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Rachel A. Fletcher

@rafletcher.bsky.social

Leiden University. Working on the reception of Old English in 19th-century Europe. Dictionary enthusiast.

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Dr Ellen Gallimore @emgallimore.bsky.social · 24h ago

Be sure to check out the Padlet for CfPs for #IMC2027! If anyone wants their CfP adding to the Padlet, email or tag the @imc-leeds.bsky.social team. It's useful for those who don't use the socials and is linked on the IMC 2027 website. padlet.com/universityof...

IMC 2027 'Communities'

Proposals on any topic related to the Middle Ages are welcome, while every year the IMC also chooses a special thematic focus. In 2027 this is ‘Communities’. For any questions, please email imc@leeds....

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Finn Longman is only here occasionally @finnlongman.com · yesterday

COVER REVEAL! My next novel, The Animals We Became, retells the medieval Welsh tale 'Math fab Mathonwy'. It's a book about gender, trauma, and compulsory heterosexuality expressed through non-consensual animal transformations and some deeply unreliable narration... finnlongman.com/books/the-an...

The cover of THE ANIMALS WE BECAME by Finn Longman, featuring an illustration of an owl emerging from flowers and foliage against a starry backdrop. Tree trunks on either side are carved with knotwork forming the shapes of boar, deer, and wolves.

Philip K.@herbilis.bsky.social · 2d ago

Vor allem auch für die Literaturwissenschaften interessant, damit ihr nicht immer (nur) DWB-Artikel von 1860 oder so zitieren müsst. #LitWiss

De Gruyter Brill Language, Literature & Culture@dgb-langlitcult.bsky.social · 2d ago

Die neue Auflage des KLUGE ist da! Das Standardwerk zur Etymologie des Deutschen erklärt die Entstehung von rund 13.000 Wörtern: umfassend überarbeitet, mit aktualisiertem Stichwortbestand und auf dem neuesten Stand der (indo-)germanistischen Forschung. 🔗📖 www.degruyterbrill.com/de/document/...

Lynne Murphy @lynneguist.bsky.social · 7d ago

Congratulations to @bethyoung.bsky.social and team on their new NEH funding for the Webster's Dictionary project! webstersdictionaryonline.com/about

Noah Webster's Dictionary Online

Browse Noah Webster's 1806 and 1828 dictionaries online.

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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · last wk.

This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b

Kat Steiner🔸@kastrel.bsky.social · last wk.

Would people like a light-hearted Story from the Archives? In my case, the Bodleian's special collections reading room, which was at the time in the basement of the science library. It is entitled "Why Have You Given Me This Block of Wood?"

Charlotte Bowyer @charlottebowyer.bsky.social · last wk.

CALL FOR PAPERS Excited to open the CFP for 'Wundor in Old English Literature' at Leeds IMC next year (5th-8th July 2027). If you have any questions, please get in touch! Abstracts due 10th September 2026. #IMC2027 #medievalsky @imc-leeds.bsky.social

Wundor in Old English Literature

Leeds International Medieval Congress 2027
5th-8th July 2027

A sense of wonder runs through the Old English literary corpus, from the marvellous sights described in ‘Alexander’s Letter to Aristotle’ to the ambiguous ‘wundorlicu wiht’ of the Exeter Book riddles. But what does it mean to be wondrous? This session will explore the multivalence of the Old English term ‘wundor’, which holds the simultaneous meanings of marvel, portent and miracle.

Topics may include, but are not limited to:
Wondrous natural phenomena
Monstrous and hybrid bodies
Riddles and the unearthing of wonder
Wonder as an affective response to the inexplicable

Interdisciplinary contributions are very welcome.

To participate, please submit a short biography and a proposal of up to 250 words to Charlotte Bowyer (charlotte.c.bowyer@kcl.ac.uk) by 10 September 2026.

Rachel A. Fletcher @rafletcher.bsky.social · 3w ago

Interested in the history of #OldEnglish scholarship? @emgallimore.bsky.social, Thijs Porck and I will be editing a volume on OE in the long 19th century; if you'd like to contribute a chapter, the deadline for abstracts is 1 Sept 2026, first full drafts due Sept 2027. Spread the word! #medievalsky

Call for Contributions
Dynamics of Old English Scholarship in the Long Nineteenth Century: Discoveries, Disputes and the Development of a Discipline
ed. Rachel A. Fletcher, Ellen Gallimore & Thijs Porck
The long nineteenth century (1786–1914) was a dynamic and transformative period for the scholarly study of Old English.
The legacies of nineteenth-century scholarship remain deeply embedded in the study of Old English today. As a result, contemporary scholars must engage not only with early medieval language and literature itself, but also with the intellectual and ideological lenses through which nineteenth-century scholars recovered, edited and interpreted this material.
We hope to bring together a peer-reviewed edited volume with papers on various aspects of the scholarly study of Old English in the long nineteenth century, with an additional focus on European continental
contributions in line with the ERC-project EMERGENCE (‘Early Medieval English in NineteenthCentury Europe’). Proposals for chapter contributions of c. 8000 words are welcome from scholars from all academic backgrounds. First drafts full drafts are due at the end of September 2027.
Possible topics/themes include but are not limited to:
- Discoveries of Old English texts
- Disputes about linguistic or literary interpretations of Old English
- Developments in the discipline of Old English studies
- Personal, religious, political and ideological motivations for the study of Old English
- Biographical contributions about scholars of Old English
- Scholarly correspondence on Old English matters
- Editing and printing of Old English texts
- Teaching of Old English
Please send an abstract (500 words) and short bio (150 words) to Rachel A. Fletcher
(r.a.fletcher@hum.leidenuniv.nl), Ellen Gallimore (ellen.gallimore@york.ac.uk) and Thijs Porck (m.h.porck@hum.leidenuniv.nl) before 1 September 2026.

