I just signed the contract for my first monograph, Weather Magic in Medieval Scandinavia, coming in 2026 with Routledge! I’m thrilled to see this project move from PhD to publication so soon, and deeply grateful for the generous peer reviews and support along the way.
‘I Don’t Want Realism: I Want Magic!’—Magic and Queerness in Later Íslendingasögur (by Basil Arnould Price, a book chapter in Performing Magic in the Premodern North)
Just published - a book chapter in @coffeoglobin.bsky.social @jenhemphill.bsky.social, and Solveig Marie Wang's wonderful new volume on premodern magic. My chapter focuses on how ‘magic’ offers alternatives to normative modes of gender and sexuality in Old Norse sagas ✨ tinyurl.com/PMPN-BAP
Screenshot of PhD thesis title page. Weather Magic in Medieval Scandinavia (c.800-1555) Submitted by Jennifer Hemphill Supervisors: Dr Hannah Burrows, Prof Ralph O’Connor
This month, I passed my PhD defense! I’m feeling incredibly grateful to my supervisors, Hannah and Ralph, and my family and friends, who’ve given me the much-needed support and encouragement throughout this journey.
The programme for the FIFTH @pmpnconf.bsky.social conference is officially live! Register through the link below to explore more Northern magic goodness with us ✨
Front cover of a book showing an image of figures riding cauldrons, holding broomsticks, and black cats flying ahead of them. The title reads: Performing Magic in the Pre-Modern North: Practice and Transgressions.
Our first Performing Magic book will be published this summer!
Congratulations to all of the contributing authors!
You will be able to order via Palgrave soon: link.springer.com/book/9783031...
It’s official, the first @pmpnconf.bsky.social book will be published this summer! Congratulations to all of the contributing authors - @coffeoglobin.bsky.social, Solveig and I couldn’t have asked for a better group of scholars to work with.
Sophie Durbin's video is active! She has kindly recorded what would have been a live online video, if not for the evils of technical difficulties. That being said, all recorded presentations can be found on our YouTube channel!
Sign-ups have now closed & everyone who registered should have received a link from us!
Also, because one of us cannot apparently cope with even the simplest time zones, be aware that on Wednesday we start at 1PM GMT and on Thursday at 12 NOON GMT!
performingmagicinthenorth at gmail for queries
First speaker for our February 2024 Conference! Sign ups are available at l.instagram.com?u=https%3A%2...
The program and registration for our next Performing Magic in the Pre-Modern North conference is officially live!
Join us online (for free) on 21-22 February - we can’t wait to dive back into the enchanting realm of magical studies! ✨
#hextag
For anyone following/horrified by the news of the decimation of Modern Languages at the University of Aberdeen, we now have a petition (with lots of links and information!) that anyone can sign. We'd really appreciate your support. www.change.org/p/save-langu...
We’re less than four weeks away from our hybrid Performing Magic conference! Registration info below. I’m particularly excited for the creative writing workshop on Friday afternoon 😄
The program for the next Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North conference is officially live! Join us in Aberdeen, Scotland or online for more magical goodness!