Aidan Holtan
@aidanholtan.bsky.social
Medievalist studying the body in Old English and Old Norse Literature. She/her/hers. All views expressed here are my own.
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Aidan Holtan
@aidanholtan.bsky.social
· Nov 20
So excited to see the academic community expanding here :) As a quick re-intro: my name is Aidan. I teach English at a community college in North Texas, and am the Coordinator for their Writing Center. My research focuses on the body in Old English and Old Norse literature, as well as CC pedagogy
Fun find! Got this sticker from the Arthuriana booth at IMC this year and totally forgot about it 😁 Not pictured: some cool medieval marginalia tattoos, also from IMC and hidden from myself in my conference folder haha
October 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Fun find! Got this sticker from the Arthuriana booth at IMC this year and totally forgot about it 😁 Not pictured: some cool medieval marginalia tattoos, also from IMC and hidden from myself in my conference folder haha
Fall vibes on campus 🍁
October 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Fall vibes on campus 🍁
It always sets a good tone for the week when you start with a productive Monday. Much better than last week's "Hey class, we had a tornado on Sunday. Extensions for all!" Totally necessary, but man it was hard to get going.
June 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
It always sets a good tone for the week when you start with a productive Monday. Much better than last week's "Hey class, we had a tornado on Sunday. Extensions for all!" Totally necessary, but man it was hard to get going.
First full day at Kzoo! I present this afternoon, and the rest of the weekend will just be enjoying listening to panels and perusing the bookshop <3 So excited to be here!
May 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
First full day at Kzoo! I present this afternoon, and the rest of the weekend will just be enjoying listening to panels and perusing the bookshop <3 So excited to be here!
Waiting to board the second half of my flight to Kzoo, and I’m fairly sure most of this flight are medievalists 🎉So excited!
May 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Waiting to board the second half of my flight to Kzoo, and I’m fairly sure most of this flight are medievalists 🎉So excited!
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“I asked ChatGPT” well I asked Trebeard and he said hrum hoom burárum
May 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
“I asked ChatGPT” well I asked Trebeard and he said hrum hoom burárum
Flight confirmed--very excited to fly to Kalamazoo tomorrow for IMC!
May 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Flight confirmed--very excited to fly to Kalamazoo tomorrow for IMC!
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Disability and Sanctity in the Middle Ages is available now! Please ask your libraries to order: www.aup.nl/en/book/9789... It’s been an honor to work with @aspencerhall.bsky.social and Stephanie Grace-Petinos on this collection of exciting and groundbreaking work in medieval disability studies.
Disability and Sanctity in the Middle Ages
This volume significantly expands current understandings of both disability and sanctity in the Middle Ages. Across the collection, heterogeneous constructions, and experiences, of disability and holi...
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April 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Disability and Sanctity in the Middle Ages is available now! Please ask your libraries to order: www.aup.nl/en/book/9789... It’s been an honor to work with @aspencerhall.bsky.social and Stephanie Grace-Petinos on this collection of exciting and groundbreaking work in medieval disability studies.
It’s a really rainy day, so I’m enjoying a cozy treat this morning
March 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
It’s a really rainy day, so I’m enjoying a cozy treat this morning
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Hogbacks Ahoy!
We reopen at 11am on Tuesday the 1st of April! After that, we're open 11am until 4pm, 7 days a week, until the end of October.
See you soon!
We reopen at 11am on Tuesday the 1st of April! After that, we're open 11am until 4pm, 7 days a week, until the end of October.
See you soon!
March 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Hogbacks Ahoy!
We reopen at 11am on Tuesday the 1st of April! After that, we're open 11am until 4pm, 7 days a week, until the end of October.
See you soon!
We reopen at 11am on Tuesday the 1st of April! After that, we're open 11am until 4pm, 7 days a week, until the end of October.
See you soon!
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Medievalist-friends! Interested in learning about comics and narrative art and meeting cartoonists for potential collaborations? Apply to join us in Chicago from 5-6 June 2025 for a crossover workshop at the Newberry Library entitled “Cartooning the Medieval”!! www.newberry.org/calendar/car...
Cartooning the Medieval
A symposium exploring the potential of comics and narrative art to create new opportunities for engaging with medieval culture.
www.newberry.org
March 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Medievalist-friends! Interested in learning about comics and narrative art and meeting cartoonists for potential collaborations? Apply to join us in Chicago from 5-6 June 2025 for a crossover workshop at the Newberry Library entitled “Cartooning the Medieval”!! www.newberry.org/calendar/car...
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Much as I like Pride & Prejudice I find it impossible to deny that this is the greatest review of it of all time.
