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New Chaucer Studies: Pedagogy and Profession

Just out: out latest issue on “access”, featuring @rickgodden.bsky.social, Katherine Little, Kisha Tracy, Sophia Liu, & Stephen Yeager! Also @hannahalucas.bsky.social, Karen Elaine Smyth, an interview with Mohamed K Dhouib, and “How I Teach” with Kristen Haas Curtis! escholarship.org/uc/ncs_pedag...

Coming up at the end of October: our workshop on "Theorising Retelling(s)" in Freiburg - looking forward to the discussions already! www.voncontzen.uni-freiburg.de/workshop-the...

🔔 Save the dates! Our GRK lecture series “Temporality of Imperial Violence” starts next week!
🗓️ Every Thursday, leading scholars will examine how imperial violence unfolds, persists & is remembered across time and space and will explore the temporal logics of empire in diverse historical contexts.

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New call for essays! For our 2026 issue, we are looking for contributions on "celebrating collaboration", including collaborations across disciplines, languages, abilities, spaces, and boundaries (both periodizing and national). Full call here: escholarship.org/uc/ncs_pedag... Deadline: Feb 15, 2026

Pink magnolia buds at the beginning of flowering, against a blue sky, in a college garden

Thinking of spring, and of my dear friend (and brilliant colleague) Vincent Gillespie, who died last night. I will miss him terribly.

Ja! medievalistsofcolor.com

Antiracist Medievalisms - Arc Humanities Press How do marginalized communities across the globe use the medieval past to combat racism, educate the public, and create a just world? Jonathan Hsy advances u...

Da ist bereits ein anderes Bewusstsein für Inklusivität und Diversität. Das Buch von @jonathanhsy.bsky.social ist hier z.B. unbedingt lesenswert www.arc-humanities.org/978180270067...

Leider gibt es die anglistische Mediävistik nur noch an wenigen Unis in D, so dass nur wenige Studis damit in Berührung kommen. Gleichzeitig ist mein Fach aber stark von den Debatten in den Medieval Studies beeinflusst, wo die Diskussion schon viel länger geführt wird - wer “darf” MA machen etc.

Vielen Dank für die Zusammenfassung und dafür, mehr Aufmerksamkeit auf das Thema zu lenken! Sehe mich als Lehrende hier unbedingt in der Pflicht, Barrieren abzubauen und inklusiver zu fördern - die Beschäftigung mit dem Mittelalter steht allen offen! Vielfalt der Perspektiven -> bessere Forschung

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 call for papers for the 2026 NCS Congress in Freiburg is out! Submit a paper proposal!

Ja, interessant war es beim Roundtable in Salzburg! Danke fürs mitschreiben @thiliel.bsky.social !

New post on the Listology Blog!

On the left hand side: manuscript illumination of the figure of the Knight from Chaucer's Knight's Tale; on the right hand side: text "The New Chaucer Society", framed on the left and right by two floral illuminations

The 2026 Congress of the New Chaucer Society takes place in Freiburg, Germany! Submit a session proposal here (deadline Jan 17): cdn.ymaws.com/newchaucerso...

🥳🤩 Super!!!