Charlie Rozier
Lecturer in early medieval history at University of Kent (Canterbury, UK). Daemon takes the form of a beagle called Daisy
Co-creator @ecrpodcasters.bsky.social
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- Soaking up the February sun like a lizard outside the library
- Warnings: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Reposted by Charlie RozierOur latest PhD Placement opportunities - come and work at the British Library for 3-6 months to develop your research and professional skills. 8 projects available, deadline for applications 27 February. www.bl.uk/services/res...
- Reposted by Charlie RozierA PhD opportunity at CCCU in History/Archaeology/Heritage. Preference is for a modernist, but proposals in other areas will be considered. Dr @davehitchcock.bsky.social is the point of contact. www.canterbury.ac.uk/study-here/f... #skystorians #medievalsky #archaeology
- Reposted by Charlie RozierIf you think that you have missed out in taking part in #IMC2026... Happy Medieval Monday to you because the Late Call for Proposals is still open! 😀 🎊 Click here: www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc-2026/lat... and have a look at the sessions which could contain your future research! #MedievalSky
- After visiting @nationaltrust.org.uk Sutton Hoo yesterday, 7 year-old has recreated the ship burial 😍
- Reposted by Charlie RozierNorthumbrian rebels slew their new earl, the Fleming Robert de Comines, and hundreds of his men in Dunholm (Durham) #OTD in 1069. ‘Every street was covered with blood’ in one account. The rebels then made for York and killed the castle’s defender, Robert FitzRichard. 📸Matt Buck #medievalsky
- Loved teaching @ies-sas.bsky.social short course on Writing History in the Middle Ages with Laura (including some detective work in comparing manuscripts…) There are some other amazing online manuscript-y courses coming up, some of which you can see here ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
- Reposted by Charlie RozierIf you have graduate students working with medieval manuscripts this free online training might be useful 👇 www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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- Reposted by Charlie RozierI’ll be reviving my irrepressible double act with Katherine Hindley for London International Palaeography Summer School 2026. We provide an introduction to manuscript studies ideal for anyone starting graduate study. It’s a lot of fun. #MedievalSky 👇 ies.sas.ac.uk/study-traini...
- Any historians out there who’ve been paid for consultancy work relating to your academic knowledge? I’ve been offered an interesting opportunity, but (being a stuffy academic) I’ve literally no idea what rate to charge…
- Biggest change since I was here for undergrad: student halls are empty. 20 years ago, you wouldn’t be able to get a seat unless you turned up on time (especially after Neighbours). Now it’s quiet, no lines, no hustle and bustle. Where IS everyone..?
- Enjoyed talking about the @ecrpodcasters.bsky.social as part of the @kent.ac.uk researcher workshop on podcasting. *Almost* feels like spring outside
- Reposted by Charlie RozierHere are 8 successful *proposals* for academic books/monographs. I am hoping that these help someone who is starting out trying to write one and wants to see what worked for me. They are provided as examples, rather than exemplars. A lot of it was just finding my own way eve.gd/2026/01/16/s...
- Reposted by Charlie RozierThe inkless doodles of Eadburg, an 8th-c. nun, discovered by new technology: now published by Jessica Hendy-Hodgkinson in EME doi.org/10.1111/emed... (Open access)
- Reposted by Charlie RozierRemember, ‘everyone has a part to play in making the university more financially resilient’ www.heraldscotland.com/news/2577015...
- AFCON TV directors: please can we see some Senegal fans in the stadium? 😭 #AFCON
- New desk area is looking pretty good, but definitely needs a picture for me to stare at/get distracted by… Any good suggestions?
- Reposted by Charlie RozierPlease help spread the word on this, especially to those who may be feeling cold winds towards their research. We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
- Reposted by Charlie RozierThe wonderful @caitlinrgreen.bsky.social has a hugely interesting new article just out in Early Medieval England & its Neighbours, all about Alfred the Great's embassy to India - free to read here #India #AlfredtheGreat #medieval www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- Reposted by Charlie RozierFor all the newcomers interested in book and manuscript history here is a handy starter pack go.bsky.app/AN9pLVoat://did:plc:s5br5iqnzmjvbihs2u7koyjo/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lalqnlhh652q
- Reposted by Charlie RozierAn interesting PhD opportunity (i.e. job!) at Oslo on the project POLYCHROME: "Candidates should propose a research project that examines, in one form or another, historical sources that shed light on changing attitudes to medieval objects after the Reformations in the Scandinavian countries."
- @memsunikent.bsky.social term card until March, featuring yours truly on Wednesday 14 January. For more details links to online access for each paper, see here: research.kent.ac.uk/medieval-ear...
- I’m *really* looking forward to this! If anyone had students who would like to learn a bit more about manuscripts of historical works, hopefully they’ll love this. #MedievalSky
- I’m looking forward to this at the end of the month. There are still a couple of places if anyone has students who would benefit. #MedievalSky @ihr.bsky.social palaeography.uk/study/short-...
- From derelict shed to home office… we’re *nearly* done! Just needs some paint touching up, a good sofa bed, and we will be done. (Does anyone have recommendations on wifi boosters for sheds?)
- We watched the river scene from ‘Prince of Thieves’ so obviously then recreated it in Lego:
- This week I’ve been doing the CHASE-funded @memrn.bsky.social course in Old English (a top-up fora near novice!) and it’s been a beautiful change of pace. Everyone is in bed, so catching up on ‘homework!’ 🤓📖
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- Snow day in Suffolk! #beagle
- Reposted by Charlie RozierGreat advice. Mine is this: all good abstracts do the following 1. Background (who what when where) 2. Problem — what's the hole your research addresses? 3. Argument/Hypothesis 4. Evidence — on what basis are you making the argument? 5. Answer the "so what" question — why does this matter? to whom?
