Literary historian, intersectional feminist, Associate Professor @SwanseaUni medieval literature, medicine, women, religion, science, @margerysociety. Views own
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Here’s the ‘History’s Youngest Heroes’ episode on Julian of Norwich which I recorded material for a year ago. And @HettaHowes too! The producers have done a really good job for their Radio 4 audience. #julianofnorwich @BBCRadio4 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00274…
Please encourage your graduate students to submit to this year’s GMS essay prize! Deadline is 30th April.
medievalgender.co.uk/prizes-…
A reminder of the online launch of @RobertaDMagnani and my edited volume Women in Christianity in the Medieval Age next week! 20% discount code attached. @lauravarnam will be our respondent. Do join us! Thanks to @elaine_canning and @Culture_SwanUni for hosting! 👇👇👇👇
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So excited about this!! Please join our book launch on the 6th! Registration link below 👇👇👇
JUST ANNOUNCED! - ZOOM WEBINAR
A special evening of discussion around the new book 'Women in Christianity in the Medieval Age 1000-1500' published by @routledgebooks from @RobertaDMagnani and @LauraKalas.
📅Thursday 6 February |🕕18:00pm
💻Register here: bit.ly/wicmedieval
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Our new animation tells the stories of five extraordinary medieval women: Empress Matilda, Shajar al-Durr, Margery Kempe, Christine de Pizan, and Joan of Arc.
Check out today's blogpost to learn more and see the video in full!
blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscr…
ALT A composite image from an animation, showing portraits of Shajar al-Durr, Joan of Arc, Margery Kempe, Empress Matilda and Christine de Pizan.
Tune in on 20th Jan for BBC Radio 4’s History's Youngest Heroes 7: The Visionary Julian of Norwich, with yours truly! This was fun to record. On BBC Sounds thereafter.
#BBC #BBCradio4 #HistorysHeroes #JulianofNorwich bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00274s…
I’m in this trailer for a new BBC series! My episode on Julian of Norwich is out in Jan/Feb. It’s about people who do cool things in their youth, defined as ‘before age 35’, and why Julian’s visions qualified! Here’s a little teaser of the series… bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0k7tv…
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Safely arrived in Swansea and looking forward to reading from my Grendel’s Mother poems tomorrow lunchtime at the Creative & Critical Practice Research Group at the university! 🩵 #PrimersontheRoad @NineArchesPress
Great time with @lauravarnam and @SU_EngLit_CW this week! So grateful for Laura presenting her Beowulf poems at our ‘creative-critical’ research seminar and helping teach my MA class on Margery Kempe! 👌😆 Pics of the Primers edition of Laura’s Beowulf poems & my tshirt mood 👻
I’ve been privileged to work with this manuscript! Can’t wait to see it again in the exhibition
Did you know? The earliest autobiography in English is on display @britishlibrary
It was composed by a woman, of course
medievalwomen.seetickets.com…
#DYK #MedievalWomen
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‘Not my baby, not my problem’.
I shared my birth trauma experience on Good Morning Britain to raise awareness and break the taboo around birth trauma. Remember you’re not alone! #theoclarke #birthtrauma #birth #birthexperience #birthstory #birthtraumainquiry #politics #breakingthetaboo #birthtraumarecovery #birthtraumaawareness #mentalhealth #goodmorningbritain #gmb #mp #fyp
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Tickets now on sale for #CheltLitFest BEOWULF: POEM AND HERO! I'm so excited to be in conversation with my @engfac colleague Heather O'Donoghue @Heatherodox about her new book! Mon Oct 7th at 4pm. Tickets here cheltenhamfestivals.org/even…
This was a hard listen. The misunderstandings shown by Davies on the subject of transgender was staggering. She conflates trans-ness with homosexuality and denies the existence of both non-binary & intersex people. Gender = only gametes, apparently. Wow 😠 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0021x…
Tbh I’d all but given up on X. I haven’t been active on here much because I’d found the algorithms had become skewed & I stopped seeing my usual fab medieval feed. I’m going to try again. Should I? Give me your tips for making X work for you!
This will be brilliant because it includes the most excellent @DaisyEBlack
I'm on @bbcproms this weekend touring Nottingham's underground places with poet @drsarahjackson1 as part of 'Music from Sherwood Forest'. We explore the city's underground history through its dungeons, cave networks and secret nuclear war rooms. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0022jy…
ALT Internal communications system in Nottingham War Rooms
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I’ll miss this view! Last day of #gms2024 and this morning it’s the brilliant @LauraKalas keynote ‘A Reproductive Imaginary’ ✨ We’ve saved the best til last! Can’t wait! 🩷
