Dr. Natalia Petrovskaia

Assistant Professor
Celtic and Classics
Medieval Culture
n.petrovskaia@uu.nl

Activities

2025

"The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" and the "Navigatio Sancti Brendani abbatis". A dialogic engagementPetrovskaia, N. (Speaker)
25 Nov 2025
Medieval English and Celtic Influences in C. S. Lewis’s Voyage of the Dawn TreaderPetrovskaia, N. (Speaker)
26 Sept 2025
, The 35th International Conference of the Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature, University of Málaga
De avonturen van koning Arthur en zijn ridders in tekst en beeldPetrovskaia, N. (Organiser)
6 Jun 2025
Cross-Disciplinary HumanitiesPetrovskaia, N. (Organiser)
23 May 2025
Looking at science fiction in the light of Old Irish travel narrativesPetrovskaia, N. (Speaker)
12 May 2025
, Bonn+Marburg Celtic Seminar
Graal, steen, hoofd. Of Is de Welshe Graalverhaal toch geen onzin?Petrovskaia, N. (Speaker)
8 May 2025
, Kleine Talen Symposium - Lachen om Literatuur
Kraak de Keltische CodePetrovskaia, N. (Speaker)
3 May 2025
Peredur Episode IV: French Origins of a Welsh Continuation?Petrovskaia, N. (Speaker)
10 Apr 2025
, French of the Celtic Worlds
Anthropozoologica (Journal)Petrovskaia, N. (Peer reviewer)
24 Jan 202528 Feb 2025

2024

Manuscript Variants and Performance Practices - Reconsidering the Different Versions of the Welsh Historia Peredur fab EfrawcPetrovskaia, N. (Speaker)
21 Nov 2024
, Les romans du Graal en traduction dans les languages celtiques et nordiques: une approche épistémologique de l'histoire des textes
Between Heaven and Earth: The Element of Air and its (Dis)Contents in a Twelfth-Century EncyclopediaPetrovskaia, N. (Speaker)
15 Nov 2024
, Eco-Emotions on Air
The Reuse of Books and Book Materials in Medieval and Early Modern SocietiesPetrovskaia, N. (Organiser)
7 Nov 2024
Queeste (Journal)Petrovskaia, N. (Editor)
Nov 2024 → …
Kraak de Keltische Code (Weekend van de Wetenschap 2024)Petrovskaia, N. (Organiser)
6 Oct 2024
, Kraak de Keltische Code (Weekend van de Wetenschap 2024)
‘Translating the medieval world: Caxton’s Middle English translation of the Imago mundi and its later re-Prints'Petrovskaia, N. (Speaker)
19 Sept 2024
, 34th International Conference of the Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature
Spacefaring Arthurs and Holographic Merlins: the Uses of Arthuriana in StargatePetrovskaia, N. (Speaker)
15 Jul 2024
, 27th Congress of the International Arthurian Society
‘As You Have Heard Above’: The Use and Variations of the Formulaic Expression of Orality and Textuality in Medieval Narrative and Encyclopedic SourcesPetrovskaia, N. (Speaker)
20 Jun 2024
, La Formule au Moyen Âge (2024)
「これは聖杯物語ではない」―『エブロウグの息子ペレディルの物語』再読Petrovskaia, N. (Speaker)
18 May 2024
KNIR Colloquium: Where did they get this? Distinguishing written and non-written sources of knowledgePetrovskaia, N. (Organiser)
16 Apr 202417 Apr 2024
How were encyclopedic texts adjusted when they conflicted with local knowledgePetrovskaia, N. (Speaker)
16 Apr 2024
, KNIR Colloquium: Where did they get this? Distinguishing written and non-written sources of knowledge
Kraak de Keltische Code (UMU)Petrovskaia, N. (Organiser)
21 Feb 2024
, Kraak de Keltische Code (UMU)

