@pmpnconf.bsky.social
Welcome to Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North! We are a group of academics who have an interest in active academic research on the complex topic of “magic” in pre-Modern Northern regions.
OK that's us done! Thank-you to everyone who took part!
14.11.2025 14:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Before we break for coffee, we have "The Galdrabók: practical spells and formulas in the magical material of 17th century Iceland" coming up!
14.11.2025 12:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Next up is "A re-examination of the Icelandic magical staves (galdrastafir)"
14.11.2025 11:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0We will be starting shortly! Our first talk is "Obtaining Knowledge from the Earth Dweller: Dreams, Earth and Healing Charms from the Icelandic Grimoire Jarðskinna"
14.11.2025 11:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Hello #medieval friends! Day 2 of our #conference begins today at 11AM UK time!
The programme is on our website:
performingmagicinthepremodernnorthconference.wordpress.com/2025-nov-13t...
If you haven't yet registered then drop us a line via email or our social media!
Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North Conference November 2025. A massive THANK YOU to today’s presenters: Jennifer Coulton, Paul Barret, Regina Papp, Jessica Boynton, an Shannon Bald. See you all tomorrow for the rest of the conference!
#medieval
13.11.2025 15:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0And that's us done! See you all tomorrow at 11AM UK time!
13.11.2025 14:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0And our final talk of Day 1 is The Division of Labour between Magicians and the Church in Rus' and Muscovy
13.11.2025 13:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
We're back! Next is ‘Ley this or set this on her & she shall be deleuryd’: Parturient Women Performing Magic in
Late Medieval England
OK - coffee break! - we’re back at 1315 UK time!
13.11.2025 13:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Next up The Transformation of Ghosts in the Byland Ghost Stories
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Now on to ‘Bewitching Corne’ and other ‘such ridiculous fictions’: Elizabeth Sawyer and Popular
Obsessions with Maleficium in Early Modern England
Starting off our first session with a talk on Domestic Protection in Central Medieval England c.800-1215
13.11.2025 11:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Hello #medieval friends! Today is the first day of our 2-day virtual #conference starting at 11AM UK time!
We are excited to welcome you to our sixth conference in this series!
Programme details available on our website
performingmagicinthepremodernnorthconference.wordpress.com/2025-nov-13t...
We’ve had an incredible response! Thank-you everyone!
We have now had to close registration however if you haven’t had the chance to register, drop us an email & we can see if we can fit you in!
Our #conference registration information has gone out tonight!
We are looking forward to seeing you next week!
#medievalsky
Hey #medievalsky !
Registration for our conference is now open!
This year features topics ranging from Elizabeth Sawyer & popular obsessions with maleficium in early modern England, to Icelandic magical staves & practical spells in the Galdrabók
Register for free here: forms.gle/Xr8CgpRhhooC...
Hello #medievalsky !
We’ve had an incredible response to our call for papers for our upcoming virtual November 2025 conference.
Thank-you to everyone who submitted abstracts - responses are going out today!
We have begun work on the conference programme and registration will be opening shortly.
Our very own Solveig Marie Wang, co-founder of Performing Magic in the Pre-Modern North!
21.08.2025 17:59 — 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Our #callforpapers is still open! Deadline is 1st September!
The conference will be free and virtual on 13 and 14 November.
Please find more details at our website below:
performingmagicinthepremodernnorthconference.wordpress.com/upcoming-con...
Oh, summer 📚 sale at our neighbours @livunipress.bsky.social!
They have quite a selection of #IrishStudies titles ... www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/action/doSea... 👀
#AcademicSky #BookSky
Our #callforpapers is still open, details below!
07.07.2025 17:48 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
SSNS recently supported the Aberdeen Medieval and Early Modern Conference through its Postgraduate/Early Career Conference scheme. A report on the conference (by @erinbenton.bsky.social) is now on our website.
www.ssns.org.uk/featured/ssn...
Our #callforpapers is still open, details below!
07.07.2025 17:48 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0#callforpapers
23.05.2025 09:16 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Viking Society for Northern Research Summer meeting online
Saturday, 14th June 2025 at 4 p.m. (GMT + 1)
Professor Bruce Lincoln (University of Chicago)
‘Banquets, Atrocities, and the Nature of the Sacred’.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/banquets-a...
#medievalsky
Photo with black text: “I’ve signed the book contract!” Pink text: “Disabled Storytellers in the Global Middle Ages (Cambridge UP), coming soon!” Background: paper contract showing the Cambridge University Press logo and insignia, on top of some partially obscured disability related books.
I’ve signed the book contract! Disabled Storytellers in the Global Middle Ages (Cambridge UP), coming soon! #DisabilitySky #SkyStorians #MedievalSky #GlobalMiddleAges
29.05.2025 02:01 — 👍 100 🔁 7 💬 9 📌 1#callforpapers
23.05.2025 09:16 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Hello #medieval friends! Our #callforpapers is still open for our upcoming conference in November, all free and online!
Deadline for #abstract submission is 1 September - details in the quoted post!
Hello #medieval friends! Our #callforpapers is still open for our upcoming conference in November, all free and online!
Deadline for #abstract submission is 1 September - details in the quoted post!