Candace Barrington

Candace Barrington

@candacebarrington.bsky.social

Medievalist. Taking care.

101 Followers 64 Following 19 Posts Joined Jan 2024
1 month ago
New Chaucer Society

Another great opportunity from NCS for early-career colleagues: Early Career Fellowship in association with the Bodleian Libraries for 2026-27 academic year. Full details and the application process at newchaucersociety.org/page/bodleia....

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The one-month early career fellowship at the Huntington Library can be taken up anytime in the period 1 July 2026 through 30 June 2027. For further information about the fellowship and application guidelines please see the call at newchaucersociety.org.

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This is a quick reminder that the deadline for applications for the NCS Early Career Fellowship at the Huntington Library is 10 December 2025 (24:00 GMT). Applications and supporting documents (including letters of recommendations) must be received by the due date to be considered eligible.

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Krista Twu awarded Imagine Chair at University of Minnesota, Twin Cities by Candace Barrington I am delighted to spread the news that, as of 1 July 2025, Dr. Dr. Krista Sue-Lo Twu is the Imagine Fund 2025-2027 Arts, Design, and Humanities Chair at the University of Minn…

In the category of medievalists and their marvelous projects: Dr. Krista Sue-Lo Twu's The Book of the North brings together her knowledge of manuscript production with local culture and its natural history.
ncspedagogyandprofession.org/2025/08/30/k...
Follow the project's progress via social media!

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Cuts to Federal Funding Emergency Community Meeting: Medieval Academy of America by Candace Barrington Today, the Medieval Academy of America announced an emergency community meeting to be held online, Tuesday, 6 May 2025, 1:00 EDT. Here’s the announcement: Many of us hav…

I'm sharing the announcement from Medieval Academy of America regarding their online community meeting to share information about cuts to research funding.
ncspedagogyandprofession.org/2025/04/28/c...

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Middle English Text Series: Call for Action by Anna Siebach-Larsen and Thomas Hahn Along with many other medievalists, I received the devastating news that the Middle English Text Series (METS) had its NEH funding summarily slashed by the fe…

An update on the beloved Middle English Text Series
ncspedagogyandprofession.org/2025/04/16/m...
They are not folding. Join them in the fight.

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11 months ago
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Teaching the Pardoner with Social Media by Jacquelyn Hendricks At the end of 2024, I learned about Jacquelyn Hendricks’s recent article that brings together Chaucer’s The Pardoner’s Tale, J.K. Rowling, and social media.…

Jacquelyn Hendricks's recently published in *Children's Literature Association Quarterly* brings together Chaucer’s The Pardoner’s Tale, J.K. Rowling, and social media. The article helped me see all three in new ways. Here's her followup for P&P. ncspedagogyandprofession.org/2025/04/11/t...

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11 months ago

@newchaucersociety.bsky.social wants to ensure that graduate students and early-career medievalists know about important research resources and apply for them. Here's an important one: the Newberry Library in Chicago.
ncspedagogyandprofession.org/2025/04/11/w...
Please share!

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1 year ago

I FORGOT!

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1 year ago

I'll add 20 years to your 5.

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Call for papers for Middle English AND Chaucer panels at MLA 2026 9 March 2025 by Candace Barrington The committees responsible for organizing the Middle English and the Chaucer panels at the 2026 MLA Conference request your proposals for these five calls. 1. The…

The due dates for proposals to the Middle English panels and the Chaucer panel at the 2026 MLA (8-11 January) are right upon us: 10 March - 21 March.

ncspedagogyandprofession.org/2025/03/09/c...

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2026 New Chaucer Society Congress at University of Freiburg: Call for paper proposals now available by Candace Barrington The program committee co-chairs for the 2026 NCS Congress, Mary Flannery and Ryan Perry, have released the call for paper proposals. You will find both the full cfp and the gu…

The cfp for 2026 NCS Congress is very globally inflected. Read it and be inspired!
globalchaucers.com/2025/02/28/2...

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1 year ago

A quick reminder that the nomination deadline for the first Creative Medievalisms online workshop is fast approaching. Liz Schirmer and I need nominations for the 4 April Patience Agbabi workshop by *3 March 2025.*

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1 year ago

Check out IPPS/NCS Creative Medievalisms online workshops for students. Patience Agbabi on 4 April 2025. Sarah Tolmie on 25 April 2025.

For complete information on how to nominate your students for these free-to-student workshops, go to
ncspedagogyandprofession.org/2025/01/22/c...

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Sloooooow Piers IPPS Reading Group, 2024-2025 Join the fun with Larry Scanlon and Mary Alcano as they read C.5, The Author’s Apologia and Reason’s Sermon on Friday, 24 January 2025, 11:30 – 12:45…

Sharing the invitation from the IPPS folk: Another Sloooooow Piers is coming up!
Sloooooow Piers
ncspedagogyandprofession.org/2025/01/21/s...

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1 year ago

How about ynstead of pouringe a ton of moneye ynto A.I. we just funde public educacioun and use the bookes we alreadye have that it ys being trained upon?

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Good thing I knew my Chaucer dates!

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1 year ago

Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.

1) Chaucer as translator; translations of Chaucer.
2) the ethics of forgetting

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I've created a BlueSky account for Global Chaucers. Follow us--@globalchaucers.bsky.social--for the latest announcements.

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Fanfiction in Academia: The Wife of Bath by Sydney Lauer and Georgine Revilloza Fig. 1. Fan illustration depicting “The Wife of Bath.” Digital illustration by Caitlyn Chellew, 2022,  . When two of my CCSU gradua…

New post from CCSU grad student and fanfiction fans: Fanfiction in Academia: The Wife of Bath globalchaucers.com/2024/10/28/f...
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