Norse and Viking Seminar
The Norse and Viking Seminar meets intermittently for academic discussion of recent research by members of the Centre or invited visiting speakers.
Memorial to Erik the Red, Narsarsuaq, Greenland © J. Jesch
2019-20
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2018-19
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2017-18
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2016-17
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2015-16
Monday 7 March 2016 - 5 - 6.30 pm
A35, Trent Building, University Park
Towards the Etymology of the Dnieper Rapids in Constantine Porphyrogenitos' De Administrando Imperio
In conjunction with the Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies and the Institute for Name-Studies, we are pleased to invite you to this seminar given by Fjodor Uspenskij of the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow. All welcome. Refreshments will be served.
2013-14
Friday 7 February 2014 - 6 -7.30 pm
A48, Clive Granger Building, University Park
Belief on the Battlefield: Religion and Politics in the Staffordshire Hoard - Fell-Benedikz lecture by Leslie Webster (formerly of the British Museum).
The lecture will be followed by a reception.
Monday 24 February 2014 - 5-7 pm
A46, Trent Building, University Park
Håkon Håkonsson: King and Litteratus - Norse and Viking Seminar by Dr Terje Spurkland (Universitetet i Oslo).
Wednesday 5 March 2014 - 2-3.30 pm
A35, Trent Building, University Park
Runology in the Field: Corpus Editions - Norse and Viking Seminar by Professor Michael Barnes (Centre for Advanced Study, Oslo).
2012-13
The following seminars took place in the academic year 2012-13:
Wednesday 17 October 2012, 5-6.30 pm
A46, Trent Building, University Park
Mariner or Merchant, Friend or Foe: What Loanwords Can Tell Us About the Westward Viking Expansion into Gaelic-Speaking Lands - a talk by Dr Rod McDonald (Swansea University).
Wednesday 7 November 2012, 4-5.30 pm
A46, Trent Building, University Park
If Thy Right Eye Offend Thee - a talk on the body-parts of thieves in Old Norse by Dr Ilya Sverdlov (Toronto).
Wednesday 13 February 2013, 2-5 pm
A11, Highfields House, University Park
Island of Stones - a research seminar on the Viking Age rune stones of the Isle of Man with contributions by Michael Barnes (UCL), Terje
2011-12
The following seminars took place in the academic year 2011-12:
Wednesday 26 October 2011, 2-5 pm
A41, Sir Clive Granger Building, University Park
The Battle of Brunanburh Revisited - a discussion with:
Paul Cavill (University of Nottingham).
Michael Wood (broadcaster and historian) and
Alex Woolf (University of St Andrews).
Wednesday 8 February 2012, 4-6 pm
B40, Trent Building, University Park
Translating Skaldic Verse - a talk by poet and translator Ian Crockatt (University of Aberdeen), in collaboration with the School's Creative Writing Programme.
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