Centre for the Study of the Viking Age
CSVA
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Events

The Centre is involved in various types of events, including:

  • workshops for local primary schools in our Vikings and Anglo-Saxons for Schools project
  • organising the annual Midlands Viking Symposium in conjunction with the Universities of Birmingham and Leicester. This is a one-day conference on current research aimed at anyone who is interested
  • our intermittent Norse and Viking Seminar, which provides a forum for academic discussion
  • organising one-off conferences such as The Viking World (2016)
  • regular reading and discussion groups

Upcoming events

  • Viking Society Student Conference 2024
    Date
    27/04/2024
    Description
    The Viking Society Student Conference will be held at the University of Nottingham on Saturday 27 April 2024.10:00 – 10:55 Registration 10:55 – 11:00 Opening Comments11:00 – 12:30 Panel 1 - Life in the Viking Age12:30 – 13:30 Lunch13:30 – 14:30 Panel 2 - Archaeological Perspectives on the Viking Age14:30 – 14:45 Break14:45 – 15:45 Panel 3 - Christian Religion in the Viking Age15:45 – 16:00 Break16:00 – 17:00 Keynote Speaker Keith Ruiter - Analogical Environments: Indigenous Law and Viking Studies?

 

You can find out more about past events organised by the CSVA and its members in our events archive.

Seminars and reading groups

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Old English reading group

Regular reading group studying texts in Old English

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Snotrur

Old Norse reading group for members, staff, and PGR students

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Norse and Viking seminars

Guest scholars are regularly invited to our seminars

 

Public outreach events

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Events for schools

We offer different setups tailored to the individual school’s needs

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Midlands Viking Symposium

Our students and staff present each year at the Symposium

 

 

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Centre for the Study of the Viking Age

Trent Building
The University of Nottingham
University Park

telephone: +44 (0) 115 951 5900
fax: +44 (0) 115 951 5924
email: csva@nottingham.ac.uk