors: Postmedieval Special Issue Proposals. Submissions due September 15, 2026 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/postmed...
Postmedieval Special Issue Proposals | Mary Jaharis Center
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August 20, 2026 at 2:12 PM
oh that's certainly fair
I do think it's sort of fascinating just how tinged by that sort of romantic redux of medieval and postmedieval catholicism the popular image is - and also how far from it we are
in this regard, for the worse - the public thinks our masses are beautiful, which, saving the
August 6, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Publication Day!

Our “Terms of Art” with @postmedieval.bsky.social was published today. In this essay, @basilaprice.bsky.social and I explore the “phantasm” of Valhalla in contemporary and medieval politics and culture.

The article is OpenAccess. Read it here:

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Valhalla: A phantasm - postmedieval
This Terms of art examines Valhalla as a phantasmic construct that gathers fantasies of whiteness, masculinity, and militarism across political, religious, and temporal divides. Beginning with invocat...
link.springer.com
August 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Publication day!

Our About the Cover essay is now out in postmedieval.

After @basilaprice.bsky.social and I submitted another co-authored article (forthcoming soon!), the editors invited us to write the accompanying cover essay.

Read it here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
About the cover - postmedieval
postmedieval -
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July 27, 2026 at 9:45 AM