Dr Eleanor Baker
@eleanormaybaker.bsky.social
📖Writing and teaching on Middle English literature in Oxford
💀Wrote BOOK CURSES for Bodleian Publishing
✏️Being creatively critical @guildmedmak.bsky.social
🍂Liker of university access and outreach, folk horror, and print making
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💀Wrote BOOK CURSES for Bodleian Publishing
✏️Being creatively critical @guildmedmak.bsky.social
🍂Liker of university access and outreach, folk horror, and print making
She/her
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'I’m obsessed with Cromwell’s correspondence – there was just so much of it, and it is incredibly wide ranging.'
We're a broad church here at the Guild and enjoy showcasing creative-critical work from the fringes of the medieval period! Read about textile artist @drelvey.bsky.social's work here:
We're a broad church here at the Guild and enjoy showcasing creative-critical work from the fringes of the medieval period! Read about textile artist @drelvey.bsky.social's work here:
Meet a Medievalist Maker: Lucie Bea Dutton — The Guild of Medievalist Makers
“ Meet a Medievalist Maker ” is an ongoing series of blog posts introducing our members and the work they are doing. Each post is organized around our Four P’s: a project they are working on...
www.guildmedmak.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:36 PM
'I’m obsessed with Cromwell’s correspondence – there was just so much of it, and it is incredibly wide ranging.'
We're a broad church here at the Guild and enjoy showcasing creative-critical work from the fringes of the medieval period! Read about textile artist @drelvey.bsky.social's work here:
We're a broad church here at the Guild and enjoy showcasing creative-critical work from the fringes of the medieval period! Read about textile artist @drelvey.bsky.social's work here:
Reposted by Dr Eleanor Baker
Reminder that the #paperback edition of mine and Hannah Ryley's _Recipes and Book Culture_ can be pre-ordered here: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10..... There are also 2 #openaccess chapters available on the same site! #research @ulenglish.bsky.social @livunipress.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Reminder that the #paperback edition of mine and Hannah Ryley's _Recipes and Book Culture_ can be pre-ordered here: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10..... There are also 2 #openaccess chapters available on the same site! #research @ulenglish.bsky.social @livunipress.bsky.social
Earlier the week I walked to the busstop in some very atmospheric frost and fog and then spotted some half-frozen jelly ear on my return. Now I have intrusive thoughts about ears full of ice.
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Earlier the week I walked to the busstop in some very atmospheric frost and fog and then spotted some half-frozen jelly ear on my return. Now I have intrusive thoughts about ears full of ice.
It is very cruel that I have to write all of the wrong words in order to get to the right ones.
January 13, 2026 at 4:03 PM
It is very cruel that I have to write all of the wrong words in order to get to the right ones.
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Our upcoming spring term events are now live on our website and detailed below on our term card!
Join us for more Making Space sessions, and our special 1st Birthday celebrations 👇
Join us for more Making Space sessions, and our special 1st Birthday celebrations 👇
January 11, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Our upcoming spring term events are now live on our website and detailed below on our term card!
Join us for more Making Space sessions, and our special 1st Birthday celebrations 👇
Join us for more Making Space sessions, and our special 1st Birthday celebrations 👇
Reposted by Dr Eleanor Baker
We are delighted to announce the release of issue 94.1 of Medium Ævum, the journal of the Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature.
Medium Ævum (94.1) contains:
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Medium Ævum (94.1) contains:
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January 9, 2026 at 5:53 PM
We are delighted to announce the release of issue 94.1 of Medium Ævum, the journal of the Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature.
Medium Ævum (94.1) contains:
[1/7]
Medium Ævum (94.1) contains:
[1/7]
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Calling all fifteenth-century scholars: if you have not yet submitted your proposal for this year's conference hosted by @memsunikent.bsky.social, now is the time to do so. CfP open until 31st January.
Are you a scholar of the fifteenth century and have an interest in the British Isles and its wider connections? If so, then you will want to know that @memsunikent.bsky.social will be hosting the 2026 Fifteenth Century Conference in Canterbury and the CfP is now open: www.kent.ac.uk/medieval-ear...
MEMS to Host the Fifteenth Century Conference 2026
www.kent.ac.uk
January 9, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Calling all fifteenth-century scholars: if you have not yet submitted your proposal for this year's conference hosted by @memsunikent.bsky.social, now is the time to do so. CfP open until 31st January.
