Alaric Hall

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Alaric Hall
Hall in 2021
Born1979 (age 44–45)
NationalityBritish
Academic background
Alma mater
Academic work
Discipline
  • Anglo-Saxon studies
  • Old Norse studies
InstitutionsUniversity of Leeds
Main interests
Notable works
  • Elves in Anglo-Saxon England (2007)

Alaric Hall (born 1979) is a British

Leeds Medieval Studies.[1][2]

Biography

Hall received his

Anglo-Saxon England.[3]

He has subsequently become an associate professor of English and director of the Institute for Medieval Studies at the

Northwest Europe in the Middle Ages. He has written and edited several works on these subjects. Hall is also an authority on Icelandic language and literature.[4]

His 2007 book Elves in Anglo-Saxon England received positive academic reviews. The medievalist and Tolkien scholar Tom Shippey described the work as an "exceptionally thorough study", while the Tolkien scholar Dimitra Fimi called it a "solidly scholarly work, with meticulous discussion of philological matters, and also an open-minded (although strictly evidence-based) attempt to look at the bigger picture."[5][6][7]

Politics

Hall is an environmental campaigner, and since 2018 has regularly stood for election to Leeds City Council for the Green Party of England and Wales.[8][9][10] For most of the 2010s he was a resident of the Leeds eco-building Greenhouse and was active in community organising in the local area of Beeston and Holbeck.[11][12][13][14] His activities included campaigning in relation to the United Kingdom cladding crisis.[15]

Within academia, Hall supports

2018–2020 UK higher education strikes.[20][21][22]

Select bibliography

  • Elves in Anglo-Saxon England: Matters of Belief, Health, Gender and Identity, 2007
  • Interfaces Between Language and Culture in Medieval England, 2010
  • Útrásarvíkingar: The Literature of the Icelandic Financial Crisis (2008–2014), 2020

References

  1. ^ Hall, Alaric, "Editorial Preface", Leeds Studies in English, n. s. 40 (2009), [iii].
  2. ^ Hall, Alaric, "Editorial Note", Leeds Studies in English, n. s. 49 (2018), [iii].
  3. ^ "Alaric's CV". Alaric Hall. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Dr Alaric Hall". University of Leeds. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
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  6. S2CID 143497138
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  8. ^ 'Hunslet & Riverside Ward', South Leeds Life ([May] 2018).
  9. ^ 'Beeston & Holbeck Ward', South Leeds Life ([April] 2019).
  10. ^ Beecham, Richard, 'Full List of Leeds Local Election Candidates', The Yorkshire Evening Post (8 April 2021).
  11. ^ Lonsdale, Sarah, 'Eco Living: We Need More Energy-efficient Homes', The Daily Telegraph (19 March 2014).
  12. ^ Lonsdale, Sarah, 'A More Eco-Friendly Way of Life', The Sunday Telegraph (27 February 2014), supplement: lifestyle, p. 13.
  13. ^ Alaric Hall, 'Looking forward to 2019 with St Luke’s Tenants and Residents', South Leeds Life (3 January 2019).
  14. ^ McCormick, Sebastian (7 April 2022). "All the candidates and parties standing for election in Leeds". LeedsLive. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  15. ^ Carlisle, Ed, 'Cladding: The Nightmare Continues', South Leeds Life (25 February 2021).
  16. ^ The University of Nottingham, 'Open Access and Creative Commons' (2012).
  17. ^ 'RDMengage Project Update: Local Before Global' (14 September 2018).
  18. ^ Hall, Alaric, 'How to Change (Medieval) History', The Public Medievalist (7 February 2019).
  19. ^ Sheppard, Nick, "Wikimedia in Universities: An Untapped Potential", Wikimedia: Information Literacy Group (9 December 2019).
  20. ^ Stevens, Robert, 'UK Lecturers and Academic Staff Stage One-day National Strike', World Socialist Web Site (2 November 2013).
  21. ^ Leeds Green Party, 'The Green Party Supports University Staff in their Strike to Protect Pensions in Leeds' (22 February 2018).
  22. ^ Sherratt, Madeline, 'We Rally With You: Why the University Strikes are a Force of Good', The Postit (28 November 2019).
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