EMERGENCE
Early Medieval English in Nineteenth-Century Europe
In the 19th century, Old English poems were claimed as cultural heritage by various non-Anglophone nations, including Scandinavians, Germans and Dutch. These competing nationalistic, cultural appropriations happened against the backdrop of a growing interest in early medieval English language and literature across the European continent. Exploring this transnational reception of Old English offers a new perspective on the 19th-century foundations of Old English Studies.
The EMERGENCE project is funded by a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant of €1.5 million to Thijs Porck for 5 years from 2024 (Grant . No. 101115867). The project is hosted by the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society, the Netherlands.
