James Paz
@jamespaz.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Early Medieval English Literature at the University of Manchester (https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/james.paz).
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James Paz
@jamespaz.bsky.social
· May 15
Storm-thoughts and ice-songs: A creative-critical response to Old English eco-poetry - postmedieval
This article looks at how ecocritical readings of The Wanderer, The Wife’s Lament, and Exeter Book riddles can inspire an ‘ecocreative’ way of rewriting and reimagining Old English verse. My creative-...
link.springer.com
Delighted to see that my creative-critical Old English eco-poetics article is now out, Open Access, in Postmedieval (thanks to @postmedieval.bsky.social): link.springer.com/article/10.1... #medievalsky #oldenglish
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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
www.guildmedmak.com
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.
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📣 #medievalsky #openaccess #article #OldEnglish
📜Storm-thoughts and ice-songs: A creative-critical response to Old English eco-poetry
✍️ @jamespaz.bsky.social
💻Postmedieval: a journal of medieval cultural studies @postmedieval.bsky.social
📲 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
📜Storm-thoughts and ice-songs: A creative-critical response to Old English eco-poetry
✍️ @jamespaz.bsky.social
💻Postmedieval: a journal of medieval cultural studies @postmedieval.bsky.social
📲 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
October 31, 2025 at 12:40 PM
📣 #medievalsky #openaccess #article #OldEnglish
📜Storm-thoughts and ice-songs: A creative-critical response to Old English eco-poetry
✍️ @jamespaz.bsky.social
💻Postmedieval: a journal of medieval cultural studies @postmedieval.bsky.social
📲 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
📜Storm-thoughts and ice-songs: A creative-critical response to Old English eco-poetry
✍️ @jamespaz.bsky.social
💻Postmedieval: a journal of medieval cultural studies @postmedieval.bsky.social
📲 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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#medievalsky
@cema-su.bsky.social is organizing a 'Beowulf & circulations' conference in Paris on March 13-14, 2026.
Come enjoy a public reading of the poem, and two great keynotes!
CFP & free (but compulsory) registration via the CEMA's new website:
cemasorbonne.org
@cema-su.bsky.social is organizing a 'Beowulf & circulations' conference in Paris on March 13-14, 2026.
Come enjoy a public reading of the poem, and two great keynotes!
CFP & free (but compulsory) registration via the CEMA's new website:
cemasorbonne.org
Beowulf & Circulations
A website for Sorbonne Université's Beowulf & Circulations conference, featuring a home page with Sorbonne and Beowulf manuscript images, and easy navigation to the call for papers, progra…
cemasorbonne.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
#medievalsky
@cema-su.bsky.social is organizing a 'Beowulf & circulations' conference in Paris on March 13-14, 2026.
Come enjoy a public reading of the poem, and two great keynotes!
CFP & free (but compulsory) registration via the CEMA's new website:
cemasorbonne.org
@cema-su.bsky.social is organizing a 'Beowulf & circulations' conference in Paris on March 13-14, 2026.
Come enjoy a public reading of the poem, and two great keynotes!
CFP & free (but compulsory) registration via the CEMA's new website:
cemasorbonne.org
Reposted by James Paz
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👇
Reposted by James Paz
Aberystwyth has joined a global network of 350 Creative Cities that have been recognised for their excellence in creative fields across the world by becoming Wales’ first UNESCO City of Literature
Aberystwyth becomes Wales' first UNESCO City of Literature
Aberystwyth has joined a global network of 350 Creative Cities that have been recognised for their excellence in creative fields across the world by becoming Wales’ first UNESCO City of Literature Abe...
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October 31, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Aberystwyth has joined a global network of 350 Creative Cities that have been recognised for their excellence in creative fields across the world by becoming Wales’ first UNESCO City of Literature
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 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.
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📣Looking forward to welcoming you to #TEI2025 tomorrow #medievalsky!
📅 Saturday, 25 October 2025
⏰Registration opens at 9am
📜Theme: Education and Early Medieval England
🏫Room C218 (2nd floor), Newman Arts building (next to the James Joyce Library), University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social
📅 Saturday, 25 October 2025
⏰Registration opens at 9am
📜Theme: Education and Early Medieval England
🏫Room C218 (2nd floor), Newman Arts building (next to the James Joyce Library), University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
📣Looking forward to welcoming you to #TEI2025 tomorrow #medievalsky!
📅 Saturday, 25 October 2025
⏰Registration opens at 9am
📜Theme: Education and Early Medieval England
🏫Room C218 (2nd floor), Newman Arts building (next to the James Joyce Library), University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social
📅 Saturday, 25 October 2025
⏰Registration opens at 9am
📜Theme: Education and Early Medieval England
🏫Room C218 (2nd floor), Newman Arts building (next to the James Joyce Library), University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social
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!
