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Centre for the Study of the Viking Age @uoncsva.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The CSVA is going on summer holiday! We’ll be back with more news on our research and events in September. Until then we leave you with some beautiful views of Shetland (details in ALT text), courtesy of @em-ehx.bsky.social, who recently completed her fieldwork there. #PhDLife #summerholiday
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Bodies and Being: The Premodern Body Project @bodiesandbeing.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
We had such a good time at #IMCLeeds that we are already gearing up for next year. Check out our #callforpapers on #bodies and #community #MedievalSky #MedievalHistory #Medieval #Skystorians #AcademicSky #HistorySky #EarlyModernSky #EarlyModernHistory #EarlyModern #MaterialCulture #WhatsHistory
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Bodies and Being
The Pre-Modern Body Project
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Centre for the Study of the Viking Age @uoncsva.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
If you enjoyed our roundtable reflecting on Old Norse pedagogy in June then join us on Saturday 24 October 2026 for more pedagogical musings at the Annual Meeting of TOEBI. For more information and to register visit: www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/even... #medievalsky #oldenglish
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Centre for the Study of the Viking Age @uoncsva.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
🎉WE WON!!🎉We're so proud to announce that the CSVA's 'Vikings for Scouts', an IAA-funded collaboration with the Derbyshire Scout Archaeology Team, has won Community Archaeology Project of the Year at the CBA's 2026 Marsh Awards! Well done to the whole 'Vikings for Scouts' team for their hard work!
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NorseMap @norsemap.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
This 🔥hot Norse Summer🔥 has already gifted us some incredible finds! For more details, see the ALT text for each picture. The excitement around these finds goes to show just how relevant the Viking Age still us nowadays. We can't wait to see what else the summer will bring!
A picture of the first gullgubbe to have been found in the Vestland region in Norway. The tiny golden square is around 1cm and embossed on it are a stylised man and woman facing each other. For more info, see forskning.noA picture of an archaeologist at the Viking Woodstown excavation. The archaeologist is in a high-vis vest, and crouching by a sieve. On his palm are three metal objects that were found at the time the picture was taken. For more info on the excavation, see https://archaeologymag.com/2026/06/ireland-s-largest-viking-settlement/A picture of a vast, flat field in Søften, Denmark. Part of the field has been excavated and the findings show that it was a 100,000 square meter textile production area from the Viking Age. For more info, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/viking-textile-factory-denmark-aarhus-b3001882.htmlA picture of the latest runestone to be found in the Faroe Islands. This Runestone was found during the excavation of a building that was likely a chapel or small church in Sondum in Sandi. The runestone was embedded in the floor of the building and its inscription hasn't been studied yet. For more info, https://www.tjodsavnid.fo/greinir/runarsteinur-funnin-i-utgrevstri-a-sondum-a-sandi
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UoN English @uonenglish.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
New blog post is live! Read about how our very own Matthew Welton created his newest poetry anthology, Small Birds Singing. Now available on Words on Words, our School of English Blog - open.substack.com/pub/uonengli...
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Small Birds and Small Blogs
Dr Matthew Welton (UoN) reflects on his approach to poetry after the completion of his newly published book.
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Centre for the Study of the Viking Age @uoncsva.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Still looking for your perfect #IMC2027 session? Call for Papers for 'A Disordered Community: Evil and Antisocial Disruption in Medieval Literature' organised by the CSVA's Ellie Wilson. Submit your 250-word abstracts by 24 August 2026! #medievalsky
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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
A watery trespasser, featuring Jayne Carroll of @englishplacenames.bsky.social and @uonenglish.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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How did the River Trent get its name?
There are various theories around how the UK's third-longest river was named.
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Centre for the Study of the Viking Age @uoncsva.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
#IMC2026 may be over but the calls for papers for #IMC2027 are just beginning! Call for Papers on Cognitive Communities in the North Sea Zone, organised by the CSVA's @smasters2001.bsky.social and @jessiesummerhayes.bsky.social. Submit your 200-word abstracts by 26 August 2026! #medievalsky
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Mary Catherine O'Connor @marycoconnor.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Leeds IMC 2027 CALL FOR PAPERS @jonasza4.bsky.social and I are organising more sessions for next year's Leeds IMC - Check out our CfP here on "Communities of the Realm: Shaping Thirteenth Century Norway"
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Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
another Postdoc opportunity! 🦴🔬 Join Steve Ashby and @york-bioarch.bsky.social to study Northern European combs & combmaking using #ZooMS #proteomics. Seeking someone with proteomics/chemistry experience #viking and or #archaeology knowledge a plus. Apply: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/post...
