Dr Hannah Lucas

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From the archive. Discover the mystical experiences of Julian Norwich and explore the concepts of yogic perception in these blog posts from our Philosophy list! buff.ly/NNYxixt #SPEP2025 #Philsosphy #Yoga #Mysticism

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...

Oh, fun! I hope you and your students find her productively frustrating...

Paging @teachmedwomen.bsky.social!

Agreed!!

👋Oh hello #OpenAcess.

What a delight for #MedievalSky, Cambridge English students, and other medieval mystic enthusiasts.✒️🕯️📖

(Or the @britishlibrary.bsky.social Medieval & Renaissance Women Digitisation Project - currently moving websites!)

#EarlyModern
#MedievalWomen
#EverydayImCodexing

Thank you! I think so too. It was really fun - and sometimes frustrating - to think it through for this piece

On Frustration: Reading The Book of Margery Kempe in the Classroom Author(s): Lucas, Hannah | Abstract: This article thinks about the role of frustration in pedagogical encounters with texts. Taking as my case study the frequently frustrating (and frustrated) The Boo...

Really pleased that my latest article is out in New Chaucer Studies: Pedagogy & Profession.

"On Frustration: Reading The Book of Margery Kempe in the Classroom" thinks (with Adam Phillips and others) about readerly frustration and what it might teach us.

Avail open access!
doi.org/10.5070/NC3....

Hannah Lucas Impossible Recovery: Julian of Norwich and the Phenomenology of Well-Being Hannah Lucas has set herself the task of reading Julian of Norwich's Revelations—principally, though not exclusively, the Long Text—through the lens of pos

Thanks to Jessica Barr for this lovely review of my book!

"This book is fascinating and well written, and it does a remarkable job of explaining phenomenology to a nonphenomenologist..."

Get your copy here 👇
cup.columbia.edu/book/impossi...

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I’m finding I’m a bit more active these days over on Instagram, if anyone wants to find me!

You’ll also hear more there about my yoga offerings, including some online restorative sessions I’m teaching this summer ✨

www.instagram.com/hannah.lucas...

Shall All Be Well? – Hannah Lucas Insights from Julian of Norwich's mystical visions

I had a lovely chat with Daniel Simpson on the Ancient Futures podcast about my book on Julian of Norwich, illness, recovery, yoga practice, and more.

Listen to the full episode here 👇

ancientfutures.substack.com/p/hannah-luc...

Contemplation & the Creative Arts

🎉 Announcing a one-off event @kettlesyard.bsky.social on 27 May!

'Contemplation & the Creative Arts: Encounters with Objects, Music, Words' is a day of practice-based workshops led by expert facilitators, artists, and academics.

Find out more and apply to join us 👇
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Contemplation & the Creative Arts

🎉 Announcing a one-off event @kettlesyard.bsky.social on 27 May!

'Contemplation & the Creative Arts: Encounters with Objects, Music, Words' is a day of practice-based workshops led by expert facilitators, artists, and academics.

Find out more and apply to join us 👇
sites.google.com/view/contemp...

New blog post by Hannah Lucas titles Recovery Without End: Insights from a Medieval Mystic? Alongside the cover of Impossible Recovery: Julian of Norwich and the Phenomenology of Well-Being, Below it a quote from Lucas. Read More at cupblog.org.

In this blog post, author of IMPOSSIBLE RECOVERY explores the mystical experiences of Julian of Norwich during her illness in the 14th century and challenges modern wellness culture. buff.ly/meyMFea #JulianOfNorwich #WellBeing #Mysticism #Medieval #Interconnectedness @hannahalucas.bsky.social

Recovery Without End Insights From a Medieval Mystic? Hannah Lucas - Columbia University Press Blog Hannah Lucas explores the mystical experiences of Julian of Norwich during her illness in the 14th century and challenge modern wellness culture.

I wrote for the @columbiaup.bsky.social blog about my book on Julian of Norwich, IMPOSSIBLE RECOVERY:

"Julian shatters the individualism that underpins so much of modern wellness culture, inviting us into a more compassionate, more ecologically minded way of being."

cupblog.org/2025/03/24/r...

Vincent was my doctoral supervisor, mentor, and friend. He will be so missed.

A phenomenal teacher, his words and ideas run through the fabric of all my work—threads of gold.

Thanks so much, Eve❣️ hope you’re well!

Illness, Wellness, and Homelihead - Julian of Norwich and Heidegger with Hannah Lucas Hermitix · Episode

I very much enjoyed talking to James at the Hermitix podcast about my new book on Julian of Norwich.

We chatted all things mystical, phenomenological, and medieval, and whether we really need to be thinking about death *all* the time.

Listen here, or elsewhere:
open.spotify.com/episode/2Mpg...

We are delighted to share the news that IMEMS has been awarded a transformational investment of £1.3 million to support our new research programme, Inventing Futures. Read more here: 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...

The University of York Centre for Medieval Studies has two full home scholarships for 2025-26 for the MA in Medieval Studies: www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu...

Thank you!

I’m so excited to have been awarded a Research Fellowship by @humboldt-foundation.de 🥳

From October, I’ll be jointly based at @mpiwg.bsky.social and @tuberlin.bsky.social, working on a new project on medieval devotion, attention, and the origins of literary methods.

Berliner friends, hit me up! 👋

Loved this essay, Irina!

Had so much fun talking about Julian and wellbeing at IMPOSSIBLE RECOVERY’s book launch yesterday 🚀

A huge thank you to everyone who came, and especially to @realmandeville.bsky.social for being such a generous conversation partner!

With special thanks to @wendylochner.bsky.social and the team @columbiaup.bsky.social for all their work to make the book happen.

🥳 It’s publication day! 🥳

IMPOSSIBLE RECOVERY is now available to buy and online via institutional access.

Read more about the book and buy a copy at 20% off with code CUP20: cup.columbia.edu/book/impossi...

Or access online: www.degruyter.com/document/doi...

If you’re into mediaeval mysticism or women’s religious visions, my brilliant @newnhamcollege.bsky.social colleague @hannahalucas.bsky.social has just published a book you’ll want to read!

Thank you, Carol!

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Now available! IMPOSSIBLE RECOVERY offers a vivid new interpretation of the medieval mystic as crafting a proto-phenomenological theology of well-being. https://buff.ly/4gWEuqQ