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Medievalist working on OE, Vikings, ON myth, runes and public history. Professor in the Dept. of English at UCC. Author of creative works 'Norse Myths' and 'Legends of Norse Mythology'.

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NorseMap @norsemap.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We don't bury our iViking hoard away to be found centuries later! Instead, it's all available to scroll through both in app and on our website norsemap.eu. You could even go to the map section and look through Viking heritage location by location and they may surprise you!🗺 #NorseMap #MedievalSky
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NorseMap @norsemap.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today we are #shipposting ! Viking ships are one of the most popular and enduring symbols we associate with the Viking Age - and who could blame us, really 😏 [Photo Credits: Bart the Viking, DrummieKerr, InghenRuiadh] #NorseMap #iViking #MedievalSky
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NorseInCork @norseincork.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Piece on the way far-right extremists have adapted Norse and Viking symbols in the face of the ban on Nazi symbolism in Germany. With Felix Lummer and Liam Waters. Slightly defanged. Thor Steinar are 100% a neo-Nazi brand. theconversation.com/how-the-emoj... #MedievalSky #Norse #Vikings #Nazis
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How the emojis and fashion choices of Germany’s far-right supporters get around the ban on Nazi symbolism
The extreme right has learned to navigate Germany’s strict laws on extremist symbols
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NorseMap @norsemap.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Sometimes representations of Vikings are one-of-a-kind, like this bespoke 'shieldmaiden' doll, made by Marzia from Corinaldo in Italy. It comes complete with detachable shield and helmet. We absolutely love it! #NorseMap #DigitalHeritage #VikingHeritage #ShieldMaiden #crafting #MedievalSky
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NorseMap @norsemap.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"New app to map global Viking fever" Lovely write-up of the NorseMap Project from the team @thevikingherald, which is a great place to get all your Viking and Norse-related news!🎺 thevikingherald.com/article/eina... #Viking #Norse #NorseMap #iViking #Heritage #ERC #UCC #CACSSS #MedievalSky #Cork
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Einar Selvik joins University College Cork’s launch of new app to map global Viking fever
The five-year NorseMap project aims to provide a greater understanding of how the Viking Age is perceived in different locations around the world.
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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 14/09/2026
🛡️ What does the Viking legacy look like today? Tom Birkett and his team have launched a project exploring how ideas and narratives about the #Vikings have evolved across Europe over the past 200 years. 👉 t.co/0L4WD9EsLL 📸 ©️Clare Keogh @norsemap.bsky.social @norseincork.bsky.social @ucc.ie
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NorseMap @norsemap.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We have been getting so many awesome submissions that we are looking to hire an extra pair of hands: job advert at the link below. Come and join the NorseMap team in Cork and help us to map the legacy of the Vikings! my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru... #medievalsky #NorseMap #iViking #Norse #Viking
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NorseInCork @norseincork.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Some nice coverage of our launch in the press: Irish Times and Irish Examiner yesterday, and a lovely write-up in The Echo today: www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari... #NorseMap #iViking #UCC #CACCS #FutureHumanities #CitizenScience #Vikings #Norse #Cork #PublicHistory #CulturalHeritage #ERC
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NorseInCork @norseincork.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Have to say, I love this slightly more chaotic photo from our #NorseMap launch. It was a lot of fun :)
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NorseMap @norsemap.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
We had a blast on Saturday at the launch of the ERC-funded NorseMap Project and its iViking app, with displays from White Horse Vikings, Déise Medieval, Lakes Vikings Living History, the Eoforwic Project, & Fingal Living History, and a truly amazing performance from Einar Selvik...
