Brilliant workshop on archaeology, bodies and art yesterday, led by two archaeologists who are also a poet and an artist, the brilliant Mel Giles and Rose Ferraby . Thanks bodypolitics
We’ve had a great first day of discussions for our annual Material Worlds Masterclass 🔎 An emoji summary of some of the papers we have explored: 🛖🚶, 🫄, 🪦❌🪦,🥚bodypolitics School of Archaeology & Ancient History
Come join Medieval Archaeology March 15th for this exciting virtual event on new thinking in 'Viking' archaeology to discuss gender, house, home and the body. Thanks to Rebecca Boyd Dr Marianne Hem Eriksen bodypolitics and Marianne Moen. Really looking forward to it eventbrite.com/o/society-for-…
Had an amazing time at the TAG44@UEANorwich conference this week! Lots and lots to think about, as well as my first-ever conference paper at the bodypolitics session. Trying to bottle all the inspiration before settling down for the holidays, but looking forward to the next one.
Inspiring workshop on Art and the Body, led by Prof Melanie Giles & Dr Rose Ferraby, hosted by bodypolitics & Intersectional Bodies, on using visual arts & poetry to tell new stories about the human & nonhuman animal bodies in our #archaeology #research
📢 Our next online event is 26 May 1pm! Join us for an exciting discussion on new thinking in 'Viking' archaeology, looking at gender, house, home and the body. With Rebecca Boyd Dr Marianne Hem Eriksen bodypolitics and Marianne Moen. Booking here: bit.ly/3VmxyJY
Had such an inspiring day running a creative workshop with Mel Giles for bodypolitics & Intersectional Bodies! So many ways of thinking about the body in archaeology, and so much fascinating research and perspectives in the room. What a great bunch!
On vacay in Athens, and couldn't resist popping to the launch of my amazing colleague Dr Marianne Hem Eriksen's new book Vikings in the Med Norwegian Institute at Athens . Next stop vikings in the Caribbean! School of Archaeology & Ancient History Uppsala universitet bodypolitics #buswomansholiday
Come join Medieval Archaeology May 26th at 1pm for this exciting virtual event on new thinking in 'Viking' archaeology to discuss gender, house, home and the body. Thanks to Rebecca Boyd Dr Marianne Hem Eriksen bodypolitics and Marianne Moen eventbrite.com/e/new-thinking…
Vikings! Check out ‘Bodies That Matter: Celebrating the Social History of the Body in the Viking Age’, with displays and talks on Viking Age objects from our bodypolitics team. #Festivalofsocialscience2023 College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities
📅Sunday November 12
⏰12pm-3pm
🏦Attenborough Arts Centre
Today, Dr Marianne Hem Eriksen presents the fantastically interesting bodypolitics project in the Research Unit for the History of Religion Aarhus University. Marianne focusses on the project work package on Body-Images to give a new perspective on the RHR theme on visualisation in religion.
Third session Old Norse Poetry in Performance starts with Katherine Olley bodypolitics discussing the connections between Völundarkviða and the later Icelandic ballad tradition
University of Toronto TAG44@UEANorwich @renatelarssen bodypolitics Dr Marianne Hem Eriksen European Research Council (ERC) University of Leicester Brad Marshall School of Archaeology & Ancient History Chessil Dohvehnain Dr Jess Thompson Cambridge University Emma Louise Thompson Uni of Birmingham UK Research and Innovation Midlands4Cities Catherine Jones Dr Matt Hitchcock The University of Manchester UoMCAHAE University of Bradford Aoife Sutton-Butler👩🏻🦰☠️ Universiteit Leiden Last up we had an absolutely stellar paper by Theodore Muscillo, who opened up our eyes to our own unconscious biases when it comes to ‘Fat Objects in the Archaeological Record’ - we should not assume that all bodies in the past were slim bodies!🪆 TAG44@UEANorwich
UoN CSVA Nottingham English Uni of Nottingham #WeAreUoN English Place-Name Society Nottingham Medieval Studies Institute for Name-Studies Bristol CMS Scandinavian Studies at Aberdeen Medieval Studies at Lincoln ASNC Cambridge Oxford Medieval Studies UoN History Faculty of English Cambridge Medieval Viking Strathclyde Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Research Win Institute for Medieval Studies Harvard Medieval Studies Exeter Medievalists IMEMS-Durham bodypolitics CARMEN Worldwide Medieval Network NECRON - Network of ECRs in Old Norse
Today, Elisabeth Aslesen and Emma Louise Thompson spent some time with Dawid Sych from The New History of Bronze project School of Archaeology & Ancient History, exploring how we can use #3DPrinting and scanning to aid our research and outreach.
We’re excited to see what comes out of it; watch this space! ✨🔍
School of Archaeology & Ancient History Emma Louise Thompson later delivered a workshop on ' #archaeopoetics ', getting participants to explore the power of #poetry in #archaeology and working with objects. 📝🏺