January 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Much as I like Pride & Prejudice I find it impossible to deny that this is the greatest review of it of all time.
Joined an online webinar from home (Spring Break! Woo!) and just realized I'm drinking from an "Addie's Mommy" mug, instead of my usual college swag mugs that I try to use for "professional" Zooms. Ah well. It's spring break, so you get what you get haha
March 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Joined an online webinar from home (Spring Break! Woo!) and just realized I'm drinking from an "Addie's Mommy" mug, instead of my usual college swag mugs that I try to use for "professional" Zooms. Ah well. It's spring break, so you get what you get haha
“Here, let me help. I’ve got a great idea for your syllabus” -Vin
March 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
“Here, let me help. I’ve got a great idea for your syllabus” -Vin
Just realized that my jury duty summons falls on the first day of spring break
a woman sitting at a desk with the word okay written on the screen
Alt: a woman (Alexis from Schitts Creek) sitting at a desk with “okay, that’s very rude” written on the screen.
media.tenor.com
March 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Just realized that my jury duty summons falls on the first day of spring break
One week to Spring Break!
a man wearing a suit and tie is standing in a field of yellow flowers
Alt: a man wearing a suit and tie is standing in a field of yellow flowers
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March 3, 2025 at 3:10 AM
One week to Spring Break!
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My Medieval World classes are both fantastic. It's a really nice way to start and end the week.
Also, Cahokia and the Mississippians remain the undefeated coolest thing I get to teach about. Medieval America is amazing.
Also, Cahokia and the Mississippians remain the undefeated coolest thing I get to teach about. Medieval America is amazing.
February 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
My Medieval World classes are both fantastic. It's a really nice way to start and end the week.
Also, Cahokia and the Mississippians remain the undefeated coolest thing I get to teach about. Medieval America is amazing.
Also, Cahokia and the Mississippians remain the undefeated coolest thing I get to teach about. Medieval America is amazing.
I don’t know why this made me laugh so hard, but my auto captions decided to go with “Bolf” instead of “Beowulf”
February 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I don’t know why this made me laugh so hard, but my auto captions decided to go with “Bolf” instead of “Beowulf”
Small joys: putting together my lecture for next week’s class on medieval and early modern monsters. So much fun!
a drawing of a red dragon standing next to a small man
Alt: a drawing of a red dragon standing next to a small man. Both are wiggling side to side
media.tenor.com
February 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Small joys: putting together my lecture for next week’s class on medieval and early modern monsters. So much fun!
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For #FindsFriday three of the objects in the fantastic gold hoard from Hoen in Norway: Scandinavian armring, Anglo-Saxon finger ring and Frankish (Carolingian) trefoil mount, made into a brooch. Photos: Kulturhistorisk Museum, CC BY-SA 4.0: no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoenska...
February 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
For #FindsFriday three of the objects in the fantastic gold hoard from Hoen in Norway: Scandinavian armring, Anglo-Saxon finger ring and Frankish (Carolingian) trefoil mount, made into a brooch. Photos: Kulturhistorisk Museum, CC BY-SA 4.0: no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoenska...
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Hey so we’re losing another press and a great new book is caught in the middle. Consider this for your media history courses - selling is the only way this IP doesn’t disappear with the press 😕
anyone interested in owning a copy can officially pre-order a copy through the publisher website next week. I will definitely share a link and if you'd help me out with any boosts I sure would appreciate it! the sooner the 1000 copies get bought up 2/3
table of contents for Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook
At long last, I can share the final table of contents for Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook (forthcoming from Anthology Editions…sometime…soon!)–a coffee table book …
loriemerson.net
February 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Hey so we’re losing another press and a great new book is caught in the middle. Consider this for your media history courses - selling is the only way this IP doesn’t disappear with the press 😕
My office plants are multiplying 👀
February 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
My office plants are multiplying 👀
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This AI summary might as well read, "In The Man of Law's Tale by Geoffrey #Chaucer, a rumor spreads that Bevis has died. This false report reaches Butthead after a battle in London." #MedievalSky
Check out #googleAI getting #Chaucer wildly wrong. On the other hand, I sort of love the Man of Law/Bevis of Hamtoun mashup. Custance quietly floating along through the rivers of blood in London. #medieval #medievalsky
January 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This AI summary might as well read, "In The Man of Law's Tale by Geoffrey #Chaucer, a rumor spreads that Bevis has died. This false report reaches Butthead after a battle in London." #MedievalSky
Got a lot on my plate, so today’s hot drink of choice is hot chocolate with lots of mini marshmallows. My planter is definitely judging me haha
January 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Got a lot on my plate, so today’s hot drink of choice is hot chocolate with lots of mini marshmallows. My planter is definitely judging me haha