I'm looking forward to sharing my creative-critical work (and craft) on the Old English Phoenix at Cambridge in a couple of weeks. The paper's almost done... I think: www.english.cam.ac.uk/seminars/Lit...
In Cambridge later this month? Exciting Critical-Creative work showcase from EACW's @jamespaz.bsky.social ππ½
I'm looking forward to sharing my creative-critical work (and craft) on the Old English Phoenix at Cambridge in a couple of weeks. The paper's almost done... I think: www.english.cam.ac.uk/seminars/Lit...
Feels like it's always the season, though.
Thank you, Simon, that's really kind. It does get harder to keep doing it on evenings and weekends as you enter your 40s, though... π
Join us next week for another Making Space Session and work on your own creative-critical project or respond to the optional theme: regrowth πΏ
πΌThursday 5th of March
πΈ5:30pm-7:00pm (GMT)
π₯¬Online
True story: I taught SGGK to David Lowery's daughter, about a year or two after the film (which I love) was released!
π’ TOEBI Conference Grants 2026 #medievalsky βΌοΈ
π»We are now accepting applications from #TOEBI members who are graduate students or recent PhDs without a full-time post to support presentations at conferences.
βΌοΈ Deadline: 5pm on the 31st March 2026.
π² Details: www.toebi.org.uk/grants-for-g....
Thank you, Diane π€.
Looking forward to this! πΏ π₯
Booked and registered for the Leeds IMC but, my goodness, a total cost of over Β£800, since I missed out on campus accommodation. Not great at all for ECRs, who always present the most compelling and vibrant work at the conference.
These are obviously wonderful poems in their own right. They also take me back with fresh eyes to the OE poems themselves
Medieval manuscript image of rain pouring down and deep water filled with the corpses of humans and animals that go all the way down to the ground.
grund, m.n: bottom, lowest part of anything; solid bottom or earth underlying something; abyss, hell; ground. (GRUND / ΛgrΚnd)
Image: Noahβs Flood, William de Brailes; England (Oxford), c. 1230; Walters Art Museum, W.106.3R.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
It's actually one of my favourite Beowulf translations - I love its weirdness (and its subtle, underlying ethics).
Merton College, Oxford are advertising a career development fellowship in medieval Englishβa four-year teaching-and-research post: www.merton.ox.ac.uk/vacancies.
D/l 9 AM, 24 February (think of it as 23 February!).
A red notebook with a dragon, a white tote bag with a green dragon on it, and a clear reusable cup with a blue top and a blue International Medieval Congress band around it. All the items say Leeds International Congress on them.
#IMC2026 Registration will open π Tuesday 10 February 2026 at 10am (GMT) π
When you register, you can choose and pre-order your #IMC2026 notebook, totebag, or reusable cup. π π
We can't believe that the IMC is less than 6 months away!
#MedievalSky #SkyStorians
π’ #CfP #medievalsky #OldEnglish
π 36th International Conference of SELIM (SELIM 36)
π« University of Castilla-La Mancha in Toledo
π
23rd-25th September 2026
βΌοΈAbstract deadline: 30 March 2026
π»Further details: eventos.uclm.es/go/SELIM36
Nice to see the Leeds IMC programme out. I'll be speaking in session 616, with some excellent co-panelists: imc-leeds.confex.com/imc/2026/pre... #IMC2026
Looking forward to this! πΏ π₯
Term card for LEAF seminars. 18th Feb - Lisa Mullen. 4th Mar - Ben Smith. 18th Mar - James Paz. Birdwatching field trip at Fen Drayton (date tbc)
πΏLiteratures, Ecologies and Fictions seminar term card is outπΏWe're springing into action with an exciting series of ecocritical talks and workshops - all welcome!
A few of my ecocreative Old English poems: www.academia.edu/150060970/Ec...
Maybe this one will work? www.academia.edu/150060970/Ec...
Oh, no. Does this link work any better for you? Might take a bit of time to upload: www.academia.edu/148137685/Ca...
I'm looking forward to speaking about my 'ecocreative' translation of The Phoenix at Cambridge's LEAF seminar later this semester: www.english.cam.ac.uk/seminars/Lit...
A term card advertising the Guild of Medievalist Makers upcoming events, January-April 2026. The card reads: Join The Guild of Medievalist Makers, a newly formed organisation for academic & academic-adjacent creatives and makers dedicated to furthering creative-critical practice in the humanities, and making space for creative play! Our online Making Space Sessions offer you the chance to set aside time for your creative-critical project. We are regularly joined by a lively and generous company of zine makers, textile artists, cartoonists, novelists, poets, translators, illustrators, flax spinners, print makers and more! Please note that you must become a member of the Guild to join our Making Space Sessions (this is so we can avoid being overrun by bots). Read more about us and join today for free at www.guildmedmak.com. The card advertises the following events: 1. Thurs 5th Feb, 5:30pm-7:00pm Making Space Session, optional theme: birds 2. Thurs 5th March, 5:30pm-7:00pm Making Space Session, optional theme: regrowth 3. Thurs 2nd April, 5:30pm-7:00pm, The Guild's 2st Birthday Show and Tell
Our upcoming spring term events are now live on our website and detailed below on our term card!
Join us for more Making Space sessions, and our special 1st Birthday celebrations π
The summer seems a long way away now, but very much looking forward to presenting a creative-critical paper titled 'The Phoenix Speaks: An Eco-Creative Response to an Old English Allegory' at the Leeds IMC (@imc-leeds.bsky.social) next year #IMC2026
As we come towards the close of the year we at the Guild of Medievalist Makers wanted to share our 'Year in Review: 2025', written by Guild co-founder @hellomizk.bsky.social.
Thank you to all of the Guild members who have made 2025 an excellent inaugural yearπ
Interested in connections between #history & #CreativeWriting / #poetry? @ihr.bsky.social is seeking a Creative Practitioner in Residence for 2026. Β£1000 monthly stipend, opportunities for collaboration & developing projects. Happy to have a chat! Please share:
www.history.ac.uk/fellowships-...
