Hannah Armstrong
@hjparmstrong.bsky.social
Post-Doctoral Fellow @ Tübingen | Medieval(ism)ist | Old Norse, North Atlantic Islands, Place and Travel Writing | Access and Engagement | She/Her.
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saturation with Tolkien spinoffs has somehow not prepared our culture for the arrival of dark lords bearing a gift that everyone becomes convinced they can wield to accomplish great things but just makes them dependent and start whispering about preciouses if you suggest just throwing it away
November 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
saturation with Tolkien spinoffs has somehow not prepared our culture for the arrival of dark lords bearing a gift that everyone becomes convinced they can wield to accomplish great things but just makes them dependent and start whispering about preciouses if you suggest just throwing it away
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CFP for "Nostalgia and Radical Politics, Past and Present," 15 – 16 June 2026 that forms the latest @menysnoweballes.bsky.social exciting series of events and publications on this theme. Deadline 14 February 2026! Details are included on the link below. 🎉 www.northampton.ac.uk/research-blo...
Call For Papers: Nostalgia and Radical Politics, Past and Present | UON
Centre for Historical Studies, University of Northampton, UK Monday 15 – Tuesday 16 June 2026 Nostalgia, defined most simply as a wistful or...
www.northampton.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
CFP for "Nostalgia and Radical Politics, Past and Present," 15 – 16 June 2026 that forms the latest @menysnoweballes.bsky.social exciting series of events and publications on this theme. Deadline 14 February 2026! Details are included on the link below. 🎉 www.northampton.ac.uk/research-blo...
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Can anyone recommend any academic essays (that are publicly available online or that you could send me) exploring the parallels between Loki and Ulysses expanding on Snorri's slightly throwaway lines on the topic. Or failing that, general explorations of Troy-as-Asgard? #MedievalSky #ClassicsSky
November 9, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Can anyone recommend any academic essays (that are publicly available online or that you could send me) exploring the parallels between Loki and Ulysses expanding on Snorri's slightly throwaway lines on the topic. Or failing that, general explorations of Troy-as-Asgard? #MedievalSky #ClassicsSky
Julian of Norwich spotted on the new Florence and the Machine album:
![A screenshot of lyrics:
Downloading "Revelations of Divine Love" on my phone
Trying to read, but getting distracted
Trying to live, but feeling so damaged
[Chorus]
And all shall be well
All shall be well
Miracles are often inconvenient
And a prayer is a spell](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lgpith2upngzgh7cy5jygl3f/bafkreieh57sqvnqdgnlqonlfudqxd3h2ov7val5udpj4ybww5ltrlczqxe@jpeg)
November 1, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Julian of Norwich spotted on the new Florence and the Machine album:
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I completely understand the ennui experienced by the average person in our modern age but it's very funny to be like "This sucks I wish I was a farmer in the 1400s"
October 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I completely understand the ennui experienced by the average person in our modern age but it's very funny to be like "This sucks I wish I was a farmer in the 1400s"
I remember a fairly senior Education policy guy once telling me that this kind of standardisation of universities would be good because people would then respect non-RG degrees (such as the one I have) more. Just gives you a sense of the perspective they're coming from.
'Proposals to reform assessment and the way teaching quality is measured risk standardising university curricula and treating institutions like big schools, critics have warned.'
'Big schools' does rather appear to sum up DfS's conception of universities, sadly. 1/3
'Big schools' does rather appear to sum up DfS's conception of universities, sadly. 1/3
Risk of ‘standardisation’ as ministers mull progression measures
Universities would look to ‘game’ new metric for testing learning gain, critics warn, with external examination defended as ‘best we’ve got’
www.timeshighereducation.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I remember a fairly senior Education policy guy once telling me that this kind of standardisation of universities would be good because people would then respect non-RG degrees (such as the one I have) more. Just gives you a sense of the perspective they're coming from.
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My blog post with the ADAM network has now been published. It's about precarity, the future of small subjects, and communal approaches to academic work. I hope it will resonate with some. #IchBinHanna #KleineFaecher #SkandiRetten
difficultmedieval.com/2025/10/23/h...
difficultmedieval.com/2025/10/23/h...
Hard Times and Trial Approaches: Old Norse-Icelandic Studies Between Precarity and the Future
Dr Rebecca Merkelbach reflects on her keynote speech at the most recent Saga Conference. Held every three years, Saga Con is the most important meeting of Old Norse scholars, bringing together acad…
difficultmedieval.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:56 AM
My blog post with the ADAM network has now been published. It's about precarity, the future of small subjects, and communal approaches to academic work. I hope it will resonate with some. #IchBinHanna #KleineFaecher #SkandiRetten
difficultmedieval.com/2025/10/23/h...
difficultmedieval.com/2025/10/23/h...
