Grace O'Duffy
@graceo.bsky.social
PhD student @University of Oxford, working on sexual violence in Old Norse. Otherwise weaver, drawer, painter, embroiderer....
We're so grateful to be able to publish this incredible, beautiful post on career precarity in the Old Norse field. Thank you so much to Rebecca for writing a piece that resonates with so many of us.
My blog post with the ADAM network has now been published. It's about precarity, the future of small subjects, and communal approaches to academic work. I hope it will resonate with some. #IchBinHanna #KleineFaecher #SkandiRetten
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Hard Times and Trial Approaches: Old Norse-Icelandic Studies Between Precarity and the Future
Dr Rebecca Merkelbach reflects on her keynote speech at the most recent Saga Conference. Held every three years, Saga Con is the most important meeting of Old Norse scholars, bringing together acad…
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October 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
We're so grateful to be able to publish this incredible, beautiful post on career precarity in the Old Norse field. Thank you so much to Rebecca for writing a piece that resonates with so many of us.
Gentle reminder that we're still accepting abstracts until the 26th!
The A.D.A.M. network is coming to #imc2026! We're looking for papers that engage with 'difficult' topics in the Middle Ages, however you might define that...
See you there @imc-leeds.bsky.social ! #cfp
See you there @imc-leeds.bsky.social ! #cfp
September 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Gentle reminder that we're still accepting abstracts until the 26th!
The A.D.A.M. network is coming to #imc2026! We're looking for papers that engage with 'difficult' topics in the Middle Ages, however you might define that...
See you there @imc-leeds.bsky.social ! #cfp
See you there @imc-leeds.bsky.social ! #cfp
August 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The A.D.A.M. network is coming to #imc2026! We're looking for papers that engage with 'difficult' topics in the Middle Ages, however you might define that...
See you there @imc-leeds.bsky.social ! #cfp
See you there @imc-leeds.bsky.social ! #cfp
🎺 Medieval CfP alert! 🎺 We are thrilled to invite abstracts for our workshop, ADAM: 'Addressing Difficult Aspects of the Medieval', which will take place at St John's College, Oxford from the 23rd-24th September, 2024. Feel free to circulate the CfP widely!
May 8, 2024 at 8:08 PM
🎺 Medieval CfP alert! 🎺 We are thrilled to invite abstracts for our workshop, ADAM: 'Addressing Difficult Aspects of the Medieval', which will take place at St John's College, Oxford from the 23rd-24th September, 2024. Feel free to circulate the CfP widely!
First time ever using gold leaf! Very much not the first time drawing a sad Norse woman though
March 22, 2024 at 7:56 PM
First time ever using gold leaf! Very much not the first time drawing a sad Norse woman though
Started a new embroidery project on the train back to Oxford! Can anyone guess the myth? 😶 👋
January 10, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Started a new embroidery project on the train back to Oxford! Can anyone guess the myth? 😶 👋