Can't wait to read this!
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 12:13 PM
Can't wait to read this!
Reposted by James Paz
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!
Reposted by James Paz
Confessions of an Early Career Researcher, a podcast by ECRs, for ECRs. Brought to you by
@britishacademy.bsky.social
and the Leverhulme Trust. Listen and subscribe: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/audio-video/...
@britishacademy.bsky.social
and the Leverhulme Trust. Listen and subscribe: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/audio-video/...
October 13, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Confessions of an Early Career Researcher, a podcast by ECRs, for ECRs. Brought to you by
@britishacademy.bsky.social
and the Leverhulme Trust. Listen and subscribe: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/audio-video/...
@britishacademy.bsky.social
and the Leverhulme Trust. Listen and subscribe: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/audio-video/...
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🐝 Knowledge. Wisdom. Humanity. 🐝
The new term is well underway, and we are here to support you in your studies! 📖
Get started with our Special Collections here: https://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/rylands/special-collections/using-the-reading-rooms/
The new term is well underway, and we are here to support you in your studies! 📖
Get started with our Special Collections here: https://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/rylands/special-collections/using-the-reading-rooms/
October 13, 2025 at 8:14 AM
🐝 Knowledge. Wisdom. Humanity. 🐝
The new term is well underway, and we are here to support you in your studies! 📖
Get started with our Special Collections here: https://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/rylands/special-collections/using-the-reading-rooms/
The new term is well underway, and we are here to support you in your studies! 📖
Get started with our Special Collections here: https://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/rylands/special-collections/using-the-reading-rooms/
Reposted by James Paz
⏰Reminder: There's still time to register for #TEI2025 #medievalsky!
📜Theme: Education and Early Medieval England
📲Registration is available here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/toebi-annu...
📨We hope to see you at University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social
📅 Saturday, 25 October 2025
📜Theme: Education and Early Medieval England
📲Registration is available here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/toebi-annu...
📨We hope to see you at University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social
📅 Saturday, 25 October 2025
October 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
⏰Reminder: There's still time to register for #TEI2025 #medievalsky!
📜Theme: Education and Early Medieval England
📲Registration is available here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/toebi-annu...
📨We hope to see you at University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social
📅 Saturday, 25 October 2025
📜Theme: Education and Early Medieval England
📲Registration is available here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/toebi-annu...
📨We hope to see you at University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social
📅 Saturday, 25 October 2025
My review, in Speculum, of Jacqueline Fay's excellent Materializing Englishness in Early Medieval Texts: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Jacqueline Fay, Materializing Englishness in Early Medieval Texts. (Oxford Textual Perspectives.) Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. Paper. Pp. vii, 207. $28.99. ISBN: 978-0-1987-5756-6. | Speculu...
www.journals.uchicago.edu
October 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
My review, in Speculum, of Jacqueline Fay's excellent Materializing Englishness in Early Medieval Texts: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Reposted by James Paz
Literary hivemind: suggestions for excellent creative work (fiction, poetry, other) that engages somehow with the history or literature of the medieval period?
October 3, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Literary hivemind: suggestions for excellent creative work (fiction, poetry, other) that engages somehow with the history or literature of the medieval period?
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📣 Call for Contributors: Edited Volume - The Medieval in Museums
@archumanities.bsky.social 🖼️📜
🗓️ Abstract deadline: 3 Nov 2025 (17:00 GMT) ⏰
Full #CfP: bit.ly/CfPMiM
@archumanities.bsky.social 🖼️📜
🗓️ Abstract deadline: 3 Nov 2025 (17:00 GMT) ⏰
Full #CfP: bit.ly/CfPMiM
October 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
📣 Call for Contributors: Edited Volume - The Medieval in Museums
@archumanities.bsky.social 🖼️📜
🗓️ Abstract deadline: 3 Nov 2025 (17:00 GMT) ⏰
Full #CfP: bit.ly/CfPMiM
@archumanities.bsky.social 🖼️📜
🗓️ Abstract deadline: 3 Nov 2025 (17:00 GMT) ⏰
Full #CfP: bit.ly/CfPMiM
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Our new podcast by ECRs, for ECRs is here. Tune in as researchers share their academia survival tips.
The first episodes of Confessions of an Early Career Researcher are available now. Subscribe for our final episodes, going live 15 October. https://bit.ly/47PXZQH
The first episodes of Confessions of an Early Career Researcher are available now. Subscribe for our final episodes, going live 15 October. https://bit.ly/47PXZQH
September 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Our new podcast by ECRs, for ECRs is here. Tune in as researchers share their academia survival tips.
