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Dr Eleanor Baker @eleanormaybaker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Well...the 'wulf' is out of the bag. Professor Daniel Wakelin and I were the Middle English consultants for Robert Eggers' upcoming film Werwulf, in UK theatres on January 1st 2027!

An image of a screenshot from a webpage from IGN that reads 'Eggers did copious amounts of research on England in the 13th century for the screenplay, he co-wrote with his The Northman collaborator, Sjón. The film’s dialogue is in Middle English, although it’s been altered by dialect coach William Conacher to make it more comprehensible for the modern ear. Eggers also worked with two Middle English scholars at Oxford University, Eleanor Baker and Daniel Wakelin, who helped make the dialogue more period accurate.'

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Dr Laura Varnam @drlauravarnam.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

And the second essay in CREATING THE MEDIEVAL NOW is out! Thanks to @realmandeville.bsky.social for ‘The Middle Ages as Creative Topic’, check it out! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Artwork by Kristen Haas Curtis for Creating the Medieval Now, special issue of the journal Public Humanities

The Middle Ages as Creative Topic, essay by Anthony Bale

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Dr Laura Varnam @drlauravarnam.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Delighted that the first essay in CREATING THE MEDIEVAL NOW, a special issue of Public Humanities, ed by me & Eleanor Barraclough, is now available! Check out @thecelticist.bsky.social brilliant essay ‘De Ira’ & bookmark this page for further essays this autumn! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Special issue of Public Humanities journal on Creating the Medieval with artwork by Kristen Haas Curtis

Abstract for Creating the Medieval Now special issue: essays by medievalists who are also creative practitioners on how their practice operates as their mode of scholarship.

Abstract for Elizabeth Boyle’s essay De Ira

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Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026

This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them!

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edelsemple.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

1/4 Here’s a flavour of my introduction to the OWC #Shakespeare #Pericles Follow along for more and tune into my #OxfordWorldsClassics @engfac.bsky.social webinar with Prof Emma Smith on 2 November!

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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 22/09/2026

The two Scottish female novelists who outsold and inspired Jane Austen Mary Brunton and Susan Ferrier did outsell, inspire, and benefit from Austen, @drcleoocy.bsky.social writes on @theconversation.com.

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The two Scottish female novelists who outsold and inspired Jane Austen

They are practically unknown today ,but Susan Ferrier and Mary Brunton gave Jane Austen a run for her money.

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Sinéad Gleeson @sineadgleeson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

2,500 Irish writers, musicians and artists have now signed the @ipsc.bsky.social's Irish Artists’ Pledge to Boycott Israel. If you are an Irish cultural worker, please consider signing here: www.ipsc.ie/cultural-boy... #FreePalestine

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2,500 Irish artists sign Irish Artists' Pledge to Boycott Israel!

Pledge now has more than 2,500 signatories, among them Irish cultural legends like Fontaines D.C., Kneecap, Stephen Rea, Sinéad Cusack, Donal Lunny, Andy Irvine, CMAT, Damien Dempsey, Sharon Shannon, ...

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UoN English @uonenglish.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Join us for the next TOEBI conference at UoN! Find out more and register online via our UoN online store, or go to our events page (www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/even...).

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Dr Laura Varnam @drlauravarnam.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#GMS2026 folks should keep their eyes peeled for this fantastic publication incoming next year! 👏

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Dr Laura Varnam @drlauravarnam.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I really don’t know where to start in thanking everyone who came to #GMS2026 & created such a gorgeous, supportive, & creative atmosphere! It was magical! ✨ And the highlight of my academic career 🥹 More photos, and blogposts, to follow! Keep your eyes peeled!

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Francesca Brooks @francescabrooks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

There are so many fabulous pieces in this new issue!

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NorseMap @norsemap.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

⚔ Welcome to iViking, NorseMap's official mobile photo-capturing app that allows anyone to contribute to the NorseMap public archive while on the go. Through the app, members of the public can help us document the many ways Viking and Norse heritage continues to shape our world today. #MedievalSky

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Francesca Brooks @francescabrooks.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Some things I have ready for #GMS2026 (in addition to my paper): fliers for 'Beyond Medieval Archives' (edited w/ @carlkears.bsky.social & forthcoming from @uclpress.bsky.social), JAWS (Journal of Art & Writing bookmarks), & my contribution of a print of a collage poem for the raffle!

Flat lay of fliers, bookmarks and a print of a collage

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Stephen Roddy @stephenroddy.bandcamp.com · 06/09/2026

Some thoughtful Sunday afternoon listening for you before the chaos of a new term. Nice to have my work in such good sonic company for Jules Hildebrand’s Zaduma series on Radio Kapital today: radiokapital.pl/shows/zaduma...

