M.H. (Thijs) Porck, MPhil
- Lecturer
- Old English language and culture
- Historical linguistics
- Late medieval historiography
| Telephone number: | +31 (0)71 527 1611 |
|---|---|
| E-Mail: | m.h.porck@hum.leidenuniv.nl |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Institute for Cultural Disciplines, Oude Britse letterkunde |
| Office Address: |
Witte Singel-complex P.N. van Eyckhof 4 2311 BV Leiden Room number 1.01a |
| Telephone number: | +31 (0)71 527 1611 |
| E-Mail: | m.h.porck@hum.leidenuniv.nl |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Institute for Cultural Disciplines, Oude Britse letterkunde |
| Office Address: |
Witte Singel-complex P.N. van Eyckhof 4 2311 BV Leiden Room number 1.01a |
| Personal Homepage: | www.hum.leiden.edu/icd/organisation/members/porckmh.html |
Fields of interest
Old English and Middle English language and literature, esp. old age, Cnut the Great and movie-adaptations of Beowulf.
Historical linguistics, esp. history of the English language.
Dutch historiography of the fifteenth and sixteenth century, esp. genealogical historiography.
Research
I am working on a PhD thesis that focuses on old age in early medieval England. The title of this project is The Revered, the Rejected and the Ridiculed. The Many Faces of Old Age in Early Medieval England (700–1350) (2011, supervisor prof. dr. R.H. Bremmer). This project comprises a study of old age in early medieval English culture, based on both a lexicological analysis of words for old age in Old and Middle English and an analysis of texts of diverse nature from early medieval England (700–1350). Its primary aim is to establish whether there was one monolithic image of old age in medieval England, as hitherto assumed, or whether there were multiple ideas existing side by side and, moreover, subject to change.
Curriculum vitae
Education:
2002-2005
BA Geschiedenis (cum laude)
2004-2007
BA English Language and Culture (cum laude)
2007-2008
MA English Language and Culture (cum laude)
2006-2010
MPhil History: Societies and Institutions (cum laude)
MPhil-thesis was awarded the Vlaams-Nederlandse Prijs voor Teksteditie 2010
Professional experience:
2007-2010
Various temporary teaching positions in Linguistics and Philology at the department of English Language and Culture, Leiden University
2010
Temporary teaching position at the department of English, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
2010
Temporary employment as an English Teacher at Mendelcollege, Haarlem
2011
PhD student and teacher (docentpromovendus) at the department of English Language and Culture, Leiden University
Teaching activities
This semester I will be teaching the following courses:
- Philology 2: Introduction to Old English language and literature
- Philology 6: Introduction to Late Modern English
In the past I have taught the following courses:
- Philology 1: Introduction to Middle English Language and Literature
- Philology 2: Introduction to Old English Language and Culture
- Philology 3: History of the English Language
- Philology 5&6: Early Modern Everyday English
- Linguistics 1: Phonetics of English
- Linguistics 2: Syntax of English
- Linguistics 4: Phonology of English
- Linguistics 5: The Morphology of English
- Linguistics 5: English Historical Linguistics
Publications
Articles:
- M.H. Porck, ‘Een Rijnlandse serie adelskronieken 1533-1542. Het zogenaamde Voorste Haagsche Handschrift’ Millennium. Tijdschrift voor Middeleeuwse Studies 20 (2006), 44-62.
- M.H. Porck & H.J. Porck, ‘Hoemen alle boucken bewaren sal om eewelic te duerene. Acht regels uit 1527 over het conserveren van boeken’ Jaarboek voor Nederlandse Boekgeschiedenis 15 (2008), 7-21.
- M.H. Porck, ‘De Brederodekroniek’(titel onder voorbehoud) in: E. den Hartog e.a. (red.), Yolande de Lalaing (+1497), de laatste van de Brederodes op Brederode (verwacht: najaar 2009)
Reviews:
- M.H. Porck [boekbespreking van: J. Tigelaar, Brabants historie ontvouwd. Die alder excellenste cronyke van Brabant en het Brabantse geschiedbeeld anno 1500. (Hilversum 2006)] Noordbrabants Historisch Jaarboek 24 (2007)
2011
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Porck, M.H. (2011)
Do NOT give your books to children (and other rules on book conservation from 1527). EDiT, Quarterly Magazine of MA Book and Digital Media Studies, Winter 2011, pp. 8-9.
(Contribution for newspaper or weekly magazine) -
Porck, M.H. (2011)
[Bespreking van: The Old English Boethius. An Edition of the Old English Versions of Boethius’s De Consolatione Philosophiae]. In: English Studies, 92, pp. 100-102.
(Book review) -
Porck, M.H. (2011)
[Bespreking van: Understanding Beowulf as an Indo-European Epic: A Study in Comparative Mythology]. In: English Studies, 92, pp. 693-702.
(Book review)
2010
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Porck, M.H. (2010)
De Brederodekroniek van Jan van Leiden. Platform Teksteditie: http://www.teksteditie.org/?page_id=1924.
(Book (monograph)) -
Porck, M.H. (2010)
Samples of an Anglo-Saxonist’s research: Cnut the Great. A teacher’s contribution. GAG_MAG, pp. 9-11.
(Contribution for newspaper or weekly magazine)
2009
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Porck, M.H. (2009)
De Brederodekroniek voor Yolande van Lalaing. In: den Hartog, E. & Wijsman, H. (Eds.), Yolande de Lalaing (1422-1497), kasteelvrouwe van Brederode (Jaarboek Kastelenstichting Holland en Zeeland), pp. 36-66. Haarlem
(Part of book or chapter of book)
2008
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Porck, M.H. & Porck, H.J. (2008)
Hoemen alle boucken bewaren sal om eewelic te duerene. Acht regels uit 1527 over het conserveren van boeken. Jaarboek voor Nederlandse boekgeschiedenis, 15, pp. 7-21.
(Article)
2007
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Porck, M.H. (2007)
[Bespreking van: Brabants historie ontvouwd. Die alder excellenste cronyke van Brabant en het Brabantse geschiedbeeld anno 1500.]. In: Noordbrabants Historisch Jaarboek, 24, pp. 227-230.
(Book review)
2006
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Porck, M.H. (2006)
Een Rijnlandse serie adelskronieken 1533–1542. Het zogenaamde Voorste Haagsche Handschrift. Millennium : Tijdschrift voor Middeleeuwse Studies, 20, pp. 44-62.
(Article)