Tag Archives: early Middle English

CFPs for ICMS 2019 at Kalamazoo

Posted on August 16, 2018 by carlamthomas

Like I mentioned in my last post, the Early Middle English Society has two accepted panels  for ICMS 2019 held at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI. Please read below for the CFPs and contact information for submitting abstracts to me. … Continue reading →

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Assistant Professor, EMES President, and ICMS Boycott

Posted on July 24, 2018 by carlamthomas

So much has happened since I wrote “Reflections on ISAS 2017 and a Call to Action” last summer.

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Why I Started Using Social Media Professionally

Posted on July 23, 2015 by carlamthomas

When I was a third-year PhD candidate, I remember sitting in a (mostly useless) required professionalization workshop in my department, and while I didn’t get much out of the experience, I do remember one piece of information getting my attention: cultivate … Continue reading →

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“Somewhere I Belong” & Early Middle English

Posted on November 29, 2012 by carlamthomas

Perhaps Linkin Park’s “Somewhere I Belong” is not the best song about “belonging” that could have popped into my mind when thinking about the place of early Middle English instruction in the Old English curriculum, but it captures the abandonment, … Continue reading →

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My Sacred Quest

Posted on October 16, 2012 by carlamthomas

Last week, I spent all week in libraries in Oxford and then Cambridge. I began in Oxford in order to finish with MSS Bodley 343 and Jesus College 29, as well as to go over the microfilm images of the … Continue reading →

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Fiddling with Manuscripts at Last!

Posted on October 5, 2012 by carlamthomas

I have now been living in London for just under six weeks, and the first “Poema Morale” manuscript that I was able to see was London, British Library, Egerton 613, which contains not one but two copies of the poem. … Continue reading →

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Come Muddle with Me!

Posted on July 11, 2012 by carlamthomas

Welcome to Muddling through the Medieval! This blog is dedicated to my efforts to research and write a dissertation on early medieval English literature, the title of which is currently “Wræclastas: Paths of Redemption in Early Medieval English Literature.” I … Continue reading →

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