Centre for the Study of the Viking Age
CSVA

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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Seven people stand in a row in front of a building using their bodies to make the shape of runes

About us
Four people standing by a grave outside a church looking in the direction of the middle figures up- and left-wards pointing finger (photo).

Research projects
Pile of books and journals about the Vikings stacked on top of a stone plinth (photo)

Publications
 
Photograph of two figures in Viking clothes fighting on stage in front of an audience of schoolchildren.

Public engagement
Two young women sit behind a table watching something to the left of the frame

Events
Side shot of a man's face and a sculpted bust inside a glass case facing each other

Resources
 

Events

Impact of the coronavirus on events

As you'll appreciate many events are currently disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. We expect opportunities to run as usual from the academic year 2021/22, although this cannot be guaranteed.

  • Plants and Prayers Exhibition - Health And Healing Before 1700
    Date
    30/03/2023 - 03/09/2023
    Description
    Healing is what makes us human – but concepts of health and methods of healing have changed much over time. This exhibition explores medicine, care, and healing before 1700 and some of the changes that led to the development of medicine as we know it today. Healthcare in the past was not just the domain of the physician: priests to apothecaries to barbers all provided different forms of care. Medical manuscripts and books tell us about diseases, treatments, the relationship between healer and patient, and the lengths to which people went to find cures.This exhibition has been jointly curated by University of Nottingham Libraries, Manuscripts and Special Collections and Dr Christina Lee, School of English, University of Nottingham, and Dr Erin Connelly, School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick.
  • Talk: Pustules and Potions with Dr Christina Lee
    Date
    04/04/2023
    Description
    The perception is that medieval medicine was backward – but is this true? Dr Christina Lee explores what medieval healing and medicine looked like, from remedies and healing practices to the question of where people could seek help for their illnesses, and explores the changes to medicine over time.
  • Body-Politics of Scandinavia in the first millennium CE
    Date
    04/05/2023
  • Plants and Prayers Gallery Tour
    Date
    18/05/2023
    Description
    Join us for a guided walkthrough of the Plants and Prayers exhibition and learn about the stories behind the items on display.
  • Plants and Prayers Gallery Tour
    Date
    27/06/2023
    Description
    Join us for a guided walkthrough of the Plants and Prayers exhibition and learn about the stories behind the items on display.
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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