Jorunn Joiner
@jorunnjoiner.bsky.social
PhD in English literature from Lund University, studying cultural memory and portrayals of the ancient Scandinavian past in British Romanticism. Occasional artist.
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Jorunn Joiner
@jorunnjoiner.bsky.social
· Nov 12
I've had some new followers so a short intro!
My PhD concerned cultural memories about the Norse past in romantic British literature and art. I'm fascinated by necromancy to illustrate historiography and how gothic aesthetics inform approaches to the past. I also write about video games sometimes
My PhD concerned cultural memories about the Norse past in romantic British literature and art. I'm fascinated by necromancy to illustrate historiography and how gothic aesthetics inform approaches to the past. I also write about video games sometimes
Very grateful to have been awarded a prize for my dissertation from Vetenskapssociteten!
November 29, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Very grateful to have been awarded a prize for my dissertation from Vetenskapssociteten!
Is there anything Romantic about wandering around in open-world video games? I think about Romantic ideals of imagination, immersion, and solitude in a chapter in this conference proceedings publication by GER: www.wvttrier.de/p/romanticis...
Romanticism and its Media - WVT - Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier
Ralf Haekel, Julia Heinemann (Eds.)
Romanticism and its Media. Selected Papers from the Leipzig Conference of the German Society for English Romanticism
www.wvttrier.de
October 4, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Is there anything Romantic about wandering around in open-world video games? I think about Romantic ideals of imagination, immersion, and solitude in a chapter in this conference proceedings publication by GER: www.wvttrier.de/p/romanticis...
I've set up a resumé website! If you're interested in what I've been up to recently, you can read about publications and conference papers etc.
jorunnjoiner.wordpress.com
jorunnjoiner.wordpress.com
Jorunn Joiner
Early career academic and artist based in Sweden. I write and speak a lot about Norse mythology in British Romanticism.
jorunnjoiner.wordpress.com
August 13, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I've set up a resumé website! If you're interested in what I've been up to recently, you can read about publications and conference papers etc.
jorunnjoiner.wordpress.com
jorunnjoiner.wordpress.com
How might we be creative in our academic communication?
I've written down the thoughts I presented at the National Forum for English Studies, held at Lund University in April 2025:
jorunnjoiner.substack.com/p/creative-e...
Reading time: 10 minutes
I've written down the thoughts I presented at the National Forum for English Studies, held at Lund University in April 2025:
jorunnjoiner.substack.com/p/creative-e...
Reading time: 10 minutes
May 30, 2025 at 10:06 AM
How might we be creative in our academic communication?
I've written down the thoughts I presented at the National Forum for English Studies, held at Lund University in April 2025:
jorunnjoiner.substack.com/p/creative-e...
Reading time: 10 minutes
I've written down the thoughts I presented at the National Forum for English Studies, held at Lund University in April 2025:
jorunnjoiner.substack.com/p/creative-e...
Reading time: 10 minutes
What will become of English studies? And what future does the study of Romanticism have?
Come an present a paper at the 2025 National Forum: "The future in and of English Studies". Currently accepting paper proposals for the panel "Romantic Futures"
konferens.ht.lu.se/the-13th-nat...
Come an present a paper at the 2025 National Forum: "The future in and of English Studies". Currently accepting paper proposals for the panel "Romantic Futures"
konferens.ht.lu.se/the-13th-nat...
December 9, 2024 at 11:54 AM
What will become of English studies? And what future does the study of Romanticism have?
Come an present a paper at the 2025 National Forum: "The future in and of English Studies". Currently accepting paper proposals for the panel "Romantic Futures"
konferens.ht.lu.se/the-13th-nat...
Come an present a paper at the 2025 National Forum: "The future in and of English Studies". Currently accepting paper proposals for the panel "Romantic Futures"
konferens.ht.lu.se/the-13th-nat...
Beautiful exhibition on Romanticism at the National Gallery, Stockholm! On Romantic artists’ desire to paint both the inner and outer world at the same time, and on Romanticism as “a way to see” that can also be found in contemporary art, film, and video games. Featuring Friedrich, of course
November 17, 2024 at 7:28 AM
Beautiful exhibition on Romanticism at the National Gallery, Stockholm! On Romantic artists’ desire to paint both the inner and outer world at the same time, and on Romanticism as “a way to see” that can also be found in contemporary art, film, and video games. Featuring Friedrich, of course
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I've had a go at putting together a Medievalism starter pack - if you'd like to be added (or removed!), please do let me know :)
November 16, 2024 at 10:59 AM
I've had a go at putting together a Medievalism starter pack - if you'd like to be added (or removed!), please do let me know :)
A friend of mine has his own YouTube show / podcast where people are invited to talk about movies! My episode on my love for Gothic cinema can be seen here (it is not an academic performance, so beware of the not completely coherent thoughts):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtKC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtKC...
BTTR - Episode 8: Jorunn Joiner talks about Gothic Cinema
YouTube video by Back To The Reel Podcast
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2024 at 1:09 PM
A friend of mine has his own YouTube show / podcast where people are invited to talk about movies! My episode on my love for Gothic cinema can be seen here (it is not an academic performance, so beware of the not completely coherent thoughts):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtKC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtKC...
I've had some new followers so a short intro!
My PhD concerned cultural memories about the Norse past in romantic British literature and art. I'm fascinated by necromancy to illustrate historiography and how gothic aesthetics inform approaches to the past. I also write about video games sometimes
My PhD concerned cultural memories about the Norse past in romantic British literature and art. I'm fascinated by necromancy to illustrate historiography and how gothic aesthetics inform approaches to the past. I also write about video games sometimes
November 12, 2024 at 8:33 AM
I've had some new followers so a short intro!
My PhD concerned cultural memories about the Norse past in romantic British literature and art. I'm fascinated by necromancy to illustrate historiography and how gothic aesthetics inform approaches to the past. I also write about video games sometimes
My PhD concerned cultural memories about the Norse past in romantic British literature and art. I'm fascinated by necromancy to illustrate historiography and how gothic aesthetics inform approaches to the past. I also write about video games sometimes
A small illustration I made for an academic poster me and a group of other ERCs and PhDs are presenting at an upcoming pedagogical conference. If you're in Lund, stop by!
www.ahu.lu.se/en/education...
www.ahu.lu.se/en/education...
November 10, 2024 at 11:26 AM
A small illustration I made for an academic poster me and a group of other ERCs and PhDs are presenting at an upcoming pedagogical conference. If you're in Lund, stop by!
www.ahu.lu.se/en/education...
www.ahu.lu.se/en/education...
A little over a month now since I successfully defended my thesis, “Remembering Classical Scandinavia in Britain, 1760–1830” and was awarded my PhD! Many thanks to Prof. Robert Rix for a great discussion
November 7, 2024 at 2:20 PM
A little over a month now since I successfully defended my thesis, “Remembering Classical Scandinavia in Britain, 1760–1830” and was awarded my PhD! Many thanks to Prof. Robert Rix for a great discussion
5 years later and my PhD thesis is officially out in the world, waiting for examination!
August 29, 2024 at 5:55 PM
5 years later and my PhD thesis is officially out in the world, waiting for examination!