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Latest blog posts from Digital Medievalist: Scéla
Medieval Outreach and Social Networking
I created a group on Ning, a social networking site, as an outreach mechanism for other medievalists interested in outreach and pop culture, and, well, anyone with an interest in the connections between medieval studies and popular culture. Here's the official blurb: We are interested in things... Read more...
Published 2 months ago
About that "Dark Age for Medievalists" thing . . .
Charlotte Allen has written an exceedingly silly article about this year's Kalamazoo International Conference. Scott Nokes has a list of the various responses here. I want to draw attention to some aspects of the article that I think haven't really received as much attention at they ought.Allen... Read more...
Published 3 months ago
They are fairies; he that speaks to them shall die: Speech and Silence in Medieval Fairy Narratives Kalamazoo 2008
I'm going to be doing a link-post to others who are blogging Kalamazoo, and maybe add some general impressions of my own, in a bit. I've uploaded my paper on medieval fairies, and speech and silence in Sir Orfeo, Thomas of Erceldoune, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight "'They are fairies; he... Read more...
Published 4 months ago
Weblogs and the Academy: Professional and Community Outreach through Internet Presence
I've decided to live-blog a blogging session at the 2008 Medieval Congress at Kalamazoo. I'm not a transcriber, so I'm not in any way doing the presenters the kind of justice their thoughtful papers deserve. The session was organized by Elisabeth Carnell, Western Michigan Univ., and Shana... Read more...
Published 4 months ago
Merry Christmas!
The angel Gabriel from heaven came, his wings as drifted snow, his eyes as flame; "All hail," said he, "thou lowly maiden Mary, most highly favored lady," Gloria! "For know a blessed Mother thou shalt be, all generations laud and honor thee, thy Son shall be Emmanuel, by seers foretold, ... Read more...
Published 8 months ago
Carol Dana Lanham requiescat in pace
Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine: et lux perpetua luceat eis. Carol, the beloved wife of Richard A. Lanham, died November 5, 2007 of a brain hemorrhage at age 71. Her husband of fifty years was at her side when she died. Carol was born in Englewood, NJ on January 18, 1936, the daughter of... Read more...
Published 10 months ago
Bridget Cleary, Sex, Death, Fairies and Other
This is the third in a series of posts about fairies as other. I promised, in my first post, to concentrate on fairies as other, particularly in the context of sex and death, because, as MacAllister Stone notes "other is all about sex and death." Last time I looked at the tragic death of Bridget... Read more...
Published 10 months ago
Bridget Cleary: Fairy Intrusion in Nineteenth Century Ireland
Are you a witch?Are you a fairy?Are you the wife Of Michael Cleary?â€"Children's rhyme from Southern Tipperary, IrelandI promised in my first post on fairies as other to look at a fairy intrusion in nineteenth century Ireland, specifically, the fairy burning of Bridget Cleary.In March of 1895... Read more...
Published 11 months ago
Medieval Fairies as Other
MacAllister Stone has been posting a series about the roles of the other in spec fic. You can find Part I Magical Negroes, expendable queers, and other well-worn tropes here, Part II here, and Part III, or, The Magical Other here. Part IV is likely to appear real soon now, but I wanted to pick... Read more...
Published 11 months ago
Anniversaries
I created the first version of my Web site, Celtic Studies Resources, on June 1st of 1997. I didn't know any HTML, and the site was a few pages hosted at AOL. You can see what it used to look like, sort of, here. In 1999 Michael bought the digitalmedievalist.com domain for me, and I expanded the... Read more...
Published a year ago
"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Tolkien's 'game with rules',
I've posted my Kalamazoo paper "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Tolkien's 'game with rules'," here, such as it is. There's a handout, too! Technorati Tags:Gawain, Kalamazoo Read more...
Published a year ago
Kalamazoo 2007 Schedule
I'm off. I'll present my paper "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Tolkien’s “game with rules" on Thursday morning, in the very first session. I'll put the handout and my transcript up here after the fact. I'll be at the medievalist Blogger breakfast on Friday, and participating in the Saturday... Read more...
Published a year ago
