Norwegian medievalist, bibliophile, music lover and art enthusiast.
[Header: Valenciennes - BM - ms. 0320, f.120v]
Steffen Hope
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I think if you're wearing this hat, anything goes
- Tom Gleisner, Have You Been Paying Attention? S13E10
[Valenciennes - BM - ms. 0320]
I've heard colleagues say that AI stops the gate-keeping and allows easy access for students without the necessary skills.
I have a problem with that because it's our job to help them get those skills, not to outsource it to a computer.
🧵 on pro-AI academics.
What connects these two topics in this case is how elite groups imagine a golden age in the past, which is to be recreated in the present or in the near future. Visions of golden ages is an element of utopian thinking, & although a particular vision depends on its context, they are often similar.
I'm reading the Diccionario de lugares utópicos because I have a general interest in utopian thinking. It has turned out to be an immensely valuable resource for some of the work I'm trying to put together.
Giving in to the desire to read something peripheral to your work can pay huge dividends.
Ich freue mich, nächste Woche in Mainz über ein paar Mythen zu Wikingern zu sprechen und zu diskutieren. Herzliche Einladung an alle, die in der Nähe sind! #medievalsky #skystorians
Provenance research has become integral to art history and cultural heritage studies, but the provenance of written artefacts is still understudied.
From 14–16 April 2027, we'll host a conference in Hamburg to help establish this field.
The CfP and further information are now online:
One advice I always try to impart to younger scholars is to read widely beyond one's topic, as this might provide very useful insights.
I'm reminded of this today, as reading about Peruvian utopianism has provided me with a very good way of explaining the cult of saints in twelfth-century Norway.
From me: ‘Oral histories tell the story of the 1868 Navajo treaty with the US’
A week late but that’s fine.
