em horne
Landscape and Ecology in Old Norse | Doctoral Researcher, University of Nottingham | Place-Name Enthusiast | she/her
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- Reposted by em horneInteresting project about house names by Ragnhild Ljosland being discussed on Around #Orkney this morning! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
- Looking to be a super interesting day!
- Just one week until UHI Institute for Northern Studies Mapping Identities Conference hosted at UHI Perth and online 10/02/2026. Full programme now confirmed. Still time to register www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-...
- Reposted by em horneRead @thinkuhi.bsky.social UHI PhD candidate Tara Athanasiou recent article in the Journal of Medieval History published by Taylor & Francis reviewing UHI INS Visiting Professor Judith Jesch book 'The Saga of the Earls of Orkney'. tinyurl.com/322u762z
- Reposted by em horneDelighted to have this project out there for people to read! I'm very grateful to all the contributors and the team at @apardjon1.bsky.social. A special thanks goes to @medivalist.bsky.social for all her hard work in turning our Bishop Adam conference into this special volume! #MedievalSky
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- Very excited that all the articles from the 2024 International Congress of Onomastic Sciences have now been published open access as Volumes 16-20 of Onomastica Uralica! All 84 articles can be accessed here mnytud.arts.unideb.hu/onomural/kot...
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- Reposted by em horneI've done a few podcasts recently and particularly enjoyed this one with Miranda Melcher @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/the-saga-of-...
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- Reposted by em horneSome news - I've graduated! 🥳 Bonus news - you can now read my thesis here: 📖 eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/82711/
- Looking forward to a rather busy Leeds! Delighted by the set of panels organised with @jakestattel.bsky.social! @imc-leeds.bsky.social #IMC26
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- Lovely to give a talk at Southwell Women’s Institute with @jaztherunologist.bsky.social and Francesca Squitieri on Women in the Viking Age. A very kind and enthusiastic audience!
- Goatfell, Arran
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- Happy to share a call for papers for our PGR/ECR research showcase on Life and Landscape. The showcase is a fantastic opportunity to share environmental research with both the academic community and the wider public. Please share widely!
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- Congrats @tcfairfax.bsky.social 🎉🎉
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- Final reminder! You have around 7 hours!
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- Reminder! Just over a week to submit an abstract to @jakestattel.bsky.social and I for IMC Leeds 26. We’d love to hear from you! @imc-leeds.bsky.social #IMC26 #Medievalsky
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- Had a brilliant time leading ‘Viking Skills’ workshops for the Derbyshire Scout’s Experimental Archeology weekend in Gradbach. Adapted our usual Vikings for Schools activities for the workshop with the Scouts carving clay runic inscriptions and building their own ship burial!
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- In usual IMC fashion, now that #IMC25 has concluded we are searching for papers exploring New Perspectives on the Viking Diaspora. Please get in touch if you are interested and share widely! #IMC26 @imc-leeds.bsky.social
- Fantastic time at #IMC25 @imc-leeds.bsky.social and a pleasure to be part of two brilliant panels. Great to catch up with old friends and make so many new ones (human and bird)!
- Looking forward to my first #IMC25 @imc-leeds.bsky.social next week. Excited to be speaking on (tues) and chairing (wed) two brilliant panels!
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- Happy to share that my article on the codicology of the Exeter Book has been published Open Access in the Journal of the English Association! academic.oup.com/english/adva...
- Kirkwall from above, en route to Papay
- More Birsay puffins - this time from my camera. Incredibly lucky to get so close to them!
- Amazing views over the Stronsay Firth from the conference room at UHI Orkney. Incredibly apt location for the Mapping Identities: Geography and Cosmology workshop. Many thanks to organisers Oisín and Andrew, other speakers, and hosts @insuhi.bsky.social for a brilliant day!
- Puffin, Brough of Birsay
- And finally - Day 23, Wed 28th May, me and my brilliant van in Sangerði. Somehow survived 3 weeks and 4,108km together.
- Day 22, Tuesday 27th May, Reykjavík
- Day 21, Monday 26th May, Þingvellir
- Day 20, Sun 25th May, Borgarnes
- Day 19, Sat 24th May, Orca off Snæfellsnes
- Day 18, Friday 23rd May, view over Þórsnes from Helgafell
- Day 17, Thurs 22nd May, Laxá
- Day 16, Wed 21st May, Látrabjarg Bjargtangar - (one of) the most western point(s) of Europe (depending on your metric)
- Day 15, Tues 20th May, Dynjandi
- Day 14, Monday 19th May, Drangey from Grettislaug
- Day 13, Sunday 18th May, Eyjafjörður and Hrísey from Dalvík
- Day 12, Sat 17th May, Skútuskaðagígar in Mývatn
- Day 11, Friday 16th May, Húsavík from Skjalfandi. Saw several humpback whales! 🐋
- Day 10, Thurs 15th May, Arctic Henge in Raufarhöfn
- Day 9, Wed 14th May, Baby Reindeer (10 months)
- Day 8, Tues 13th May, Lagarfljót í Fljótsdalur from Hrafnkelsstaðir
- Day 7, Mon 12th May, Skútafoss
- Day 6, Sun 11th May, Stokksnes and Vestrahorn
- Day 5, Sat 10th May, Jökulsárlón (ft. a harbour seal)
- Day 4, Fri 9th May, Reynisfjara
- Day 3, Thursday 8th May, the rather rainy Vestmannaeyjar
- Day 2, Wed 7th May, Gljúfrabúi
