Lucie Kaempfer
@lukaempf.bsky.social
Medieval Lit. Monograph on the Joy of Love in European Medieval Literature (CUP): https://resolve.cambridge.org/core/books/joy-of-love-in-the-middle-ages/3E802E13E74AE2D5DF30E130546E9793
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Chaucer in the Age of Medievalism needs you! In the wake of our conference, we are now preparing a collective volume and seeking additional chapters to complement the proceedings. Please share widely!
#medievalsky
modmed.hypotheses.org/8517
#medievalsky
modmed.hypotheses.org/8517
Appel à articles : Chaucer in the Age of Medievalism
Following the Chaucer: Here and Now exhibition (2023–2024) at the Bodleian Library, the conference Chaucer in the Age of Medievalism—sponsored by the Modernités médiévales association and the New Chau...
modmed.hypotheses.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Chaucer in the Age of Medievalism needs you! In the wake of our conference, we are now preparing a collective volume and seeking additional chapters to complement the proceedings. Please share widely!
#medievalsky
modmed.hypotheses.org/8517
#medievalsky
modmed.hypotheses.org/8517
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My book is out! Medieval Responses to Ovid's Exile, with Cambridge UP @universitypress.cambridge.org.
I am so grateful to the friends, family, colleagues, librarians and archivists who helped along the way. Nervous and excited to see it in the world!
www.cambridge.org/core/books/m...
I am so grateful to the friends, family, colleagues, librarians and archivists who helped along the way. Nervous and excited to see it in the world!
www.cambridge.org/core/books/m...
Medieval Responses to Ovid's Exile
Cambridge Core - Classical Literature - Medieval Responses to Ovid's Exile
www.cambridge.org
August 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
My book is out! Medieval Responses to Ovid's Exile, with Cambridge UP @universitypress.cambridge.org.
I am so grateful to the friends, family, colleagues, librarians and archivists who helped along the way. Nervous and excited to see it in the world!
www.cambridge.org/core/books/m...
I am so grateful to the friends, family, colleagues, librarians and archivists who helped along the way. Nervous and excited to see it in the world!
www.cambridge.org/core/books/m...
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Reporter: “Why do you think so many countries and governments around the world are just ignoring what’s happening in Gaza?”
Greta Thunberg: “Because of racism.”
Greta Thunberg: “Because of racism.”
This is how.
Greta Thunberg spits fire and gives you the only media training you may ever need.
Greta Thunberg spits fire and gives you the only media training you may ever need.
June 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Reporter: “Why do you think so many countries and governments around the world are just ignoring what’s happening in Gaza?”
Greta Thunberg: “Because of racism.”
Greta Thunberg: “Because of racism.”
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I wrote a blog post about my book!
Want some ramblings about fairy ladies, magical princesses, and serpent women (and how we should feel about them)? Or just curious about how reading medieval romance is like watching Star Wars??
It's all here, folks (and also a 35% discount 👀)!
Want some ramblings about fairy ladies, magical princesses, and serpent women (and how we should feel about them)? Or just curious about how reading medieval romance is like watching Star Wars??
It's all here, folks (and also a 35% discount 👀)!
From exotic princesses to wicked witches, Jane Bonsall explores how magical femininity was imagined by romance readers in late #medieval England in our latest blog post: buff.ly/edWgwaj @janebonsall.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I wrote a blog post about my book!
Want some ramblings about fairy ladies, magical princesses, and serpent women (and how we should feel about them)? Or just curious about how reading medieval romance is like watching Star Wars??
It's all here, folks (and also a 35% discount 👀)!
Want some ramblings about fairy ladies, magical princesses, and serpent women (and how we should feel about them)? Or just curious about how reading medieval romance is like watching Star Wars??
It's all here, folks (and also a 35% discount 👀)!
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Somehow Trinity term has already snuck up upon us, but rejoice, for that means the 📯Oxford Medieval Studies Booklet📯 is ready for viewing!
