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Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North Conference @pmpnconf.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Hello #medieval friends! Today is the first day of our 2-day virtual #conference starting at 11AM UK time! We are excited to welcome you to our sixth conference in this series! Programme details available on our website performingmagicinthepremodernnorthconference.wordpress.com/2025-nov-13t...

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13 – 14 Nov 2025 Conference

Please click on link to attend this online conference! WELCOME, DAY 1(11:00-11:15) Solveig Marie Wang SESSION I – Chair: Solveig Marie Wang(11:15-11:45) Housing Complexes: Domestic Protection…

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Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North Conference @pmpnconf.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

We’ve had an incredible response! Thank-you everyone! We have now had to close registration however if you haven’t had the chance to register, drop us an email & we can see if we can fit you in!

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Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North Conference @pmpnconf.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Our #conference registration information has gone out tonight! We are looking forward to seeing you next week! #medievalsky

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Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North Conference @pmpnconf.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Hey #medievalsky ! Registration for our conference is now open! This year features topics ranging from Elizabeth Sawyer & popular obsessions with maleficium in early modern England, to Icelandic magical staves & practical spells in the Galdrabók Register for free here: forms.gle/Xr8CgpRhhooC...

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Performing Magic in the Pre-Modern North Virtual Conference, 13-14 November 2025

This form is to register your intention to attend the sixth Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North Conference to be held on 13 - 14 November 2025. This conference will be entirely virtual and access...

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Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North Conference @pmpnconf.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Hello #medievalsky ! We’ve had an incredible response to our call for papers for our upcoming virtual November 2025 conference. Thank-you to everyone who submitted abstracts - responses are going out today! We have begun work on the conference programme and registration will be opening shortly.

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Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North Conference @pmpnconf.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Our very own Solveig Marie Wang, co-founder of Performing Magic in the Pre-Modern North!

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Irish Studies@LivUni @irishinstitute.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Oh, summer 📚 sale at our neighbours @livunipress.bsky.social! They have quite a selection of #IrishStudies titles ... www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/action/doSea... 👀 #AcademicSky #BookSky

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Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North Conference @pmpnconf.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Our #callforpapers is still open, details below!

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Scottish Society for Northern Studies @northernstudies.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

SSNS recently supported the Aberdeen Medieval and Early Modern Conference through its Postgraduate/Early Career Conference scheme. A report on the conference (by @erinbenton.bsky.social) is now on our website. www.ssns.org.uk/featured/ssn...

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SSNS Funding - Aberdeen Medieval and Early Modern Conference - Scottish Society for Northern Studies

A brief summary of the Medieval and Early Modern Conference (University of Aberdeen), supported by SSNS through a Postgraduate/Early Career Conference Grant.

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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Viking Society for Northern Research Summer meeting online Saturday, 14th June 2025 at 4 p.m. (GMT + 1) Professor Bruce Lincoln (University of Chicago) ‘Banquets, Atrocities, and the Nature of the Sacred’. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/banquets-a... #medievalsky

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Banquets, Atrocities, and the Nature of the Sacred - Online lecture

Prof. Bruce Lincoln on banquets, violence, and what ancient northern Europe saw as sacred - beyond law, morality, or custom.

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Jonathan Hsy 許維成 @jonathanhsy.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

I’ve signed the book contract! Disabled Storytellers in the Global Middle Ages (Cambridge UP), coming soon! #DisabilitySky #SkyStorians #MedievalSky #GlobalMiddleAges

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Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North Conference @pmpnconf.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Hello #medieval friends! Our #callforpapers is still open for our upcoming conference in November, all free and online! Deadline for #abstract submission is 1 September - details in the quoted post!

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Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North Conference @pmpnconf.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Hello #medieval friends! Our #callforpapers is still open for our upcoming conference in November, all free and online! Deadline for #abstract submission is 1 September - details in the quoted post!

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Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Close to TWO THOUSAND academics and educators say TRANS RIGHTS NOW. (Sorry if you've seen this (and the historians' letter!) too many times. The lack of an algorithm means we have to keep reposting it to catch people, and this really matters.)

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Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North Conference @pmpnconf.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

CALL FOR PAPERS We’re delighted to announce the #CfP for our SIXTH conference 😆🫣 Details are on our website. The conference will be free & online on 13-14 November. Deadline for abstract submissions is 1 September. performingmagicinthepremodernnorthconference.wordpress.com/upcoming-con...

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Our next conference will be held online 13 -14 November 2025. The current Call for Papers is shown below. Please submit your abstracts by 1 September 2025. A more reader friendly version is shown b…

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Irish Studies@LivUni @irishinstitute.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North FREE online conference organised by @pmpnconf.bsky.social, incl our PhD student @coffeoglobin.bsky.social, to be held via Zoom on 13-14 November 2025 CfP deadline 1 September: performingmagicinthepremodernnorthconference.wordpress.com/upcoming-con...

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Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North Conference @pmpnconf.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

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Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North Conference @pmpnconf.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Hello #medieval friends! We are DELIGHTED to announce the publication of our FIRST edited collection of work. You can find it at the link below: link.springer.com/book/10.1007... We are SUPER-SUPER proud of our contributing authors, and rather proud of ourselves for editing this as well!

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Performing Magic in the Pre-Modern North

This book addresses the varied performances of magic in medieval and early modern Scandinavia, drawing on textual and material sources.

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Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North Conference @pmpnconf.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

Thank-you to all our speakers & everyone who registered to attend! Just a wee note - we had a mix-up with the advertised times for the conference! Tomorrow (Day 2) will start at 12 noon UK time (also known, apparently, as British Summer Time or BST).

