Dr. Timothy Liam Waters

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Dr. Timothy Liam Waters

@liamh2os

Ph.D. in Scandinavian Studies & Medieval Studies || Professional Kolbítr

Chicago, IL Katılım Haziran 2019

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Dr. Timothy Liam Waters@liamh2os·1d

📢 One month left! We’re re-advertising our CFP for Networks in Old Norse Literature (Waters & Dell’Aquila). 📝 Abstracts (300–400 words) due May 1, 2026 📄 Full papers due Dec 1 Interdisciplinary, collaborative, and dialogic by design. 🔗 shorturl.at/wbnEe

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Dr. Timothy Liam Waters@liamh2os·28 Tem

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Dr. Timothy Liam Waters@liamh2os·28 Tem

📖 Just published: my new Open Access article on cursed swords in the Icelandic legendary sagas (fornaldarsögur)! It’s part of a brilliant volume on medieval “Things” edited by Daniela Hahn. Perfect for those into Old Norse lit, materiality, or weapon-lore. Link below!

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Dr. Timothy Liam Waters@liamh2os·25 Oca

Excited to be invited to speak at the Czech Academy of Sciences. Join us, February 4th.

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Trivent Publishing@thetrivent·29 May

Introducing our new book series: "OLD NORSE STUDIES" edited by Felix Lummer! It examines the religious, cultural, and literary dimensions of pre-Christian and medieval Scandinavia and Iceland. More here: trivent-publishing.eu/104-old-norse-…

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Dr. Timothy Liam Waters@liamh2os·4 Eki

@AshArrakis @DeedlesTomes This mentality is simultaneously what made “The Northman” great, in my opinion, and the thing that tanked its success. It hit all the right notes for subject specialists but general audiences weren’t willing to suspend their preconceptions of the “Viking Age.”

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Ash Wake@ashronaut15·4 Eki

This is the Way. Artists should express, not appease. I can't imagine how awful his DUNE would've been had he worried about what the 'fans' wanted from it.

The Sietch of Sci-Fi |@TSoS_

People are making some really good jokes about this, but it is genuinely one of the most frightening things I have ever heard. I don't want films and shows overseen by 'superfan groups', I want to see artists' hearts and souls poured into THEIR untarnished vision.

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Dr. Timothy Liam Waters@liamh2os·4 Ağu

A great opportunity! I loved working with the podcast and @anac4_nunez last year.

Multicultural Middle Ages Podcast@Podcast_MMA_MAA

It's that time of year again! We are now accepting proposals for the fourth season of our podcast! See below for details. Apps due October 11th, 2024.

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Dr. Timothy Liam Waters@liamh2os·24 Nis

@timesnewhoeman @jesssica__evans Wolfe’s quote from “The Book of the New Sun” always gets me: “That we are capable of being only what we are remains our unforgivable sin.” Though admittedly, it’s Tolkien’s final lines of “The Hobbit” that always choke me up when I read them.

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ally@timesnewhoeman·24 Nis

@jesssica__evans so many but - “quiet as it’s kept, there were no marigolds in the fall of 1941.” opening line of toni morrison’s the bluest eye

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Dr. Timothy Liam Waters@liamh2os·23 Nis

@planefag The shades of Gene Wolfe in this image… Somebody call Rudesind.

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planefag@planefag·23 Nis

I collect esoteric astronaut images. Ones that are mysterious, eldritch, and could inspire a story on their own. Currently, this is my favorite. Does anyone else have some to share?

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Dr. Timothy Liam Waters@liamh2os·6 Nis

@BasilAPrice @eatthatbee @BasilAPrice you’re not wrong, but you’re out of line.

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Dr. Basil Arnould Price@BasilAPrice·5 Nis

@eatthatbee A missed opportunity to write “would you still love me if I was a worm.”

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Dr. Timothy Liam Waters@liamh2os·29 Mar

@emilynussbaum “The Guitar” by Guy Clark probably fits this

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Emily Nussbaum@emilynussbaum·29 Mar

I’m making a playlist of songs in which the singer describes *another* song, but we don’t actually hear that song… and so far the only two entries are Killing Me Softly With His Song and The Monster Mash Please suggest other examples!

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Dr. Timothy Liam Waters@liamh2os·26 Mar

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Dr. Timothy Liam Waters@liamh2os·19 Mar

@bleakhousing Gene Wolfe. I begin the first chapter of my PhD thesis on literary New Materialism with his quote from “Book of the New Sun”: “The would-be sorcerer alone has faith in the efficacy of pure knowledge; rational people know that things act of themselves or not at all.”

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Dr. Timothy Liam Waters@liamh2os·2 Mar

@BeccaMerkelbach This is what I was thinking as well. I suppose a generic “völva” might work, but that feels unsatisfying.

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Dr. Timothy Liam Waters@liamh2os·2 Mar

@BeccaMerkelbach I guess the only downside with Hyndla is her attempt to take the wisdom back with her poisoned drink. But that seems like nitpicking.

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Dr. Timothy Liam Waters@liamh2os·2 Mar

@BeccaMerkelbach Ah doy! Hyndla would be kind of perfect, actually. Especially with “Völuspá inn skamma” in her poem.

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Dr. Timothy Liam Waters@liamh2os·2 Mar

@BeccaMerkelbach @BeccaMerkelbach also @NorseRue has done some amazing work with the representation of Varangians in the game, if you’re interested.

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Dr. Timothy Liam Waters@liamh2os·2 Mar

@BeccaMerkelbach Maybe Frigg for Minerva and then one of the Norns for Eleuthia instead? My knowledge of the game is limited— my PC rig couldn’t run it well enough for me to get much further than act 2. But just for function: Minerva/Frigg=wise council, Eleuthia/Norn=childbirth associations?

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