Find it in its full glory along with some other announcements in this week's Medieval Matters: medieval.ox.ac.uk/2025/04/28/m...
Find it in its full glory along with some other announcements in this week's Medieval Matters: medieval.ox.ac.uk/2025/04/28/m...
April 28, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Somehow Trinity term has already snuck up upon us, but rejoice, for that means the 📯Oxford Medieval Studies Booklet📯 is ready for viewing!
Find it in its full glory along with some other announcements in this week's Medieval Matters: medieval.ox.ac.uk/2025/04/28/m...
Find it in its full glory along with some other announcements in this week's Medieval Matters: medieval.ox.ac.uk/2025/04/28/m...
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So many Floire & Blancheflor manuscripts, so little time…thankfully the Post-REALM team make use of Transkribus! Read about Elliot Worrall’s experiences with this fantastic tool in his work on 2 Swedish texts, plus his tips on using it for your project.
postrealmproject.wordpress.com/2025/04/28/u...
postrealmproject.wordpress.com/2025/04/28/u...
Using Transkribus
Editions and Transcriptions Since my first blog post, where I discussed the Scandinavian texts of the Floire and Blancheflor tradition, I have been looking more closely at the specific manuscript v…
postrealmproject.wordpress.com
April 28, 2025 at 11:03 AM
So many Floire & Blancheflor manuscripts, so little time…thankfully the Post-REALM team make use of Transkribus! Read about Elliot Worrall’s experiences with this fantastic tool in his work on 2 Swedish texts, plus his tips on using it for your project.
postrealmproject.wordpress.com/2025/04/28/u...
postrealmproject.wordpress.com/2025/04/28/u...
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📢 #CfP #medievalsky #OldEnglish
📜New Directions in Old English Prose
🏫University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk
📅30-31 March 2026
⌛️Deadline: 1st August 2025
📜New Directions in Old English Prose
🏫University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk
📅30-31 March 2026
⌛️Deadline: 1st August 2025
April 25, 2025 at 11:45 AM
📢 #CfP #medievalsky #OldEnglish
📜New Directions in Old English Prose
🏫University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk
📅30-31 March 2026
⌛️Deadline: 1st August 2025
📜New Directions in Old English Prose
🏫University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk
📅30-31 March 2026
⌛️Deadline: 1st August 2025
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The replies to this thread are very funny, but it’s a warning sign that one of the key functions of Googling - the ability to factcheck a quote, verify a source, or track down something half remembered - will get so much harder if AI prefers to legitimate statistical possibilities over actual truth
April 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The replies to this thread are very funny, but it’s a warning sign that one of the key functions of Googling - the ability to factcheck a quote, verify a source, or track down something half remembered - will get so much harder if AI prefers to legitimate statistical possibilities over actual truth
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Bindingggg fragmentssssss
"The fragment was preserved by accident in the binding of a book in Hereford Cathedral’s library." Like I always say: survey those early bindings...you never know what you might find! #Fragmentology ftw! www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Shakespeare did not leave his wife Anne in Stratford, letter fragment suggests
Professor says text shows Hathaway lived with playwright in London, upending the established idea of an unhappy marriage
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Bindingggg fragmentssssss
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Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
April 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
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If you (or your students) are interested in genre-reading, medieval gender studies, and/or magical women in romance, please give it a read!
#medievalsky #publication #genrestudies #GenderStudies
boydellandbrewer.com/978184384665...
#medievalsky #publication #genrestudies #GenderStudies
boydellandbrewer.com/978184384665...
Women and Magic in Medieval Romance - Boydell and Brewer
Explores the conventions and contradictions inherent in archetypes of magical femininity - from loathly ladies to monstrous mothers - in a range of popular l...
boydellandbrewer.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
If you (or your students) are interested in genre-reading, medieval gender studies, and/or magical women in romance, please give it a read!
#medievalsky #publication #genrestudies #GenderStudies
boydellandbrewer.com/978184384665...
#medievalsky #publication #genrestudies #GenderStudies
boydellandbrewer.com/978184384665...