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Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North Conference @pmpnconf.bsky.social · 16/10/2024

Our conference starts TOMORROW #medieval friends! You can still sign-up using the link below. It is free AND online!

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Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North Conference @pmpnconf.bsky.social · 11/10/2024

Hello #medieval friends! Our conference is NEXT WEEK and sign-ups are still open! You can register via: forms.gle/CUn6gnGFFV3s...

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Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North Conference @pmpnconf.bsky.social · 25/09/2024

Hi #medieval friends! We are now only a few weeks away from our conference - registration is still open and will remain open until the day before the conference, in case you prefer to leave it to the last minute to commit!

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Irish Studies@LivUni @irishinstitute.bsky.social · 23/09/2024

Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North The fifth @pmpnconf.bsky.social 2 day conference will take place 17 – 18 October 2024 Organised by academics and ECRs, incl our PhD student @coffeoglobin.bsky.social FREE + ONLINE performingmagicinthepremodernnorthconference.wordpress.com/upcoming-con...

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Our next conference will be held online 17 - 18 October 2024. Our theme focuses on ritual practices in the pre-Modern north. Below is the programme. Thanks to all who the wonderful researchers who hav...

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Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North Conference @pmpnconf.bsky.social · 31/08/2024

Morning #medieval friends! Our free online #conference on 17-18 October is open for registration! You can find details of our exciting programme, as well as how to register, on our website: performingmagicinthepremodernnorthconference.wordpress.com/upcoming-con...

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Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North Conference @pmpnconf.bsky.social · 28/08/2024

#medieval friends! We have an updated programme for our free virtual #conference in October! I f you wish to register, you can do so via the link in our profile.

Day 1 starts at 1pm GMT
Session 1 includes Tanja Gehring presenting on Old Norse Shapeshifting, Rebecca Harper presenting on Witchcraft Trials of 17th Cdentury Finnmark, & Caroline Hoel presenting on a critique of the notion of painted runes.

Day 2 starts at 12 noon GMT
Ségdae Richardson-Read presenting on the Womanish Movements and Unmanly Clatter of the Sons of Fro, Patricia Woodruff presenting on Swan Maidens, Nvard Vardanyan presenting on the magical significance of the belt in modern Armenian rites & ritual games, & Selu Ita presenting an Interdisciplinary Analysis of the High Seat as a Shared Space.

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Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North Conference @pmpnconf.bsky.social · 31/07/2024

Hi #medieval pals! We hope you've all had a good summer! We've been busy behind the scenes & want to shout out this wee reminder that our conference in October is open for registration using the link below! Everything will be free and online!

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Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North Conference @pmpnconf.bsky.social · 18/06/2024

We are delighted to announce that registration for our free virtual #conference on October 17th-18th this year is open! You can register via this link: forms.gle/d5eTQ8Bc6KJN... A programme is available on our website at: performingmagicinthepremodernnorthconference.wordpress.com/upcoming-con...

Conference Programme for Day 1, starting at 13:00 GMT, detailing the following talks: 1. Spindle - a stick with a bit or a magic want 2. Old Norse Shapshifting 3. The Witchcraft Trials of 17th Century Finnmark 4. A critique of the notion of painted runes

Conference programme for Day 2, starting at 12 noon GMT, detailing the following talks: 1. The Queering of Magic in Norse Society 2. A Queer Perspective on the Sons of Frey 3. Swan Maidens 4. The magical significance of the belt in modern Armenian rites and ritual games 5. The high seat as a dual-gendered space in pre-Christian Scandinavia

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Jennifer Hemphill @jenhemphill.bsky.social · 18/06/2024

The programme for the FIFTH @pmpnconf.bsky.social conference is officially live! Register through the link below to explore more Northern magic goodness with us ✨

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Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North Conference @pmpnconf.bsky.social · 18/06/2024

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Irish Studies@LivUni @irishinstitute.bsky.social · 17/06/2024

Our Prof Clare Downham recently spoke to Terri and C.J. to record another episode of their Vikingology #podcast. Listen to "The Battle of Clontarf", which is out now at vikingology.substack.com/p/the-irish-...

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The Irish vs. Vikings: The Battle of Clontarf

Watch now | Our chat with Clare Downham about an epic battle

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Irish Studies@LivUni @irishinstitute.bsky.social · 22/05/2024

Congratulations to the @pmpnconf.bsky.social team, icnluding our PhD student Ségdae Richardson-Read, on editing their first book! "Performing Magic in the Pre-Modern North - Practice and Transgressions" will be out this summer with Springer link.springer.com/book/9783031...

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Performing Magic in the Pre-Modern North

This book addresses the varied performances of magic in medieval and early modern Scandinavia, drawing on textual and material sources.

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Jennifer Hemphill @jenhemphill.bsky.social · 21/05/2024

It’s official, the first @pmpnconf.bsky.social book will be published this summer! Congratulations to all of the contributing authors - @coffeoglobin.bsky.social, Solveig and I couldn’t have asked for a better group of scholars to work with.

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Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North Conference @pmpnconf.bsky.social · 21/05/2024

Our first Performing Magic book will be published this summer! Congratulations to all of the contributing authors! You will be able to order via Palgrave soon: link.springer.com/book/9783031...

Front cover of a book showing an image of figures riding cauldrons, holding broomsticks, and black cats flying ahead of them. The title reads: Performing Magic in the Pre-Modern North: Practice and Transgressions.

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Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North Conference @pmpnconf.bsky.social · 01/05/2024

UPDATE The Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North Virtual Conference has been moved to 17th-18th October 2024 (previously November). Registration will be available soon.

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Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North Conference @pmpnconf.bsky.social · 17/04/2024

Thank-you #medieval pals who submitted abstracts for our #callforpapers for our November #conference ! We are excited to read them all this week!

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