Jessie Summerhayes
@jessiesummerhayes.bsky.social
PhD-doer, Uni of York, working on distributed cognition and nature in Old Norse and Old English poetry (mostly).
CFP, Leeds #IMC2027, July 5-8: 'Communities of Production and Reception in Medieval Hagiography' Theo Long (University of York) and I are organising a panel at the IMC next year about hagiography! See the CFP below for more info. Abstracts due by September 15, 2026. #Medievalsky
Elizabeth Tyler, Professor of Medieval Literature in the Department of English and Related Literature and former Director of the Centre for Medieval Studies, has been elected Fellow of the British Academy. Fellows are nominated on the basis of outstanding academic distinction.
Elizabeth Tyler elected Fellow of the British Academy
Elizabeth Tyler, Professor of Medieval Literature in the Department of English and Related Literature and former Director of the Centre for Medieval Studies, has been elected Fellow of the British…
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Delighted to be on this year’s @wainwrightprize.bsky.social longlist for #thecuckooslea: wainwrightprize.com/longlist-2026/ Congrats to all the nominees, incl. @nicolawriting.bsky.social @lucylapwing.bsky.social @joeharkness.bsky.social @amandatuke.bsky.social #naturewriting
Longlist 2026 - Wainwright Prize
2026 Longlists This year, we’re celebrating 68 exceptional books across five categories, each one showcasing the power of stories to connect people and planet. From deeply personal journeys through wi...
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Bloomsbury Wildlife@chiffchat.bsky.social · 4w agoHuge congratulations to @drmjwarren.bsky.social who has been longlisted for the 2026 @wainwrightprize.bsky.social! 🎉🌱 Longlisted for the Nature Writing Prize, The Cuckoo’s Lea uncovers the history that lies forgotten in England's place names. #WainwrightPrize #StoriesThatConnect
The mailman's been, author copies are here - Remembering England: Cultural Memory in the Sagas of Icelanders. There's dragons, duels, berserks, poets, kings, battles, magic, memory theory...what's not to love? Tell your libraries (a bit expensive to buy yourself). www.routledge.com/Remembering-...
Just wanted to draw attention to this excellent call for papers. Any Frisian researchers around keen to give a southern North Sea spin on this? @jessiesummerhayes.bsky.social gave us express permission to include Frisia in the scope of the panel 🙌
IMC was wonderful… so wonderful that Sam Masters and I are excited to do it all again next year! Here is the CfP for next year on the theme of Communities. @imc-leeds.bsky.social
IMC next week! I am co-organising three panels on Mind and Memory in Old Norse literature with Samuel Masters on Monday. I am talking about ravens in the second session - do come along if you fancy. @imc-leeds.bsky.social
If anyone in government has a few minutes to run the country in between plotting leadership challenges, could they please cast their eye over the devastation of Higher Education in the UK. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Thousands of University of Nottingham staff told they are at risk of redundancy
Institution says it could run out of money by 2031 and wants to cut more than 600 academic and support posts
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Norse in the North on Friday! Looking forward to speaking about some ravens there!! @norseinthenorth.bsky.social
Climbing Bidean Nam Bian in Glencoe is an excellent way to have a break from the lab...only a couple of days before going back to the lab 🧗
Some weekend mountaining to get through a week of herons… or the one Old Norse poetic heron pre-1150 to be exact (unless someone knows something I don’t, in which case do tell!)
I know IMC just happened… but, anyone Old Norse-y fancy giving a paper next year?
I was delighted to be invited to contribute one of my #Beowulf poems to the colloquium and to write up my presentation. ‘Against Misdirection’ is a response to Hrothgar’s hostile description of the path to Grendel’s Mother’s Mere creativecritical.net/against-misd...
Against Misdirection’: Mapping Poetic Desire Lines in Creative Criticism on Beowulf - Laura Varnam - Creative-Critical
This creative-critical essay frames my contribution to the colloquium: a poem entitled ‘Against Misdirection’ which forms part of my feminist adaptation project of the Old English epic Beowulf.
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New week, Old English! Today our featured new book is "The Life Course in Old English #Poetry" by @hattiesoper.bsky.social who examines the linear & unruly paths thru human, nonhuman & more-than-human lives in #OldEnglish poems #LiteraryStudies #AgeingStudies #AgeStudies #EnglishPoetry #MiddleAges
Very excited to be presenting at the IMC next week on Örvar-Odds Saga and the Barkman. 16.30-18.00 on Monday July 7th with the third Medieval Ecocriticisms panel 🌿
Well, here it is. My copy arrived. Out 5th June. This is the beautiful indie-exclusive edition with it’s gorgeous sprayed edges. Thanks ever so @amyjanebeer.bsky.social, Mary Colwell and @jon-moses.bsky.social for your generous cover quotes. @chiffchat.bsky.social #naturewriting
So excited to be giving a paper at IMC! 16:30 on the Monday, if you like ecomedievaly things 🌿
Previously, I had been under the impression I was doing a literature PhD. This, however, looks suspiciously like maths to me.
Looking forward to talking about the functional symbolism of the plant-scrolls on the Ruthwell and Bewcastle crosses… I’m convinced those are blackberries and other native English plants, not grapes! Session time is 16.30-18.00 on Monday 7th July.
