Alaric Hall, CV
Employment
Lecturer in Medieval English Literature, School of English, University of Leeds (junior lecturer 2007-16, senior lecturer 2016-).
Research fellow, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies (2005-7).
Education
Ph.D. (2001-4) on 'The Meanings of Elf and Elves in Medieval England', Department of English Language, University of Glasgow (2003-4 at Department of English, University of Helsinki).
M.Phil. (taught) (2000-1) in Medieval Studies, Glasgow Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Distinction.
B.A. (1997-2000) in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic. Magdalene College, Cambridge. Part I: 1st; part II: 2/1.
Secondary education (1991-97) at Aylesbury Grammar School, including A-levels in Latin, History and English.
Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (2008-11), University of Leeds; Foundation Language Study (Arabic) (2016-18), Leeds Beckett University.
Publications and teaching
For Alaric's publications (and free-access texts thereof) see publications. For details of Alaric's teaching, supervising and examining, present and past, see teaching.Other Experience and Activities
Research funding
- ISK52,212,500 (~£300,000) for 'Riches to rags: The popularisation of rímur poetry in post-medieval Iceland' (Rannís, 2025-28) [co-investigator]
- ISK7,350,000 (~£47,000) for 'Gullskinna. Postmedieval transmission and reception of a lost medieval parchment-codex' (Rannís, 2015-18) [co-investigator]
- £20,531 for 'Constructing crisis: Icelandic cultural responses to the 2008 financial crisis' (Leverhulme Trust, 2013-14).
- £2,445 for 'Sigrgarðs saga frækna: the manuscript tradition' (British Academy, 2009).
- £4,000 project funding + £1,000 honorarium, Leeds University Teaching Fellowship (University of Leeds, 2009).
- €2,110 for Hel-Lex II conferences on English historical lexis, Department of English, University of Helsinki (Finnish Academy, 2005).
Full texts of some grant applications are available here.
Keynotes etc.
- 'Elves, terrorists, and Iceland: from Christianisation to financial crisis', Supernatural Creatures: from Elf-Shot to Shrek (University of Łódź, 2014).
- The autumn 2011 Beck Lectures in Icelandic Literature and Culture at the University of Victoria.
Positions of responsibility (scholarly)
- Editor or Leeds Studies in English and its success Leeds Medieval Studies (2009-; editioral board member 2007-).
- External examiner, BA Scandinavian Studies, University College London (2021-).
- External examiner, BA English, University of Hull (2017-21).
- Editorial assistant for Viking and Medieval Scandinavia (2008-14).
- Council member of the Viking Society for Northern Research (2009-11, 2014-17).
- Vice-chair of the Finnish Society for Celtic Studies (2006-8).
Positions of responsibility (administrative, University of Leeds)
- School of English: fire warden (2012-); director of personal tutoring (2012-13); undergraduate admissions tutor (2014-19); deputy director of student education (2024-).
- Institute for Medieval Studies: external audit committee (2010); International Medieval Congress standing committee (2010-14, 2022-); IMS steering committee (2011-16, 2022-); director (2019-22).
- University and College Union: joint honorary secretary 2018-19; membership secretary 2019-21; treasurer 2021-23.
- Senate: elected member 2019-22.