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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
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🎉✨The Destruction of Medieval Manuscripts in England ✨
Absolutely delighted to announce that my second book has just been released (and it's open access; free to download at the link below!).
academic.oup.com/book/59790?f...
Absolutely delighted to announce that my second book has just been released (and it's open access; free to download at the link below!).
academic.oup.com/book/59790?f...
The Destruction of Medieval Manuscripts in England: Institutional Collections
Abstract. It is generally accepted that the contingencies of manuscript survival have disproportionately destroyed some sorts of manuscripts and not others
academic.oup.com
April 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
🎉✨The Destruction of Medieval Manuscripts in England ✨
Absolutely delighted to announce that my second book has just been released (and it's open access; free to download at the link below!).
academic.oup.com/book/59790?f...
Absolutely delighted to announce that my second book has just been released (and it's open access; free to download at the link below!).
academic.oup.com/book/59790?f...
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A unique look at how classical notions of ascent and flight preoccupied early modern British writers and artists.
Philip Hardie's Celestial Aspirations is 60% off in the latest print flash sale: press.princeton.edu/sale/flash-s...
Philip Hardie's Celestial Aspirations is 60% off in the latest print flash sale: press.princeton.edu/sale/flash-s...
April 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A unique look at how classical notions of ascent and flight preoccupied early modern British writers and artists.
Philip Hardie's Celestial Aspirations is 60% off in the latest print flash sale: press.princeton.edu/sale/flash-s...
Philip Hardie's Celestial Aspirations is 60% off in the latest print flash sale: press.princeton.edu/sale/flash-s...
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Hamlet: but what if SOMETHING after death, something worse even than this?
www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/slo...
Andrew Scott at the Almeida dir. Rob Icke in 2017, with subsequent transfers, and filmed; here's Scott delivering this soliloquy. Ooof 💔 www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdZV...
www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/slo...
Andrew Scott at the Almeida dir. Rob Icke in 2017, with subsequent transfers, and filmed; here's Scott delivering this soliloquy. Ooof 💔 www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdZV...
March 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Hamlet: but what if SOMETHING after death, something worse even than this?
www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/slo...
Andrew Scott at the Almeida dir. Rob Icke in 2017, with subsequent transfers, and filmed; here's Scott delivering this soliloquy. Ooof 💔 www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdZV...
www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/slo...
Andrew Scott at the Almeida dir. Rob Icke in 2017, with subsequent transfers, and filmed; here's Scott delivering this soliloquy. Ooof 💔 www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdZV...
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My article on Partonope of Blois, beauty and the hero's identity is out!! My Postdoc project on translation and medieval romance has ended a while ago but what a joy it was to work on this wonderful romance! muse.jhu.edu/article/9518...
Project MUSE - The Romance Hero in Translation: Beauty, Reputation, and Identity in <i>Partonopeu de Blois</i> and <i>Partonope of Blois</i>
muse.jhu.edu
March 14, 2025 at 10:19 AM
My article on Partonope of Blois, beauty and the hero's identity is out!! My Postdoc project on translation and medieval romance has ended a while ago but what a joy it was to work on this wonderful romance! muse.jhu.edu/article/9518...
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The University of Lausanne is advertising for a doctoral position. A truly wonderful place and wonderful department to spend 5 years in!
career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
Career Opportunities: Full-time assistantship in medieval English (22147)
career5.successfactors.eu
March 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The University of Lausanne is advertising for a doctoral position. A truly wonderful place and wonderful department to spend 5 years in!
career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
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My research team’s special issue of The Chaucer Review has now been published! All pieces authored by COMMode team members @unibern.bsky.social are available open access thanks to @snsf-ch.bsky.social:
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/chaucer...
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/chaucer...
Volume 60 Issue 2 | The Chaucer Review | Scholarly Publishing Collective
scholarlypublishingcollective.org
March 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
My research team’s special issue of The Chaucer Review has now been published! All pieces authored by COMMode team members @unibern.bsky.social are available open access thanks to @snsf-ch.bsky.social:
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/chaucer...
