King Alfred Statue, Winchester, Hampshire, c.1910s - Photochrom Postcard

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✨ New publication! ✨

Happy to share that “Fanfiction in Esperanto – Esperanto in Fanfiction” is now published in Esperantologio / Esperanto Studies! 💚

Huge thanks to the editors for their trust and encouragement. 🙏
🔗 https://www.academia.edu/144442225/Fanfiction_in_Esperanto_Esperanto_in_Fanfiction .

#Fanfiction #Esperanto #Linguistics #ParticipatoryCulture #AcademicPublishing #FandomStudies #LanguageAndCulture #ConstructedLanguages #Conlangs #Mermaids #KingAlfred #MediaStudies #DigitalHumanities #CulturalStudies #PeaceThroughLanguage #Esperantologio

✨ I’m truly looking forward to travelling to England next week, for a few days full of learning, sharing, and inspiration at "Actors, Singers and Celebrity Cultures across the Centuries" at the University of Surrey.

Curious? You can find the full programme here:
https://www.surrey.ac.uk/events/20250612-actors-singers-and-celebrity-cultures-across-centuries .

#KingAlfred #OperaStudies #MediaStudies #AcademicLife #ConferenceSeason #UniversityOfSurrey #GratefulToBeHere #NeurodivergentScholar #CreativeResearch #Medievalism #Netflix #Musicology #TheLastKingdom

I had the honour of contributing a guest blog for the OG(H)AM Project of the University of Glasgow! In my post, I explore the fascinating intersection of history and mythology by looking at Ogham, the ancient Celtic script, and its surprising role in Alfred the Great fanfiction. 📜✨👑

https://ogham.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/2024/10/21/exploring-ogham-in-alfred-the-great-fanfiction-a-fusion-of-history-and-mythology/

#Ogham #AlfredTheGreat #Celtic #Fanfiction #CelticStudies #DigitalHumanities #ProudMoment #HistoryAndMyth #KingAlfred #MedievalStudies #AncientScripts #OghamProject #guestblog

Happy and proud that my article "Playing King Alfred: Historical reenactment and cosplay of Alfred the Great" was published in Transformative Works and Cultures.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2024.2525 .

#kingalfred #reenactment #cosplay #chirho #Livinghistory #Passionplay #Performanceart #TheLastKingdom #Vikings #alfredthegreat #playing #medievalism #neomedieval

I was greeted by a lovely surprise when I returned home from holiday—the printed copies of Studia Celtica Posnaniensia had arrived, including my article “ᚁ IS BEITH AND MEANS BIRCH” – AN EXPLORATION OF OGHAM IN ONLINE FANFICTION FEATURING KING ALFRED THE GREAT.

You can read the article online here: https://doi.org/10.14746/scp.2023.8.2.

#Ogham #CelticStudies #Fanfiction #AlfredTheGreat #Linguistics #StudiaCelticaPosnaniensia #CulturalHeritage #DigitalAge #FanCulture #ResearchPublication #KingAlfred #acafan

King Alfred's Statue, Winchester, Hampshire, 1967 - Valentine's RP Postcard

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Happy with this publication! 😊

“The Fate of England Rested With a 22 Year Old Boy” ‐ Media Representations of the Youth and Childhood of King Alfred the Great - in Sociology Lens 37(198),
DOI: 10.1111/johs.12451 .

Open access via https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/johs.12451 .

#alfredthegreat #kingalfred #fanfiction #media #medievalism #fanstudies #lastkingdom #vikings #fandom #movies

Happy & proud 🥰

https://doi.org/10.14746/scp.2023.8.2

"ᚁ is Beith and means birch” - an exploration of Ogham in online fanfiction featuring King Alfred the Great

Through an analysis of three selected case studies, this study unveils how Ogham's integration into contemporary narratives generates fresh layers of meaning and revitalises this ancient alphabet.

#kingalfred #fanfiction #ogham #celtic #medievalisms #oldenglish #irish #fanstudies