Excellent view of Orkney on the way back from Faroe! A nice treat after the outbound journey of rain, cloud, and fog.

Are you working on the history, culture, or literature of medieval Norway? If so, consider submitting an abstract for this upcoming volume edited by @marycoconnor.bsky.social and me! #MedievalSky #OldNorse

The joys of doing fieldwork in the Faroes! Check out this beautiful shot of Múlarfossar in Gásadalur by CSVA doctoral student @em-ehx.bsky.social, who is currently visiting the Islands, researching saga landscapes for her thesis. #faroeislands #PhDlife

For those of you who live near Nottingham, you are invited to this exciting day conference, "Life & Landscape: Postgraduate Research Showcase" @uniofnottingham.bsky.social. See: www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/even... @uonenglish.bsky.social @namestudies.bsky.social

A month until our research showcase! Register online and visit our website for more details. Program to be released shortly.

A month until our research showcase! Register online and visit our website for more details. Program to be released shortly.

There’s still time to register. Registration closes at 5pm tomorrow.

Life and Landscape Research Showcase held at the University of Nottingham on Saturday 13th June is now open for registration! We have a very exciting day of papers from nine Early Career Researchers and keynote lecture by @susan-kilby.bsky.social. Please share, this event is open to all!

Life and Landscape Research Showcase held at the University of Nottingham on Saturday 13th June is now open for registration! We have a very exciting day of papers from nine Early Career Researchers and keynote lecture by @susan-kilby.bsky.social. Please share, this event is open to all!

'A History of Scotland in Five Maps' - a newly confirmed seminar at The National Library of Scotland with Dr Oisín Plumb & Dr Andrew Lind ➕ Thursday 25 June 2026 ➕ At the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh ➕ 5.30pm -6.30pm ➕ Free www.nls.uk/whats-on/his...

There are lots of skáli #PlaceNames in #Orkney! At the moment I'm happily wandering around those in #Rousay: Saviskaill (sea-hall) & Langskaill (long-hall) in Wasbister & Skaill in Westness! Jane Harrison wrote about skális in 'Building mounds: Viking-Late Norse settlement in the North Atlantic'.

Excellent new article on literary connections across the North Sea by @mlangerer.bsky.social out now in open access #Medievalsky #EarlyMedieval, doi.org/10.1017/ean....

Fantastic first day at the 7th St Magnus conference, hosted by @insuhi.bsky.social at @uhiperth.bsky.social. Looking forward to the rest of the papers and our tour of Perthshire!

Good to see @uoncsva.bsky.social folk out spreading their research! @em-ehx.bsky.social @uonenglish.bsky.social @uniofnottingham.bsky.social

Nottingham University PhD candidate Em Horne discussing 'Water Based Communities in the Íslendingasögur' @thinkuhi.bsky.social Institute for Northern Studies 7th International St Magnus Conference

It's a month until the 2026 Midland Viking Symposium on 15 May. Sign up here! This year it's free, it's online and it's on a Friday. Please share. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sagas-the-...

Take a look at this throwback from the UON English Substack by Francesca Squitieri about their evening sharing fascinating research with the Southwell Women's institute all about Women in the Viking Age:  uonenglish.substack.com/p/sharing-ou...

#Medieval #football #Norway

Hi folks, do give @uoncsva.bsky.social a follow - they've just joined. #Vikings #OldNorse #runology

📢 Call for Book Chapters for our Book Series Old Norse Studies Networks in Old Norse Literature: Methods, Models, and New Directions, edited by @liamh2os.bsky.social and Erika Dell’Aquila Abstracts (300–400 words) due 1 May 2026 Full papers due 1 December More here: shorturl.at/wbnEe

An incredibly interesting day and a pleasure to be a part of!

📢 #CfP #medievalsky #TOEBI 📜Theme: All Kinds of People 📅Date: Saturday, 24th October 2026 🏫Host: University of Nottingham ⏰Submission deadline: 30 March 2026 📚TOEBI is a supportive and collegial conference open to anyone involved in the teaching of Old English at any level.

