Inhabiting a Mythic Landscape: Alan Garner and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Phd Student Craig Wallace traces the influence of the Middle English poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in the landscape and language of Alan Garner’s Boneland.

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Alan Garner’s most recent novel, Boneland (2012), features the siblings Colin and Susan …

PhD studentship at the University of Glasgow: “Women Negotiating the Boundaries of Justice”

Currently an MA student in the School of History, Rebecca Mason fills us in on her upcoming funded PhD project with the University of Glasgow…

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I will soon begin reading for a PhD in History at the University of Glasgow …

What are the challenges of recovering the late medieval / early modern understanding of witchcraft?

Scott Eaton, MA student in the School of History, reports on the challenges he faces while researching his MA Dissertation topic…

In today’s world we often think of a witch as an ugly old woman who keeps a black cat …

Opportunity in Iceland – Understanding the Human Dimensions of Long-term Environmental Change

Hi everyone!

If you look back a few posts you will see the ones I put up about my wonderful experiences on the Svartarkot course in Iceland.

Well now you too have the opportunity to be involved with this wonderful …