CSVA Mission
The Centre advances knowledge and understanding of the languages, literatures, history, and material and visual cultures of the Viking Age and its aftermath, in both Scandinavia and the Viking diaspora, for the benefit of academics, students and the general public.
Public engagement and knowledge exchange with non-academic audiences are important to us, and are based on the high-quality individual and collaborative research carried out by our members. We participate in collaborative projects, publications, conferences, seminars and networks with other academics across Britain and the world, and we train the scholars of the future by offering a Master's course and supervising PhD students.
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Events
Events
- Fell-Benedikz Lecture: How will they fare? Runes, manuscripts, books in the digital world
- 17th Annual Midlands Viking Symposium
- Date
- 17/05/2025
- Description
- In collaboration with the University of Leicester, the CSVA is delighted to announce the return of the Midlands Viking Symposium on Saturday 17th May 2025, 10am-5pm in Senate Chamber, Trent Building, University Campus.This one-day Symposium is an opportunity to share the latest Viking research with the public and other colleagues in the Midlands. This year we are delighted to be welcoming guest speaker Prof. Clare Downham from the University of Liverpool, current President of the Viking Society for Northern Research. The programme also features contributions from the University of Leicester's ERC-funded BODY-POLITICS project, headed by Dr Marianne Hem Eriksen, papers by PhD students at the University of Nottingham and a creative writing workshop led by Dr James Aitcheson. Come along to browse stalls from the English Place-Name Society, Brepols, Bookwise and BlueAxe Reproductions and hear the latest in Viking research.
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