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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...
September 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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...
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Call for Papers @imc-leeds.bsky.social
Following my recent fieldwork sailing down the Seine in a reconstructed tenth-century ship, @stevedehailes.bsky.social and I are organising a panel on practice-based/experiential research in medieval studies. We welcome abstracts from any field. #Medievalsky
Following my recent fieldwork sailing down the Seine in a reconstructed tenth-century ship, @stevedehailes.bsky.social and I are organising a panel on practice-based/experiential research in medieval studies. We welcome abstracts from any field. #Medievalsky
September 12, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Call for Papers @imc-leeds.bsky.social
Following my recent fieldwork sailing down the Seine in a reconstructed tenth-century ship, @stevedehailes.bsky.social and I are organising a panel on practice-based/experiential research in medieval studies. We welcome abstracts from any field. #Medievalsky
Following my recent fieldwork sailing down the Seine in a reconstructed tenth-century ship, @stevedehailes.bsky.social and I are organising a panel on practice-based/experiential research in medieval studies. We welcome abstracts from any field. #Medievalsky
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This is also the point that Labour have failed to grasp. They can promise as many deportations and draconian visa rules as they like but all that does is maintain the far right narrative that there's some kind of problem with migrants, the far right don't want anything less than ethnic cleansing
There is no indication that republican leaders or voters even know what current immigration policy looks like. Their views are driven by Breitbart blowups about caravans, Haitians eating cats and MS-13. Change the policy all you want, they'll never give you an ounce of credit for it.
September 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
This is also the point that Labour have failed to grasp. They can promise as many deportations and draconian visa rules as they like but all that does is maintain the far right narrative that there's some kind of problem with migrants, the far right don't want anything less than ethnic cleansing
Finally caught up with the BBC's King and Conqueror series 👑🗡️. If you were interested in why shows and films set in the Middle Ages are so often filmed in Iceland, you might consider reading my chapter which touches on this in International Medievalisms (2023): www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
‘The Northland of Old’: The Use and ‘Misuse’ of (Medieval) Iceland (Chapter 6) - International Medievalisms
International Medievalisms - February 2023
www.cambridge.org
September 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Finally caught up with the BBC's King and Conqueror series 👑🗡️. If you were interested in why shows and films set in the Middle Ages are so often filmed in Iceland, you might consider reading my chapter which touches on this in International Medievalisms (2023): www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
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SSNS has now reopened its funding schemes, offering grants to eligible students and scholars at any stage in their career.
Our grants support fieldwork and publications, events, and travel costs. Deadlines in Dec and Jan.
For more details, see www.ssns.org.uk/funding/
Our grants support fieldwork and publications, events, and travel costs. Deadlines in Dec and Jan.
For more details, see www.ssns.org.uk/funding/
September 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
SSNS has now reopened its funding schemes, offering grants to eligible students and scholars at any stage in their career.
Our grants support fieldwork and publications, events, and travel costs. Deadlines in Dec and Jan.
For more details, see www.ssns.org.uk/funding/
Our grants support fieldwork and publications, events, and travel costs. Deadlines in Dec and Jan.
For more details, see www.ssns.org.uk/funding/
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Call for applications for the British Academy SHAPE Involve and Engage funding scheme to support ambitious projects to engage the public with the humanities and social sciences.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/shap...
Deadline 15 October
@britishacademy.bsky.social
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/shap...
Deadline 15 October
@britishacademy.bsky.social
SHAPE Involve and Engage
A funding programme for innovative public engagement from the British Academy.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
September 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Call for applications for the British Academy SHAPE Involve and Engage funding scheme to support ambitious projects to engage the public with the humanities and social sciences.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/shap...
Deadline 15 October
@britishacademy.bsky.social
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/shap...
Deadline 15 October
@britishacademy.bsky.social
This betrays their very middle class approach to university studies - that is, that everyone would be willing and able to move to wherever in the country offers the specialism that they want to do. They claim to want more equitable access to HE but are merrily creating education deserts.
'Urging vice-chancellors to sharpen their institutions’ focus, he said: “I would encourage you to think about what is your specialism, what are you really deeply good at, and invest heavily in that".' Hmm. If based on evidence not ideology, doing this would map out differently in SHAPE & STEM. 2/2
September 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This betrays their very middle class approach to university studies - that is, that everyone would be willing and able to move to wherever in the country offers the specialism that they want to do. They claim to want more equitable access to HE but are merrily creating education deserts.