Reposted by Dr Eleanor Baker
Reposted by Dr Eleanor Baker
Barnabe Rich explaining that "bookes are like cheese"
January 6, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Barnabe Rich explaining that "bookes are like cheese"
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Calling anyone interested in saints, sanctity, and the weird and wonderful world of primary sources outside the conventional hagiography form! ❤️🔥
November 17, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Calling anyone interested in saints, sanctity, and the weird and wonderful world of primary sources outside the conventional hagiography form! ❤️🔥
Reposted by Dr Eleanor Baker
Many are returning to their laptops today, but we have a candle to hold up in the dark and cold! Join us this Thursday for our special Making Space Session: Creative Intention Setting for 2026. 🕯️
Bring yourself, any creative materials you fancy, and your favourite mug of something warm.
Bring yourself, any creative materials you fancy, and your favourite mug of something warm.
New beginnings can be exciting, but also a little daunting. To help ease into your creative-critical mindset of 2026, we warmly welcome you to join us for a special Making Space Session: Creative Intention Setting for 2026!
⏰5:30-7:00pm GMT
📅Thurs, 8th Jan 2026
📍Zoom
⏰5:30-7:00pm GMT
📅Thurs, 8th Jan 2026
📍Zoom
Making Space Session (Creative Intention Setting for 2026) — The Guild of Medievalist Makers
The first Making Space session for 2026: with a difference! Join us to set your creative intentions for the year!
www.guildmedmak.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Many are returning to their laptops today, but we have a candle to hold up in the dark and cold! Join us this Thursday for our special Making Space Session: Creative Intention Setting for 2026. 🕯️
Bring yourself, any creative materials you fancy, and your favourite mug of something warm.
Bring yourself, any creative materials you fancy, and your favourite mug of something warm.
Reposted by Dr Eleanor Baker
1777: Dark & thawing, frost, snow on the ground. Larks congregate. Roads hard, & beaten.
January 4, 2026 at 7:00 AM
1777: Dark & thawing, frost, snow on the ground. Larks congregate. Roads hard, & beaten.
Lyle's Golden Syrup have brought out a tote bag, but its with their new logo. Do one with the swarm of bees around a festering corpse of a lion, you cowards.
January 4, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Lyle's Golden Syrup have brought out a tote bag, but its with their new logo. Do one with the swarm of bees around a festering corpse of a lion, you cowards.
Early January stuff.
January 3, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Early January stuff.
A couple of days ago @robertculshaw.bsky.social proposed and I said yes 🍂
December 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A couple of days ago @robertculshaw.bsky.social proposed and I said yes 🍂
Six cranberry and orange shortbread geese a-laying for each of my neighbours.
December 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Six cranberry and orange shortbread geese a-laying for each of my neighbours.
I have decided that I want to dress exclusively like popular white male tv presenters from 2000s/2010s middle class programming. I want the chore jacket, natural fibre look. I want to look like I could make you a good homemade chutney and know what a cantilever is.
December 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I have decided that I want to dress exclusively like popular white male tv presenters from 2000s/2010s middle class programming. I want the chore jacket, natural fibre look. I want to look like I could make you a good homemade chutney and know what a cantilever is.
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New post, in which I talk about the Old English poem “The Wanderer” and the place of empathy in interpretation.
nikolasgunn.co.uk/2025/12/19/t...
nikolasgunn.co.uk/2025/12/19/t...
The Wanderer
The role of empathy in reading pre-modern literature If you’d prefer, you can listen to this article below The Wanderer was the first piece of Old English literature that really grabbed …
nikolasgunn.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 8:16 AM
New post, in which I talk about the Old English poem “The Wanderer” and the place of empathy in interpretation.
nikolasgunn.co.uk/2025/12/19/t...
nikolasgunn.co.uk/2025/12/19/t...
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Inscription 6 on cuts/tears ft. academic articles + art by Dave Beech, Stephen Emmerson, Lucio Fontana, Jo Hamill, Simon Morris, Buzz Spector, Carolyn Thompson, Patrick Wildgust, Steven Zultanski.
Cover: Abigail Reynolds' St Paul’s
Advance copies: inscriptionjournal.com/how-to-buy/
Cover: Abigail Reynolds' St Paul’s
Advance copies: inscriptionjournal.com/how-to-buy/
December 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Inscription 6 on cuts/tears ft. academic articles + art by Dave Beech, Stephen Emmerson, Lucio Fontana, Jo Hamill, Simon Morris, Buzz Spector, Carolyn Thompson, Patrick Wildgust, Steven Zultanski.
