Anglo-Saxon Portraits on Radio 3
BBC Radio 3 will be broadcasting a series of 'Anglo-Saxon Portraits' in their 'Essay' slot, over thirty programmes (3 sets of ten 15-minute episodes) beginning on Monday 15th October at 10.45pm and...
View ArticleE. C. Quiggin Memorial Lecture 2012
The 2012 E. C. Quiggin Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Professor Ruairí Ó hUiginn, Professor of Modern Irish at the National University of Ireland Maynooth. The title of his lecture is:Marriage,...
View ArticleLiteracy, Memory and the Conversion of the Isles
Dr Brittany Schorn writes:Literacy, Memory and the Conversion of the IslesNovember 2-4, 2012 University College Dublin The Leverhulme Trust Converting the Isles network, based in ASNC, looks forward to...
View ArticleLinguistic Encounters and Educational Practice in Medieval Europe
Dr Máire Ní Mhaonaigh is hosting a colloquium on 'Linguistic Encounters and Educational Practice in Medieval Europe' at St John's College, Cambridge, on Thursday 29th - Friday 30th November. Featuring...
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A Medieval Manuscript Comes Home to Wales
Prof. Paul Russell writes:In the early eighteenth century a manuscript of medieval Welsh law, formerly owned by William Philips (1663–1721), Recorder for the town of Brecon, found its way to America....
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Conference report: Literacy, Memory and the Conversion of the Isles
Dr Brittany Schorn, network facilitator for the 'Converting the Isles' network, reports on their recent conference: The Leverhulme Trust Converting the Isles Network, based in the Department, held its...
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Dreams and Nightmares: Festival of Ideas
Dr Elizabeth Ashman Rowe, Lecturer in Scandinavian History, who organised the ASNC contribution to the Festival of Ideas, reports:If I say so myself, ASNC’s event for the Festival of Ideas was a great...
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The Times Stephen Spender Prize: Irish Poetry and Prizes
Dr Margo Griffin-Wilson, teaching associate in Modern Irish in ASNC, writes:Modern Irish poems were highlighted in the recent announcement of the winners of the 2012 Times Stephen Spender Prize for...
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Three Late Anglo-Saxon Rarities Acquired for the Fitzwilliam Museum
Dr Rory Naismith writes: The Department of Coins and Medals in the Fitzwilliam Museum has recently secured a number of items of major importance for knowledge of tenth- and eleventh-century...
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Conference report: Linguistic Encounters and Educational Practice
Razvan Stanciu, a PhD student in ASNC, writes:On 29 and 30 November, St John’s College was host to a symposium organised by the Department’s own Máire Ní Mhaonaigh and Michael Clarke of NUI Galway....
View ArticleReport of Quiggin Lecture 2012
Helen Oxenham, a doctoral student in ASNC, writes:One of the highlights of the ASNC year is always the annual E.C. Quiggin Memorial Lecture, begun in 1993, to commemorate Edmund Crosby Quiggin, the...
View ArticleFinal congratulations of 2012
Hoping that all our readers are enjoying the holiday season, here's a final round-up of good news from the ASNC department:Dr Rory Naismith, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in ASNC, has been awarded the...
View ArticleSutton Trust Summer School in ASNC 2013
Applications are now open for the 2013 Sutton Trust Summer School in Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, which will take place during the week of 26th - 30th August. The Summer School provides an...
View Article2013 H. M. Chadwick Memorial Lecture
The twenty-fourth H. M. Chadwick Memorial Lecture will be given by Professor John Blair (University of Oxford), on the subject of:The British Culture of Anglo-Saxon SettlementThe lecture will take...
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Kennings in the Community and Poets on Viking Poetry
Dr Judy Quinn and Dr Debbie Potts have been awarded funding to run two cultural engagement projects from February–April 2013 as part of an AHRC pilot scheme. The projects – Kennings in the Community...
View ArticleOld English Riddles
Recent ASNC PhD graduates, Dr Matthias Ammon and Dr Megan Cavell, are pleased to announce their new blog, The Riddle Ages. Stemming in part from their participation in the department’s exciting Old...
View ArticleIlluminating the Middle Ages debate, Battle of Ideas 2012
Three ASNCs past and present, namely recent graduate Albert Fenton; Dr Levi Roach (Lecturer in Medieval History, University of Exeter); and Dr Elizabeth Boyle (Affiliated Lecturer in ASNC and Research...
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Report: Communication and Cultural Contacts in the North Atlantic Community
Sarah Waidler, a doctoral student in ASNC, writes:On 2ndMarch, the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic hosted a seminar entitled ‘Communication and Cultural Contacts in the North Atlantic...
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Irish Songs from Connemara: A Concert by Saileog Ní Cheannabháin
Dr Margo Griffin-Wilson writes:The Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic was honoured and delighted to welcome the Irish singer Saileog Ní Cheannabháin, who performed a selection of songs from...
View ArticleVacancy in Celtic History
The Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic is currently advertising a one-year teaching associate post in Celtic History to cover a period of leave. The full details are available here, and the...
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