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British philologist
Alaric Hall
Hall in 2021
Born 1979 (age 44–45) Nationality British
Alma mater Discipline Institutions
University of Leeds Main interests Notable works
Elves in Anglo-Saxon England (2007)
Alaric Hall (born 1979) is a British
philologist who is an associate professor of English and director of the
Institute for Medieval Studies at the
University of Leeds . He has, since 2009, been the editor of the academic journal
Leeds Studies in English and its successor
Leeds Medieval Studies .
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Biography
Hall received his
B.A. in
Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic from the
University of Cambridge , his
M.Phil. in
Medieval Studies from the
University of Glasgow , and his
Ph.D. in English from the
University of Glasgow . His Ph.D. thesis was on
elves in
Anglo-Saxon England .
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He has subsequently become an associate professor of English and director of the Institute for Medieval Studies at the
University of Leeds . Hall researches and teaches the languages,
cultures and history of
Northwest Europe in the
Middle Ages . He has written and edited several works on these subjects. Hall has also written on
Icelandic language and
literature .
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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."
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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 .
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[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 .
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[14] His activities included campaigning in relation to the
United Kingdom cladding crisis .
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Within academia, Hall supports
open-access publishing and has made his own research freely available online.
[16] Correspondingly, he edits Wikipedia, and incorporates editing into his teaching and research at the University of Leeds.
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[19] He is a member of the
University and College Union , campaigning during the
2013 and
2018–2020 UK higher education strikes .
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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
^ Hall, Alaric, "
Editorial Preface ", Leeds Studies in English , n. s. 40 (2009), [iii].
^ Hall, Alaric, "
Editorial Note ", Leeds Studies in English , n. s. 49 (2018), [iii].
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"Alaric's CV" . Alaric Hall. Retrieved 4 January 2021 .
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"Dr Alaric Hall" .
University of Leeds . Retrieved 4 January 2021 .
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Shippey, Tom A. (2008). "Elves in Anglo-Saxon England: Matters of Belief, Health, Gender and Identity". The English Historical Review . CXXIII (502): 694–695.
doi :
10.1093/ehr/cen116 .
ISSN
0013-8266 .
^ Jolly, Karen (2008). "Alaric Hall, Elves in Anglo-Saxon England: Matters of Belief, Health, Gender and Identity". Anglia . 126 (3): 537–540.
doi :
10.1515/angl.2008.072 .
ISSN
0340-5222 .
S2CID
143497138 .
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Fimi, Dimitra (2008). "Review of Elves in Anglo-Saxon England: Matters of Belief, Health, Gender and Identity". Folklore . 119 (3): 349–351.
doi :
10.1080/00155870802352301 .
ISSN
0015-587X .
JSTOR
40646474 .
S2CID
216643328 .
^ '
Hunslet & Riverside Ward ', South Leeds Life ([May] 2018).
^ '
Beeston & Holbeck Ward ', South Leeds Life ([April] 2019).
^ Beecham, Richard, '
Full List of Leeds Local Election Candidates ', The Yorkshire Evening Post (8 April 2021).
^ Lonsdale, Sarah, '
Eco Living: We Need More Energy-efficient Homes ',
The Daily Telegraph (19 March 2014).
^ Lonsdale, Sarah, '
A More Eco-Friendly Way of Life ', The Sunday Telegraph (27 February 2014), supplement: lifestyle, p. 13.
^ Alaric Hall, '
Looking forward to 2019 with St Luke’s Tenants and Residents ', South Leeds Life (3 January 2019).
^ McCormick, Sebastian (7 April 2022).
"All the candidates and parties standing for election in Leeds" . LeedsLive . Retrieved 11 April 2022 .
^ Carlisle, Ed, '
Cladding: The Nightmare Continues ', South Leeds Life (25 February 2021).
^ The University of Nottingham, '
Open Access and Creative Commons ' (2012).
^ '
RDMengage Project Update: Local Before Global ' (14 September 2018).
^ Hall, Alaric, '
How to Change (Medieval) History ', The Public Medievalist (7 February 2019).
^ Sheppard, Nick, "
Wikimedia in Universities: An Untapped Potential ", Wikimedia: Information Literacy Group (9 December 2019).
^ Stevens, Robert, '
UK Lecturers and Academic Staff Stage One-day National Strike ', World Socialist Web Site (2 November 2013).
^ Leeds Green Party, '
The Green Party Supports University Staff in their Strike to Protect Pensions in Leeds ' (22 February 2018).
^ Sherratt, Madeline, '
We Rally With You: Why the University Strikes are a Force of Good ', The Postit (28 November 2019).
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