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Mission, Empire and the North: The Archdiocese of Hamburg-Bremen, c. 830–c. 1200
Dr Paul Gazzoli writes: In connection with my British Academy-funded research project to produce a new edition of Rimbert’s Life of Anskar, I and Dr Erik Niblaeus of Durham University are hosting a...
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Oxford-Cambridge Celtic Colloquium
Myriah Williams writes:Established in 1996, the Oxford-Cambridge Celtic Colloquium celebrated its 20th meeting on May 16th at Jesus College, Oxford. A postgraduate conference, the Colloquium is...
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From ASNC doctoral students Rebecca Merkelbach and Caitlin Ellis: This year, it was Cambridge’s turn to host the annual Cambridge Oxford London Symposium in Old Norse, Old English and Latin on Friday,...
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A ‘new’ manuscript of the Life of Anskar in Stockholm
Dr Paul Gazzoli writes:Following up from my previous announcement of a new manuscript, I can now report on another manuscript of Rimbert’s Life of Anskar, this one the first Latin manuscript of the...
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Out of the Margins and Into the Media
Waiting to be interviewed on BBC Radio Wales.Myriah Williams writes:The last link I added to my list was on the 25thof May. It was to a Wordpress blog which had been published on the 19th of that...
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CCASNC 2015
Caitlin Ellis, a doctoral candidate in ASNC and president of the CCASNC committee, writes:Our annual graduate-led conference, the Cambridge Colloquium in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic (CCASNC), took...
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A Centenary: David Jones, Y Gododdin and the Great War
When Varsity finally get round to asking me about my favourite piece of art in Cambridge, I’ll say ‘Vexilla Regis, by David Jones’. It’s on the ground floor in the house at Kettle’s Yard, just behind...
View ArticleUndiscovered poems in the Black Book of Carmarthen?
Exciting news from the National Library of Wales, where ASNC doctoral student Myriah Williams, and her supervisor Professor Paul Russell, have been working a thirteenth-century manuscript, the Black...
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Modern Irish events in ASNC, March 2015
'Songs of Donegal and other places': A Performance by Dr. Lillis Ó LaoireAs part of the international celebration of Seachtain na Gaeilge (1-17 March), Dr. Lillis Ó Laoire, an accomplished sean-nós...
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Announcement and Invitation: Scannáin Gaeilge / Irish Films
This is an open invitation to students, staff and members of the public who would like to view a few Irish language (subtitled) / bilingual films during Easter Term. The films will be shown in the...
View ArticleSutton Trust Summer School 2015
From 18 - 21 August, the Department will be hosting its annual Sutton Trust Summer School in Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic. The Summer School is held in association with the Sutton Trust, a...
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Sagas and Space: the 16th International Saga Conference, Universities of...
Every three years the Old Norse community descends upon a city (or two) for the International Saga Conference. This summer brought us to the universities of Zürich and Basel for a week’s worth of...
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Further Developments in the Black Book of Carmarthen Research
Myriah Williams writes Interest generated in research on the Black Book of Carmarthen (NLW MS Peniarth 1) resulted last week in an international collaboration between Dr Gregory Heyworth, director of...
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Modern Irish in Easter Term, 2016
Screening of Irish language film by Loïc Jourdain: I mBéal na Stoirme / A Turning Tide in the Life of Man (Lugh Films, Co. Donegal http://www.lughfilm.com).Dr Margo Griffin-Wilson writesOn 28 April the...
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New Article on Þórsdrápa from Tom Grant
Viking and Medieval Scandinavia 12 will be out soon, featuring an article by ASNC PhD student Tom Grant about ‘Þórr the War God: Polemicizing Myth in Eilífr Goðrúnarson’s Þórsdrápa’. Read more about it...
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Voyages Along the North Way, Past and Present
Hardangerfjorden HordalandBen Allport, PhD CandidateA well-known textual source for Viking Age Norway, known as Ohthere’s Voyage, relates the account of a Norwegian trader at the court of King Alfred...
View ArticleCCASNC 2017
The annual Cambridge Colloquium in Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic (CCASNC) took place this year on the 11th February, with the theme ‘Identity and Ideology’. We welcomed nine postgraduate speakers,...
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‘Now comes the shadow-dark dragon flying’ – Eddic Poetry and the Power of Legend
In celebration of National Poetry Month, Judy Quinn, Brittany Schorn and Carolyne Larrington share some reflections on Old Norse eddic poetry on the Cambridge University Press blog.Cambridge University...
View ArticleBook of Uí Mhaine Conference, 2017
On 2nd March the Royal Irish Academy hosted a two-day conference at Dublin on the late fourteenth-century manuscript Leabhar Ua Maineor Book of Uí Mhaine. Twelve speakers presented papers on various...
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After Winefride
One of the best things about working for the Vitae Sanctorum Cambriae project has been having the chance to edit the Latin lives of the border-crossing saint Winefride/Gwenfrewy. Winefride is presented...
View ArticleThe Myth of Pelagianism
The Myth of Pelagianism is a new book by Ali Bonner, a member of the department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic Pelagius is the first known British author, famous for his defence of free will as the...
View ArticleDiscovery: A New Life of St Cybi
The Vitae Sanctorum Cambriae project (run between ASNC and CAWCS) is very excited to announce the discovery of a new medieval Life of St Cybi. David Callander (research associate on VSC 2017–8) came...
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