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Jobs - The University of York
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Centre for the Study of the Viking Age @uoncsva.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
From summer schools to summer conferences—great to see so many of our PGRs presenting @imc-leeds.bsky.social last week. Meanwhile, CSVA PhD candidate Ellie Wilson is fresh from the Árni Magnússon Manuscript Summer School and brought back some stunning shots of Iceland we couldn’t wait to share!
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Archaeology @ Uni of York @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
New chapter by Dr Steve Ashby tieing up his work (with Dr Jessie Hendy and Dr Sam Greeves @york-bioarch.bsky.social) on the origins of hair combs found across early-medieval Europe with ongoing research on trapping, travel and trade in upland Scandinavia. More soon! www.brepols.net/products/IS-...
Cover of the Book 'Harvetsing the Margins' (Brepols), featuring a wooden rowboat with a fjord or lake behind it
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Natalie Hopwood @nrhopwood.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
For those already excited for #IMC2027, @marycoconnor.bsky.social and I are organizing sessions on 'The Literary Communities of Old Norse and Icelandic Romance'! 🌟If you would like to get involved, please submit a 250 word abstract and short bio by 18th September 🌟 #medievalsky
The Literary Communities of Old Norse and Icelandic Romance
Through the translation of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia regum Britannaie and the efforts of Hákon Hákonarson, king of Norway (r. 1217-1263), romance reached the Medieval North where it soon took hold of the Scandinavian imagination. Old Norse translations of Old French romances were copied and transmitted from Norway to Iceland. These romances soon inspired a wave of new literary creations, leading to the production of Icelandic chivalric romances and later ballads and rimur, alongside potentially influencing other literary genres. These narratives were amongst the most popular stories read and received amongst medieval and later Icelandic communities as the manuscript preservation attests. And yet they continue to be amongst the most understanded communities of texts within Old Norse literary studies. This session seeks to respond to this gap in scholarship and invite papers which investigate these texts, challenging former assumptions and opening up new avenues of scholarship on these texts.

Suggested themes and topics may include but are not limited to:


· Chivalric romances, fornaldarsögur
· Translation (Old Norse and Old Swedish)
· Literary communities
· Gender
· Emotions
· Genre
· Families/ genealogies
· Travel/ geography
· Marginalised identities
· Manuscript reception and transmission
· Society and hierarchy
· Ethnicity and religion
· Monsters
· Transgression
Please submit an abstract of no more than 250 words and a brief biography by Friday 18th September to Mary Catherine O’Connor (mary.oconnor@balliol.ox.ac.uk) and Natalie Hopwood (ennrho@leeds.ac.uk)
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Peter Reavill @peterreavill.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Here's one of my favourites by the PlaceName team at Nottingham Uni storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/6544...
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The secret life of the fields
Medieval to modern: a short history of the rural landscape of the Upper Onny Valley in Shropshire through its field-names
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Centre for the Study of the Viking Age @uoncsva.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
One step closer! We’re thrilled to announce that Vikings for Scouts, our collaboration with the Derbyshire Scouts Archaeology Team, has now made the shortlist for Community Archaeology Project of the Year at the CBA's 2026 Marsh Awards. 🎉🎉🎉 @archaeologyuk.bsky.social @uonenglish.bsky.social
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Centre for the Study of the Viking Age @uoncsva.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
🎉Meet the 2026 Marsh Community Archaeology Awards Nominees - including the CSVA's Vikings for Scouts project!
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Meet the 2026 Marsh Awards Nominees
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Anette Sand-Eriksen @sanderiksen.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The Museum of Cultural History @uio.no is hiring a PhD candidate in Nordic #Archaeology, linked to the museum’s research on the #VikingAge. As icing on the cake, you’ll be working in the environment of the new Museum of the Viking Age, part of MCH, opening in 2027! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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PhD research fellow in Nordic Archaeology (301195) | University of Oslo
Job title: PhD research fellow in Nordic Archaeology (301195), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, July 31, 2026
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Centre for the Study of the Viking Age @uoncsva.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Our reading groups and seminars may be over for this academic year but we're gearing up for a busy summer of research! First off, the CSVA's Dr Kate Olley will be in Munich next week @lmu.de addressing the Institut für Nordische Philologie! #LMU #medievalsky
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Ross Balzaretti @rossbalzaretti.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Attention early medievalists! This workshop on coastal communities organised by Marco Panato & Irene Bavuso is being held in Nottingham (hybrid format via Teams) on 20/21 June. All welcome.
