Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North Conference

@pmpnconf.bsky.social

Welcome to Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North! We are a group of academics who have an interest in active academic research on the complex topic of “magic” in pre-Modern Northern regions.

We’ve had an incredible response! Thank-you everyone! We have now had to close registration however if you haven’t had the chance to register, drop us an email & we can see if we can fit you in!

Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North Conference@pmpnconf.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Hey #medievalsky ! Registration for our conference is now open! This year features topics ranging from Elizabeth Sawyer & popular obsessions with maleficium in early modern England, to Icelandic magical staves & practical spells in the Galdrabók Register for free here: forms.gle/Xr8CgpRhhooC...

Our #callforpapers is still open, details below!

Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North Conference@pmpnconf.bsky.social · last yr.

CALL FOR PAPERS We’re delighted to announce the #CfP for our SIXTH conference 😆🫣 Details are on our website. The conference will be free & online on 13-14 November. Deadline for abstract submissions is 1 September. performingmagicinthepremodernnorthconference.wordpress.com/upcoming-con...

Our #callforpapers is still open, details below!

Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North Conference@pmpnconf.bsky.social · last yr.

CALL FOR PAPERS We’re delighted to announce the #CfP for our SIXTH conference 😆🫣 Details are on our website. The conference will be free & online on 13-14 November. Deadline for abstract submissions is 1 September. performingmagicinthepremodernnorthconference.wordpress.com/upcoming-con...

Viking Society for Northern Research Summer meeting online Saturday, 14th June 2025 at 4 p.m. (GMT + 1) Professor Bruce Lincoln (University of Chicago) ‘Banquets, Atrocities, and the Nature of the Sacred’. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/banquets-a... #medievalsky

Banquets, Atrocities, and the Nature of the Sacred - Online lecture

Prof. Bruce Lincoln on banquets, violence, and what ancient northern Europe saw as sacred - beyond law, morality, or custom.

eventbrite.co.uk

Hello #medieval friends! Our #callforpapers is still open for our upcoming conference in November, all free and online! Deadline for #abstract submission is 1 September - details in the quoted post!

Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North Conference@pmpnconf.bsky.social · last yr.

CALL FOR PAPERS We’re delighted to announce the #CfP for our SIXTH conference 😆🫣 Details are on our website. The conference will be free & online on 13-14 November. Deadline for abstract submissions is 1 September. performingmagicinthepremodernnorthconference.wordpress.com/upcoming-con...

Hello #medieval friends! Our #callforpapers is still open for our upcoming conference in November, all free and online! Deadline for #abstract submission is 1 September - details in the quoted post!

Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North Conference@pmpnconf.bsky.social · last yr.

CALL FOR PAPERS We’re delighted to announce the #CfP for our SIXTH conference 😆🫣 Details are on our website. The conference will be free & online on 13-14 November. Deadline for abstract submissions is 1 September. performingmagicinthepremodernnorthconference.wordpress.com/upcoming-con...

Hello #medieval friends! We are DELIGHTED to announce the publication of our FIRST edited collection of work. You can find it at the link below: link.springer.com/book/10.1007... We are SUPER-SUPER proud of our contributing authors, and rather proud of ourselves for editing this as well!

Performing Magic in the Pre-Modern North

​This book addresses the varied performances of magic in medieval and early modern Scandinavia, drawing on textual and material sources.

link.springer.com