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NECRON - Network of Early Career Researchers in Old Norse @necron-network.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Reminder that our online panel discussion will be taking place this coming Tuesday! We're also currently looking into the possibility of recording it and making it available for a period afterwards. So if you're interested but can't make the live event, do still sign-up!
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Norse in the North @norseinthenorth.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Norse in the North 2027: Life and Death Abstract deadline: 1st February 2027 We welcome proposals from postgraduate students for papers in any area of Old Norse, medieval Scandinavian, and Viking studies relating to the theme. We look forward to reading your proposals! #callforpapers #oldnorse
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Natalie Hopwood @nrhopwood.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Reminder to all Old Norse PGRs and ECRs! The next NECRON event is happening NEXT WEEK! Hope to see many of you there 🌟
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NECRON - Network of Early Career Researchers in Old Norse @necron-network.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Resharing for the weekend crowd: Join us for this exciting online panel discussion on 29th September (13.30 BST / 14.30 CET)! 🏃‍♀️ ( <-- that's you running to the sign-up link)
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ANTIDOTE - Advanced Training in Digitization of Older Texts @antidote-network.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
📢 Applications are now open for the 3rd Year of the #ANTIDOTE training programme! Learn to model digital editions in Klosterneuburg 🇦🇹 and Prague 🇨🇿 Application deadline: 7 October antidote.hi.is/apply
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Apply Advanced Training in Digitization of Older Texts —ANTIDOTE 2026–2027The University of Iceland (Reykjavík), Charles University (Prague), Klosterneuburg Abbey Library (Klosterneuburg, Austria), Co...
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UHI Institute for Northern Studies @insuhi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
OK, get your diaries out (or open your digital diaries, of course) and note these dates for the upcoming UHI Institute for Northern Studies Free Public Seminar Series events. Register through tinyurl.com/pmf3e58a
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Josh Coulthard @joshcoulthard.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Are you a historian who works on histories of work, trade, or industry? Do you want to reach a wider public audience? If so we want your pitches for our December issue! As medieval editor I am always happy to work with any medievalist on their articles! Submit: www.epoch-magazine.com/submit
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Irish Studies@LivUni @irishinstitute.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The sixth Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North Conference @pmpnconf.bsky.social will take place ONLINE 12-13 November 2026 Co-organised by #IrishStudies PhD student Ségdae Richardson-Read Free: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/performing... ℹ️ performingmagicinthepremodernnorthconference.wordpress.com
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Performing Magic in the Pre-Modern North November 2026 Conference
This academic conference will explore a wide range of perspectives on magic in the pre-Modern North.
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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Dublin Festival of History International Viking Event - National University of Ireland
Dublin Festival of History International Viking Event: Viking Ireland and the Wider World 10 am to 12 pm Friday 9 October 2026 Wood Quay Venue, Dublin City Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 3 For the ninth y...
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NECRON - Network of Early Career Researchers in Old Norse @necron-network.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Resharing for the weekend crowd: Join us for this exciting online panel discussion on 29th September (13.30 BST / 14.30 CET)! 🏃‍♀️ ( <-- that's you running to the sign-up link)
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NorseMap @norsemap.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We have been getting so many awesome submissions that we are looking to hire an extra pair of hands: job advert at the link below. Come and join the NorseMap team in Cork and help us to map the legacy of the Vikings! my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru... #medievalsky #NorseMap #iViking #Norse #Viking
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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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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Next free online lecture Scottish Society for Northern Studies, free and open to all #medievalsky www.ssns.org.uk/events/ssns-...
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SSNS Seminar - Tara Athanasiou - Who stole my cheese? The survival strategies of vagrants in the Norse period - 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 Basil Arnould Price @basilaprice.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
You still have time to submit to Hunter and I’s sessions on rethinking medieval ecocriticisms @kzooicms.bsky.social - untangle the entangled, and feel bad about the past with us ! 🌲 #medievalsky
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International Medieval Congress Leeds @imc-leeds.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Did you know that the #IMC2027 Bursary applications are still open?! ⏰️ 👀 The deadline for bursary applications for IMC 2027 is Thursday, 15 October 2026 23:59 BST (GMT+1). Click here to apply for a bursary: www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/about/bursary/ Email imc@leeds.ac.uk with any queries. #IMC2027
An IMC Ambassador with a red sash helping a delegate who is looking at the IMC Programme Book.
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Hannah E @hspevans.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
@imc-leeds.bsky.social #IMC2027 CALL FOR PAPERS: “Communities and Connections between the Norse and Celtic Worlds” We want to hear all about your research on Norse and Celtic connections ☘️🌊 @irishinstitute.bsky.social
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Natalie Hopwood @nrhopwood.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
For those already excited for #IMC2027, @marycoconnor.bsky.social and I are organizing sessions on 'The Literary Communities of Old Norse and Icelandic Romance'! 🌟If you would like to get involved, please submit a 250 word abstract and short bio by 18th September 🌟 #medievalsky
The Literary Communities of Old Norse and Icelandic Romance
Through the translation of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia regum Britannaie and the efforts of Hákon Hákonarson, king of Norway (r. 1217-1263), romance reached the Medieval North where it soon took hold of the Scandinavian imagination. Old Norse translations of Old French romances were copied and transmitted from Norway to Iceland. These romances soon inspired a wave of new literary creations, leading to the production of Icelandic chivalric romances and later ballads and rimur, alongside potentially influencing other literary genres. These narratives were amongst the most popular stories read and received amongst medieval and later Icelandic communities as the manuscript preservation attests. And yet they continue to be amongst the most understanded communities of texts within Old Norse literary studies. This session seeks to respond to this gap in scholarship and invite papers which investigate these texts, challenging former assumptions and opening up new avenues of scholarship on these texts.

