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Robert Lively βŒοΈπŸ‘‘

@vikingrhetoric.bsky.social

PhD Arizona State University. Studies Medieval Scandinavian Rhetoric. Fantasy and Science Fiction in Pop Culture. Community College prof. Tai Chi instructor at Serenity Tai Chi.

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Give me a decent sized seat, decent food, and some legroom in the cabin, and l will dress better.

24.11.2025 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Was it an AI Scnickers, Reieces, or Twexx?

28.10.2025 03:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hard Times and Trial Approaches: Old Norse-Icelandic Studies Between Precarity and the Future Dr Rebecca Merkelbach reflects on her keynote speech at the most recent Saga Conference. Held every three years, Saga Con is the most important meeting of Old Norse scholars, bringing together acad…

My blog post with the ADAM network has now been published. It's about precarity, the future of small subjects, and communal approaches to academic work. I hope it will resonate with some. #IchBinHanna #KleineFaecher #SkandiRetten
difficultmedieval.com/2025/10/23/h...

24.10.2025 06:56 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 8
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WE HAVE FRIENDS EVERYWHERE! nokings.org

14.10.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 6298    πŸ” 2198    πŸ’¬ 106    πŸ“Œ 110

Is this the Curse of the Bambino in marginalia?

30.09.2025 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I can't believe my book has been out a year now. Thanks again to everyone at ARC Humanities for helping make this happen.

30.09.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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24.09.2025 03:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow. This is stupid.

20.09.2025 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Atreyu.

14.09.2025 09:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Isn't that just called "The Chunnel?"

13.09.2025 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You will rock it!

25.08.2025 04:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Here's my schedule for WorldCon this week! See you there?

12.08.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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09.08.2025 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dunn and Wilks sounds like a shitty country band.

06.08.2025 03:02 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Vikings Behaving Reasonably with Robert Lively - Medievalists.net This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle speaks with Robert Lively about how a person became a Viking lawyer, what the process was for solving disputes, and how fixing bad behaviour worked in this s...

ASU English alum @vikingrhetoric.bsky.social, now a @tmccnevada.bsky.social professor, recently discussed his workβ€”on how Vikings actually settled disputes using due process rather than bloodshedβ€”with @5minmedievalist.bsky.social on The Medieval Podcast.

Listen: ow.ly/gJA050Wybue #ASUHumanities

01.08.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Undergraduate module Catalogue : Module and Programme Catalogue Module and Programme Catalogue provides current and historical information regarding the University of Leeds modules and programmes

If you are a final-year undergrad at @universityofleeds.bsky.social, you can now choose "Medieval Manuscripts and New Technologies" as a discovery module! Come and experiment with me and do something entirely different in your last semester!

#HandsOnHumanities

catalogue.leeds.ac.uk/Module/UG/ME...

29.07.2025 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We're gonna need a bigger boat, motherf*cker.

25.07.2025 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Q-Anon scatological?

22.07.2025 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That's a good one.

18.07.2025 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In usual IMC fashion, now that #IMC25 has concluded we are searching for papers exploring New Perspectives on the Viking Diaspora. Please get in touch if you are interested and share widely! #IMC26 @imc-leeds.bsky.social

13.07.2025 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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CELEBRATE WITH US!!! 10 YEARS OF ARC!!!!! Past, present and prospective authors and editors, friends and colleagues are all invited to join us on Tuesday, July 8 at 8pm: Beechgrove Room. #imc2025

08.07.2025 11:15 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Calling Leeds IMC! You are warmly invited to Arc’s 10 th Anniversary Reception Tuesday 8 July 8pm Beechgrove. Celebrate 10 years of changing the academic publishing game with wine, chat and celebrations of 2 books recently hot off the press… @imc-leeds.bsky.social

03.07.2025 11:40 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Sharks need to step up their game.

28.06.2025 03:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œNo Kings” demonstration, Ocean Beach, San Francisco

14.06.2025 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 46005    πŸ” 9558    πŸ’¬ 399    πŸ“Œ 396
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VIKING NORTH exhibition starting 11th July 2025 at Yorkshire Museum #york #yorkshire #medievalsky www.yorkshiremuseum.org.uk/exhibition/v...

14.06.2025 06:47 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

It's like we're living in all dystopian timelines at the same time.

24.05.2025 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Adventutes of Captain Proton?

17.05.2025 03:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So it's a Wide Sargasso Sea?

16.05.2025 01:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Call for international partnership projects: PSL Global Seed Fund Spring 2025 | PSL Research | In 2023, UniversitΓ© PSL created a funding instrument dedicated to the initiation of international projects: the PSL Global Seed Fund. Twice a year, inΒ spring and autumn, PSL faculty and res...

R u #digitalhumanities researcher affected by the recent developments in the US? R u interested in collaborating with @psl-univ.bsky.social ? The PSL seed fund has been doubled this year to enable this. 1-yr projects will be funded up to EUR 12k. Don’t hesitate to reach out! psl.eu/en/news/call...

15.05.2025 11:23 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

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