Francois Soyer

Also a British Valentine and Matilda?

New article: Francois Soyer, "Authoritative Sources: Hagiography, Local History, and the Antisemitic Child Murder Libel in Early Modern Spain." Antisemitism Studies 9, no. 1 (2025): 71-100. muse.jhu.edu/article/956182.

New Book. Forthcoming in 2025.

The marked qualitative decline of this platform means that I am spending a lot less time here. From now on this channel will carry occasional links to upcoming events, publications, my writing and research. You can find me on the platform Bl*e Sky

Australian high schools are pretty tough places.

Springtime Down Under.

Fernando Pessoa…#Australia

Hello Lusophones. Any advice on how I translate the following? Any help very welcome! "Comecou a dizer pomdo o punho sobre a mão que em que lhe pez o avia de fazer..."

Still find it hilarious that someone at the Spanish National Historical Archives in Madrid seriously thought that the Spanish Inquisition was victimizing a man born in the town of Molong in NSW, Australia in 1777, eleven years before the First fleet arrived in Botany bay.

Who doesn't have a flower arranging room? rightmove.co.uk/properties/1…

A question for Lusophone colleague. In the 16th century passage below, there is the following sentence: "...e se lhe Chamão vitoria dara ho samgue do braço..." I am puzzled by "dara ho samgue do braço" is this an idiomatic expression? I don't get. Any help welcome!

Apricot blooms Down Under 🇦🇺

Chain mail is back in business in Europe. Very medieval.

These bizarre spam emails will always put a smile on my face.

It’s THAT season in Australia.

Sign of an early spring Down Under?

Mother and Joey caught on the hop on the @UniNewEngland Armidale campus.