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/chaucer...
The University of Lausanne is advertising for a doctoral position. A truly wonderful place and wonderful department to spend 5 years in!
career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
Career Opportunities: Full-time assistantship in medieval English (22147)
career5.successfactors.eu
March 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The University of Lausanne is advertising for a doctoral position. A truly wonderful place and wonderful department to spend 5 years in!
career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
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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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ATTENTION MEDIEVALISTS and MEDIEVAL-CURIOUS ARTISTS! This upcoming event at the Newberry Library is one you won’t want to miss!
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 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
ATTENTION MEDIEVALISTS and MEDIEVAL-CURIOUS ARTISTS! This upcoming event at the Newberry Library is one you won’t want to miss!
My article on Partonope of Blois, beauty and the hero's identity is out!! My Postdoc project on translation and medieval romance has ended a while ago but what a joy it was to work on this wonderful romance! muse.jhu.edu/article/9518...
Project MUSE - The Romance Hero in Translation: Beauty, Reputation, and Identity in <i>Partonopeu de Blois</i> and <i>Partonope of Blois</i>
muse.jhu.edu
March 14, 2025 at 10:19 AM
My article on Partonope of Blois, beauty and the hero's identity is out!! My Postdoc project on translation and medieval romance has ended a while ago but what a joy it was to work on this wonderful romance! muse.jhu.edu/article/9518...
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Very excited to share that registration for the 5th Middle Ages in the Modern World (MAMO) conference is now open!
24-26 June, London.
Over 100 speakers will present on the reception of the medieval world across a variety of panels, keynotes, events, performances. Take a look:
themamo.org
24-26 June, London.
Over 100 speakers will present on the reception of the medieval world across a variety of panels, keynotes, events, performances. Take a look:
themamo.org
The Middle Ages in the Modern World
A multidisciplinary conference on medievalism in the post-Middle Ages
themamo.org
March 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Very excited to share that registration for the 5th Middle Ages in the Modern World (MAMO) conference is now open!
24-26 June, London.
Over 100 speakers will present on the reception of the medieval world across a variety of panels, keynotes, events, performances. Take a look:
themamo.org
24-26 June, London.
Over 100 speakers will present on the reception of the medieval world across a variety of panels, keynotes, events, performances. Take a look:
themamo.org
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Hey, #medievalsky, specifically #earlymedievalenglandsky Have you read or written a kick ass article, book, edition or translation over the last 24 months? Have you done or encountered some incredible outreach or teaching? Nominations are open for ISSEME's awards, details here: isseme.org/awards/
Awards
At the biennial conference of ISSEME, the following publication prizes are awarded: Best Article (paper or electronic), of at least 4000 words, in a journal or edited volume, on any subfield o…
isseme.org
December 6, 2024 at 8:04 AM
Hey, #medievalsky, specifically #earlymedievalenglandsky Have you read or written a kick ass article, book, edition or translation over the last 24 months? Have you done or encountered some incredible outreach or teaching? Nominations are open for ISSEME's awards, details here: isseme.org/awards/
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If you’re looking for a gift for someone right now, may I humbly suggest my little Chaucer biography? Smarter people than I am have said it’s great, and it’s only £16.95!
Plus it’s small enough to fit into a big stocking….
reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/geoffre....
Plus it’s small enough to fit into a big stocking….
reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/geoffre....
Geoffrey Chaucer | Reaktion Books
This is a new account of the life and accomplishments of medieval England’s most famous poet, Geoffrey Chaucer. For over six centuries, Chaucer has epitomized poetic greatness, though in more recent y...
reaktionbooks.co.uk
December 3, 2024 at 11:38 AM
If you’re looking for a gift for someone right now, may I humbly suggest my little Chaucer biography? Smarter people than I am have said it’s great, and it’s only £16.95!
Plus it’s small enough to fit into a big stocking….
reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/geoffre....
Plus it’s small enough to fit into a big stocking….
reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/geoffre....