Event Archive

2020

February

• Scandinavian Studies Seminar

  27 February 2020, 16:00 - 18:00

  Dr Triin Laidoner ‘Wetting’ the Mothers’ Mounds in Egils saga Skallagrímssonar? A Study of kumbla brjótr in Egill’s lausavísa (no. 4) Abstract: Dísir are accepted by many scholars to represent dead foremothers who were widely known and celebrated in Scandinavia. It is therefore not unreasonable to assume that the activities revolving around them were at least initially...

• RIISS Seminar Series 2020

  25 February 2020, 16:00 - 17:30

  Elaine Farrell and Leanne McCormick (Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster University): ‘There was no harm about her if she were not married’: Bad Bridget and deviant Irish motherhood in North America, 1838-1918’

• RIISS Seminar Series 2020

  18 February 2020, 16:00 - 17:30

  Gerry Carruthers (University of Glasgow): ‘Kirk and Nation in Robert Burns’

• Scandinavian Studies Seminar

  13 February 2020, 16:00 - 18:00

  Prof Lesley Abrams (Balliol College, Oxford) The Religious Life of Viking Armies

• School information session on work placement or volunteering

  05 February 2020, 12:00

  Calling all Divinity, History, History of Art and Philosophy students at Level 3... Have you already secured, or are you planning to secure an internship, work placement or volunteering position over the summer? Would you like to receive academic credit for completing your summer opportunity? There is a short session on...

• RIISS Seminar Series 2020

  04 February 2020, 16:00 - 17:30

  Samantha Walton (Bath Spa University): 'The Living World: Nan Shepherd and Environmental Thought'

January

• Scandinavian Studies Seminar

  30 January 2020, 16:00 - 18:00

  Chapter Workshop: Solveig

2019

November

• Internships: Sourcing Your Placement for 2020

  06 November 2019, 13:00 - 14:30

  What are you doing next summer? Would you like to gain work experience, network with potential future employers and develop transferable skills? The School of Divinity, History and Philosophy is hosting a workshop this semester on sourcing and securing internships. Pursue internship opportunities: learn about strategies for successful internship applications and effective...

October

• Scandinavian Studies Seminar Series

  24 October 2019, 16:00 - 18:00

  We are pleased to welcome Dr Tom Birkett (University College Cork) to talk on 'Filling the Gaps? Approaches to Retelling the Myths of the Masterbuilder and Thor’s Journey to Geirrøðargarðr'. The talk will take place in 50/52 College Bounds, room CB009, at 4pm. For those new to the seminar series,...

September

• Scandinavian Studies Seminar Series

  12 September 2019, 16:00 - 18:00

  For the first session of the Scandinavian Studies Seminar Series for 2019-20, on Thursday 12 September, we are pleased to welcome Dr Caitlin Ellis (Oxford) to talk on 'Poets, Rulers, Mercenaries: Orkney, Dublin and their Networks'. The talk will take place in 50/52 College Bounds, room CB009, at 4pm. For...