About Us
The Centre for the Study of the Viking Age fosters, develops and coordinates research into all aspects of the Viking Age, with special emphasis on Scandinavian contacts with the British Isles, and on literary and linguistic sources for the period. The Centre encourages postgraduate study at MA and PhD level, and organises the Norse and Viking Seminar.
Recent and current projects focus on issues of migration and identity in the Viking Age, including an ESF-funded exploratory workshop on Migration and Transcultural Identities in the Viking Age, the AHRC-funded Viking Identities Network, and the network for Disease, Disability and Medicine in Early Medieval Europe. The Centre is also home to the British Academy-funded English Dictionary of Runic Inscriptions in the Younger Futhark.
Former student wins Magnus Magnusson Prize
Rebecca Hall (BA English Studies 2007, MA Norse and Viking Studies 2008) has been awarded the 2009 Magnus Magnusson Prize by the Scottish Society for Northern Studies, for her essay on 'The Silver Hoards of Viking Age Scotland'. The prize will be awarded at the Society's AGM on 28 November 2009.