2023

Kraak de Keltische Code (Weekend van de Wetenschap 2023)Petrovskaia, N. (Organiser)
8 Oct 2023
, Kraak de Keltische Code (Weekend van de Wetenschap 2023)
Kraak de Keltische Code (Weekend van de Wetenschap 2023)Petrovskaia, N. (Organiser)
8 Oct 2023
, Kraak de Keltische Code (Weekend van de Wetenschap 2023)
Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature (SELIM)(External organisation)Petrovskaia, N. (Member)
Oct 2023 → …
The Purpose and Significance of the Partial Catalan Translation of "Imago mundi" in BnF Esp. 30 (Catalan Atlas)Petrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
21 Sept 2023
, III International Conference Traductio et Traditio Mediaevales
Transmission and translation of the Imago mundi in printPetrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
7 Sept 2023
, TREXTUALITY
XVIIth International Congress of Celtic StudiesPetrovskaia, N. (Organiser)
24 Jul 202328 Jul 2023
Academic PublishingPetrovskaia, N. (Keynote speaker)
23 Jun 2023
, wrapping up history
Medieval Geography in Words and PicturesPetrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
16 Jun 2023
, Annual Meeting of the Humboldt-Club Nederland
Where does the Welsh Grail Hero travel? The Journeys of PeredurPetrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
26 May 2023
, Artursymposium

2022

To Translate or Not To Translate? A Philologist’s Dilemma?Petrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
11 Nov 2022
, Motivations and Methods: The Later Translation of Medieval Texts
Looking for Lost Stories in a Multilingual ContextPetrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
22 Sept 2022
, Multilingual Dynamics of Medieval Literature in Western Europe
Found Translations, Lost Traditions: Some Hints of Lost Arthurian Narratives from Medieval WalesPetrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
6 Jul 2022
, II Congreso Internacional Traductio et Traditio: la transmisión del saber en la Edad Media
Found Translations, Lost Traditions: Some Hints of Lost Arthurian Narratives from Medieval WalesPetrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
6 Jul 2022
, Traductio et Traditio II. La transmissió del saber en l’edat mitjana
The Manuscript Context of the Imago mundi and the Question of GenrePetrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
17 Mar 2022
, Compilations, Collections and the Composite Manuscript in the Middle Ages: Genres on the Move and Networks of Dissemination
The Manuscript Context of the Imago mundi and the Question of GenrePetrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
17 Mar 2022
, Compilations, Collections and the Composite Manuscript in the Middle Ages: Genres on the Move and Networks of Dissemination

2021

Rome and the Medieval Welsh ImaginationPetrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
18 Jun 2021
, City, Citizen and Citizenship
本景 — 書物文化がつくりだす連想の風景 | KeMCo International Symposium: Book-scape: Cultural landscape of Books and the Web of AssociationsPetrovskaia, N. (Participant)
29 May 2021
Teaching Middle Welsh in the Twenty-First CenturyPetrovskaia, N. (Participant)
8 May 2021
Book Space and the EncyclopediaPetrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
20 Apr 2021
Celtic Studies Association of North America 2021 ConferencePetrovskaia, N. (Participant)
8 Apr 202111 Apr 2021
Studia Celtica Fennica (Journal)Petrovskaia, N. (Peer reviewer)
Apr 2021May 2021
Ystoria Gereint uab ErbinPetrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
26 Mar 2021
, Emotion & Medieval Self in Northern Europe

2020

42nd Symposium on Old English, Middle English Historical Linguistics, LeidenPetrovskaia, N. (Participant)
18 Dec 2020
Muros et MoeniaPetrovskaia, N. (Participant)
30 Oct 2020
The Borders of Early Medieval EnglandPetrovskaia, N. (Participant)
11 Jul 202012 Jul 2020
International Medieval Congress Leeds 2020Petrovskaia, N. (Participant)
6 Jul 202010 Jul 2020
International Arthurian Society - Dutch Branch (External organisation)Petrovskaia, N. (Member)
Jun 2020 → …