Cover: Abigail Reynolds' St Paul’s
Advance copies: inscriptionjournal.com/how-to-buy/
Cover: Abigail Reynolds' St Paul’s
Advance copies: inscriptionjournal.com/how-to-buy/
Reposted by Dr Eleanor Baker
New beginnings can be exciting, but also a little daunting. To help ease into your creative-critical mindset of 2026, we warmly welcome you to join us for a special Making Space Session: Creative Intention Setting for 2026!
⏰5:30-7:00pm GMT
📅Thurs, 8th Jan 2026
📍Zoom
⏰5:30-7:00pm GMT
📅Thurs, 8th Jan 2026
📍Zoom
Making Space Session (Creative Intention Setting for 2026) — The Guild of Medievalist Makers
The first Making Space session for 2026: with a difference! Join us to set your creative intentions for the year!
www.guildmedmak.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
New beginnings can be exciting, but also a little daunting. To help ease into your creative-critical mindset of 2026, we warmly welcome you to join us for a special Making Space Session: Creative Intention Setting for 2026!
⏰5:30-7:00pm GMT
📅Thurs, 8th Jan 2026
📍Zoom
⏰5:30-7:00pm GMT
📅Thurs, 8th Jan 2026
📍Zoom
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An exciting symposium featuring many of our Guild members is taking place early next year!👇
🖋️'Creative Medievalisms Now: Writing the Middle Ages Today and Tomorrow'
📍Faculty of English, University of Cambridge
📅Thurs 15th Jan- Fri 16th Jan, 2026
🖋️'Creative Medievalisms Now: Writing the Middle Ages Today and Tomorrow'
📍Faculty of English, University of Cambridge
📅Thurs 15th Jan- Fri 16th Jan, 2026
'Creative Medievalisms Now: Writing the Middle Ages Today and Tomorrow', forthcoming symposium at Cambridge. A two-day symposium for writer-researchers working on medieval materials to reflect on craft, research processes, and work in progress.
Booking essential: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-m...
Booking essential: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-m...
Creative Medievalisms Now: Writing the Middle Ages Today and Tomorrow
A two-day symposium on creative writing, the creative-critical seam, and the Middle Ages
www.eventbrite.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
An exciting symposium featuring many of our Guild members is taking place early next year!👇
🖋️'Creative Medievalisms Now: Writing the Middle Ages Today and Tomorrow'
📍Faculty of English, University of Cambridge
📅Thurs 15th Jan- Fri 16th Jan, 2026
🖋️'Creative Medievalisms Now: Writing the Middle Ages Today and Tomorrow'
📍Faculty of English, University of Cambridge
📅Thurs 15th Jan- Fri 16th Jan, 2026
I enjoy the William of Newburgh's accounts of the Green Children of Woolpit and revenants as much as the next person, but I my attention is always caught by his entry describing the finding of a beautiful double-stone in a quarry, which is struck open to reveal a toad wearing a golden chain.
December 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I enjoy the William of Newburgh's accounts of the Green Children of Woolpit and revenants as much as the next person, but I my attention is always caught by his entry describing the finding of a beautiful double-stone in a quarry, which is struck open to reveal a toad wearing a golden chain.
In our initial discussions about the Guild we thought we'd be doing well if we gathered a community of 20 medievalists in our first year. We now have over 100! None of it would have been possible without the outstanding @drlauravarnam.bsky.social and @hellomizk.bsky.social (whose comics are below).
December 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
In our initial discussions about the Guild we thought we'd be doing well if we gathered a community of 20 medievalists in our first year. We now have over 100! None of it would have been possible without the outstanding @drlauravarnam.bsky.social and @hellomizk.bsky.social (whose comics are below).
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The Centre for Public Engagement Practice in Arts and Humanities is inviting academic researchers in the arts, humanities & social sciences to collaborate with community groups as part of a new community-led grant. The pilot will run from January to May 2026. Info here: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Researchers invited to express their interest for the Community Connections Grant
The Centre for Public Engagement Practice in Arts and Humanities (CPEP) is piloting a new community-focused grant between January and May 2026.
www.sas.ac.uk
December 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The Centre for Public Engagement Practice in Arts and Humanities is inviting academic researchers in the arts, humanities & social sciences to collaborate with community groups as part of a new community-led grant. The pilot will run from January to May 2026. Info here: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Printing little Christmas cards of the Green Knight's 'holyn bobbe' 🌲
December 14, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Printing little Christmas cards of the Green Knight's 'holyn bobbe' 🌲