Rebecca Brackmann

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English professor and general-purpose geek. #Medieval and #earlymodern England. She/her/hers
"So it was a bittersweet moment because it was great to have such a high-profile project, but there were elements of it which felt like a Victorian bunfight over who owned the bones." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgd9xpeqdqo
Richard III's final path to rest in Leicester 10 years on

The reinterment of the last of the Plantagenets marked a unique moment in British history.

BBC News
Brought two students to the English Honor Society conference. The first one gave her paper today, and she crushed it! 
Or maybe this happens to no one else but me?🤔
I've had Mendelssohn's "Fingal's Cave" going through my head for days. Fellow nerds, what classical piece tends to be an earworm for you?
@thegiddystitcher I gave up and went to bed before the end of the 4th quarter, and I'm in the US!

@overholt Just kidding! It's a historic site because megafauna fossils found there provided key evidence for the Ice Age--KY state assembly would probably howl if too many schools went there.

"Ark Encounter" is about 30 min away, for context.

@sarahscully I vote for Murderbot! I also liked Motherless Brooklyn; haven't read the Whitehead.
@sarahscully Read Deacon King Kong. You won't be sorry.
@Kent Oh hey, I'm a medievalist also and not too far south of you, although my degree is in English. You from KY originally?