- Reposted by Charlie RozierOffre d’emploi – 3-year postdoc position in medieval studies: Unlocking the Medieval Book: Texts, Crafts, & Networks of Northern Europe rmblf.be/2025/12/30/o...
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- Thank you so much to everybody who has responded to this so far! For context, I am giving a paper in May on a local Suffolk vicar who wrote a history of our town Hollingsworth ‘History of Stowmarket’) and I’m looking to begin by giving a bit of background
- Medievalists: has anyone ever written on the impact that C19 vicars had on the editing and discussion of medieval sources? I’ve no idea where to start with this, but recently wanted to explore it as a side project… 🧐
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- Reposted by Charlie RozierClosing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵 Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
- Reposted by Charlie RozierI know no-one wants to think about next term right now, but please remind students to book their places on the Latin palaeography online short courses at beginner or intermediate level taking place in February 👇 #MedievalSky 📖🧑💻👩💻👨🏽💻👩🏻💻🧑🏿💻🧑💻 📚 ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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- Reposted by Charlie RozierColloque – Élites, violences et imaginaires médiévaux. Autour de l’œuvre de Martin Aurell rmblf.be/2025/12/16/c...
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- St Edmund’s church, Southwold on a very sunny Saturday. Largely C15 and featuring Southwold Jack: a statue reportedly dating from C15, whose bell is rung at the start of every service (and who appears on every bottle of Adnams!)
- Reposted by Charlie RozierEpisode 35: How to Index Your Book If you’ve ever wondered how this *highly interesting* part of the book process works, then join @rozierhistorian.bsky.social @rosiebonte.bsky.social and Rob as we talk: - What is an index for? - What do publishers want? - What makes a good/bad index? Links in bio
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- Reposted by Charlie RozierThe ad for the second postdoctoral position on our @leverhulme.ac.uk Britain’s Early Medieval Letters project is now live. We’re looking for an Old English specialist (who also works with Latin). 32-month FT post. Deadline for apps is 16 Jan 🙂 jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
- Proof that Ipswich DOES have some nice medieval areas/buildings 😍 Building name Pykenham, a former inn, restored with bits taken from other Ipswich buildings (and now home to a solicitors) historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...
- Finally quiet enough to get to these book reviews that I owe: both extremely important tomes!
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- Reposted by Charlie RozierBooking is now open for Making Medieval Manuscripts! A practice-based course where we make ink, cut quills, illuminate, make pigments and bookbind, using #medieval techniques and materials. We also explore early medieval art. No experience necessary! #bookhistory ies.sas.ac.uk/study-traini...
- What if huge portions of society have had poor mental health for a VERY long time and we are now only just getting a handle on just how many? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- Last teaching actually in Canterbury until January 😍
- Reposted by Charlie RozierLooking for new learning experiences, enrichment and inspiration? Try our new IHR Discovery Courses : Historic Maps, Townscape and Architecture, and Archaeology for Local History. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
- Happy to be in some exciting sessions, but worried what I’ve done to upset the Leeds gods. Third year in a row that I have been given a Thursday paper 😭
- Working in Norwich to meet a former MA student on a writing project 🤓
- Bluey is trolling English cricket fans: not being able to get Rusty out is a little close to the bone!
- Seven year-old brought this absolute gem from the local Library: I could set this for university students and they’d learn from it! Obviously Daisy #beagle loves it too
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- Reposted by Charlie RozierBonjour, fellow medievalists! I'm very pleased to announce a conference on Beowulf next March at the @cema-su.bsky.social Sorbonne. I have the honour of joining Francis Leneghan in giving one of the keynotes. Link below has the CFP and registration info, please spread the word! cemasorbonne.org
- A highly productive morning building Wolf Pack-Forestmen alliance vs Falcon-Lion Knights alliance
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- Reposted by Charlie Rozier... and Leicester... Languages, History... It's so easy to destroy, so hard to create. So much talent. So many lives. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Reposted by Charlie Rozier3-year postdoc with CODICUM project for a medievalist placed in Odense, Denmark! Special focus on Latin, palaeography & Dominican text and book history 📖😍🕵️ tinyurl.com/yrt4x8y3
- Reposted by Charlie RozierIf you’re in the middle of a PhD, I recommend exploring the work of Dr. Zoë Ayres. She has written a compassionate book on managing mental health in graduate school and has co-created a range of initiatives, that normalize conversations about mental health in research. www.zjayres.com
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- Wasn’t sure what to make of this, even when I’d finished it. A strange story of Fenland nuns in 990. Ostensibly about a cursed mere (body of water) but for me it became about relations between women, and by the end of called it Mère (about mothers and female authority)
- Excellent work by Dan and Áron on this project, reflected in our review here
- Reposted by Charlie RozierNew podcast, in which I explain why the Battle of Hastings doesn't feature in my new book on eleventh-century Europe 💅 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/1...
- Can anyone recommend anyone here to campaigns/promoted awareness for maintaining good mental health among academics? Not for me personally, but thinking of doing a thing about it and wondering who’s out there and who’s good! #academia
- Very excited to help with this in January. It’ll be history manuscript-tastic 🤓 Please share!
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