Emeritus Professor of Viking Studies @UoNEnglish.bsky.social. Visiting Professor @insuhi.bsky.social, FBA. The Saga of the Earls of Orkney: https://birlinn.co.uk/product/the-saga-of-the-earls-of-orkney/ See https://uonenglish.substack.com/s/ragnas-islands
Judith Jesch
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Gotta love a bit of soapstone/steatite!
Nå er det litt fokus igjen på vikingtidsymbolikk og runeinspirasjon (fordi fotball). Her er to enkle tekster som jeg tidligere har skrevet: 1) Om misbruk av runer & 2) Om moderne runebruk - hvordan skrive med runer på moderne språk. #runologi #runology
Attention early medievalists! This workshop on coastal communities organised by Marco
Panato
& Irene Bavuso is being held in Nottingham (hybrid format via Teams) on 20/21 June. All welcome.
Fratercula arctica and Armeria maritima.
A match made in Papay.
Puffin and Sea pink.
Nice to spend sometime among the colours of summer with the Papay Tour guests yesterday.
#Papay
#Orkney
#puffin
#seapink
#thrift
The drama surrounding public conveniences at the stone circles continues.
orcadian.co.uk/its-a-real-l...
Why not attend Matthew Welton's book launch tomorrow night? I can't think of a good argument against it either.
More info/registration link below. I haven't read the book yet, but I'm looking forward to doing so.
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Here's an update from Day Four of our research excavation at the Woodstown Viking Site!
#Ireland #Vikings #Waterford #Archaeology 🏺
#Hawthorn is fab.
Our new book is out at the end of July!
Taking a wry & often unexpected angle on 72 British customs & rituals, it rejects 'Olde Worlde' nostalgia, telling instead a tale of evolution & cultural integration, and offering an inclusive & outward-looking story of who we are, & can be, as a nation.
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Judith Jesch
Kristel Zilmer
Rory Waterman
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford
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Ross Balzaretti
Samtaler om slike fenomener blir uansett altfor ofte preget av sterke meninger og ståsteder der to ting gjerne blandes sammen: ekte historiske & kulturelle uttrykk vs varierte moderne adaptasjoner, knyttet til en lengre resepsjonshistorie (der ikke alt er misbruk).
