Life after ASNC: a career in coding
Here's an excellent piece we've been sent by recent ASNC graduate Shelby Switzer. It tells not only of the more unexpected places an ASNC degree can take you in life, but also (much to our delight) how...
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Events of Irish interest during Seachtain na Gaeilge (1 -17 March, 2014)
03 March, 2014 5pm-6pm ‘Medical Writing in Early Modern Irish, 1350-1600’Professor Aoibheann Nic Dhonnchadha (School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), a specialist on Irish...
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Evidence of Corruption/Corruption of Evidence: CCASNC 2014
The annual graduate-led conference, Cambridge Colloquium in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, took place in the English Faculty on the 15th of February, 2014. The theme of this year’s conference was...
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The Silverdale Hoard, Museum of Lancashire, Preston
From Dr. Fiona Edmonds, Senior Lecturer in Celtic History Readers of the ASNC blog will no doubt be interested in the Silverdale Hoard, which was discovered by a metal-detectorist in 2011. The...
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A lecture on the Southampton Psalter, St John's College Library
The absorbing, colourful, and sometimes mysterious history of the oldest manuscript in St John’s – the Southampton Psalter – was the subject of a talk by Professor Patrick O’Neill last week. The full...
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CSANA 2014: Celtic Studies Association of North America annual meeting
ASNC graduate student Myriah Williams writes:The Celtic Studies Association of North America held its annual meeting this year March 6–8 in Roanoke, Virginia. Organized by Charlene Eska and Joseph...
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Irish Language and Culture: Seachtain na Gaeilge, 2014
The celebration of Irish language and culture during Seachtain na Gaeilge(1-17 March, 2014) combined the medieval and modern, the written and the oral, lectures by visiting Irish scholars and the...
View ArticleOxford-Cambridge Celtic Colloquium, 2014 (bilingual edition)
David Callander, ASNC graduate student, reports:In-keeping with time-honoured tradition, on Saturday the combined forces of the Oxford and Cambridge Celticists descended upon the Cambridge English...
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'Vikings: Life and Legend' exhibition at the British Museum
Many thanks to ASNC graduate student Jo Shortt Bulter for this reviewI was lucky enough to attend this exhibition as part of the project Languages, Myths and Finds. We arrived an hour before it opened...
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Saints and Sinners? Introducing the 'Mapping Miracles' project
On Friday 2nd May, the Department served as the venue for the launch of a new graduate-led project ‘Mapping Miracles’; judging by the crowds in attendance, it seems probable that saints and sinners...
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Important new Anglo-Saxon coin
Dr Rory Naismith writes: Later in June 2014, an important Anglo-Saxon coinis due to be sold at auction by Dix, Noonan and Webb in London. It was discovered in March this year by a metal-detector user...
View ArticleTaking England back to the Dark Ages? An ex-ASNC writes for the BBC
Tom Shakespeare, a former student of ours, has written an interesting, ASNC-inflected article on regional political identities in England. You can read it on the BBC website here.
View ArticleFrom the BBC: why Icelanders are wary of elves
Plans to build a new road in Iceland ran into trouble recently when campaigners warned that it would disturb elves living in its path. Construction work had to be stopped while a solution was found....
View ArticleArgatnél: early Irish mythology meets contemporary classical music
If any of our readers still need convincing of the sheer variety of strange and surprising places a degree in ASNC can take you in life, we direct your attention to the achievements of ASNC graduate...
View ArticleMoney and its Use in Early Medieval Europe
ASNC Research Fellow Dr. Rory Naismith has written the inaugural post for the Past and Present Society's new blog. You can read the post, which is based on Rory's recent article in the journal Past and...
View ArticleNorth Britons on BBC Radio 4
Those of you familiar with the northern reaches of the M6 will doubtless have seen signposts to the Rheged Centre. In this afternoon's edition of Making History, historian Tim Clarkson (author of Men...
View ArticleGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru/A Dictionary of the Welsh Language goes online
Silva Nurmio writes: 26 June 2014 saw the long-awaited launch of Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru/A Dictionary of the Welsh Language (GPC) online. The GPC is the standard historical dictionary of the Welsh...
View ArticleImportant New Anglo-Saxon Coin: Update
The rare penny of Ætheberht II reported here last month has now been given on long-term loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, by a private collector. It will go on display to the public shortly.
View ArticleThe Welsh Chronicles: A Symposium
From ASNC graduate student and symposium organiser Ben Guy:On Saturday 9th August, Bangor University hosted the first of what will hopefully be a series of small symposia dedicated to the study of the...
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Festival of Ideas, October 22‒25
One week into the new term, it's time to announce the first big ASNC event of the year. This is our now traditional involvement with the University of Cambridge Festival of Ideas, an annual exploration...
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