Holy fuck! 👇😲

This was a test of the Prime Minister and he has failed it. It is an insult to sacrifices made by the British people that Boris Johnson has chosen to take no action against Dominic Cummings.

If you are teaching about race in non-modern Iberia, La corónica Commons offers a number of resources concerning race and visibility in Iberia. Check out the Bibliography resources at lcc.ku.edu/bibliography/

I have literally been looking at images of this banner ("of Las Navas"), thought to have been captured by King Ferdinand III or his grandfather Alfonso VIII from the Almohads in the early 13th c., for over a decade. I've seen it in person. Today I finally saw something I'd missed

Many congratulations to all of our wonderful finalists, who are now done with their examinations! We hope you are keeping safe and celebrating this incredible achievement.

Listen to members from the Spanish Sub-Faculty at Oxford discuss different Hispanic texts in this new podcast series, produced by Christy Callaway-Gale! podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/oxford-…

With this devastating news, we lose an irreplaceable scholar of medieval Iberia. Peter was a wonderful person, full of kindness, brilliance, and wit. He was an innate storyteller. His rooms St John's College, Cambridge were a permanent refuge for Iberianists of all sorts. He will be sorely missed

Stock photos of busy parents on the computer, rated for realism: 1: Mom has both hands on computer, child seems to need no supervision at all. Work is getting done. Mom is even smiling! This sucks, 2 out of 10.

We are very sad to learn that Ian Michael, Hispanic medievalist, died yesterday. He was particularly known for his edition of the Cantar de mio Çid (and his detective fiction). Prof. Michael gave the MÆ Annual Lecture in 1998.

A stunning and very touching achievement SpanishSubFaculty@Oxford Oxford Modern Languages

Delighted to see this out and huge thanks to the Palgrave team!

Can’t wait

Matthew Bailey's Cantar de mio Cdi website (miocid.wlu.edu) is now updated and again functioning. Contact Bailey [email protected] for more information.

Didn’t realise until I started recording lectures that a neighbour has a cockerel.

In the centenary year of women's degrees University of Oxford, and also a time when the division of childcare is a pressing concern, this blog post from our former Principal Ruth Deech on the history of childcare at Oxford is particularly pertinent medium.com/oxford-univers…

We are hiring! Departmental Lecturer in Spanish, in association with Magdalen College and St Edmund Hall (2-year position). Application deadline: 22 June (12 noon) my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…

A thoughtful colleague and friend left me an office plant that I apparently can’t kill and I think that is the perfect return to the workplace gift and spirit.

Very proud of St Anne's College English & Spanish student, Grace Tierney, whose The Thouron Award Scholarship will enable her to study Penn next year. 👏

The menopause moment, remembering the accused witches of Scotland, Christian epigraphy of Rome, painting a sustainable future, and much more ... all in the Trust’s May Newsletter: leverhulme.ac.uk/newsletter Geraldine Hazbun Margaret S Malloch @mannymadriaga