travel – Bodies and Being

A Day Out in London and a Meeting with the Viking Society- by Francesca Squitieri

picture of UCL main building in the rain

After missing the November meeting (and, more importantly, the accompanying dinner), I was particularly keen to make it down to London for the March gathering of the Viking Society for Northern Research. It felt, in many ways, like a return—not just to the Society itself, but to a more active engagement with the academic worldContinueContinue reading “A Day Out in London and a Meeting with the Viking Society- by Francesca Squitieri”

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”