Interesting project about house names by Ragnhild Ljosland being discussed on Around #Orkney this morning! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Looking to be a super interesting day!

Read @thinkuhi.bsky.social UHI PhD candidate Tara Athanasiou recent article in the Journal of Medieval History published by Taylor & Francis reviewing UHI INS Visiting Professor Judith Jesch book 'The Saga of the Earls of Orkney'. tinyurl.com/322u762z

Delighted to have this project out there for people to read! I'm very grateful to all the contributors and the team at @apardjon1.bsky.social. A special thanks goes to @medivalist.bsky.social for all her hard work in turning our Bishop Adam conference into this special volume! #MedievalSky

Apardjón is pleased to present its newest special volume, Connections and the Church in Late Norse Scotland, edited by Caitlin Ellis and Tom Fairfax. We would like to thank all authors for contributing, and Caitlin Ellis and Tom Fairfax for their work. #MedievalSky www.abdn.ac.uk/dhpa/researc...

One of the reasons I’ve done this is because there’s almost no actual runology on Substack, only nonsense magic-centred ‘information’ about runes… let’s hope I can change that!

Very excited that all the articles from the 2024 International Congress of Onomastic Sciences have now been published open access as Volumes 16-20 of Onomastica Uralica! All 84 articles can be accessed here mnytud.arts.unideb.hu/onomural/kot...

Very excited that all the articles from the 2024 International Congress of Onomastic Sciences have now been published open access as Volumes 16-20 of Onomastica Uralica! All 84 articles can be accessed here mnytud.arts.unideb.hu/onomural/kot...

I've done a few podcasts recently and particularly enjoyed this one with Miranda Melcher @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/the-saga-of-...

Some news - I've graduated! 🥳 Bonus news - you can now read my thesis here: 📖 eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/82711/

Looking forward to a rather busy Leeds! Delighted by the set of panels organised with @jakestattel.bsky.social! @imc-leeds.bsky.social #IMC26

Special thanks to @jakestattel.bsky.social and @em-ehx.bsky.social for organising a highly engaging series of panels!

November and December is a busy month for seminars @thinkuhi.bsky.social On Thursday 27th November 2025 at 7pm, Tom Fairfax discusses 'Families, Networks and Informants: The Making of the Orkneyinga Saga' in our free online Public Seminar Series. tinyurl.com/yc5ave7f

We're looking for our January speaker for our speaker series. Is it you we're looking for? For details, go to Bodiesandbeing.com #MedievalSky #MedievalHistory #Medieval #Skystorians #AcademicSky #HistorySky #EarlyModernSky #EarlyModernHistory #EarlyModern #MaterialCulture #Bodies #WhatsHistory

Lovely to give a talk at Southwell Women’s Institute with @jaztherunologist.bsky.social and Francesca Squitieri on Women in the Viking Age. A very kind and enthusiastic audience!

Goatfell, Arran

It might just be about some islands to the north of Scotland on 9th December!

Happy to share a call for papers for our PGR/ECR research showcase on Life and Landscape. The showcase is a fantastic opportunity to share environmental research with both the academic community and the wider public. Please share widely!

Excited to share a Call for Papers for our Postgraduate and ECR Research Showcase next June! Please share widely, submit abstracts and watch this space for more information for attendees!

Happy to share a call for papers for our PGR/ECR research showcase on Life and Landscape. The showcase is a fantastic opportunity to share environmental research with both the academic community and the wider public. Please share widely!

Only two months to go until this vsnr.org/2025/09/01/w... See you there?

Congrats @tcfairfax.bsky.social 🎉🎉

I'm excited to announce that I'll be sharing some findings of my PhD research at an online talk for UHI's Institute for Northern Studies on November 27, titled 'Families, Networks and Informants: The Making of Orkneyinga saga'. Click the link below to register!

Final reminder! You have around 7 hours!

One more day to submit a proposal to our series of talks at @imc-leeds.bsky.social! #IMC2026 #Medievalists #Medievalsky #EarlyMedieval #VikingStudies