Natalie Hopwood
@nrhopwood.bsky.social
Medievalist and Comics Historian
PhD Candidate working on Monstrous Encounters, Fictionality, and Medieval Popular Culture in Old Norse sagas at the University of Leeds
PhD Candidate working on Monstrous Encounters, Fictionality, and Medieval Popular Culture in Old Norse sagas at the University of Leeds
Looks like I’m gonna be very busy at #IMC2026 @imc-leeds.bsky.social
We’ve got comics, dragons, and Old Norse galore! #medievalsky #comics
We’ve got comics, dragons, and Old Norse galore! #medievalsky #comics
November 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Looks like I’m gonna be very busy at #IMC2026 @imc-leeds.bsky.social
We’ve got comics, dragons, and Old Norse galore! #medievalsky #comics
We’ve got comics, dragons, and Old Norse galore! #medievalsky #comics
I’m very excited to talk about one of my favourite sagas with @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social on 27th November! It’s online, so please sign up and come along, it’ll be a great, dragon-y time 🐉
November 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I’m very excited to talk about one of my favourite sagas with @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social on 27th November! It’s online, so please sign up and come along, it’ll be a great, dragon-y time 🐉
Spread the word! A new postgraduate and early career researcher seminar series at @universityofleeds.bsky.social! For those studying the Late Antique, Medieval, and Early Modern periods. We look forward to reading your proposals! #medievalsky #earlymodern #lateantique
October 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Spread the word! A new postgraduate and early career researcher seminar series at @universityofleeds.bsky.social! For those studying the Late Antique, Medieval, and Early Modern periods. We look forward to reading your proposals! #medievalsky #earlymodern #lateantique
@necron-network.bsky.social is coming to @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2026!
This in-person roundtable is open to all current NECRON members. To get involved, email Natalie Hopwood (ennrho@leeds.ac.uk) with a short bio and a brief overview of what you want to say by 15th Sept.
This in-person roundtable is open to all current NECRON members. To get involved, email Natalie Hopwood (ennrho@leeds.ac.uk) with a short bio and a brief overview of what you want to say by 15th Sept.
August 28, 2025 at 10:33 AM
@necron-network.bsky.social is coming to @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2026!
This in-person roundtable is open to all current NECRON members. To get involved, email Natalie Hopwood (ennrho@leeds.ac.uk) with a short bio and a brief overview of what you want to say by 15th Sept.
This in-person roundtable is open to all current NECRON members. To get involved, email Natalie Hopwood (ennrho@leeds.ac.uk) with a short bio and a brief overview of what you want to say by 15th Sept.
If you see this, post a character you love and a character you...tolerate
(Is there any other way to do this than the great Maddie v Jean debate?)
(Is there any other way to do this than the great Maddie v Jean debate?)
August 18, 2025 at 10:33 AM
If you see this, post a character you love and a character you...tolerate
(Is there any other way to do this than the great Maddie v Jean debate?)
(Is there any other way to do this than the great Maddie v Jean debate?)
Medieval Temporalities and Comics
@imc-leeds.bsky.social 6th-9th July 2026
Co-organized by Natalie Hopwood, University of Leeds and Michael A. Torregrossa, Bristol Community College (The Medieval Comics Project)
@imc-leeds.bsky.social 6th-9th July 2026
Co-organized by Natalie Hopwood, University of Leeds and Michael A. Torregrossa, Bristol Community College (The Medieval Comics Project)
August 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Medieval Temporalities and Comics
@imc-leeds.bsky.social 6th-9th July 2026
Co-organized by Natalie Hopwood, University of Leeds and Michael A. Torregrossa, Bristol Community College (The Medieval Comics Project)
@imc-leeds.bsky.social 6th-9th July 2026
Co-organized by Natalie Hopwood, University of Leeds and Michael A. Torregrossa, Bristol Community College (The Medieval Comics Project)
One week until IMC! I’ll be roundtabling on Monday with “How to Conference” and presenting on Tuesday with “Shedding Skin: Human Face and Monstrous Bodies in Old Norse Sagas”!
Come see me chat about conference advice AND people tearing their skin to become dragons!
@imc-leeds.bsky.social
Come see me chat about conference advice AND people tearing their skin to become dragons!
@imc-leeds.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 12:02 PM
One week until IMC! I’ll be roundtabling on Monday with “How to Conference” and presenting on Tuesday with “Shedding Skin: Human Face and Monstrous Bodies in Old Norse Sagas”!
Come see me chat about conference advice AND people tearing their skin to become dragons!
@imc-leeds.bsky.social
Come see me chat about conference advice AND people tearing their skin to become dragons!
@imc-leeds.bsky.social
Reading the Ostrander run on The Spectre and Todd Klein’s lettering choices are some of the best I’ve ever scene in a comic before! Spectre himself, Michael, Etrigan, etc. Everyone gets something unique and really shows off the supernatural elements in the story!
June 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Reading the Ostrander run on The Spectre and Todd Klein’s lettering choices are some of the best I’ve ever scene in a comic before! Spectre himself, Michael, Etrigan, etc. Everyone gets something unique and really shows off the supernatural elements in the story!