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Zaduma: 17 | Radio Kapitał

A quiet hour of ambient music and field recordings, inviting stillness and attentive listening

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Hannah Armstrong @hjparmstrong.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Good news can feel few and far between as an ECR these days, so I'm very grateful and excited to share that I've signed a contract for my first book 'Island Medievalism and the Sagas of the Norse North Atlantic' (title tbc) with Oxford University Press.

The top of a publishing agreement listing the name of the publisher, Oxford University Press, and the author, Hannah Armstrong.

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Francesca Brooks @francescabrooks.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I'm really looking forward to the #GMS2026 Gender & Creativity conference next week! It will in fact be registration week here at UCC, so it feels like I will be claiming an extra week for research before the semester begins. I'll hope to bring news of fascinating new research back to my students!

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Charlotte Bowyer @charlottebowyer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

There's still time to submit an abstract to 'Wundor in Old English Literature' at Leeds IMC next year — thank you to everyone who has sent one in already! Alternatively, if you're based in the US, please check out this ICMS session: icms.confex.com/icms/2027/pr... Deadline for both is 15/9/26.

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<em>Wundor </em>in Old English Literature

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NorseMap @norsemap.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

🥁This Saturday 5 September marks the official launch of the NorseMap Project and app. Not only will we be holding the event in the heart of Hiberno-Norse Cork, but we are fortunate enough to have the legendary Einar Selvik join us with what is sure to be an unforgettable performance! #MedievalSky

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Arc Humanities Press @archumanities.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Medieval history is taking a global turn 1) the inclusion of content extending beyond Europe & the Afro-Eurasian interconnected worlds to the Americas & Oceania; & 2) the integration of historiographic approaches emerging from outside Euro-American traditions. www.arc-humanities.org/978180270294...

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Francesca Brooks @francescabrooks.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It's September tomorrow! This week I'm preparing for teaching (which starts very soon), as well as the Gender and Medieval Studies conference next week, and checking the proofs for 'Beyond Medieval Archives'. Summer is suddenly in the rearview.

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Carcanet Press @carcanet.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Anthony V. Capildeo launches their debut nonfiction ‘Masqueraders’ online next week 🎟️ 1st September, 7pm, hosted by David Wheatley: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... The book brings together a selection of brilliant essays, letters and columns from leading poetry journal @pnreview.bsky.social

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Francesca Brooks @francescabrooks.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Had a chance to visit Plas Newydd, the home of the Ladies of Llangollen, on our most recent visit to the UK. I was struck by what a glorious collage it is of wood panelling and fragments of medieval stained glass. An incredible place!

collaged or patchworked woodpanelling in the entrance to Plas Newydd, where the black hats of the Ladies of Llangollen also hang.

Collaged fragments of stained glass in an upstairs window

close-up of some fragments of stained glass, showing an upside down goose

Detail of patchwork wood panelling with a naked woman at the centre

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Francesca Brooks @francescabrooks.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Wonderful to see this collection - 'Beyond Medieval Archives: rethinking the medieval archive through creative & critical practice' - which I've edited with Carl Kears, up on the @uclpress.bsky.social website & with a pub. date! You can learn more about the chapters: uclpress.co.uk/book/beyond-...

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Beyond Medieval Archives

Beyond Medieval Archives hopes to open the field of medieval studies to more diverse, dynamic and innovative forms of creativity, criticism, publication and collective action in response to the resona...

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NorseMap @norsemap.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Did Vikings eat liquorice and drink protein shakes? 🤔 Not quite... but you might be surprised by how many food and drink brands have borrowed names from Vikings, Norse legends, and ancient gods.

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Francesca Brooks @francescabrooks.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Apparently it's National Lighthouse day - we are recently back from a trip to my partner's family in Wexford, where we revisited the beautiful Hook Lighthouse. It's the oldest, intact operational lighthouse in the world! I also love the fossils you can see there. #NationalLighthouseDay

Hook lighthouse on the rocks above a tidepool

Reflection of hook lighthouse (black and white striped) in the water below the lighthouse. Lots of different coloured seaweeds are visible

Close-up of fossils in the limestone around Hook Head lighthouse. In this picture you can see fragments of crinoid stems (round, washer-like) and some corals.

Picture of the sea at the edge of the Hook Head peninsula. The sky and sea are bright blue and the waves are foaming as they meet the rocks.

