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Dr Tom Morcom

@ThomasMorcom

Associate Lecturer in Old Norse, UCL. Saga literature and narratology for the most part

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Joined April 2018
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Ben Allport@Ohthere2_019 Dec 2024
My article in Gripla dropped just in time for Christmas! Here's my take on the sources, dating & composition of Íslendingabók, the oldest surviving history of Iceland. gripla.arnastofnun.is/index.… Many thanks to the Gripla team, they do an incredible job! #medieval
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UoN CSVA@UoNCSVA8 Nov 2024
The first CSVA seminar of the year is fast approaching! Join us to hear Dr Alexander Wilson from University of Leicester's @bodypoliticsERC talk about ‘Marks of non-personhood: violence against unfree bodies in the Viking world’. #Vikings 18 November @ 5pm | Trent B40
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Today we will be catching up on what's been happening with Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies. Here is some great research from @ThomasMorcom and @Helen_Gittos medievalists.net/2024/07/how… #medieval
How Hercules Became Saint Eadwold - Medievalists.net

How Hercules Became Saint Eadwold - Medievalists.net

For centuries, the Cerne Giant, an enigmatic chalk figure towering 180 feet tall on an English hillside, has captivated imaginations with its imposing presence and mysterious origins. Was it a...

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One time I came across a poem by Moondog in a Norwegian American newspaper. I sent it to the steward of Moondog's material online, as well as Stefan Lakatos, who was Moondog's protege. Neither had seen it before and thought it was a strange anomaly in the Moondog timeline.
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My latest book Lost but Not Forgotten: The Saga of Hrómundur and Its Manuscript Transmission is out in open access, along with three digital editions of different versions of the story (links in the comments).
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Judith Jesch@JudithJesch2 May 2024
I'm truly honoured to be giving the Sophus Bugge Lecture in the eponymous building (!) at @UniOslo on 21st May. Do come by if you happen to be in Oslo then! @UniOsloHF
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DJ Musgrove@DJMusgrove30 Apr 2024
I'll be chatting to @Heatherodox about Beowulf for @historyextra 'everything you want to know' pod soon. Any Beowulf questions you want answered, pop em on the replies here
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The winner 2023-2024 Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship Graduate Essay Competition is @BasilAPrice! His essay, “Bad Trans* Feelings in Bárðar saga Snæfellsáss," argues for a non-sexological approach to premodern trans* studies by looking at ordinary negative affects. ✨
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Some fabulous illustrations from a fourteenth-century Jónsbók (AM 343 fol)! ✨
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Cerne Giant and other Wessex Hill Figures - Dorset Museum Sign up soon for this conference in September; it’s going to be popular dorsetmuseum.org/event/cerne…
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Today our new medieval exhibition opens @Kulturhistorisk. Besides getting to see newer and older finds from Oslo and elsewhere, you can try on medieval clothing, touch building stones, listen to church bells and spoken Old Norse, and write your name in runes. Come by and try!
The entrance to the Historical Museum in Oslo, with a poster of the new medieval exhibition opening February 1st 2024.

ALT The entrance to the Historical Museum in Oslo, with a poster of the new medieval exhibition opening February 1st 2024.

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He's carved into a hill, wields a club, and is far older than you think--learn more about the #CerneGiant in our latest collaborative episode with Speculum!
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🥳Kickstart 2024 with @SteveHarrisDJ 🦈@jurassicguides on the New Year's Day Pliosaur doc 🎯Dorset Dartist @scottydogdart debriefs Ally Pally 🎓Academics @ThomasMorcom & @Helen_Gittos break new information on the Cerne Giant! Listen here 👉 bbc.in/3vcgD3J
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The identification with Hercules makes perfect sense; as I argue in ‘Twilight of the Godlings’, we should always look for Biblical and Classical inspirations for British folkloric beings before suggesting anything more obscure or exotic
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Herculean effort hints at identity of the Cerne Abbas giant thetimes.co.uk/article/a47a6…
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Cerne Abbas Giant: Has the mystery of the chalk hill figure been solved? bbc.in/3RGq9nm
Cerne Abbas Giant: Has the mystery of the chalk hill figure been solved?

Cerne Abbas Giant: Has the mystery of the chalk hill figure been solved?

The origins of the Cerne Abbas Giant hill figure are unravelled by Oxford academics.

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We are delighted to announce that Caroline (Caz) Batten of the University of Pennsylvania has won the SMSF Best Article Prize 2022-2023 with the article entitled 'Dark Raiders: Disease, Sexual Violence, and Gender Performance in the Old English Maere and Old Norse Mara'.
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It's been a while, Twitter.
Brepols (@Brepols) profile pictureBrepols@Brepols12 Jan 2023
#Werewolves in #OldNorse-Icelandic #Literature Between the Monster and the Man By Minjie Su Info: bit.ly/3IIkiuQ #MedievalTwitter #ScandinavianStudies #Iceland #Scandinavia
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You have a little under a week to submit abstracts for a volume that @ThomasMorcom and I are editing ! Full details below 👇✨
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CFP: After the Commonwealth: Texts, Politics, and Identities in Medieval Iceland (1264-1500)❤️ @ThomasMorcom and I are editing a book! Please submit an abstract of no more than 250 words and a short biography to me via email ([email protected]) by 16 Dec. Full CFP↘️
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You have a little over two weeks to submit an abstract to @ThomasMorcom and I’s edited volume on later medieval Iceland ! Details below ⬇️
Dr. Basil Arnould Price (@BasilAPrice) profile pictureDr. Basil Arnould Price@BasilAPrice29 Sep 2022
CFP: After the Commonwealth: Texts, Politics, and Identities in Medieval Iceland (1264-1500)❤️ @ThomasMorcom and I are editing a book! Please submit an abstract of no more than 250 words and a short biography to me via email ([email protected]) by 16 Dec. Full CFP↘️
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Join me at 18:30 GMT tonight for my paper 'Outlaw Masculinities: Criminality, Masculinity, and Queer Community in Post-Commonwealth Iceland' at the great @Mascs_and_Law organised by @AmandaMcVitty ! I'll be talking about Harðar Saga, Jónsbók, and utopian fantasies ✨
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