Deadline extended to September 15! There is still time to send us your abstracts, & we look forward to hearing from you. [Alt text can be found in the replies to the quoted post]

A reminder of the upcoming deadlines for the TWO Norse Hagiography Network panels, one joint with the Celtic Hagiography Network, and the other with the Viking Society Please note the different deadlines: 24th August (for the joint Viking Society panel) and 31st August (for the joint CHN panel)

CfP for @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2026, organised together with @celtichagiography.bsky.social. Deadline: August 31. [Alt text in thread]

CfP @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2026: New Studies in Old Norse Hagiography Session Jointly Sponsored by the Norse Hagiography Network and the Viking Society for Northern Research Deadline: August 24. [Alt text in thread]

Today is the feast of SS Faith, Hope & Charity (Fides, Spes & Caritas). They may well have been real martyrs, but no one has yet been able to connect them to historical figures. An Old Norse-Icelandic saga tells their story & notes their feast day, but no cult is known in the North. (1/n)

On Friday, I submitted my doctoral thesis - 'Incite, Seduce, Martyr: Female Verbal Power in the Texts of AM 226 fol.' It still hasn't sunk in. Thanks to everyone who has supported me throughout this process.

Excited to finally share the program for "Trans Sainthood in Translation, ca. 400-1500" at @ghilondon.bsky.social on 22-23 May 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 If you are interested in trans saints anywhere from late antique Egypt to late medieval Iceland, join us on zoom! Registration at wwwghil.ac.uk/events/confe...

2-yrs full-time #postdoc position in #digitalhumanities and #oldnorse in Paris at @ecoledeschartes.bsky.social @psl-univ.bsky.social open for applications - there were some issues with the pdf circular, so I published the text on my blog. Please circulate widely. www.kakapitan.com/post/postdoc...

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]

Anyone recognise this head? Esp. Oxford folks. It has suddenly appeared in the communal area of my building... if I can figure out where it's from I can try to return it?

Petition to try to save Celtic Studies at Utrecht University. Funding cuts by the right wing Dutch government are leading to proposals for the decimation of language & cultural studies programmes in the Netherlands, & Celtic at Utrecht is one such department under severe threat: chng.it/8KwKPSXwSh

The Northern Lights in Oxford last night were quite something!

I had a fantastic time in the Master Class at the Summer School in Icelandic and Scandinavian Manuscripts, researching the literary tradition(s) of St Mark. A great way to round off three years of the summer school! Thanks to the Viking Society for part funding my attendance

For those of you interested, the Norse Hagiography Network has put out a call for papers for Leeds IMC 2025. #medievalsky

Latin in Medieval Scandinavia! Please share freely. #MedievalSky #IMCLeeds #imc2025

Took a quick break from thesis writing today to ascend the Merton Chapel Tower and take in the view from one of Oxford's dreaming spires

New to this platform but I thought I'd share here the panels I've organised (on behalf of the Norse Hagiography Network) for Leeds IMC this year - one panel looking at the image of the cross in the medieval north and another analysing moments of crisis in ON hagiography