🚨 Job alert 🚨 NorseMap is recruiting for a new team member: a 3-year postdoctoral researcher with a background in Politics OR Old Norse Viking Studies to lead the 'Politics & Identity' strand of the project. Come and work with us at UCC! my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru...

A reminder that there are still a few days left to apply for this funded PhD, working on literary and cultural reception of the Vikings. University fees and a budget for conference attendance included in addition to the stipend: it's a great opportunity for someone! www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...

Presenting on the use of Viking imagery in terrorist manifestos at this conference on online extremism in Bilbao. Lovely venue, heavy subject matter.

Published a short piece in 'The Conversation' about Kash Patel's use of the white-supremacist dog whistle 'see you in Valhalla'. For my uncensored feelings on the subject, please just see the image below. theconversation.com/see-you-in-v...

4-year funded PhD in Old Norse-Viking Studies at UCC, working on the Literature & Art strand of the NorseMap Project. www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...

Just for the removal of any doubt, this reference to Valhalla is a clarion call to neo-Nazis. From the director of the FBI.

I'm excited to see that my book 'Runes: A Concise History' is now up on the OUP website, and carries an endorsement by the amazing @joannechocolat.bsky.social, among others. What a lovely thing to find out at the end of the week! global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Wrote the forward to this collection of short stories about Loki. It's a handsome book!

Not sure how geared towards humanities this scheme is, but it is very generously funded and will be of interest to colleagues wanting to relocate to Ireland. www.researchireland.ie/funding/glob...

Reminder: as #ISSEME wraps up, there are still a few days left to apply for the Old English job at UCC. Deadline is 12 noon on Tuesday 8 July. www.ucc.ie/en/future-hu... #medievalsky #earlymedieval

♦️ Job opportunity at UCC! ♦️ 5-year Lecturer in Old English position, commencing in September. This will be a great opportunity for someone to join a thriving department, and to really put their own mark on the discipline. Please share widely! www.ucc.ie/en/future-hu...

Bright and early 5am start for the first official day of NorseMap... with the helpful assistance of a sick 10-month old! 😅

Really delighted to receive UCC's Researcher of the Year award at the Glucksman Gallery yesterday evening, surrounded by such talented people!

In addition to a DH postdoc, NorseMap is also looking to recruit a 5-year Research Assistant to help with project administration (part time role). Details here: my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru...

Presenting at this wonderful conference later today. Seems like most Old English scholars are in attendance.

🚨Job alert 🚨 Delighted to advertise the first position on my ERC Project: a 4.5-year Digital Humanities / Computer Science Postdoc (with or without a background in Viking studies). Come and work in a super department in the real capital of Ireland! Details at ore.ucc.ie Job ref: 085873

Early start up to Dublin for the ERC Impact Forum organised by @researchireland.bsky.social

The NUI Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Humanities & Social Sciences 2025 is now open for applications 🥳 Applications must be submitted to NUI Awards by 28 March 2025 🗓️ More information can be found here: www.nui.ie/awards/PostD...

Looks like my children's book is out in German! Photographed by a former student in the Neues Museum in Berlin 😊 www.penguin.de/buecher/tom-...

Lucky enough to see this wonderful exhibition 'Unha vida viquinga' / 'A Viking Life' in Santiago de Compostela over the holidays. Brilliant work by Irene García and all those involved.

' @norseincork.bsky.social 's project hopes to find out what impact this period of history has had on our politics, our culture and our sense of European identity'. @irishindependent.bsky.social

First post on Bluesky to say that I've been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant to investigate the reception of the Vikings 🤗 Expect lots of modern Vikings (and several ON jobs) to be posted here soon!