Prof Megan Leitch
@meganleitch.bsky.social
Professor of Medieval English Literature and Culture at University of Groningen, past President of IAS-BB & co-editor of Arthurian Lit. Research: treason, sleep, dwarves, & the Medieval Middlebrow. Canadian expat, Welsh exile, aspiring European. She/her.
Dutch Duolingo is having a Star Wars moment, and I am here for it
September 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Dutch Duolingo is having a Star Wars moment, and I am here for it
I'm delighted that Dr Roberta Magnani (Swansea) will be giving our final medieval guest lecture of the year here in Groningen on Monday 26 May. Details as follows, and online attendees very welcome!
May 15, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I'm delighted that Dr Roberta Magnani (Swansea) will be giving our final medieval guest lecture of the year here in Groningen on Monday 26 May. Details as follows, and online attendees very welcome!
Just a quick reminder of Prof Corinne Saunders' lecture here in Groningen later today - link for online attendees below!
I'm delighted to say that on Mon 28 April Prof Corinne Saunders (Durham) will present the 7th Annual MacDonald Lecture at the University of Groningen (17.30 - 19.00 CEST).
“Thinking and Feeling: Love and Loss in Chaucer’s Romance Writing”
Online attendees are welcome! meet.google.com/voz-rogm-jmt
“Thinking and Feeling: Love and Loss in Chaucer’s Romance Writing”
Online attendees are welcome! meet.google.com/voz-rogm-jmt
April 28, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Just a quick reminder of Prof Corinne Saunders' lecture here in Groningen later today - link for online attendees below!
I'm delighted to say that on Mon 28 April Prof Corinne Saunders (Durham) will present the 7th Annual MacDonald Lecture at the University of Groningen (17.30 - 19.00 CEST).
“Thinking and Feeling: Love and Loss in Chaucer’s Romance Writing”
Online attendees are welcome! meet.google.com/voz-rogm-jmt
“Thinking and Feeling: Love and Loss in Chaucer’s Romance Writing”
Online attendees are welcome! meet.google.com/voz-rogm-jmt
April 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I'm delighted to say that on Mon 28 April Prof Corinne Saunders (Durham) will present the 7th Annual MacDonald Lecture at the University of Groningen (17.30 - 19.00 CEST).
“Thinking and Feeling: Love and Loss in Chaucer’s Romance Writing”
Online attendees are welcome! meet.google.com/voz-rogm-jmt
“Thinking and Feeling: Love and Loss in Chaucer’s Romance Writing”
Online attendees are welcome! meet.google.com/voz-rogm-jmt
After a few months of not being allowed to touch a computer/phone due to tendonitis in my wrists, it's a delight to share photos of this week's trip to Bern to give a guest lecture & Amiens for a conference on emotions & space in romance. Five stars for the company & cathedral spires in both cities!
April 5, 2025 at 5:32 AM
After a few months of not being allowed to touch a computer/phone due to tendonitis in my wrists, it's a delight to share photos of this week's trip to Bern to give a guest lecture & Amiens for a conference on emotions & space in romance. Five stars for the company & cathedral spires in both cities!
Happy to be on my way to Amsterdam today to give a guest lecture and meet new colleagues!
aihr.uva.nl/content/even...
aihr.uva.nl/content/even...
The Medieval Middlebrow: Rewriting Romance and Reshaping the Literary Marketplace - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR)
English Literature and Culture guest lecture on 03 October from 17:00—18:30 in PCH 1.05. The talk will be given by Professor Megan Leitch of the University of Groningen.
aihr.uva.nl
October 3, 2024 at 7:12 AM
Happy to be on my way to Amsterdam today to give a guest lecture and meet new colleagues!
aihr.uva.nl/content/even...
aihr.uva.nl/content/even...
Dutch Duolingo is feeling Dantean today
September 14, 2024 at 4:43 AM
Dutch Duolingo is feeling Dantean today
After a fantastic conference in Dusseldorf on multilingual medieval text traditions, I'm happy to be heading *home* to Groningen
September 6, 2024 at 5:40 PM
After a fantastic conference in Dusseldorf on multilingual medieval text traditions, I'm happy to be heading *home* to Groningen
Interested in sleep and insomnia and how they relate to wellbeing, now and in the past?