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NorseMap @norsemap.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
⚔ Welcome to iViking, NorseMap's official mobile photo-capturing app that allows anyone to contribute to the NorseMap public archive while on the go. Through the app, members of the public can help us document the many ways Viking and Norse heritage continues to shape our world today. #MedievalSky
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NorseMap @norsemap.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
We are excited to say that we have a couple of free tickets left for our event which will 'bring the Norse back to Cork' on the evening of 05 Sep, featuring a performance from the legendary Einar Selvik. Just reply below for a ticket link. We can't wait! 🤗 [Photo: St Peter's Church Facebook Page]
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NorseMap @norsemap.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
We are super excited to announce that NorseMap will be officially launched with a performance from the legendary Einar Selvik on 05 Sept in the heart of Hiberno-Norse Cork. We have a small number of public tickets available: send us a DM to claim one! #ERC #Vikings #NorseMap #Performance #LaunchDay
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NorseMap @norsemap.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
🚨Viking heritage alert🚨 We are looking for people to test our brand new Viking mobile app. If you have Norse-themed photos, or live in an area with lots of Viking heritage, we'd love you to help test our app before we release it publicly. Comment below, and we'll send you a link 😎 #ERC #vikings #UCC
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NorseInCork @norseincork.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Giving a talk on the Vikings at an event with An Taoiseach, the minister for education and the ERC Scientific Council in a sweltering Dublin today. No pressure, right? 🥵
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NorseMap @norsemap.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
It isn't mentioned here, but the the Department of English (where we are based) rose to 82nd in QS rankings, making it the second ranking discipline in the university 🎉 www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-n...
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UCC leaps up university rankings for fourth year in a row
Up 53 places in only two years
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NorseMap @norsemap.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The project team was privileged to visit the new excavation of the Viking settlement at Woodstown near Waterford at the invite of Neil Jackman, and to see the finds that are already coming to light from this Irish/Norwegian dig. Big ideas for the site, which would be such a boost to the region.
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NorseMap @norsemap.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
The first publication arising from the NorseMap Project is now available open-access via Boydell & Brewer. It looks at the recent use of the Vikings in and around the MAGA movement. openaccess.boydellandbrewercms.com?fileid=-47834 #Vikings #ERC #FrontierResearch
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NorseInCork @norseincork.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Nice to see NorseMap represented at the Future Humanities Institute Launch at UCC by this historical 'Viking' cat photo from the Library of Congress archives (even if we are not, in fact, a climate services project!) #medievalsky
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NorseInCork @norseincork.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Really cool new runic find from England (surely something for the second edition of my runes book...!)
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NorseInCork @norseincork.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Did some readings for this little BBC piece on extinct English pronouns www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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Wit, unker, git: The lost medieval pronouns of English intimacy
Tales of love and adventure from 1,000 years ago reveal a dazzling range of now-extinct English pronouns. They capture something unique about how people once thought about "two-ness".
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NorseMap @norsemap.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
One from the archives: on this day in 1936, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin ran a story with the headline 'Remains Of Viking Longship Found In Waimanalo Quarry'... hoaxes.org/af_database/...
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NorseMap @norsemap.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
🚨 Job Alert 🚨 Excited to announce a vacancy for a 3‑year postdoc researcher with expertise in Old Norse–Viking Studies and/or Cultural Economics. More info: my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru.... Question? Email us on norsemap@ucc.ie #ucc #vacancy #postdoc #culturaleconomics #oldnorse #viking #erc #norsemap
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Dr Danny Bate @dannybate.com · 03/02/2026
My review of the new book 'Runes: A Concise History' is out in the latest edition of the @historytoday.com magazine! The review in brief: runes are great, so is this book, and it does a good job separating runic fact from runic fiction.
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NorseInCork @norseincork.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
OUP have published the first chapter of my Runes book (on the earliest period of runic writing) open access until 19 Feb. Do have a look if you're interested! academic.oup.com/book/61598/c...
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NorseInCork @norseincork.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Delighted that my runes book has been published in the US, and is available on OUP's 'Oxford Academic' platform - European publishing date is in the new year! 🥳 academic.oup.com/book/61598
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NorseInCork @norseincork.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Enjoyed this workshop very much indeed - great hosts, and a high quality of papers on runes in vodeo games, branding, sub-cultures and much more.
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NorseInCork @norseincork.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
🚨 Job alert 🚨 NorseMap is recruiting for a new team member: a 3-year postdoctoral researcher with a background in Politics OR Old Norse Viking Studies to lead the 'Politics & Identity' strand of the project. Come and work with us at UCC! my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru...
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NorseInCork @norseincork.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
A reminder that there are still a few days left to apply for this funded PhD, working on literary and cultural reception of the Vikings. University fees and a budget for conference attendance included in addition to the stipend: it's a great opportunity for someone! www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...
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Research Vacancies | University College Cork
Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.
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NorseInCork @norseincork.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Presenting on the use of Viking imagery in terrorist manifestos at this conference on online extremism in Bilbao. Lovely venue, heavy subject matter.
