• SPANISH SOCIETY

    FOR MEDIEVAL ENGLISH

    LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

    SELIM

  • Tradition and renovation in the study of medieval English

     

    The Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature (SELIM) encourages and promotes the study of the written records and literary works of medieval England dated between the seventh and the fifteenth century.

    SELIM organises annual international conferences that gather linguists, literary critics, and medievalists in general, around specialised panel sessions and keynote lectures. The journal of the Society, SELIM (ISSN 1132-631X), is a recognised academic publication that is listed in international reference indexes. The Society also supports financially the participation of predoctoral researchers and, throughout the country, funds courses and academic events that fall within the area of the society's interests.

    The majority of SELIM members teach English Historical Linguistics, Medieval English Literature, or both. Their research in the Old English and the Middle English periods combines the philological tradition with state-of-the-art theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches, as we believe that only a delicate balance between tradition and renovation can bring perspectives and insights from related branches of the Humanities and ultimately shed light on this fascinating part of European history and culture.

    While most SELIM members are affiliated with Spanish universities, the last years have seen the progressive incorporation into the Society of colleagues from European and American universities, which has extended the reach of our activities. If you are not a member of SELIM yet, we gladly invite you to join us, contribute to the Society's goals and share the national and international networking and friendship-building opportunities it fosters.

  • 2023 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE · SELIM 33 · UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA, 13-15 SEPT 2023

  • Latest

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    05/05/2025

    Tolkien Society Best Article 2025 Award

    The article co-authored by Dr Andoni Cossio and Prof Dimitra Fimi on JRR Tolkien’s 1953 visit to Glasgow to deliver the W.P. Ker lecture on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight has won the Tolkien Society Best Article 2025 Award.

    https://www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/04/winners-of-the-tolkien-society-awards-2025-announced/

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    04/10/2024

    The Battle of Maldon: A New Critical Edition, by Mark Griffith

    The Battle of Maldon: A New Critical Edition, by our colleague and SELIM member Mark Griffith, has just been published.

     

    This is bound to become the standard text of that important Old English poem, so don't forget to buy your copy!

     

    https://liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/9781835538067

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    22/04/2024

    A forgotten poem by CS Lewis reveals details of friendships between fantasy writers and medievalists at the University of Leeds.

    The 1935 poem, ‘Mód Þrýþe Ne Wæg’, was among a bundle of documents sold to the University’s Special Collections a decade ago.

     

    It reveals Lewis' friendship with the Gordons, a married couple and Leeds medievalists who were also good friends with Lord of the Rings author, JRR Tolkien.

     

    The poem was unearthed by Dr Andoni Cossio, researcher at the University of the Basque Country and the University of Glasgow and SELIM member, when he was exploring the University’s Tolkien-Gordon Collection. It is published for the first time in the Journal of Inklings Studies with a critical commentary by Dr Cossio.

     

    You can download the edition here.

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    07/03/2024

    Rafael Pascual consigue 120.000 euros de financiación para su proyecto

    Enhorabuena a nuestro socio Rafael Pascual, que ha conseguido financiación de 120.000 euros para su proyecto 'Continental Sources of Anglo-Saxon Poetry' dentro del programa Ramón y Cajal. Es una alegría para SELIM que el Sistema Español de Ciencia, Tecnología y de Innovación apueste por la investigación nacional en el ámbito del inglés medieval.

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    05/03/2024

    Antonio Bravo, Beowulf: Verso a verso

    Antonio Bravo, former SELIM President, presents his new translation Beowulf: Verso a verso at the University of Oviedo.

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    14/09/2023

    Bruce Mitchel Award 2023

    Esaúl Ruiz Narbona receives the Bruce Mitchell Award at the Conference Dinner for SELIM 33 in Murcia

     

    Congratulations!

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