It is with overwhelming sadness that colleagues across @unibirmingham.bsky.social learned of the death last Friday of Prof. Chris Wickham. Chris’s colleagues and friends from around the world are invited to contribute to this online Book of Condolence: www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2026/pr...

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Richard von Glahn's new book *The Rise and Demise of Paper Money in Imperial China* is coming out soon with Cambridge University Press. We celebrated the launch this past Friday at UCLA.

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What is the most common misconception about my field? That #medieval people were dumber than modern ones.’ 🎯 Justine Firnhaber-Baker answers some quickfire questions www.historytoday.com/archive/inte...

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A great historian, a generous scholar and a true friend.

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This is awful, awful news. Not out of the blue, but still somehow unbelievable. Chris was the very best of us, and as a human and as a historian his passing leaves the world a smaller place.

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