Rebecca Brackmann @brackman1066.bsky.social · 2w ago

William Lambarde's Perambulation of Kent talks a bit about Rochester Bridge (he even edits an Old English charter about its upkeep) so I decided to research a bit about the bridge's history. Was not expecting everything I found, so here follows a thread: (1/11)

Josh Coulthard @joshcoulthard.bsky.social · 2w ago

See below for a CFP for #leeds2027 organised by Robyn Stewart.

Henry Sweet Society @henrysweetsoc.bsky.social · 2w ago

✨️Vivien Law Essay Prize✨️ We invite all students and ECRs to submit an essay on any topic in the history of linguistics. Winning essay receives a prize of £200 and more! Deadline: 30 September 2026. See details here and get your submissions ready👇️ : www.henrysweet.org/vivien-law-p...

The Vivien Law Prize — Henry Sweet Society

The Vivien Law Prize

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Each Peach @weareeach.bsky.social · 3w ago

"Shoulda bought Sunn O tix when they were still $80" was not on my bingo card for 2026.

Philip K.@herbilis.bsky.social · 3w ago

Karl Simrock, einer der bekanntesten frühen Germanisten der zweiten Generation nach Grimm und Lachmann.

Goethe- und Schiller-Archiv Weimar@gsa-weimar.bsky.social · 3w ago

#otd vor 150 Jahren verstarb Karl Joseph Simrock in #Bonn. Der Jurist und Schriftsteller begann seine Laufbahn am Berliner Kammergericht als Referendar. Ab 1832 war er immer wieder als Übersetzer tätig, unter anderem von Shakespeare oder Walther von der Vogelweide.

Brief von Karl Simrock an Friedrich Nietzsche (GSA 71/BW 214)

HEL (History of the English Language) on the Web @helontheweb.bsky.social · 3w ago

Old English Abroad: A hybrid/online lecture series on the reception and study of early medieval English language and literature outside the Anglophone world Professor Santiago Disalvo (Universidad Nacional de la Plata) 21 July, 2026; 14:00 CEST emergence.leiden.edu/OEB1

EMERGENCE - ERC Project | Old English Abroad lecture

Professor Santiago Disalvo (Universidad Nacional de la Plata): ‘Awareness and references to early medieval English poetry in Spanish-speaking intellectual circles (late 19th and early 20th centuries)’...

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TOEBI @toebi.bsky.social · 3w ago

📣 #CallforContributions #medievalsky #OldEnglish 📜 Dynamics of Old English Scholarship in the Long Nineteenth Century: Discoveries, Disputes and the Development of a Discipline ✍️ Editors: Rachel A. Fletcher, Ellen Gallimore & Thijs Porck ⏰ Abstracts due: 1 Sept 2026 📆 Drafts due: end of Sept 2027

Dr Ellen Gallimore @emgallimore.bsky.social · 3w ago

CFP for @imc-leeds.bsky.social #IMC2027 on Building Scientific Communities: The Transmission of the Quadrivium in the Early Medieval Period (c. 300-1000 C.E.). Posted on behalf of Dr Robyn Stewart (University of York) who is not on Bsky. Deadline 1 Sept 2026 for 250-word abstracts.

A call for papers for Building Scientific Communities: The Transmission of the Quadrivium in the Early Medieval Period (c. 300-1000 C.E.), with an invitation to contact robyn.stewart@york.ac.uk with submissions.

Philip K.@herbilis.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Freche Eigenwerbung: Meine Videos zur alten deutschen Schrift, erstes Video: youtu.be/reQJ7zhAr_A?...

Deutsche Kurrentschrift. Alphabet, Besonderheiten der Buchstaben, Abgrenzung zur Sütterlin

YouTube video by Arbeitsstelle Grimm-Briefwechsel Berlin

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Juliane Witte @julianewitte.bsky.social · 3w ago

Now that everyone has returned from this year's @imc-leeds.bsky.social, I thought I'd share my CFP for next year's on female communities and networks again 😊 feel free to reach out with questions as well! #MedievalSky

In line with IMC’s thematic focus on communities, this series of sessions will explore female networks and communities in the Middle Ages from a variety of methodological, theoretical, and disciplinary angles. While many medieval sources focus expressly on men and male characters, relationships between women and female characters exist, even if they are sometimes hidden away at the margins. The goal of these sessions is to put female networks, communities, and relationships at the centre of our focus and thereby gain a more nuanced insight into the Middle Ages and our engagement with the time period and its various outputs.

