Old English at Royal Holloway
Conference Papers by Jennifer Neville

‘Endless Resistance: The Everchanging Sea in the Exeter Book Riddles’
To be presented at the International Medieval Congress (Leeds) in July 2008.

‘Birds in the Exeter Book Riddles’
Presented at the International Medieval Congress (Leeds) 10 July 2007.

‘Selves and Others in Exeter Book Riddle 12’
Presented at the International Congress on Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo) on 5 May 2006.

‘Fostering the Cuckoo: Exeter Book Riddle 9’
Presented at the Medieval Academy (Boston) on 31 March 2006.

‘Fostering the Cuckoo in Exeter Book Riddle 9
Presented at the London Medieval Society spring colloquium on 26 February 2005.

‘Out of Body Experiences in Anglo- Saxon England: Pondering the Soul's Journey in Riddle 43
Presented at the Germania Latina VI conference (Groningen) on 9 July 2004.

‘“None Shall Pass”: Mental Barriers to Travel in Old English Poetry’
Presented at the Twentieth Harlaxton Symposium (‘Freedom of Movement in the Middle Ages: People, Ideas, Goods’) on 29 July 2003.

‘The Jewel in its Setting: Judith and Gendered Language’
Will be presented at the International Medieval Congress (Leeds) on 17 July 2003.

‘“What's in it for Me?”: Wisdom out in the World in Solomon and Saturn I and II
Presented at the International Medieval Congress (Leeds) on 10 July 2001.

‘Where Animals Fear-and Dare-to Tread in Anglo-Saxon Literature’
Presented at the International Congress on Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo) on 6 May 2000.

‘Leaves of Glass: Plant-Life in Old English Poetry’
Presented at the Anglo-Saxon Plant Name Symposium on 7 April 2000.

‘Making their Own Sweet Time: Anglo-Saxon and Carolingian Chronicles’
Presented at the 2nd Medieval Chronicle Conference (Utrecht, NL) on 16 July 1999.

‘Old English Riddles’
Presented at the London Old and Middle English Research Seminar (LOMERS) on 5 May 1999.

‘Living Outside the Law: “Justice” for Foreigners and Criminals’
Presented at the Colloque du Centre d'Études Médiévales Anglaises, Université de Paris IV-Sorbonne (France) on 26 March 1999.

‘Treasure, Travel, Totem: The Anglo-Saxon Horse’
Presented at the International Medieval Congress (Leeds) on 14 July 1998.

‘Myth-making and Nation-building: Chronicles and Heroic Verse’
Presented at the Germania Latina conference (Groningen, NL) on 2 July 1998.

‘“Natural” Poetics in the Old English Riddles’
Presented at the International Congress on Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo, USA) on 9 May 1998.

‘Myths of Origins: Scyld Scefing and the Creation of the Anglo-Saxon People’
Presented at ‘Literature in History and History in Literature’ Conference (Bangor) on 4 April 1998.

‘Monsters and Criminals: Defining Humanity in Old English Poetry’
Presented at University of Groningen (Groningen, NL) on 29 August 1997.

‘Nightmares in the Wilderness: Grendel and Other Grim Terrors’
Presented at the International Medieval Congress (Leeds) on 15 July 1997.

‘Representing Power: Nature and God in Old English Poetry’
Presented at the International Congress on Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo, USA) on 10 May 1997.

‘The Seasons in Old English Poetry’
Presented at the Centre D’Études Mediévales Anglaises, Université de Paris IV- Sorbonne (France) on 14 March 1997.

‘Out of Body Experiences in Anglo-Saxon England’
Presented at the International Medieval Congress (Leeds) on 7 July 1996; an expanded version was presented at the London Medieval Society Autumn Colloquium on 9 November 1996.

‘Nature and Power in Beowulf’
Presented at the International Medieval Congress (Leeds) on 11 July 1995.

‘Beowulf in and out of the Mere: Reflections of a Hero in the Natural World’
Presented at the International Congress on Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo, USA) on 4 May 1995.

‘The Representation of Nature in Beowulf’
Presented to the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic at Cambridge University on 25 May 1994.

‘A Source of Complexity: Alan of Lille’s Plaint of Nature’
Presented at the University of Toronto (Canada) in February 1992.

‘Calculated Confusion: The Challenge of the Supernatural in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’
Presented at University of Western Ontario (Canada) in January 1991.

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