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...

I don't think it completely accounts for it, but it might explain why it's the highest percentage there

Not to take away from the overall point, but I wonder how much of the Armed Forces stat can be explained by the fact that the military helps pay to send AF's children to boarding school (to reduce the amount of education disruption) and being in the military is often something that runs in families

Many, many congratulations!

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

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...

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/

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

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.

First time I've sobbed at the end of a video essay

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.

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...

@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.

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.

Not a problem at all! And thanks again, I really appreciate you taking the time to do it!

That would be amazing, thank you so much!

Gently giving this a bump #medievalsky

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'? 🙏

Yay!! Many many congratulations!

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!

Looking forward to hopefully seeing lots of you there!

Massive congratulations! I hope you can now celebrate and/or have a nice lie down!