I'm delighted to announce that this year's Toller Lecture at the Univ of Manchester will be given by Dr Christina Lee (@NorseLass). The title is 'Healing Women' and the lecture will be delivered on 30 May, 5pm, in the Christie Room of the John Rylands Research Institute and Library. Please spread the word!

Help needed: what is the source? Early 20th c. Textbooks in Norway contain a quote by Charlemagne where he claims I can't learn to write because he's too used to the sword. It sounds like a paraphrasing of Einhard, but I'm not sure. Any suggestions? #medievalTwitter

It's been a long and tough semester. But it somehow feels worth it when I discovered my students had left this on my desk.

Just visited Holla church ruin, the remains of a 12th century church in Telemark dedicated to St. Mary. Heavily restored in the 1920s.

Siste nytt fra utgravingene i Stavanger domkirke via VG: ‘Arkeologer fra Arkeologisk museum ved Universitetet i Stavanger fant nylig restene av relikvieskrinet med armbeinet til byens skytsengel, St. Svithun av Winchester.’ Universitetet i Stavanger #Arkeologi vg.no/nyheter/innenr…

The lost reliquary of St Svithun of Winchester, patron Saint of Stavanger, Norway has been discovered. It was thought to have been melted down during the Reformation.

More on the find of a lost reliquary at Stavanger Cathedral!

Artikkel på forskning. no: ‘I nærmere 500 år trodde man det ble sendt til Danmark og smeltet om under reformasjonen. Nå kan det vise seg at relikvieskrinet til Stavangers skytshelgen aldri forlot Domkirken.’ #arkeologi #stavanger #middelalder forskning.no/arkeologi-hist…

In today's #S1028 IMC_Leeds #IMC2024, co-organized by Dr Katherine Weikert, University of Winchester History Programmes alumnus Karl Chr. Alvestad presents his paper, 'Crisis of Identity: Landscape and Belonging in Medieval and Modern Upper Telemark'. Great to still be collaborating with you, Karl!

Please consider submitting a chapter for this stunning new volume, due to be published with the Old Norse series Trivent Publishing ! ✨

Pleased to share that Daniel Brown, Karl Chr. Alvestad, Dr Katherine Weikert, Johannes Waldschütz // [email protected] and me will be organising sessions on the topic of '#Landscapes of Learning' for next year's #IMC2025. Please feel free to share our #CfP widely 😉

Still not planned your IMC 2025 paper? Why not send us your proposal?

Extended deadline! For anyone who only caught the #CfP in yesterday’s Royal Studies Network newsletter, you can send me your proposal this week for ‘The Exercise of Power and Rulership (c.1000-c.1400): Europe and Beyond’. Online conference over four half-days, 20-23 Nov 2024.

We'll be extending the #CFP for another 5 days - so power up your word processing apps, write those words down & send us an abstract for the IMC_Leeds, the #Landscape Sessions - #Landscapes of #Learning until the 25th of Sept. Why are you still idling over this? Go write! 😆

CFP Deadline extended for #queensresources 2025 online workshops to 31 October! We are running 2 workshops in Jan (theme: #queenslands & natural resources) & April (theme: women, econ resources & warfare), pls RT & pass on to colleagues/students, thanks! queensresources.org/post/update-de…

The Middle Ages in the Modern World conference (MAMO) returns! 24-26 June 2025, London (King's College Strand Campus). Visit themamo.org for more details and see our Call For Papers below. All aspects of medievalism welcome.

Next up is Karl Alvestad Karl Chr. Alvestad of the University of South-Eastern Norway talking about women’s history, the Norwegian curriculum, and teacher education! #MissingMatter24

Driving from Notodden to Drammen for work was very motivating this morning because I listened to the excellent Early Career Researcher and Dr Laura Varnam. Thank you so much for the podcast!

If you're working on #medieval #landscapes - it's still time to send in your proposal for #imc2026 about medieval #landscapes in and beyond time 🙂