fredag 28. april 2017

A Caribbean Werewolf Tale - from Derek Walcott's Tales of the Islands

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I have recently been reading some articles touching on one of  perhaps most memorable anecdotes from Gerald of Wales' Topographia Hibern...
tirsdag 25. april 2017

Distractions along the thesis road - an antiphon for Saint Laurentius

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As every academic knows, the road towards completing the PhD thesis is a long-winded one, and it is full of major and minor distractions. I...
søndag 23. april 2017

Spanish poetry for World Book Day

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Today, April 23rd, is World Book Day , an international celebration of books that has taken its date from the death-day of Miguel de Cervant...
onsdag 19. april 2017

Writer's block - a poem by Emelihter Kihleng

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This month is nearing its end and this is the first blogpost of the month. It has, in other words, been a very hectic month, but hectic in v...
fredag 31. mars 2017

Language and embrace - ruminations for March 31

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In the medievalist section of social media, March 31 is International Hug A Medievalist Day, founded by Doctor Sarah Laseke , currently of L...
mandag 20. mars 2017

Little Lives - a modern hymn for Saint Cuthbert

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Today, March 20, is the feast of Saint Cuthbert, bishop of Lindisfarne who died in 687, and whose body was later moved to Durham after Vik...
søndag 19. mars 2017

Sea Grapes - a poem, and a reading, by Derek Walcott

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Two days ago, on March 17 2017, Derek Walcott died in his home country Saint Lucia at the age of 87. I was deeply saddened by these unwelc...