The Guild of Medievalist Makers
@guildmedmak.bsky.social
A society for medievalist academic and academic-adjacent practitioners of creative-critical work.
Want to join the Guild? Take a look at our website: https://www.guildmedmak.com/
Want to join the Guild? Take a look at our website: https://www.guildmedmak.com/
'Translating Chaucer is a strange and humbling act. It’s like listening through centuries of static to a voice that is both foreign and familiar, comic and solemn, earnest and ironic.'
Jonathan Fruoco writes about his experience translating Chaucer for our Meet a Medievalist Maker blogpost series👇
Jonathan Fruoco writes about his experience translating Chaucer for our Meet a Medievalist Maker blogpost series👇
Meet a Medievalist Maker: Jonathan Fruoco — 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...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:02 AM
'Translating Chaucer is a strange and humbling act. It’s like listening through centuries of static to a voice that is both foreign and familiar, comic and solemn, earnest and ironic.'
Jonathan Fruoco writes about his experience translating Chaucer for our Meet a Medievalist Maker blogpost series👇
Jonathan Fruoco writes about his experience translating Chaucer for our Meet a Medievalist Maker blogpost series👇
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Attention @guildmedmak.bsky.social! Look forward to reading this, Nik!
New post up: a translation of Hallfreðr "troublesome poet" Óttarson's conversion verses.
If genuine, they provide an amazing insight into a Viking Age pagan grappling with a change in religion.
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If genuine, they provide an amazing insight into a Viking Age pagan grappling with a change in religion.
nikolasgunn.co.uk/2025/11/03/p...
November 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Attention @guildmedmak.bsky.social! Look forward to reading this, Nik!
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Interested in adaptation, as a practice? Adaptation Today's upcoming mentorship workshop features composers, performers, and directors who will share their experiences adapting stories to bring familiar narratives to life - join us!
Register here: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register here: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 31, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Interested in adaptation, as a practice? Adaptation Today's upcoming mentorship workshop features composers, performers, and directors who will share their experiences adapting stories to bring familiar narratives to life - join us!
Register here: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register here: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Our friends over at the @thesowhat.bsky.social are looking for guest editors (individual and team), and are particularly interested in craft medievalism and medieval crafts! Find out more by following the link below 👇
Call for #medievalsky & related other ski’s!! Guest editors for issues & clusters—we summon you!!! We’re currently looking for individuals or teams interested in #bardcore, craft medievalism & medieval crafts, changing climates, early globalities, & more! #cfp
Full guest ed call linked 👇
Full guest ed call linked 👇
Call for Guest Editors
Call for Guest Editors: The So What Special Issues The So What welcomes proposals for individual or teams interested in guest editing a special issue on one of the following topics: Bardcore Medieva...
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November 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Our friends over at the @thesowhat.bsky.social are looking for guest editors (individual and team), and are particularly interested in craft medievalism and medieval crafts! Find out more by following the link below 👇
In a slight change to advertised programming, our next Making Space (online co-working session) is taking place on Tuesday 2nd December, 5:30pm-7:00pm! Join us to work convivially on your own project, or get inspired and respond to our optional theme: 🎪festivities🍻
October 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
In a slight change to advertised programming, our next Making Space (online co-working session) is taking place on Tuesday 2nd December, 5:30pm-7:00pm! Join us to work convivially on your own project, or get inspired and respond to our optional theme: 🎪festivities🍻
Not one but two Guild members are speaking at Oxford's @blackwells.bsky.social! Join poets Susie Campbell (Wastelands, Guillemot Press, 2025) and @drlauravarnam.bsky.social (Grendel’s Mother Bites Back, Primers 7, 2024) for 'Reweaving the Poem' on Sunday 16th November.
Susie Campbell with Laura Varnam REWEAVING THE POEM
Professor Kate McLoughlin introduces an afternoon of poetry performance and conversation with Susie Campbell and Laura Varnam
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October 30, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Not one but two Guild members are speaking at Oxford's @blackwells.bsky.social! Join poets Susie Campbell (Wastelands, Guillemot Press, 2025) and @drlauravarnam.bsky.social (Grendel’s Mother Bites Back, Primers 7, 2024) for 'Reweaving the Poem' on Sunday 16th November.
