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by KARL STEEL Read Jeffrey on April Madness first. UPDATE: And let me introduce you to a blog all about medieval robots . Last weeke...

by J J Cohen I snapped the picture I've used to illustrate this post yesterday at about seven in morning, as I walked the mile or so...

by J J Cohen This looks interesting. Posted on behalf of Kelli Wood. ----------- On the Edge: Medieval Margins and the Margins of Aca...

by J J Cohen We at In the Middle heartily congratulate Lois L. Huneycutt for winning the second Bonnie Wheeler Fellowship . We encourage ...

by J J Cohen That acronym stands for "Too Much To Do," for those of you not fluent in Text. Five hundred years in the future, ...

view from my hotel room at dusk by J J Cohen [read Karl on Derrida as a table first] Last week I attended my first SAA ( Shakespear...

by KARL STEEL (also: watch this space for Jeffrey's SAA post. I know it'll be here soon) This Thursday I'm flying from Paris to ...

by KARL STEEL My wife, Alison (aka La Potiche), has been keeping a blog on our stay in France. Occasionally, I contribute, although I've...

by KARL STEEL All best to all my friends in Boston for the SAA Conference in Boston. Cause some trouble; let yourself be troubled. Above is...

by KARL STEEL As Jeffrey knows, medieval treatises on magic, science, and various nonhuman lively objects offer a world of resources to the ...

by KARL STEEL ( image: your humble, monstrous blogger, in a mystery spot ) "Le monstre sert d'outil conceptuel, au même titre que d...

Figure 1. from Beth Dow, Ruins by EILEEN JOY First, run outside and hug some medievalists , or, hug yourself.  Second, take note tha...

by J J Cohen Each year this celebration grows exponentially . We at In the Middle hope that yours is suitably festive and filled with wa...

by J J Cohen [Thought you might enjoy this short paragraph from the talk I gave at ICFA . I'm reworking the piece into an essay to be ...