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NorseInCork @norseincork.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Published a short piece in 'The Conversation' about Kash Patel's use of the white-supremacist dog whistle 'see you in Valhalla'. For my uncensored feelings on the subject, please just see the image below. theconversation.com/see-you-in-v...
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NorseInCork @norseincork.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
4-year funded PhD in Old Norse-Viking Studies at UCC, working on the Literature & Art strand of the NorseMap Project. www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...
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NorseInCork @norseincork.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Just for the removal of any doubt, this reference to Valhalla is a clarion call to neo-Nazis. From the director of the FBI.
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NorseInCork @norseincork.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
I'm excited to see that my book 'Runes: A Concise History' is now up on the OUP website, and carries an endorsement by the amazing @joannechocolat.bsky.social, among others. What a lovely thing to find out at the end of the week! global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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NorseInCork @norseincork.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Wrote the forward to this collection of short stories about Loki. It's a handsome book!
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NorseInCork @norseincork.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Not sure how geared towards humanities this scheme is, but it is very generously funded and will be of interest to colleagues wanting to relocate to Ireland. www.researchireland.ie/funding/glob...
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Global Talent Ireland - Research Ireland
Global Talent Ireland aims to attract exceptional mid-career and established researchers from across the globe to Ireland. Researchers funded through this programme are required to transfer their rese...
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NorseInCork @norseincork.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Reminder: as #ISSEME wraps up, there are still a few days left to apply for the Old English job at UCC. Deadline is 12 noon on Tuesday 8 July. www.ucc.ie/en/future-hu... #medievalsky #earlymedieval
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Lecturer in Old English | University College Cork
UCC wishes to appoint a scholar with a proven commitment to excellence in teaching and research to the role of Lecturer in Old English.
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NorseInCork @norseincork.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
♦️ Job opportunity at UCC! ♦️ 5-year Lecturer in Old English position, commencing in September. This will be a great opportunity for someone to join a thriving department, and to really put their own mark on the discipline. Please share widely! www.ucc.ie/en/future-hu...
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Lecturer in Old English | University College Cork
UCC wishes to appoint a scholar with a proven commitment to excellence in teaching and research to the role of Lecturer in Old English.
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NorseInCork @norseincork.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Bright and early 5am start for the first official day of NorseMap... with the helpful assistance of a sick 10-month old! 😅
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NorseInCork @norseincork.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Really delighted to receive UCC's Researcher of the Year award at the Glucksman Gallery yesterday evening, surrounded by such talented people!
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NorseInCork @norseincork.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
In addition to a DH postdoc, NorseMap is also looking to recruit a 5-year Research Assistant to help with project administration (part time role). Details here: my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru...
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NorseInCork @norseincork.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Presenting at this wonderful conference later today. Seems like most Old English scholars are in attendance.
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NorseInCork @norseincork.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
🚨Job alert 🚨 Delighted to advertise the first position on my ERC Project: a 4.5-year Digital Humanities / Computer Science Postdoc (with or without a background in Viking studies). Come and work in a super department in the real capital of Ireland! Details at ore.ucc.ie Job ref: 085873
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NorseInCork @norseincork.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Early start up to Dublin for the ERC Impact Forum organised by @researchireland.bsky.social
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National University of Ireland @nuimerrionsq.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
The NUI Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Humanities & Social Sciences 2025 is now open for applications 🥳 Applications must be submitted to NUI Awards by 28 March 2025 🗓️ More information can be found here: www.nui.ie/awards/PostD...
Image detailing information about the NUI Post Doctoral Fellowship in the Humanities and Social Sciences 2025.
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NorseInCork @norseincork.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Looks like my children's book is out in German! Photographed by a former student in the Neues Museum in Berlin 😊 www.penguin.de/buecher/tom-...
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NorseInCork @norseincork.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Lucky enough to see this wonderful exhibition 'Unha vida viquinga' / 'A Viking Life' in Santiago de Compostela over the holidays. Brilliant work by Irene García and all those involved.
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Seán William Gannon @swgannon.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
' @norseincork.bsky.social 's project hopes to find out what impact this period of history has had on our politics, our culture and our sense of European identity'. @irishindependent.bsky.social
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NorseInCork @norseincork.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
First post on Bluesky to say that I've been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant to investigate the reception of the Vikings 🤗 Expect lots of modern Vikings (and several ON jobs) to be posted here soon!
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