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Francesca Brooks @francescabrooks.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

As we get closer to publication I'll do some individual posts about the chapters and our contributors. The book contains new writing by poets and artists Maria Fusco, Jos Charles, & Anthony Vahni Capildeo and essays by Clare Lees, Siân Echard & Tarren Andrews (to highlight just a few of the riches)

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Dr. Timothy Liam Waters @liamh2os.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Publication Day! Our “Terms of Art” with @postmedieval.bsky.social was published today. In this essay, @basilaprice.bsky.social and I explore the “phantasm” of Valhalla in contemporary and medieval politics and culture. The article is OpenAccess. Read it here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Valhalla: A phantasm - postmedieval

This Terms of art examines Valhalla as a phantasmic construct that gathers fantasies of whiteness, masculinity, and militarism across political, religious, and temporal divides. Beginning with invocat...

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Beyond Medieval Archives

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Dr Laura Varnam @drlauravarnam.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

🚨General registration is now open for the Gender & Medieval Studies conference on Gender & Creativity in Oxford in Sept! We have an amazing line up of speakers, so please register asap to avoid disappointment! (Numbers are limited!). Link via GMS website medievalgender.co.uk/2026-oxford/

Gender and Medieval Studies conf programme

Gender & Medieval Studies conference programme

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Francesca Brooks @francescabrooks.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Get your tickets to the next Gender & Medieval Studies quick, while they last! What a fantastic programme.

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Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

an fyi, fabric veils and bookmarks kept within medieval books remain precisely this vibrant too--they're nearly painfully bright, even after 600 years!

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Felicity Callard @felicitycallard.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Vice-Chancellor of University of Bristol (salary £312,251): “I take a really personal view on this. My oldest daughter is the only child in my family who really is making a very significant amount of money.”

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Francesca Brooks @francescabrooks.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Excited to finally be attending my first GMS conference this September! The programme looks wonderful.

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Francesca Brooks @francescabrooks.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

A 12 month post here in the English Department at University College Cork!

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Robert Gallagher @hwaetspur.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Not one question on the HE financial crisis in this 40-min interview with Bridget Phillipson, UK Secretary of State for Education. @lewisgoodall.com could you please press ministers on this? We’re losing social mobility, learning opportunities, economic prosperity, research, arts at an alarming rate

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Dr Laura Varnam @drlauravarnam.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

General registration will be live via the GMS website from Mon 20th July!

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Francesca Brooks @francescabrooks.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Excited to finally be attending my first GMS conference this September! The programme looks wonderful.

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James Bailey @drjamesbailey.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Hello, I’ve an event for my Muriel Spark biography next Weds (15th) at Waterstones Liverpool. We’ve sold barely any tickets, however, and it might be cancelled as a result. Please get a ticket if you’re nearby - it’ll be a lot of fun, and I’ll bring badges! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/waterstone...

A picture of me, accompanied by the text: JAMES BAILEY
IN CONVERSATION WITH JESS WHITE AT WATERSTONES LIVERPOOL
WEDNESDAY 15 JULY 6.30PM
The Nine Lives of Muriel Spork

5 cat-shaped badges, with text reading Muriel Spark Fan Club, pinned to a shirt

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Francesca Brooks @francescabrooks.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Back from a trip to London & Sussex (in the extreme heat!), where I was grateful for some research time in the British Library (aircon!). I did a little detective work with the microfilm of the Argentine newspaper 'La Nación' to try & track down some of Lynette Roberts's Spanish language journalism

Picture showing a roll of microfilm for the Argentine Newspaper La Nacion

Picture showing the beginning of the microfilm roll showing a message about damage to the newspaper

Picture shows an Argentine newspaper feature for the new year in 1939

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The Guild of Medievalist Makers @guildmedmak.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Are you at @imc-leeds.bsky.social and presenting on a creative-critical topic? Tag us know and we will repost your panel for visibility! #IMC2026 #IMC #medieval

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Minx Marple @minxmarple.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Pleased to say that I’m now Associate Editor at JAWS: Journal of Art & Writing and an Artist Member at Two Queens in Leicester. I decided I missed editing and I’ve never been a member of an artists studio group before so this is a new venture into balancing the various aspects of my practice.

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Francesca Brooks @francescabrooks.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

A wonderful treat at the end of last week to get to tag along on this site-visit to the Viking dig at Woodstown (and the weather was incredible!).

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Claire Connolly @claireconnolly.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

The open letter regarding industry and applied bias in Research Ireland's strategy is still open for signing ... openletter.earth/concern-abou...

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Concern about Research Ireland’s Strategy and Programme Plan

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Donncha O’Connell @donnchalaw.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

University staff say €4.55bn research fund ignores arts and humanities. Almost 2,000 sign open letter criticising Research Ireland for favouring industry and commercial interests. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

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University staff say €4.55bn research fund ignores arts and humanities

Letter to Min Higher Ed

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