Thesis Title: Strange New Worlds: Reimagining the environment in the Íslendingasögur
Supervisor: Professor Siân Grønlie
Research Interests: Old Norse literature; Old English literature; environmental humanities; medievalism in contemporary culture
Doctoral Research:
The Íslendingasögur, or "Sagas of Icelanders" — pseudo-naturalistic narratives about Iceland's first generations of settlers — were produced against a background of an unpredictable, marginal climate, frequent resource scarcity and violent geological activity. My DPhil project examines how the sagas grapple with this challenging environment. It is co-funded by the AHRC, the Clarendon Fund and Magdalen College.
Academic Publications:
"Beyond the Critical Edition: Beowulf, New Materialism and the Promise of an Object-Oriented Palaeography", Journal of English and Germanic Philology 123.1 (2024), 48-68
I also write book reviews and essays, most regularly for the Times Literary Supplement, but also occasionally for the Telegraph, the London Review of Books and the Financial Times.
