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Teaching Anglo-Saxon Science
Bald’s Leechbook (London, British Library, Royal 12 D.xvii), folio 1r, available at the British Library’s Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts. By now, the news of the Anglo-Saxon recipe that kills...
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OCR and Medieval Manuscripts: Establishing a Baseline
Pseudo-Marcellus Passio Petri et Pauli in Modern Printed Edition and Weissenburg 48. [N.B. If you only skim this post, or read just a part of it, please jump to the last few paragraphs to read my call...
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Reflections on My Postdoc Year
This academic year was Year One after my PhD, which I defended early last August, just in time to move for a teaching postdoc in English at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. My year at UTK has...
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Source Study in a Digital Age
Like many other medievalists, this past weekend I attended the International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. While there, i was privileged to present on a...
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Ælfric’s Libellus de Veteri Testamento et Novi: A Translation
Noah’s Ark–stylized as a Viking ship–with raven, in the Old English Heptateuch (London, BL, Claudius B.iv, fol. 15r), courtesy of the British Library. Last July, I posted a translation of Ælfric of...
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Review of Kathleen E. Kennedy’s Medieval Hackers
I recently had the pleasure of reading Kathleen E. Kennedy’s Medieval Hackers (Brooklyn, NY, 2014)–available in both paperback and an open access ebook through punctum books–and want to offer a brief...
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CFP for Preaching Texts in Early England: Homiletics and Beyond
CFP: Society for the Study of Anglo-Saxon Homiletics at the 51st International Congress on Medieval Studies Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI) May 12-15, 2016 Preaching Texts in Early England:...
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Literature and Culture: Reflections
Babel in Old English Heptateuch (London, BL, Claudius B.iv, fol. 19r), courtesy of the British Library. In the June 8 issue of The New Yorker, a story appeared by Robyn Creswell (Assistant Professor of...
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Psalm 151 in Anglo-Saxon England (forthcoming in RES)
My article “Psalm 151 in Anglo-Saxon England” has been accepted for publication in the Review of English Studies. This essay presents the first sustained examination of the apocryphal psalm in early...
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Teaching with Lego
Recently, because of my new commute, I found and have been listening to the backlog of episodes of the WNYC podcast Note to Self (formerly New Tech City). According to the show’s website, “Host Manoush...
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Supermoon Eclipse, Apocalypse, & Medieval History
This weekend, the End is finally upon us. At least, that’s what some outspoken would-be prophets are saying about one upcoming astronomical event on September 27, 2015: the first occurrence in over...
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Attending the York Christian Apocrypha Symposium
A few weeks ago, I was fortunate to attend the York Christian Apocrypha Symposium in Toronto, Canada, organized by Tony Burke in consultation with Brent Landau. You can learn more about the conference,...
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Medievalism in The Force Awakens
This week, one of the most highly anticipated pop culture events hit theaters everywhere: Star Wars, Episode VII: The Force Awakens. I saw the film as early as I could, and have a lot to say about it....
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Reflecting on the Significance of Studying the Middle Ages
Several weeks ago, Kisha Tracy (at Fitchburg State U and co-founder of the MASSMedieval blog) sent out a message soliciting fellow medievalists to share some of our ideas about what we value as the...
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Notes on a Manuscript Fragment
Several months ago, wandering through the large Antique Flea Market in Brimfield, Massachusetts, I came across a surprise. Sitting on the ground, leaning against an old clothes trunk out in the sun, I...
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Ælfric’s Genesis and Bede’s Commentarius in Genesim
My article “Ælfric’s Genesis and Bede’s Commentarius in Genesim” has been accepted for publication in Medium Ævum, forthcoming within the next year. In this article, I suggest that one contributing...
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Isidore of Seville & Old Media
Today marks 1380 years since of the death of Isidore of Seville (c.560-636), the famous sixth-/seventh-century Spanish archbishop and scholar. As a diverse writer, who synthesized ideas from the late...
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CFP for Preach It, Sister! A Roundtable about Women and Homiletics
CFP: Society for the Study of Anglo-Saxon Homiletics at the 52nd International Congress on Medieval Studies Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI) May 11-14, 2017 Preach It, Sister! A Roundtable...
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Viking Ships & Piracy
Scrolling through my social media feeds this morning, I was reminded that today is #InternationalTalkLikeAPirateDay; and, serendipitously, I’m reading various accounts of Viking ships and sea-battles...
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Medieval Religion and Political Engagement: Part 1
I recently had a conversation with two of my pastor friends, Andrew and Rick, about the tensions between religion and politics, both in America and across history. A large part of this conversation...
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