Viking Studies Research Group

The @UoYArchaeology and @yorkmedieval Viking Studies Research Group organises talks and brings the interdisciplinary community of Viking Studies together.

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Our research group is growing very fast and we're excited to have so many interested in our talks!

To clarify, all of them are hosted online and are primarily aimed at a student and academic audience.

However, if you're still interested in attending please do get in touch.

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This Wednesday (18 Oct) Dr Steve Ashby and Dr Stephen Harrison, two leading Viking artefact specialists, will give a public lecture in York titled 'The York-Dublin Axis Reconsidered – 21st-century approaches to Viking Towns'.

Not to be missed!

More info: https://t.co/mkWSJa4wKD

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@iamharrietjean Sorry to hear that, Harriet! Yes, we're definitely looking at hybrid options as well, so keep a lookout!

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New term, new us!🍂✨

After years of online only activity, the UoY VSRG is going face-to-face. This Friday (13 Oct) we'll be hosting our startup meeting at King's Manor in York.

If you're a scholar of the Viking-Age and interested in attending, please get in touch!

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Why not start your week with an excellent podcast series on the Viking-Age cemetery in Cumwhitton, Cumbria, featuring the brilliant @eblueaxe

🎧https://t.co/4lyEH9o0e1

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📣 HAPPENING TOMORROW:

Our #BodyPoliticsERC PI @mariheri (@ArchAncHistLeic) will be joining @DrRebeccaBoyd (@IACArchaeology) and Dr Marianne Moen (@UniOslo) to discuss:

“New Thinking on Viking Archaeology” 🛡️⚔️

#Viking #Archaeology #Theory #DiscussionPanel #OnlineEvent

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Today at 2pm!

This is will be our last seminar of the term and there's still time to sign up!

Please email [email protected]

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Next Friday, 21 April, we're excited to be hosting Dr. Torun Zachrisson of Stockholm University who will be giving an online talk about 'Harbours, royal manors and early church sites - The runestones of Viking Age Östra Aros'.

Please email [email protected] to sign up!

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Next Friday, 21 April, we're excited to be hosting Dr. Torun Zachrisson of Stockholm University who will be giving an online talk about 'Harbours, royal manors and early church sites - The runestones of Viking Age Östra Aros'.

Please email [email protected] to sign up!

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@Tancred1098 Hi, this is an online event however it's not being recorded. Hope that helps!

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This Friday we're super excited to have Swedish archaeologist Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson speaking about 'Varangian Warriors and Byzantine Court Ladies - Exploring the Population of Early Kyiv'.

You simply do not want to miss this!

Email [email protected] to sign up.

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This is happening online tomorrow at 2pm (UK time) and we can't wait!

If you haven't already there's still time to sign up. Please email [email protected]

[Viking Studies Research Group @VikingStudiesRG]

This Friday we're super excited to have Swedish archaeologist Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson speaking about 'Varangian Warriors and Byzantine Court Ladies - Exploring the Population of Early Kyiv'.

You simply do not want to miss this!

Email [email protected] to sign up.

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Today at 2pm (UK time)! There's still time to sign up for this interesting talk.

Please email [email protected]

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This Friday we're excited to host a talk by Dr Harriet Evans Tang & Prof Karen Milek, Durham University, who will be talking about ´Living and dying with Vikings: Interdisciplinary perspectives on human-animal relations in the Viking Age.

Email [email protected] to sign up!

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@iamharrietjean We look forward to hosting you and Karen, Harriet!

[Viking Studies Research Group @VikingStudiesRG]

This Friday we're excited to host a talk by Dr Harriet Evans Tang & Prof Karen Milek, Durham University, who will be talking about ´Living and dying with Vikings: Interdisciplinary perspectives on human-animal relations in the Viking Age.

Email [email protected] to sign up!

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Please note a minor change in this spring's speaker schedule. The talk by Swedish archaeologist Charlotte Hedenstierna Jonson has been moved from 3 to the 31 March.

Our next talk is now on 24 March.
Please email [email protected] to sign up

We hope to see you there!

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We're looking forward to Dr. Merkelbach's talk today, and there's still time to sign up if you haven't already!

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This Friday, 17 Feb at 2pm (UK time), we're excited to be hosting Dr. Rebecca Merkelbach from Tübingen University, who will be talking on the subject of Trauma and Transformation in the ‘Post-Classical’ Sagas of Icelanders.

Please email [email protected] to sign up

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Don't miss this exciting online sneak peek tomorrow Friday!

If you'd like to join us, please email [email protected].

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This Friday, 17 Feb at 2pm (UK time), we're excited to be hosting Dr. Rebecca Merkelbach from Tübingen University, who will be talking on the subject of Trauma and Transformation in the ‘Post-Classical’ Sagas of Icelanders.

Please email [email protected] to sign up

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@eblueaxe @iamharrietjean Thanks for your input, Adam. We'll make sure to look into the option of recording in the future, as the interest in attending/watching it growing rapidly.

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We're very much lookng forward to Prof David Griffith's talk 'New perspectives on the Early Viking Age in the Northern Isles' at 2pm this afternoon.

There's still time to sign up if you haven't already: [email protected]

📸Longhouse under excavation, Bay of Skaill, Orkney.

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Thank you to Professor @davegrifx for a fascinating talk on the Early Viking Age in the Northern Isles!

Thanks also to everyone who attended. Our next talk will be on 17 February when we hope to see you all again!