2019

"Ibi sunt quedam monstra: Locating the Marvelous in Medieval European Encyclopedias"Petrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
24 Nov 2019
, KAKENHI International Workshop “Boundaries of the ‘natural’ and ‘supernatural'”「この世のキワ―自然と超自然のはざま」
中世ヨーロッパのマッパ・ムンディ(世界地図)の怪物たちPetrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
21 Nov 2019
, Regnum Imaginarium
Vitae Sanctorum Cambriae / Lives of the Welsh Saints ConferencePetrovskaia, N. (Participant)
26 Sept 201927 Sept 2019
The Transmission of Geographical Knowledge in Medieval Europe: Latin and Vernacular Manuscripts of the Imago Mundi TraditionPetrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
25 Sept 2019
, Crossing Borders in the Insular Middle Ages
Using Boethian Semiotics to Understand the Organisation of Knowledge in Imago mundi and Delw y BydPetrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
4 Sept 2019
, Semiotic Approaches in Celtic Ceultural Studies
Transforming Definitions of Europe. The Image of the World and its Legacy, 1110-1500 (Poster)Petrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
11 Apr 201913 Apr 2019
, Humboldt Colloquium
Transforming Definitions of Europe. The Image of the World and its Legacy, 1110-1500Petrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
11 Apr 2019
, Humboldt Colloquium
Translatio: transmisión y traducción. La evolución de un concepto en la Edad MediaPetrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
15 Mar 2019
, Traductio et Traditio Mediaevales: Ciencia, conocimiento e ideología
Merlin, magicien ou prophète ?Petrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
13 Mar 2019
, Magie, féerie, sorcellerie
Encyclopedic Texts as Devotional Reading? The manuscript context of the Imago Mundi of Honorius AugustodunensisPetrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
7 Mar 2019
, Medieval Devotional Texts: Technologies Old and New

2018

La formulation du monde tripartite entre encyclopédies et textes littéraires du moyen âgePetrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
13 Jun 2018
, La Formule au Moyen Âge

2017

「ウェールズの地理学書Delw y Bydにおける「ヨーロッパ」のコンセプトについて」/ ‘The Concept of ‘Europe’ and Medieval Welsh Geographical Text Delw y Byd’Petrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
22 Oct 2017
「『イマゴ・ムンディ』と中世ヨーロッパ文学―叙事詩とロマンスに見られる地理学書の影響」 / ‘Imago Mundi and Medieval European Literature – the Influence of Geographical Texts on Epics and RomancesPetrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
7 Oct 2017
Europe and the Non-European Other in the Medieval Geographical TraditionPetrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
3 Jul 2017
, International Medieval Congress Leeds 2017
Gerald of Wales and World GeographyPetrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
24 Jun 2017
, Mobility and Space in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe
Le bétail de la mer: poisson et pêche dans la littérature médiévale celtiquePetrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
1 Jun 2017
, Animaux aquatiques et monstres des mers septentrionales : Imaginer, connaître, exploiter, de l'Antiquité à 1600
Die Identität des Riesen in Owein / Die Herrin der QuellePetrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
24 Mar 2017
, Riesen: Deutungsmodelle germanischer und keltischer Mythologien in mittelalterlicher Literatur
L’Image du monde animalierPetrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
8 Mar 2017
, Mondes Animaliers au Moyen Age et à la Renaissance

2016

TranslatioとTranslation:中世から近代におけるコンセプトの進化Petrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
22 Dec 2016
「アーサー王伝説・アレクサンドロス伝説と中世ヨーロッパにおける世界観」/ ‘Arthurian Legend, Alexander Legend, and the Medieval European View of the World’Petrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
21 Dec 2016
Translation Strategies in Medieval Wales: Latin influence on Syntactic Constructions and Lexical Choices in Delw y BydPetrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
2 Sept 2016
, 9th Celtic Linguistics Conference
Geographie im europäischen MittelalterPetrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
2 Jun 2016
Mapping Religion and History in Imago mundi, Delw y Byd, Image du monde and Mirror of the WorldPetrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
6 Apr 2016
, Landscapes and Myth in North-Western Europe
中世ウェールズのオリエント観‘Medieval Welsh Perceptions of the Orient’Petrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
23 Jan 2016

2015

Delw y Byd, and Mirrour of the World: The Two Insular ‘Image of the World’ TraditionsPetrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
18 Dec 2015
, 37th Symposium on Old English, Middle English and the History of the English Language in the Low Countries
Charlemagne au Pays de GallesPetrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
Mar 2015
, L’épopée: le héros entre histoire et mythe de l’Antiquité à la Renaissance en Occident
The Journey of Charlemagne to Wales and the MarchesPetrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
27 Jan 2015

2014

Medieval Welsh Perceptions of the OrientPetrovskaia, N. (Invited speaker)
27 Nov 2014
Contacts and Representations between England, Japan and ItalyPetrovskaia, N. (Organiser)
20 Feb 2014
Congres Medieval Francophone Cultures Outside FrancePetrovskaia, N. (Participant)
22 Jan 201417 Apr 2014