history – Bodies and Being

Sharing Our Research with the Southwell Women’s Institute, by Francesca Squitieri

Em, Jaz and Fran at the WI meeting in Southwell

On Tuesday, 14th October, three of us from the University of Nottingham’s medievalist PhD community had the pleasure of giving a talk for the Southwell branch of the Women’s Institute. The event took place in the beautiful and historic setting of Southwell, a town whose quiet, lamplit streets provided the perfect backdrop for an eveningContinueContinue reading “Sharing Our Research with the Southwell Women’s Institute, by Francesca Squitieri”

Attending Saga Conference 2025, by Francesca Squitieri

photo of the attendees of saga conference on the steps of the humanities building at Silesia university

This August, I had the wonderful opportunity to attend Saga Conference 2025, hosted by the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland (3rd–8th August). The week was filled with fascinating scholarship, inspiring conversations, and a warm sense of community among Old Norse scholars from around the world. Before the conference began, I treated myself to aContinueContinue reading “Attending Saga Conference 2025, by Francesca Squitieri”

Bodies and Being Reunite at Leeds IMC 2025, by Francesca Squitieri

Autumns and Francesca in their bodies and Being t shirts before their roundtable discussion at Leeds IMC

This July, I had the pleasure of returning to the International Medieval Congress (IMC) at the University of Leeds, and what a week it was! From the buzz of scholarly panels to late-night dancing at the infamous IMC disco, it was a conference filled with research, reunions, and reflections—both personal and academic. Things began onContinueContinue reading “Bodies and Being Reunite at Leeds IMC 2025, by Francesca Squitieri”

Vikings in York: Reflections on Norse in the North by Francesca Squitieri

Francesca Presenting at Norse in the North conference

This May, I had the pleasure of attending and presenting at the Norse in the North conference, hosted at the beautiful and historic King’s Manor, part of the University of York. With its medieval origins and tranquil courtyard gardens, King’s Manor was the perfect setting for a gathering of scholars exploring the medieval North. IContinueContinue reading “Vikings in York: Reflections on Norse in the North by Francesca Squitieri”

Reflections on teaching the Medieval Body, by James White

I was introduced to the medieval body–and even the historical study of the body at all–during the second year of my undergraduate degrees at Tennessee Technological University, a small-town university with a strong STEM focus. It was during an interdisciplinary Honors seminar about, well, the body. The English professor who taught the course brought inContinueContinue reading “Reflections on teaching the Medieval Body, by James White”