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THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH interview! “I Cannot Wait to Really Dig into the Nuts and Bolts of Literary Adaptation” – @hellomizk.bsky.social on Bringing Chaucer to Comics and Moderating the @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social Literary Adaptation Panel. www.brokenfrontier.com/kristen-haas... #ThoughtBubbleatBF25
"I Cannot Wait to Really Dig into the Nuts and Bolts of Literary Adaptation" - Kristen Haas Curtis on Bringing Chaucer to Comics and on Moderating the Thought Bubble Literary Adaptation Panel – Broken...
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! From diary comics to Chaucer adaptations Kristen Haas Curtis’s work can never be said to be predictable. Kristen will be moderating the ‘Out of Olde Bokes:...
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October 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH interview! “I Cannot Wait to Really Dig into the Nuts and Bolts of Literary Adaptation” – @hellomizk.bsky.social on Bringing Chaucer to Comics and Moderating the @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social Literary Adaptation Panel. www.brokenfrontier.com/kristen-haas... #ThoughtBubbleatBF25
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It was great to write this blog post for the @guildmedmak.bsky.social and to give readers a little glimpse into my creative-critical practice, as my 'ecocreative' translations turn from storms 🌧 and ice ❄ to heat and fire 🔥 via the OE poem on The Phoenix #medievalsky.
As the weather gets colder, warm the cockles of your creative-critical heart by reading our new Meet a Medievalist Maker blog post by @jamespaz.bsky.social, which is filled with fiery reflections on his 'ecocreative' process🔥
Read more by following the link below👇
Read more by following the link below👇
Meet a Medievalist Maker: James Paz — The Guild of Medievalist Makers
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October 27, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It was great to write this blog post for the @guildmedmak.bsky.social and to give readers a little glimpse into my creative-critical practice, as my 'ecocreative' translations turn from storms 🌧 and ice ❄ to heat and fire 🔥 via the OE poem on The Phoenix #medievalsky.
As the weather gets colder, warm the cockles of your creative-critical heart by reading our new Meet a Medievalist Maker blog post by @jamespaz.bsky.social, which is filled with fiery reflections on his 'ecocreative' process🔥
Read more by following the link below👇
Read more by following the link below👇
Meet a Medievalist Maker: James Paz — The Guild of Medievalist Makers
www.guildmedmak.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:16 AM
As the weather gets colder, warm the cockles of your creative-critical heart by reading our new Meet a Medievalist Maker blog post by @jamespaz.bsky.social, which is filled with fiery reflections on his 'ecocreative' process🔥
Read more by following the link below👇
Read more by following the link below👇
Friend of the Guild @15thcgossipgirl.bsky.social is offering a series of workshops exploring 'The Fundamentals of Academic Grant Writing', which may be of use to our members looking to make applications in the coming year. You can read more and sign up by following the link below 👇
There are still 5 spots left in my upcoming workshop on ‘The Fundamentals of Academic Grant Writing’!
You can sign up below (and please DM me if you have questions!).
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You can sign up below (and please DM me if you have questions!).
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The Fundamentals of Academic Grant Writing: 4-week workshop starting Thursday 13 November 2025
DATES/SCHEDULE:
Thursday 13 November 2025 4-6pm CET / 3-5pm GMT / 10am-12pm EST / 7-9am PST
Thursday 20 November 2025 4-6pm CET / 3-5pm GMT / 10am-12pm EST / 7-9am PST
Thursday 4 December 2025 4-6...
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October 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Friend of the Guild @15thcgossipgirl.bsky.social is offering a series of workshops exploring 'The Fundamentals of Academic Grant Writing', which may be of use to our members looking to make applications in the coming year. You can read more and sign up by following the link below 👇
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A very cheering Zoom session with @guildmedmak.bsky.social at which I managed to complete three more #LettersToCromwell from 1529.
I now need to log them on the Great Big Spreadsheet.
I now need to log them on the Great Big Spreadsheet.
October 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
A very cheering Zoom session with @guildmedmak.bsky.social at which I managed to complete three more #LettersToCromwell from 1529.
I now need to log them on the Great Big Spreadsheet.
I now need to log them on the Great Big Spreadsheet.
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Productive time sketching at “Making Space” with @guildmedmak.bsky.social !