In this context, both “network” and “community” are defined as broadly as possible, namely as relationships of any sort between medieval women, female characters in texts, and/or female audiences (both medieval and modern, both scholarly and popular). The aim of these sessions is to explore where and how such networks and communities can be located, how they are depicted, what effect they have upon their narratives or their historical surroundings, and how we connect to them now. The desire is for these sessions to be as broad and exploratory as possible, inviting scholars from a variety of disciplines.

Papers could address intersectional communities, religious networks, the performance of community, inclusion/exclusion, and much more in historical, literary, and/or material contexts. Doctoral Candidates, late-stage MA students, and Early Career Researchers are actively encouraged to send in proposals. I am planning an edited volume based on these sessions.

Please send an abstract (max. 300 words) and a short biography to juliane.witte@uni-tuebingen.de by the 31st of July 2026. Please do state whether you’d prefer to attend in person or online. Feel free to also reach out with any questions!

Rachel A. Fletcher @rafletcher.bsky.social · 3w ago

Peter Gilliver @petermgilliver.bsky.social · 4w ago

Here’s a piece about a whole group of #OEDMakers: namely the musicians. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNAmembers and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/miscellaneou...

Rachel A. Fletcher @rafletcher.bsky.social · 4w ago

Heartily seconded, and not just because he's my boss. It's literal laugh-out-loud stuff; Henry Sweet did *not* know when to keep his mouth shut.

Sam Ottewill-Soulsby@samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social · 4w ago

Attendees of Leeds IMC looking for some post-conference relief, I’d heartily recommend checking out the recording of Thijs Porck’s paper (1603-a). His splendidly presented account of nineteenth-century philologists taking savage lumps out of each other will delight the drama lover in all of us.

Dr Ellen Gallimore @emgallimore.bsky.social · 4w ago

Our sessions have moved! Due to a technical issue with our original room, you can now find us in the Esther Simpson Building room 2.08 tomorrow starting bright and early at 9am. Hope to see you there at @imc-leeds.bsky.social! #IMC2026

Dr Ellen Gallimore@emgallimore.bsky.social · last mo.

I hope you've kept your Thursday of @imc-leeds.bsky.social clear to attend all 3 sessions of Old English in the Long 19th Century! Join us in Laidlaw Library Teaching Room 1 for nine papers on the impact of Old English language, literature, and law in the 19th century. #IMC2026 #medievalsky

Schedule for three Leeds IMC sessions on Thursday 9 July from 9:00-10:30, 11:15-12:45, and 14:15-15:45.

Dr Ellen Gallimore @emgallimore.bsky.social · last mo.

Peter Gilliver @petermgilliver.bsky.social · last mo.

Cornelis Stoffel (1845–1908) is my latest #OEDMaker, and here—after another gap (apologies, life continues busy)—is a piece about him. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNAmembers and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/the-quotatio...

Charlotte Bowyer @charlottebowyer.bsky.social · last mo.

Counting down the days to #IMC2026, especially our panel on M. R. James and Old English! First, Emily Dixon will give a fascinating paper on reading Old English Soul & Body poems through ‘The Mezzotint’, then I’ll talk about James’ work on the Jamnes and Mambres fragment in Cotton MS Tiberius B.v.

16:30-18:00 on Tuesday 7th July. Session 845: New Perspectives on M. R. James: Scholarship and Creative Practice.

‘An Education in Reading Horrific Bodies: Reading Old English Soul and Body Poems in the Context of M. R. James’ The Mezzotint’ - Emily Dixon, King’s College London

‘M. R. James, The Marvels of the East and a ‘Forgotten Fragment’ of Jamnes and Jambres’ - Charlotte Bowyer, King’s College London

Elaine Treharne @etreharne.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Neil Ker’s parallel transcription of all seven instances of the Early English Poema Morale, c.1200-1300. Here’s your big data. He completed this in 1932, while finishing his mammoth BLitt thesis on Ælfric Homilies.

Jesse Sheidlower @jessesword.com · 2mo ago

Trivial #fandom update for the Historical #Dictionary of #ScienceFiction: "fannish", with non-SFnal examples from 1901 and 1915 before SF cites from 1948, now has two 1942 uses from SF zines. sfdictionary.com/view/997/fan...

Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction: fannish

Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction

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Sam Ottewill-Soulsby @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This is a really great list of resources for teaching and learning Medieval Latin compiled by Brigid Ehrmantraut #medievalsky www.medievalists.net/2026/06/lear...

A Guide to Teaching and Learning Medieval Latin - Medievalists.net

Teachers and students of Medieval Latin often struggle to find the same range of learning materials available for Classical Latin. In this guide, Brigid Ehrmantraut highlights textbooks, anthologies, ...

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That Word Chat @thatwordchat.bsky.social · 2mo ago

On June 2, #ThatWordChat welcomes Michael Adams — lexicographer and curator of "The Whole World in a Book." We’ll discuss the extraordinary Madeline Kripke collection — more than 20,000 dictionaries and language books gathered over a lifetime. Sign up: ThatWordChat.com #Lexicography #Linguistics