Check out this podcast in which Dr Brigitte Steger and I compare the perspectives of medieval Japan and England!
podcasts.ox.ac.uk/sleep-insomn...
Check out this podcast in which Dr Brigitte Steger and I compare the perspectives of medieval Japan and England!
podcasts.ox.ac.uk/sleep-insomn...
Sleep, Insomnia and Wellbeing: Historical Perspectives
Abstracts: Brigitte Steger (Associate Professor in Japanese Studies, University of Cambridge): "At night I lie in bed but cannot sleep" - Insomnia and loneliness in early Japanese literature
podcasts.ox.ac.uk
August 6, 2024 at 9:38 AM
Interested in sleep and insomnia and how they relate to wellbeing, now and in the past?
Check out this podcast in which Dr Brigitte Steger and I compare the perspectives of medieval Japan and England!
podcasts.ox.ac.uk/sleep-insomn...
Check out this podcast in which Dr Brigitte Steger and I compare the perspectives of medieval Japan and England!
podcasts.ox.ac.uk/sleep-insomn...
My new office! And my current mood after unpacking that lot...
August 1, 2024 at 6:10 PM
My new office! And my current mood after unpacking that lot...
First day in the new job! Groningen looking its delightful best
August 1, 2024 at 5:07 AM
First day in the new job! Groningen looking its delightful best
Adventures in trying to leave Britain: council system requires new address, has drop-down menu of countries from which I can select THE NETHERLANDS, but still tells me this isn't a valid address b/c it doesn't have a UK postcode.
Sigh. All places are belong to the UK, it seems!
Sigh. All places are belong to the UK, it seems!
July 2, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Adventures in trying to leave Britain: council system requires new address, has drop-down menu of countries from which I can select THE NETHERLANDS, but still tells me this isn't a valid address b/c it doesn't have a UK postcode.
Sigh. All places are belong to the UK, it seems!
Sigh. All places are belong to the UK, it seems!
I've begun packing up my office, and have discovered that I've wildly underestimated how many boxes I need for my books... #academiaproblems
June 11, 2024 at 6:31 PM
I've begun packing up my office, and have discovered that I've wildly underestimated how many boxes I need for my books... #academiaproblems
The view from my Edinburgh accommodation is not so bad... Next up: a rendezvous with the Auchinleck Manuscript!
June 3, 2024 at 12:29 PM
The view from my Edinburgh accommodation is not so bad... Next up: a rendezvous with the Auchinleck Manuscript!
Today, a chimney sweep's response to me decamping to the Netherlands for my dream job:
"I would never've guessed that you was a professor. You're far too young and pretty to be a professor."
Sigh. I fear my attempts to show him that this is not a compliment were unsuccessful!
"I would never've guessed that you was a professor. You're far too young and pretty to be a professor."
Sigh. I fear my attempts to show him that this is not a compliment were unsuccessful!
May 3, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Today, a chimney sweep's response to me decamping to the Netherlands for my dream job:
"I would never've guessed that you was a professor. You're far too young and pretty to be a professor."
Sigh. I fear my attempts to show him that this is not a compliment were unsuccessful!
"I would never've guessed that you was a professor. You're far too young and pretty to be a professor."
Sigh. I fear my attempts to show him that this is not a compliment were unsuccessful!
Delighted to announce that this year's Arthurian Literature Derek Brewer Prize winning essay is Ashley Walchester's perceptive ‘A Variant Reading in Wynkyn de Worde’s 1529 Edition of Le Morte Darthur: The Question of Bors’ Threnody'
Many congratulations Ashley!
Many congratulations Ashley!
May 1, 2024 at 9:28 AM
Delighted to announce that this year's Arthurian Literature Derek Brewer Prize winning essay is Ashley Walchester's perceptive ‘A Variant Reading in Wynkyn de Worde’s 1529 Edition of Le Morte Darthur: The Question of Bors’ Threnody'
Many congratulations Ashley!
Many congratulations Ashley!
Happy World Sleep Day!
In John Trevisa's words, 'slepe is kinde and temperat, it doþ to þe body ful mony profitis and fele.'
In John Trevisa's words, 'slepe is kinde and temperat, it doþ to þe body ful mony profitis and fele.'
March 15, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Happy World Sleep Day!