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Bodies and Being: The Premodern Body Project @bodiesandbeing.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
If you're super jealous that you missed @xpi.bsky.social talking about #needlework patterns based on #marginalia, here's the video! #MedievalSky #MedievalHistory #Medieval #Skystorians #AcademicSky #HistorySky #EarlyModernSky #EarlyModernHistory #EarlyModern #MaterialCulture #Bodies #WhatsHistory
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Medieval Needlework with Kristi DiClemente
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Jake Stattel @jakestattel.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Great new Note from @department-asnc.bsky.social's Ido Kons taking a new look at the veneration of saints across early medieval England #medievalsky doi.org/10.1093/note...
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Early English Saints and Tenth Century Wessex: The Evidence of The Metrical Calendar Of Hampson
Precious few witnesses for the veneration of saints south of the Humber survive from before the middle of the tenth century. Indeed, out of the twenty-seve
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Josh Coulthard @joshcoulthard.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
We look forward to hearing your rabbit holes!
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Simon Coupland @scoupland.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
In a new exhibition in the Nationalmuseet in Copenhagen, "Vølvens Varsel", this silver mount is believed to depict Loki wrapped in his son's intestines. Peter Pentz believes it's a rare early depiction of the god. It's c. 2.5cm, and was found near Skanderborg 4 years ago. www.dr.dk/nyheder/sene...
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Norse in the North @norseinthenorth.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
A summary of our latest conference at Leeds is now live on the Norse in the North website. Follow the link to read!: norseinthenorth.wordpress.com/2026-leeds/
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2026 – Leeds
Norse in the North 2026 (Mind and Body) was held on 15th May 2026 at the University of Leeds and organized by Natalie Hopwood, Dan Coultas, Sif Brookes, and Chris Latham. There were a total of eigh…
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Centre for the Study of the Viking Age @uoncsva.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The Fryske Akademy (Leeuwarden, NL) and the Dept. of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic (Cambridge, UK) are offering a one-year paid fellowship for a researcher to explore the relations between Frisia and Great Britain, Ireland and/or Scandinavia in the early Middle Ages (c. 400–1100). Appy by June 28th.
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Collaboration with University of Cambridge results in postdoctoral fellowship vacancy
Have you already completed your PhD and would you be interested in spending nine months conducting research in Leeuwarden and three months in Cambridge? And getting paid for it, too? The Fryske Akadem...
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Centre for the Study of the Viking Age @uoncsva.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Only a week to go until the CSVA summer seminar! Join us on Tuesday 9 June, 5-6pm, in Trent B40 for a roundtable discussion with Dr Chris Callow, Dr Christina Lee, Dr Alex Wilson and Dr Kate Olley on ‘Teaching the Vikings: Reflections on Pedagogical Practice in Old Norse-Viking Teaching'.
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Scottish Society for Northern Studies @northernstudies.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
The Norse in the North 2026 (Mind and Body) was held on 15th May 2026 at the University of Leeds and organized by Natalie Hopwood, Daniel Coultas, Sif Brookes, and Chris Latham. Please click below to read about this fantastic conference funding by the SSNS Conference Grant.
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SSNS Funding - Norse in the North, University of Leeds - Scottish Society for Northern Studies
A summary by Natalie Hopwood on the conference Norse in the North: Mind and Body at the University of Leeds.
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Centre for the Study of the Viking Age @uoncsva.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Looking forward to the Nottingham Medieval Studies Lecture! Join us on Friday 12 June, 5-6pm, in Trent B46 when Dr Paul Cavill will be speaking on 'Names and Texts: Interactions and Interpretations'. A wonderful way to round off the term! Register, completely free, at forms.office.com/e/YPVdaX1M6y
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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
These @historyscotland.bsky.social webinars are great events and Tom will be well worth listening to.
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Centre for the Study of the Viking Age @uoncsva.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
The joys of doing fieldwork in the Faroes! Check out this beautiful shot of Múlarfossar in Gásadalur by CSVA doctoral student @em-ehx.bsky.social, who is currently visiting the Islands, researching saga landscapes for her thesis. #faroeislands #PhDlife
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Centre for the Study of the Viking Age @uoncsva.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
What does Maldon have to do with Mordor? Find out in this recent article from Samuel Masters, current post-graduate student with the CSVA, available open access in the latest issue of Mythlore: dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol... #TolkienTuesday #TolkienTrewsday
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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRO233/d... one year post in Old Norse #medievalsky
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Departmental Lecturer in Old Norse at University of Oxford
Apply now for the Departmental Lecturer in Old Norse role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
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Scottish Society for Northern Studies @northernstudies.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
The SHR is pleased to announce the call for the 2026 Early Career Researcher Article Prize. The winning entry/entries will be published in the journal and receive a £500 award. The deadline is Tuesday, 8 September at 5pm.
