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Dr. Timothy Liam Waters

@liamh2os.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Charles University || Ph.D. in Scandinavian Languages and Literatures & Medieval Studies || Literary Materialist approaches in Old Norse || Professional Kolbítr.

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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 29/09/2026
How the emojis and fashion choices of Germany’s far‑right supporters get around the ban on Nazi symbolism Prof. Tom Birkett, @viglundur.bsky.social and @liamh2os.bsky.social of @norsemap.bsky.social write @uk.theconversation.com. @erc.europa.eu
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How the emojis and fashion choices of Germany’s far-right supporters get around the ban on Nazi symbolism
The extreme right has learned to navigate Germany’s strict laws on extremist symbols
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Christian Cooijmans @ccooijmans.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Viking scholars attempting to counter misinformation about vikings:
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DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts @mshl-cdha.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Watch the talks from spring 2026 here: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Slide with body text reading: "This spring, 8 amazing speakers have presented their works during the lecture series. Talks that were presented in person were also streamed online, therefore everyone interested could attend regardless of location. All the lectures were recorded as well and are available on our YouTube channel!" Below is a screenshot of the YouTube playlist showing video recordings of speakers including Paola Peratello, Hannes Högni Vilhjálmsson, Sigríður Regína Sigurþórsdóttir, Timothy Liam Waters, and Eydís Huld Magnúsdóttir.Slide with text reading: "The speakers could present in either English or Icelandic, and the topics varied from explaining how certain databases work to more specific, narrow research fields of the presenters." Below are three photographs showing presenters speaking in front of digital presentation slides.Slide with text reading: "Anyone is always warmly welcomed to attend the talks. Whether you are in academia or not, whether you are familiar with Digital Humanities or have zero knowledge about it, the talks are presented in a way accessible to the wider public." Below is a screenshot of a Zoom lecture by Liam Waters featuring a slide titled "What Is Folklore?" displaying a definition and a photograph of graffiti in a bathroom stall.Slide with text reading: "The aim of the Lunch with Digital Humanities lecture series is to make visible the range of work taking place across institutions and disciplines within the field, as well as to bring together researchers, students and the general public. Surprisingly, not that many people are aware of such field as Digital Humanities!" Below is a screenshot of a presentation slide by Paola Peratello titled "Methodology," listing eScriptorium, SegmOnto, and Kraken against a background image of digitized medieval manuscript transcription.
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Karl Galle @karlgalle.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
"Valhalla functions less as a literal cosmology and more phantasmically across nationalist ideologies, serving to organise desires for historical continuity, martial dominance, and racialised superiority. [Its] politics ... reverberate backward into the medieval past and forward into the present."
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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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Dr Basil Arnould Price @basilaprice.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
One of the most fun writing experiences in recent memory. Thank you @liamh2os.bsky.social and @postmedieval.bsky.social !
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Dr. Timothy Liam Waters @liamh2os.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Publication day! Our About the Cover essay is now out in postmedieval. After @basilaprice.bsky.social and I submitted another co-authored article (forthcoming soon!), the editors invited us to write the accompanying cover essay. Read it here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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About the cover - postmedieval
postmedieval -
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Dr. Timothy Liam Waters @liamh2os.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Join us in Leeds next year!
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Dr. Timothy Liam Waters @liamh2os.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Looking forward to this great oportunity to meet up with other Medieval Scandinavian ECRs!
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NorseMap @norsemap.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
We have some super exciting news about our launch event on Saturday 5 September that we will be sharing soon, but if you're interested in the Vikings, save the date! [Painting 'Idun and Brage' by Nils Blommér (1846). Public Domain.]
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Scottish Society for Northern Studies @northernstudies.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Timothy Liam Waters is a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Center for Folklore Studies at The Ohio State University. His research focuses on literary materialisms, generative AI, and folkloric reception in the Old Norse literary corpus. Please click on the image to sign up for this free, online seminar!
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SSNS Seminar - Dr. Timothy Liam Waters - 'Machine-Made Medievalisms, AI Vikings, Digital Folklore, and the Politics of 'Authenticity' - Scottish Society for Northern Studies % %
Stephen will explore why so many of the crucial incidents leading to the downfall of the Norse line of northern Scottish jarls in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries.
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Dr. Timothy Liam Waters @liamh2os.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Delighted to be speaking for the @northernstudies.bsky.social Seminar Series on 16 June! Machine-Made Medievalisms: AI Vikings, Digital Folklore, and the Politics of “Authenticity” A talk on AI-generated Viking imagery, authenticity, folklore, and the medieval past. Free online registration!
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SSNS Seminar - Dr. Timothy Liam Waters - 'Machine-Made Medievalisms: AI Vikings, Digital Folklore, and the Politics of 'Authenticity' - Scottish Society for Northern Studies % %
Stephen will explore why so many of the crucial incidents leading to the downfall of the Norse line of northern Scottish jarls in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries.
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Jonas ZA @jonasza4.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Are you working on the history, culture, or literature of medieval Norway? If so, consider submitting an abstract for this upcoming volume edited by @marycoconnor.bsky.social and me! #MedievalSky #OldNorse
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NECRON - Network of Early Career Researchers in Old Norse @necron-network.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Thank you to everyone who attended the NECRON-sponsored panel at the 61st International Congress on Medieval Studies this week! Excellent papers from Irina-Maria Manea (Univ. of Chester / Signum Univ.) and Taryn DeLeon Mendiola (Boston College)!
