Today we will be catching up on what's been happening with Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies. Here is some great research from Dr Tom Morcom and @Helen_Gittos medievalists.net/2024/07/how-he… #medieval

My article on the construction of masculinities in Wulfstan’s homilies is out (and open access)! Massive thanks to . and Caz Batten for all their work as editors: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Old English will only ever be Kennings for Beginners. Old Norse skalds will casually drop rausnarsamr Gripnis ríðviggs gnapsólar gnýstœrandi — ‘the magnificent increaser of the noise of the jutting sun of the riding horse of Gripnir’ to describe a warrior and not break a sweat..

It’s the start of term and I’m gearing up for a year as Associate Lecturer in Old Norse at UCL. After a couple of years of pure research, I’m genuinely excited to be back teaching: a heady blend of old Norse, Nordic history, history of the book, and comparative literature!

I had lots of fun recording this! Come find out more about quirky Viking Age burial practices.

The first CSVA seminar of the year is fast approaching! Join us to hear Dr Alexander Wilson from University of Leicester's bodypolitics talk about ‘Marks of non-personhood: violence against unfree bodies in the Viking world’. #Vikings 18 November @ 5pm | Trent B40

UCL’s Medieval Scandinavia Seminar is running this term - all welcome!

My article in Gripla dropped just in time for Christmas! Here's my take on the sources, dating & composition of Íslendingabók, the oldest surviving history of Iceland. gripla.arnastofnun.is/index.php/grip… Many thanks to the Gripla team, they do an incredible job! #medieval

Please consider submitting an abstract for the workshop I’m participating in this autumn in Oslo!