Suggested themes and topics may include but are not limited to:


· Chivalric romances, fornaldarsögur
· Translation (Old Norse and Old Swedish)
· Literary communities
· Gender
· Emotions
· Genre
· Families/ genealogies
· Travel/ geography
· Marginalised identities
· Manuscript reception and transmission
· Society and hierarchy
· Ethnicity and religion
· Monsters
· Transgression
Please submit an abstract of no more than 250 words and a brief biography by Friday 18th September to Mary Catherine O’Connor (mary.oconnor@balliol.ox.ac.uk) and Natalie Hopwood (ennrho@leeds.ac.uk)
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Jonas ZA @jonasza4.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
10 days left to submit your abstract for our @imc-leeds.bsky.social session on the communities of medieval Norway -- organised by @marycoconnor.bsky.social and me! Please share widely 🤗 #medievalsky #oldnorse
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Hannah Armstrong @hjparmstrong.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
If you'd like to find out more about the work of NECRON (@necron-network.bsky.social) more broadly, do check out our website and don't hesitate to get in touch: necronnetwork.wordpress.com
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Hannah Armstrong @hjparmstrong.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
On the panel will be former NECRON board members: - Dr. Gwendolyne Knight - Prof. Helen Leslie-Jacobsen - Dr. Katrín Lísa Mikaelsdóttir - Dr. Simon Nygaard We are excited to hear their reflections on their careers to date and where they think the field is going. The session will also include a Q&A.
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Hannah Armstrong @hjparmstrong.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
📣 Calling all Old Norse PGRs and ECRs! 📣 On 29 September @necron-network.bsky.social will be hosting an online panel discussion on the theme of ‘Navigating Old Norse Careers in the 21st Century’. The event is free and you can sign-up here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/h0CAucG0y7 #medievalsky #oldnorse
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NECRON
Navigating Old Norse Careers in the 21st Century
or What to do with a degree in Old Norse Studies
A panel discussion with former NECRON board members
29th September via Zoom
13.30 GMT / 14.30 CET
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NECRON - Network of Early Career Researchers in Old Norse @necron-network.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
It’s that time of year again! Heading to #IMCLeeds2026 and work on the Medieval North? NECRON is back for another casual IMC social! 🗓️ Tues 7 July 🕗 20:00 📍 Terrace (LUU) PhDs, ECRs, and medieval North enthusiasts warmly welcome. Come hang out, meet people, and stay as long as you like!
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NECRON - Network of Early Career Researchers in Old Norse @necron-network.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
A great opportunity for Early Career Researchers to publish! @jonasza4.bsky.social @marycoconnor.bsky.social
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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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NECRON - Network of Early Career Researchers in Old Norse @necron-network.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Please join us next week for an online talk by @kakapitan.bsky.social Link below to register: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
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NECRON - Network of Early Career Researchers in Old Norse @necron-network.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
📢 2026 Online Workshops – Markdown for Academia Learn Markdown for theses, articles, & books with Elisabeth Maria Magin (UiO). Basics → extended features → Zotero, CSL & LaTeX hacks. 🗓 28 Jan | 18 Feb | 4 Mar ✍ Register by 14 Jan #AcademicTwitter #Markdown #Zotero #LaTeX
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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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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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DARIAH-IS/CDHA | Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts @mshl-cdha.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
The Historical Farm and People Registry aims to provide a reliable infrastructure for research on people and places in Iceland from 1703 to 1920. 🇮🇸 🗺️ The project uses official census data to transform static lists into an interconnected network of nodes. 👉 smb.mshl.is
The Historical Farm and People Registry Database (SMB)
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NECRON - Network of Early Career Researchers in Old Norse @necron-network.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
NECRON will host a Reception at the 19th International Saga Conference in Katowice on Sunday, 3 August 2025. Save the date! We're looking forward to seeing you! necronnetwork.wordpress.com/events/recep...
Reception hosted by the Network of Early Career Researchers in Old
Norse (NECRON) at the 19th International Saga Conference in Katowice on Sunday, 3 August 2025

