Academic Engagement & Research Lead
- About
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- Email Address
- l.a.collinson@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
Museums and Special Collections, University of Aberdeen
- School/Department
- Digital & Information Services
Biography
2018-
Academic Engagement and Research Lead, Museums and Special Collections, University of Aberdeen
2015-2018
Teaching Fellow in Scandinavian Studies, University of Aberdeen
2012-2015
Research Fellow for University of Aberdeen project: 'Pathways to Power: The Rise of the Early Kingdoms of the North'.
Feb-May 2013
AHRC-funded Cultural Engagement post, developing researcher-led events in University of Aberdeen May Festival.
2009-2012
Coordinator of Medieval Nordic Laws Project (funded by Leverhulme Trust)
Qualifications
- PhD Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic2004 - University of CambridgeRoyal Entertainment in Three Norse Kings' Saga Compilations: Morkinskinna, Heimskringla, and Fagrskinna
- MPhil Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic1999 - University of Cambridge
- MA(Hons) Scandinavian Studies1998 - University of Edinburgh
- Research
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Research Overview
Emerging interests in themes related to use of museums and special collections. Core research background: medieval literary, legal and other cultural history (Scandinavia and the British Isles).
Collaborations
Cruel and Unusual: an intermedia, research-based performance, with Adam Cresser, Ross Whyte and Candy Hatherley (11th May 2013, Divinity Library, University of Aberdeen).
Cruel and Unusual (The Witching Hour): reworking of 2013 performance (24th April 2014, Woodend Barn)
Supervision
Available for co-supervision of research projects. Previous experience in training, co-supervising and examining PhD researchers.
Funding and Grants
'Open to All: digital engagement with the University of Aberdeen museum collections', Museums Galleries Scotland (2021-2022)
'Caring and Sharing: responsible curation of the North American cultural collections at the University of Aberdeen', Museums Galleries Scotland (2019-2022)
'Artists, Academics and Ancient Texts Performance Workshops', AHRC Collaborative Skills Development Award (May 2014-Feb 2015).
Universities of Aberdeen, Glasgow and Newcastle, Glasgow School of Art, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
During these workshops, PhD candidates and early career researchers from a mixture of arts and humanities backgrounds responded creatively to ancient texts, and explored the nature of their creative responses, guided by Lisa Collinson (medievalist) and Ruth Barker (performance artist). A core workshop for nine participants washeld at the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow in October 2014, and follow-up workshops with scratch performances were held in Aberdeen and Glasgow during the following weeks.
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Available to help design and deliver collections-related teaching. Significant previous experience teaching and co-ordinating history and literature courses at the University of Aberdeen.