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First time I've sobbed at the end of a video essay
The Unforgivable Sin of Ms Rachel
YouTube video by Lindsay Ellis
www.youtube.com
August 29, 2025 at 12:42 AM
First time I've sobbed at the end of a video essay
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I've been talking about this network a lot recently! If you're a UK ECR (you have your PhD in hand), sign up for it!
You don't need an affiliation. You get access to their brilliant events (they fund your travel so you can attend), offer biannual conference funding, + access to larger funding opps.
You don't need an affiliation. You get access to their brilliant events (they fund your travel so you can attend), offer biannual conference funding, + access to larger funding opps.
The British Academy's Early Career Researcher Network is now UK-wide with its final expansion to the South East, East of England and Yorkshire and Humber announced today. Read more: https://bit.ly/3HSpAWP
Early Career Researcher Network now UK-wide after expanding to South East, East of England and Yorkshire & Humber
The British Academy’s Early Career Researcher Network (ECRN) is now UK-wide with the South East, East of England and Yorkshire & Humber regions added in September 2025.
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September 4, 2025 at 8:27 AM
I've been talking about this network a lot recently! If you're a UK ECR (you have your PhD in hand), sign up for it!
You don't need an affiliation. You get access to their brilliant events (they fund your travel so you can attend), offer biannual conference funding, + access to larger funding opps.
You don't need an affiliation. You get access to their brilliant events (they fund your travel so you can attend), offer biannual conference funding, + access to larger funding opps.
For those following this story, there has now been some movement with the UK government saying they will assist 40 students to reach a third country for visa processing. A glimmer of hope, but pressure needs to be kept up.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
August 28, 2025 at 10:52 AM
For those following this story, there has now been some movement with the UK government saying they will assist 40 students to reach a third country for visa processing. A glimmer of hope, but pressure needs to be kept up.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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@necron-network.bsky.social is coming to @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2026!
This in-person roundtable is open to all current NECRON members. To get involved, email Natalie Hopwood ([email protected]) with a short bio and a brief overview of what you want to say by 15th Sept.
This in-person roundtable is open to all current NECRON members. To get involved, email Natalie Hopwood ([email protected]) with a short bio and a brief overview of what you want to say by 15th Sept.
August 28, 2025 at 10:33 AM
@necron-network.bsky.social is coming to @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2026!
This in-person roundtable is open to all current NECRON members. To get involved, email Natalie Hopwood ([email protected]) with a short bio and a brief overview of what you want to say by 15th Sept.
This in-person roundtable is open to all current NECRON members. To get involved, email Natalie Hopwood ([email protected]) with a short bio and a brief overview of what you want to say by 15th Sept.
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A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.
August 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.
Gently giving this a bump #medievalsky
📄 Hello! Would anyone happen to have access to Geraldine Barnes's 'Travel and translatio studii in the Icelandic Riddarasögur'? 🙏
August 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Gently giving this a bump #medievalsky
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Pls sign and share this open letter to the Bristol VC, against the School of Humanities's decision to withdraw the BA in English Literature and Community Engagement (ELCE): the only part-time, flexible undergraduate degree programme available at the University forms.gle/SbyhXPSJgQTc...
Save our pioneering widening participation undergraduate degree in English Literature and Community Engagement at the University of Bristol
19 August 2025
Dear Evelyn Welch (Vice-Chancellor)
cc Judith Squires (Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost), Tansy Jessop (Pro Vice-Chancellor for Education and Students)
The School of Humanities has ...
forms.gle
August 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Pls sign and share this open letter to the Bristol VC, against the School of Humanities's decision to withdraw the BA in English Literature and Community Engagement (ELCE): the only part-time, flexible undergraduate degree programme available at the University forms.gle/SbyhXPSJgQTc...
📄 Hello! Would anyone happen to have access to Geraldine Barnes's 'Travel and translatio studii in the Icelandic Riddarasögur'? 🙏
August 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
📄 Hello! Would anyone happen to have access to Geraldine Barnes's 'Travel and translatio studii in the Icelandic Riddarasögur'? 🙏
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When is a landscape? Join The Landscape Consortium @imc-leeds.bsky.social with this #imc2026 #cfp exploring multi-scalar research and interpretations of medieval landscapes. Full cfp in alt-text. TLC is Karl Alvestad, Daniel Brown, @jwfr.bsky.social and Stefanie Schild. Please share far and wide!
August 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
When is a landscape? Join The Landscape Consortium @imc-leeds.bsky.social with this #imc2026 #cfp exploring multi-scalar research and interpretations of medieval landscapes. Full cfp in alt-text. TLC is Karl Alvestad, Daniel Brown, @jwfr.bsky.social and Stefanie Schild. Please share far and wide!