October 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Productive time sketching at “Making Space” with @guildmedmak.bsky.social !
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Looking forward to attending TOEBI in Dublin this weekend and speaking about my creative-critical work!
⏰Reminder: Don't forget to register for #TEI2025 #medievalsky!
📜Theme: Education and Early Medieval England
📲Register here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/toebi-annu...
📨We hope to see you soon at University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social
📅 Saturday, 25 October 2025
📜Theme: Education and Early Medieval England
📲Register here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/toebi-annu...
📨We hope to see you soon at University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social
📅 Saturday, 25 October 2025
October 23, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Looking forward to attending TOEBI in Dublin this weekend and speaking about my creative-critical work!
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My newest article is out now (open access) for New Chaucer Studies: Pedagogy and Profession. It’s in the form of a comic AND includes an adaptation exercise suitable for the uni classroom! I had a fantastic time working on this and hope you enjoy (and share) it! escholarship.org/uc/item/49h4...
October 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
My newest article is out now (open access) for New Chaucer Studies: Pedagogy and Profession. It’s in the form of a comic AND includes an adaptation exercise suitable for the uni classroom! I had a fantastic time working on this and hope you enjoy (and share) it! escholarship.org/uc/item/49h4...
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I'm excited to speak at this week's instalment of the 'Staging the Middle Ages' project in Cambridge - Fri 24th Oct 5:30pm - reflecting on what I learned from the reading of 'The Conversion of the Harlot Thais' which I hosted last year @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/session-2-...
Session 2: Redeeming medieval drama?
Dr Alicia Smith will give a talk on 'The Conversion of the Harlot Thais', and the St Just Ordinalia host a performance workshop.
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October 21, 2025 at 8:18 AM
I'm excited to speak at this week's instalment of the 'Staging the Middle Ages' project in Cambridge - Fri 24th Oct 5:30pm - reflecting on what I learned from the reading of 'The Conversion of the Harlot Thais' which I hosted last year @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/session-2-...
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Loving polymath freedom! Today, published creativity in medieval Arthurian teaching in New Chaucer Studies P&P: escholarship.org/uc/item/8s03... Just after heritage trail storytelling of 17thc letters in 'Adaptation' journal, while sorting book proofs on Lit & Health Humanities. What subject next?
Students Becoming Participant-Observers in the Arthurian Tradition
Author(s): Smyth, Karen Elaine | Abstract: The author presents and critically examines a few strategies to promote learning by doing in an Arthurian Traditions course. The focus is on how to introduce...
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October 22, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Loving polymath freedom! Today, published creativity in medieval Arthurian teaching in New Chaucer Studies P&P: escholarship.org/uc/item/8s03... Just after heritage trail storytelling of 17thc letters in 'Adaptation' journal, while sorting book proofs on Lit & Health Humanities. What subject next?
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Delighted to see my work 'A Heritage Trail Bio-adaptation of Rebecca Paston's Letters: Presence and Process in Conversation with Renaissance imitatio' published in Adaptation: academic.oup.com/adaptation/a...
October 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Delighted to see my work 'A Heritage Trail Bio-adaptation of Rebecca Paston's Letters: Presence and Process in Conversation with Renaissance imitatio' published in Adaptation: academic.oup.com/adaptation/a...
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This week I'll be submitting the manuscript, with my brilliant co-editor Carl Kears, for our OA volume with UCL Press: 'Beyond Medieval Archives: Rethinking the medieval archive through creative and critical practice'. Still so much work to do before Thursday, but it's exciting!
October 21, 2025 at 11:24 AM
This week I'll be submitting the manuscript, with my brilliant co-editor Carl Kears, for our OA volume with UCL Press: 'Beyond Medieval Archives: Rethinking the medieval archive through creative and critical practice'. Still so much work to do before Thursday, but it's exciting!
All Guild members will have received an email with the link to our next Making Space session, with the optional theme of 'hauntings'🦇🕯️🍂
Join us to work on your malevolent medievalisms...bring your terrifying translations, creepy calligraphy, or your illusory illustrations!
Join us to work on your malevolent medievalisms...bring your terrifying translations, creepy calligraphy, or your illusory illustrations!