In John Trevisa's words, 'slepe is kinde and temperat, it doþ to þe body ful mony profitis and fele.'
In John Trevisa's words, 'slepe is kinde and temperat, it doþ to þe body ful mony profitis and fele.'
For anyone who missed the event last week and fancies learning more about medieval sleep and wellbeing - in both Europe and Japan - my talk alongside Dr Brigitte Steger is now available on the TORCH Oxford website!
torch.ox.ac.uk/video-record...
torch.ox.ac.uk/video-record...
March 6, 2024 at 4:04 PM
For anyone who missed the event last week and fancies learning more about medieval sleep and wellbeing - in both Europe and Japan - my talk alongside Dr Brigitte Steger is now available on the TORCH Oxford website!
torch.ox.ac.uk/video-record...
torch.ox.ac.uk/video-record...
Glad to be in Oxford for the week, consulting manuscripts for my Leverhulme-funded Medieval Middlebrow project!
February 26, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Glad to be in Oxford for the week, consulting manuscripts for my Leverhulme-funded Medieval Middlebrow project!
A week today I'm speaking @TORCHOxford on research related to my The Medieval Future of Sleep project: medieval sleep strategies, emotions, and wellbeing. All welcome!
Thursday 29 Feb at 5.15 pm UK time, both in person and online:
www.torch.ox.ac.uk/event/sleep-...
Thursday 29 Feb at 5.15 pm UK time, both in person and online:
www.torch.ox.ac.uk/event/sleep-...
February 22, 2024 at 6:57 PM
A week today I'm speaking @TORCHOxford on research related to my The Medieval Future of Sleep project: medieval sleep strategies, emotions, and wellbeing. All welcome!
Thursday 29 Feb at 5.15 pm UK time, both in person and online:
www.torch.ox.ac.uk/event/sleep-...
Thursday 29 Feb at 5.15 pm UK time, both in person and online:
www.torch.ox.ac.uk/event/sleep-...
Job Klaxon! Cardiff University is hiring for 6 permanent posts: 4 in Eng Lit and 2 in Creative Writing.
This includes a permanent lecturer in MEDIEVAL LITERATURE, to replace me when I move to the Netherlands.
Please share widely!
krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
This includes a permanent lecturer in MEDIEVAL LITERATURE, to replace me when I move to the Netherlands.
Please share widely!
krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
Lectureships in English Literature and Creative Wr - Cardiff University - Job Details
Job Details: Lectureships in English Literature and Creative Writing – Teaching and ResearchThe School of English, Communic
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January 29, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Job Klaxon! Cardiff University is hiring for 6 permanent posts: 4 in Eng Lit and 2 in Creative Writing.
This includes a permanent lecturer in MEDIEVAL LITERATURE, to replace me when I move to the Netherlands.
Please share widely!
krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
This includes a permanent lecturer in MEDIEVAL LITERATURE, to replace me when I move to the Netherlands.
Please share widely!
krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
It's that time of year again - submissions are now warmly invited for Arthurian Literature's Derek Brewer ECR essay prize!
Deadline 31 March. Details through link:
boydellandbrewer.com/arthurian-li...
Deadline 31 March. Details through link:
boydellandbrewer.com/arthurian-li...
Arthurian Literature - Boydell and Brewer - Academic Publisher
Arthurian Literature is a series from Boydell and Brewer, devoted to the scholarly and critical study of all aspects of the legend in Europe.
boydellandbrewer.com
January 29, 2024 at 6:55 PM
It's that time of year again - submissions are now warmly invited for Arthurian Literature's Derek Brewer ECR essay prize!
Deadline 31 March. Details through link:
boydellandbrewer.com/arthurian-li...
Deadline 31 March. Details through link:
boydellandbrewer.com/arthurian-li...
Cheers to Duolingo for teaching me how to pay someone a very high compliment in Dutch
December 19, 2023 at 11:17 AM
Cheers to Duolingo for teaching me how to pay someone a very high compliment in Dutch
It's that time of year again
December 7, 2023 at 8:23 PM
It's that time of year again
It's good to see that Duolingo's Dutch phrases are as eminently practical for use IRL as its Welsh ones...
November 30, 2023 at 8:36 PM
It's good to see that Duolingo's Dutch phrases are as eminently practical for use IRL as its Welsh ones...