Centre for the Study of the Viking Age
CSVA
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Events

The Centre is involved in various types of events, including:

  • workshops for local primary schools in our Vikings and Anglo-Saxons for Schools project
  • organising the annual Midlands Viking Symposium in conjunction with the Universities of Birmingham and Leicester. This is a one-day conference on current research aimed at anyone who is interested
  • our intermittent Norse and Viking Seminar, which provides a forum for academic discussion
  • organising one-off conferences such as The Viking World (2016)
  • regular reading and discussion groups

Upcoming events

  • 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.

 

You can find out more about past events organised by the CSVA and its members in our events archive.

Seminars and reading groups

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Old English reading group

Regular reading group studying texts in Old English
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Snotrur

Old Norse reading group for members, staff, and PGR students
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Norse and Viking seminars

Guest scholars are regularly invited to our seminars
 

Public outreach events

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Events for schools

We offer different setups tailored to the individual school’s needs
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Midlands Viking Symposium

Our students and staff present each year at the Symposium
 

 

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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