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Prizes — Scottish Historical Review Trust | Promoting Research & Publication in the Field of Scottish History | Monograph Series | Edinburgh - Scotland - UK
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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 18/05/2026
Map of early medieval ship burials across northern Europe. Monumental expressions of maritime mobility, culture rooted in sea travel connected people around the North Sea and created new elites that, in time, formed kingdoms. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... #MedievalMonday 🏺 #Archaeology
Map of northern Europe, annotated with the locations of ship burials, ranging from Brittany to northern Scandinavia and the Baltic.
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Centre for the Study of the Viking Age @uoncsva.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Thank you to all today's speakers at the 2026 Midlands Viking Symposium and special thanks to @chriscallow.bsky.social for organising! From Poetic Polyphony to Descents into Hell via some isotopic analysis on the way - it's been a fantastic day of papers! #medievalsky
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Dr N. Kıvılcım Yavuz @nkivilcimyavuz.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
#JobKlaxon We are looking for a permanent Lecturer in Global Medieval History to join us at @leedsims.bsky.social! Applications due 1 June. Happy to talk to anyone interested in an informal capacity. If you are in Kalamazoo, find me at #ICMS! #leedsmedievalstudies jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
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Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Lecturer in Global Medieval History
Are you an academic with proven abilities to carry out research and teaching in global medieval history? Do you have an established background in interdisciplinary global medieval studies? Are you est...
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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
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Ancient Icelandic manuscripts arrive from Sweden
Starting tomorrow, visitors to the manuscript exhibition World in Words (Heimur í orðum) will be able to view five Icelandic manuscripts from Sweden that have never before been displayed in Iceland.
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Centre for the Study of the Viking Age @uoncsva.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Final reminder that registration for the 2026 Midlands Viking Symposium closes today at 5pm! Sign up now to join us online this Friday 15 May, 10-2.15pm: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sagas-the-...
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Sagas! The 2026 Midland Viking Symposium
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NECRON - Network of Early Career Researchers in Old Norse @necron-network.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Please join us next week for an online talk by @kakapitan.bsky.social Link below to register: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
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Centre for the Study of the Viking Age @uoncsva.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Congratulations @rorynaismith.bsky.social for a wonderful book launch last night! Very compelling discussion of Offa and the Mercian supremacy. I now want to spend my summer walking Offa’s dyke and revisiting the British Museum to see the Mercian gold coin once (mis)attributed to Uther Pendragon!
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em horne @em-ehx.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Life and Landscape Research Showcase held at the University of Nottingham on Saturday 13th June is now open for registration! We have a very exciting day of papers from nine Early Career Researchers and keynote lecture by @susan-kilby.bsky.social. Please share, this event is open to all!
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Bodies and Being: The Premodern Body Project @bodiesandbeing.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
New on the channel, @djbirishhistory.bsky.social talking to us about #medieval #Irish #literature, #disability, and #impairment. #MedievalSky #MedievalHistory #Medieval #Skystorians #AcademicSky #HistorySky #EarlyModernSky #EarlyModernHistory #EarlyModern #MaterialCulture #Bodies #WhatsHistory
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Disability and Impairment in Medieval Irish Literature: Methods and Approaches, Dylan Bailey
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International Medieval Congress Leeds @imc-leeds.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
You have 3 days left to register for #IMC2026 before the standard registration deadline on Friday 01 May 2026 at 23:59 (BST) GMT+1 👀 Register here: www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/register/ Any questions or problems, please email imc@leeds.ac.uk #MedievalSky #SkyStorians
An IMC Keynote Speaker stood behind a red IMC Banner stood at a computer lectern giving their paper.
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Rory Naismith @rorynaismith.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Officially released TODAY!!!
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Dr Jasmin Higgs @jaztherunologist.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Come take a jaunt through a kirkyard with me… perhaps we’ll see some runes! open.substack.com/pub/jasminhi...
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Centre for the Study of the Viking Age @uoncsva.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Reminder that our final CSVA reading group of the term is today, 1-2pm, Trent A49! Join us as we discuss two articles: Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson and others’ “A Female Viking Warrior Confirmed by Genomics” and Neil Price and others’ “Viking Warrior Women? Reassessing Birka Chamber Grave Bj.581.”
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Rory Naismith @rorynaismith.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
For anyone in/near Nottingham who wants to hear about Offa of Mercia next month … checkout.square.site/merchant/MLC...
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An evening with Rory Naismith - One More Chapter
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Chris Callow @chriscallow.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
It's a month until the 2026 Midland Viking Symposium on 15 May. Sign up here! This year it's free, it's online and it's on a Friday. Please share. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sagas-the-...
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Sagas! The 2026 Midland Viking Symposium
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