The first episodes of Confessions of an Early Career Researcher are available now. Subscribe for our final episodes, going live 15 October. https://bit.ly/47PXZQH
The first episodes of Confessions of an Early Career Researcher are available now. Subscribe for our final episodes, going live 15 October. https://bit.ly/47PXZQH
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📲Registration for #TEI2025 is open: www.eventbrite.ie/e/toebi-annu...
📨Come join us at own our next annual conference at University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social
📅 Saturday, 25 October 2025
📜The theme is "Education and Early Medieval England" and our programme is available to view online.
📨Come join us at own our next annual conference at University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social
📅 Saturday, 25 October 2025
📜The theme is "Education and Early Medieval England" and our programme is available to view online.
September 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
📲Registration for #TEI2025 is open: www.eventbrite.ie/e/toebi-annu...
📨Come join us at own our next annual conference at University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social
📅 Saturday, 25 October 2025
📜The theme is "Education and Early Medieval England" and our programme is available to view online.
📨Come join us at own our next annual conference at University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social
📅 Saturday, 25 October 2025
📜The theme is "Education and Early Medieval England" and our programme is available to view online.
Reposted by James Paz
Are you a #school #teacher introducing students to #Chaucer? Come along to this amazing #free #event on Saturday 4 October, to discover resources & share expertise. From tackling the #medieval language to creative methods. I'll be there! ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... Please share! Booking info 👇
Chaucer our Contemporary: Teaching, Reading and Rewriting Medieval Literature Today
ies.sas.ac.uk
September 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Hello everyone! Sharing a cfp for the International Medieval Congress at Leeds next summer, organised by Gummies Marie Besson and Brooklyn Arnot. Check it out!
September 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Hello everyone! Sharing a cfp for the International Medieval Congress at Leeds next summer, organised by Gummies Marie Besson and Brooklyn Arnot. Check it out!
Looking forward to speaking about my creative-critical work at TOEBI. Also can't wait to visit Dublin. Never been before!
📨You are warmly invited to our next annual conference at University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social
📅 Saturday, 25 October 2025
📜The theme is "Education and Early Medieval England" and our programme is available to view online.
📲Registration is now open: www.eventbrite.ie/e/1631647263...
📅 Saturday, 25 October 2025
📜The theme is "Education and Early Medieval England" and our programme is available to view online.
📲Registration is now open: www.eventbrite.ie/e/1631647263...
September 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Looking forward to speaking about my creative-critical work at TOEBI. Also can't wait to visit Dublin. Never been before!
Reposted by James Paz
📨You are warmly invited to our next annual conference at University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social
📅 Saturday, 25 October 2025
📜The theme is "Education and Early Medieval England" and our programme is available to view online.
📲Registration is now open: www.eventbrite.ie/e/1631647263...
📅 Saturday, 25 October 2025
📜The theme is "Education and Early Medieval England" and our programme is available to view online.
📲Registration is now open: www.eventbrite.ie/e/1631647263...
September 17, 2025 at 11:38 AM
📨You are warmly invited to our next annual conference at University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social
📅 Saturday, 25 October 2025
📜The theme is "Education and Early Medieval England" and our programme is available to view online.
📲Registration is now open: www.eventbrite.ie/e/1631647263...
📅 Saturday, 25 October 2025
📜The theme is "Education and Early Medieval England" and our programme is available to view online.
📲Registration is now open: www.eventbrite.ie/e/1631647263...
Reposted by James Paz
The Multicultural Middle Ages Podcast welcomes proposals of single episodes for its fifth season.
After four successful seasons, The Multicultural Middle Ages Podcast (MMA) will return for its fifth in 2026.
www.themedievalacademyblog.org/the-multicul...
After four successful seasons, The Multicultural Middle Ages Podcast (MMA) will return for its fifth in 2026.
www.themedievalacademyblog.org/the-multicul...
September 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The Multicultural Middle Ages Podcast welcomes proposals of single episodes for its fifth season.
After four successful seasons, The Multicultural Middle Ages Podcast (MMA) will return for its fifth in 2026.
www.themedievalacademyblog.org/the-multicul...
After four successful seasons, The Multicultural Middle Ages Podcast (MMA) will return for its fifth in 2026.
www.themedievalacademyblog.org/the-multicul...
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September 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Submitted my paper abstract for next year's Leeds IMC 🤞.
September 15, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Submitted my paper abstract for next year's Leeds IMC 🤞.