Here at the Guild we are starting to feel the pull of October's chilly tidings...🕯️🍂
Join us 5:30pm-7:00pm (BST) on October 23rd for our next Making Space Session! The optional theme of this session will be 'hauntings' 👻
Read more on our website here: www.guildmedmak.com/events-1-1
Join us 5:30pm-7:00pm (BST) on October 23rd for our next Making Space Session! The optional theme of this session will be 'hauntings' 👻
Read more on our website here: www.guildmedmak.com/events-1-1
October 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
All Guild members will have received an email with the link to our next Making Space session, with the optional theme of 'hauntings'🦇🕯️🍂
Join us to work on your malevolent medievalisms...bring your terrifying translations, creepy calligraphy, or your illusory illustrations!
Join us to work on your malevolent medievalisms...bring your terrifying translations, creepy calligraphy, or your illusory illustrations!
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The next @guildmedmak.bsky.social Making Space event is this Thursday! Guild members should have the link in their emails now 👻🎃🕯️🍁 Looking forward to seeing fellow makers then!
Here at the Guild we are starting to feel the pull of October's chilly tidings...🕯️🍂
Join us 5:30pm-7:00pm (BST) on October 23rd for our next Making Space Session! The optional theme of this session will be 'hauntings' 👻
Read more on our website here: www.guildmedmak.com/events-1-1
Join us 5:30pm-7:00pm (BST) on October 23rd for our next Making Space Session! The optional theme of this session will be 'hauntings' 👻
Read more on our website here: www.guildmedmak.com/events-1-1
October 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The next @guildmedmak.bsky.social Making Space event is this Thursday! Guild members should have the link in their emails now 👻🎃🕯️🍁 Looking forward to seeing fellow makers then!
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Homegrown madder pigment. It's wonderful to create medieval pigment from something grown in your garden #bookhistory #medievalpigments #medievalsky
October 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Homegrown madder pigment. It's wonderful to create medieval pigment from something grown in your garden #bookhistory #medievalpigments #medievalsky
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A very maker-medieval few days 😍😍 #makermedieval #medievalistmaker #medievalsky #naturalink #pokeberryink #dropspindle #spinningflax #marigoldflowers #marigoldink
@guildmedmak.bsky.social 👀
@guildmedmak.bsky.social 👀
October 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
A very maker-medieval few days 😍😍 #makermedieval #medievalistmaker #medievalsky #naturalink #pokeberryink #dropspindle #spinningflax #marigoldflowers #marigoldink
@guildmedmak.bsky.social 👀
@guildmedmak.bsky.social 👀
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My buddy’s book is out now! www.arc-humanities.org/978180270096... Fantastic read for my medievalist friends and fellow @guildmedmak.bsky.social mates! E-book available open access!!
Public Engagement in the European Middle Ages - Arc Humanities Press
This manual uses the medieval past to teach modern scholars how to succeed in public engagement. Combining a careful study of public engagement in Europe bet...
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October 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
My buddy’s book is out now! www.arc-humanities.org/978180270096... Fantastic read for my medievalist friends and fellow @guildmedmak.bsky.social mates! E-book available open access!!
Those who teach and research Sir Gawain and the Green Knight will be interested in this fantastic research hub concerned with historic and contemporary creative responses to the late medieval poem. They're also looking for contributors, so do get in contact with @michaeledenart.bsky.social! 👇
Representing Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Representing Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a research hub concerned with historic and contemporary creative responses to the late medieval poem, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (circa 1370). Illu...
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October 3, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Those who teach and research Sir Gawain and the Green Knight will be interested in this fantastic research hub concerned with historic and contemporary creative responses to the late medieval poem. They're also looking for contributors, so do get in contact with @michaeledenart.bsky.social! 👇
Its the start of autumn and what better way to usher in the season than with a new Meet a Medievalist Maker blogpost! We are delighted to introduce @saracharles.bsky.social, author of The Medieval Scriptorium: Making Books in the Middle Ages. Read all about Sara's 'historical remaking' below👇
Meet a Medievalist Maker: Sara Charles — The Guild of Medievalist Makers
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October 2, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Its the start of autumn and what better way to usher in the season than with a new Meet a Medievalist Maker blogpost! We are delighted to introduce @saracharles.bsky.social, author of The Medieval Scriptorium: Making Books in the Middle Ages. Read all about Sara's 'historical remaking' below👇