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The Network of Early Career Researchers in Old Norse (NECRON) warmly invites Saga Conference delegates to a reception aimed to foster connections, learn about the network, and encourage new memberships. The reception will provide an open and inclusive
environment where early career researchers can mingle with peers, learn about NECRON‘s mission and upcoming projects, and connect with the board and network members.

NECRON is an international, interdisciplinary network of PhD students, post-doctoral researchers, adjuncts, external lecturers, and employees in museums and libraries working in all areas of research on Viking Age and medieval Scandinavia. Our network serves as a vital forum for early career scholars navigating the challenges of the modern academic landscape, offering opportunities for collaboration, peer support, and professional development.
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NECRON - Network of Early Career Researchers in Old Norse @necron-network.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
NECRON will host a Reception at the 19th International Saga Conference in Katowice on Sunday, 3 August 2025. Save the date! We're looking forward to seeing you! necronnetwork.wordpress.com/events/recep...
Reception hosted by the Network of Early Career Researchers in Old
Norse (NECRON) at the 19th International Saga Conference in Katowice on Sunday, 3 August 2025

Abstract
The Network of Early Career Researchers in Old Norse (NECRON) warmly invites Saga Conference delegates to a reception aimed to foster connections, learn about the network, and encourage new memberships. The reception will provide an open and inclusive
environment where early career researchers can mingle with peers, learn about NECRON‘s mission and upcoming projects, and connect with the board and network members.

NECRON is an international, interdisciplinary network of PhD students, post-doctoral researchers, adjuncts, external lecturers, and employees in museums and libraries working in all areas of research on Viking Age and medieval Scandinavia. Our network serves as a vital forum for early career scholars navigating the challenges of the modern academic landscape, offering opportunities for collaboration, peer support, and professional development.
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Norse Hagiography Network @networknorse.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
The Norse Hagiography Network has now arrived at Bluesky, just in time for the feast of the three holy kings. We look forward to connecting with fellow enthusiasts, & to provide informative insights into the Nordic medieval cult of saints. [Ål stave church; Museum of Cultural History, Oslo]
Detail from a thirteenth-century wooden ciborium, with scenes from the Nativity story. On the left-hand side is the Nativity with Mary lying in bed and attended by a maid, with Joseph sitting at the foot end. Beside the bed is the swaddled Christ-child in a manger, with an ox and an ass inspecting. Above the scene is a drawn curtain with a lamp hanging from its midpoint. On the right-hand side we see Mary enthroned and crowned, with the Christ-child on her left knee. From the right comes an angel holding a thurifer, and on the ground are two of the three holy kings bearing gifts.
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NECRON - Network of Early Career Researchers in Old Norse @necron-network.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Happy New Year 🎉 We wish you all an incredible start to 2025 and want to remind you that applications are still open for the next Network of Early Career Researchers in Old Norse Board 👇
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NECRON - Network of Early Career Researchers in Old Norse @necron-network.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Call for NECRON Board Members The Network of Early Career Researchers in Old Norse is looking for a new board for 2025-2027. If you are a PhD/postdoc/ECR interested in joining the board, contact us by January 15th with a short bio & let us know why you're interested in running NECRON. 1/5
Call for NECRON Board Members

We are delighted that so many of you could make it to our workshop in Oslo in October, whether in person or online. NECRON is a peer-organised network that lives on community engagement, and we are very happy that some of you who attended expressed interest in joining the committee for the coming two years.

However, we know that not everyone could make it to the workshop, and we'd like to give everyone the chance to sign up. If you are a PhD student or postdoc-level ECR and are interested in joining the NECRON board for 2025–2027, let us know!

Drop us an informal email by January 15th with a few lines about yourself (affiliation, position, research interests) and about why you're interested in running NECRON.

We look forward to hearing from you!
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