Medieval History
Runes, place-names and heavy metal; these are just some of the topics in a new University of the Highlands and Islands? course. The postgraduate qualification in Viking Studies has been developed by the University?s Centre for Nordic Studies. Modules include Viking History, Runology (the study of Runes) and Vikings in Popular Culture which looks at the way Vikings are portrayed in films, comics, music and the media.
Although the Centre for Nordic Studies is based on Orkney and Shetland, the new MLitt can be studied part or full-time from anywhere in the world. Tutors will use resources such as video-conferencing technology and a virtual learning environment to teach students wherever they are based. Enrolment opened this month, with the first intake of students starting in autumn.
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Medieval History
New Vikings MLitt offered by University of the Highlands and Islands
Runes, place-names and heavy metal; these are just some of the topics in a new University of the Highlands and Islands? course. The postgraduate qualification in Viking Studies has been developed by the University?s Centre for Nordic Studies. Modules include Viking History, Runology (the study of Runes) and Vikings in Popular Culture which looks at the way Vikings are portrayed in films, comics, music and the media.
Although the Centre for Nordic Studies is based on Orkney and Shetland, the new MLitt can be studied part or full-time from anywhere in the world. Tutors will use resources such as video-conferencing technology and a virtual learning environment to teach students wherever they are based. Enrolment opened this month, with the first intake of students starting in autumn.
Click here to read this article from Medievalists.net
- Ahrc Awards Money For Skills Training In Viking Studies
The Arts & Humanities Research Council has awarded a grant of £45,000 to the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Nottingham and the Highlands and Islands for a skills training programme for PhD students and Early Career Researchers in the field of ...
- ?vicious? Vikings Were Not As Horrible As History Suggests
The Viking ?invasion? of the Northern Isles of Scotland may not have been the sudden violent takeover of the lands as previously believed. The perception of Scandinavian warriors suddenly arriving in their longships ? raping and pillaging their...
- The Assembly Project Awarded £850,000 To Study Vikings And Early Medieval Europe
Over £850,000 has been made by medieval scholars from the Universities of Durham, Oslo and Vienna and the University of the Highlands and Islands, Centre for Nordic Studies, Orkney, by the Humanities in Europe Research Awards Scheme. This will fund a...
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The Jorvik Viking Centre in the English city of York will be holding its 25th Annual Festival from February 13th to 21st, 2010. In a press release, the Jorvik Viking Centre, calls on those interested to "join in the action as hundreds of Vikings from...
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