The Viking Diaspora - Podcast interview for the Seven Ages website, 'Exploring History, Archaeology, Science and Culture' (November 2020) Podcast on Women in the Viking Age for Jorvik Viking Festival (February 2021)ĭigital Museum event, Seafaring series, Vikings (February 2021) In praise of Queen Astrid of Norway - 10-minute talk for the British Academy (March 2021) Messages from the Middle Ages: Discovering Runes - Podcast for Gone Medieval with Dr Cat Jarman (July 2021) History Extra Podcast - What Norse poetry reveals about the Viking Age, with Carolyne Larrington, hosted by Matt Elton (April 2023)īBC Radio 3 Sunday Feature - The Ancient Algorithm, programme on runes and runic inscriptions with Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough and various other contributors (April 2022)īBC Radio 3 Free Thinking - Discussion about Vikings and writing history with Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough, Neil Price, Elizabeth Boyle and Kevan Manwaring (March 2022) Vikingology Podcast - The Saga of the Earls of Orkney and Skaldic Poetry, discussion with historian Terri Barnes and author C. Here are some links to appearances I have made in various media:

I am also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, the Society of Antiquaries, and the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.

a Vice-President of the English Place-Name Society.

A member of the Scientific Advisory Board/International Reference Group for two projects funded by the Research Council of Norway: Norrøn poesi og utviklingen av sagalitteraturen and Viking Nativity: Gjellestad Across Borders.

An Editorial Board member of Nottingham Medieval Studies, Viking and Medieval Scandinavia and Acta Scandinavica.

Gustav Adolfs Akademien in Uppsala, Sweden. An international fellow (''utländsk arbetande ledamot') of Kungl.

Expertise SummaryĪreas of expertise - Old Norse language and literature, runology, and interdisciplinary Viking Studies. In 2020 I was elected a Fellow of the British Academy. During my time at Nottingham I have been Head of the School of English Studies (2001-4), and was promoted to Professor of Viking Studies in 2002. Before coming to Nottingham in 1985, I worked as a Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin at Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main (Germany). was educated at the Universities of Pennsylvania (USA), Durham (UK, BA in English Language and Medieval Literature), Oslo (Norway, Leverhulme Study Abroad Studentship) and London (PhD in Scandinavian Studies, UCL).

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