Dr. Timothy Liam Waters

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

[Dr. Timothy Liam Waters @liamh2os]

Delighted to be speaking for the
@NorthernStudies Seminar Series on 16 June!

Machine-Made Medievalisms: AI Vikings, Digital Folklore, and the Politics of “Authenticity”

https://t.co/Ve4FrJpnC2

[Dr. Timothy Liam Waters @liamh2os]

Excited to be speaking for the Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts in Iceland as part of Lunch with Digital Humanities.

I’ll be presenting on AI-generated “Vikings,” authenticity, and how online communities decide what counts as real.

Livestream available—join if you can.

[Dr. Timothy Liam Waters @liamh2os]

📢 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.

🔗 https://t.co/hN0ATul4h7

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[Dr. Timothy Liam Waters @liamh2os]

📖 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!

[Dr. Timothy Liam Waters @liamh2os]

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

[Trivent Publishing @thetrivent]

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:
https://t.co/DdyVCbQBiW

[Dr. Timothy Liam Waters @liamh2os]

@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.”

[Dr. Timothy Liam Waters @liamh2os]

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.

[Dr. Timothy Liam Waters @liamh2os]

@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.

[Dr. Timothy Liam Waters @liamh2os]

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

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

[Dr. Timothy Liam Waters @liamh2os]

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

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@AmericanGwyn

[Dr. Timothy Liam Waters @liamh2os]

@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.”

[Dr. Timothy Liam Waters @liamh2os]

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

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@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.

[Dr. Timothy Liam Waters @liamh2os]

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

[Dr. Timothy Liam Waters @liamh2os]

@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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@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?