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Dr. Timothy Liam Waters @liamh2os.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
So excited to have you both!
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Dr. Timothy Liam Waters @liamh2os.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Cannot wait until this is out (in Open Access!).
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Dr. Timothy Liam Waters @liamh2os.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Excited to be speaking for the Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts in Iceland as part of Lunch with Digital Humanities. I’ll be presenting on AI-generated “Vikings,” authenticity, and how online communities decide what counts as real. Livestream available—join if you can.
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Dr. Timothy Liam Waters @liamh2os.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
📢 One month left! We’re re-advertising our CFP for Networks in Old Norse Literature (Waters & Dell’Aquila). 📝 Abstracts (300–400 words) due May 1, 2026 📄 Full papers due Dec 1 Interdisciplinary, collaborative, and dialogic by design. 🔗 shorturl.at/wbnEe
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Dr Katrín Lísa L. Mikaelsdóttir @vanlinduist.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
📢 Call for Book Chapters for our Book Series Old Norse Studies Networks in Old Norse Literature: Methods, Models, and New Directions, edited by @liamh2os.bsky.social and Erika Dell’Aquila Abstracts (300–400 words) due 1 May 2026 Full papers due 1 December More here: shorturl.at/wbnEe
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Dr. Timothy Liam Waters @liamh2os.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
New episode out now — I’m a guest on the Nordic Mythology Podcast: “Cursed Swords with Liam Waters.” We dig into saga literature, magical weapons, materiality, supernatural agency, and why cursed objects still fascinate us today. 🎧 Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/7knW... ⚔️
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Ep 290 - Cursed Swords with Liam Waters
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Dr. Timothy Liam Waters @liamh2os.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
With the 19th International Saga Conference completed, I want to take a moment and thank the amazing scholars who make the field of Old Norse studies so vibrant. Special thanks to my colleagues, Miguel Andrade and Jonas Koesling for such an amazing panel on ecocriticism. See you all in Bergen!
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Dr. Timothy Liam Waters @liamh2os.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
The 19th International Saga Conference is off to a fantastic start with a highly engaging and thought provoking presentation by @vanlinduist.bsky.social !
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NECRON - Network of Early Career Researchers in Old Norse @necron-network.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
NECRON invites all Saga Conference delegates to a reception! 🗓 Sun 3 Aug, 18:00–19:00 📍 ul. Uniwersytecka 4, Room B.0.39. Meet early career scholars & learn about the network. 🍻 Join us at a local pub after to keep the chat going! #SagaConference2025 #OldNorse
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Dr. Timothy Liam Waters @liamh2os.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
📖 Just published: my new Open Access article on cursed swords in the Icelandic legendary sagas (fornaldarsögur)! It’s part of a brilliant volume on medieval “Things” edited by @danielahahn.bsky.social Perfect for those into Old Norse lit, materiality, or weapon-lore. Link below + happy to discuss!
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NECRON - Network of Early Career Researchers in Old Norse @necron-network.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
📣 Attending #IMCLeeds2025 and work on the Medieval North? Come hang out with NECRON for a casual evening social! 🗓️ Weds 9 July 🕗 20:00 – meet at Parkinson Building 🍻 Social at The Library Pub after Meet fellow PhDs & ECRs in a chill, friendly setting. Stay as long as you like! Alcohol optional.
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NECRON - Network of Early Career Researchers in Old Norse @necron-network.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
The governing board for 2025/2026 has officially been announced. Please welcome the new board: Timothy Liam Waters Natalie Hopwood Rae Rivera Hannah Armstrong Hamza Aziz Erika Dell’Aquila Grace O’Duffy Piergiorgio Consagra Amrei Stanzel We look forward to serving you.
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Dr. Timothy Liam Waters @liamh2os.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Excited to be invited to speak at the Czech Academy of Sciences. Join us, February 4th.
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Dr. Timothy Liam Waters @liamh2os.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
I am happy to share that I will be joining the Faculty of Arts at Charles University in Prague next month. I look forward to new projects as a new Postdoctoral Research Fellow!
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Dr. Timothy Liam Waters @liamh2os.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
I am deeply honored to share that I have been awarded one of this year’s Medieval Academy of America Grants, which will help support my attendance at the 19th International Saga Conference. Join us in Katowice and Kraków 3–8 August 2025!
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/11/2024
After five generations, a family returned a headdress, moccasins and other clothing to a descendant of a Lakota leader. “We looked at each other and we said, ‘Is this real? 144 years?’” said Tamara Stands and Looks Back-Spotted Tail. “We were just kind of in awe.”
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After Five Generations, a Family Gave Back the Treasures in its Closet
The descendants of a 19th-century federal official decided to return a prized collection of heirlooms to a descendant of a Lakota leader, Chief Spotted Tail.
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Making a Warrior @makingawarrior.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
We're so pleased to launch The Great Viking Survey today, a global study on how people view and connect with the viking world as history and heritage. We invite anyone, anywhere, to share their thoughts on vikings and their legacy! Let us see the Viking Age through your eyes at vikingsurvey.org
The Great Viking Survey logo, overlaid on a photo of a rocky shore.
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