Professor Alexandra Sanmark, MA, FSA, FSA Scot, FRHist

Professor of Medieval Archaeology

Associate Professor of Archaeology at Uppsala University

Acting Director 杏吧原创 Institute for Northern Studies

Institute for Northern Studies
杏吧原创 Perth 
Webster Building
Crieff Road, Perth
PH1 2NX

alexandra.sanmark@uhi.ac.uk
+44 (0)1738 877218

Biography

Professor Alexandra Sanmark undertook her undergraduate and postgraduate training at the University of London and obtained her PhD on the Christianisation of Scandinavia from University College London. She was then employed in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Uppsala, where she was Programme Leader for the MA programme Viking and Early Medieval Scandinavia. After two years as Research Fellow at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, she started working for the University in 2009, first in Orkney and currently in Perth.

Research interests

Prof. Sanmark has a strong research interest in Iron Age Scandinavia, in particular the Viking Age and the Viking Expansion in the west. Since her PhD she has been fascinated by Viking Age religion and the Christianisation of northwest Europe. Her interests also include assembly and political practice and she has collaborated on , a three-year international project funded by the Humanities in Europe Research Area (HERA). TAP examined multidisciplinary evidence for the emergence of assembly sites and administrative frameworks across Northern Europe from AD 400-1500. Prof. Sanmark’s research strand was entitled Assembly and Colonisation and explores the establishment of the Norse thing organisation and assembly sites in the areas of Norse settlement and colonisation, compared and contrasted to the situation in the Viking homelands. This work resulted in the book (Edinburgh University Press, 2017).

In 2015, Prof. Sanmark led . This was a community based cultural heritage project, through which stories connected to the Orkney and Shetland landscape was captured using digital technology.

Building on her interest in the island nations of Pacific Ocean developed during her PhD, Prof. Sanmark, together with Prof. Donna Heddle, is working on a project on sustainable tourism in Vanuatu. As part of the first year’s work, existing cultural heritage sites were evaluated and future strategies suggested. Since then Prof. Sanmark and Prof. Heddle have been involved in further work in Vanuatu and are currently developing an International Tourist Guiding Qualification for the island nation. 

Since 2017, Prof. Sanmark has developed further fieldwork-based projects. The first one involves further excavations of Anundshög in Sweden, where several seasons of excavations have been carried out. Here a enclosing parts of the site was excavated. In 2017-18, a 14th-century , which is the earliest such building found archaeologically. Further work is planned for 2021-22.  The second project, funded by a BA/Leverhulme grant involved geophysical survey and core sampling in the West Mainland of Orkney with the aim of examining possible traits of .  Prof. Sanmark is currently running a series of events on the theme of Places of Royal Power and Ritual in Early Medieval Scotland and Europe, funded by a grant from The Royal Society of Edinburgh.  

Prof. Sanmark is the initiator and Series Editor for the new book series The North Atlantic World - Land and Sea as Cultural Space – AD 400-1900, published with Brepols. This is an interdisciplinary series that covers a wide geographical region stretching from Northern Europe and Scandinavia across to the Eastern seaboards of Canada and the United States of America, from the Late Iron Age up to the early modern period.

 

Select projects (past and current)

2022: Connectivity and Communication in Norse Orkney 

2022: Mora Stones: site of royal inauguration, assembly and cult

2022: The Norse and the Sea 

2020: Viking and Norse Heritage Tourism in Scotland

2020: Pictish heritage tourism 

2020: Places of Royal Power and Ritual in Early Medieval Scotland and Europe (workshop grant from the Royal Society of Edinburgh) with Dr Mark Hall, Perth Museum and Art Gallery

2018-19:The Norse Waterways of West Mainland, Orkney. Funded by a British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant. Principal Investigator: Alex Sanmark. Co-Investigators: Prof. Barbara Crawford and Dr Richard Bates.

2017-: From Papay to Polynesia: a study of tourism in small islands: Alex's Vanuatu blog. Co-Investigators: Prof. Donna Heddle and Dr Alexandra Sanmark. Funded by the .

2016-: Focus on the assembly site of Anundshög in Sweden. Fieldwork based research project.

2015:

2010-2013: – Meeting-places in Northern Europe AD 400-1500

2005-2008: Assembly Sites, Power and Landscape

2004-2005: Thing sites in the Landscape

Dr Alexandra Sanmark

Academic responsibilities

Academic responsibilities

Head of PhD Studies

Programme Leader for the MRes in Northern Studies

Module Leader for the following MLitt level courses

  • Gender in Viking Society
  • Scotland's Story I and II
  • The Vikings in Scotland and the Irish Sea Region
  • MLitt Dissertation

Committee memberships

  • Research Degrees Committee
  • Graduate School Committee

External Memberships

External Memberships

  • 2018: Fellow of the UKRI Peer Review College
  • 2018-2021: Member of the Council for the Society of Medieval Archaeology
  • 2018-: Series Editor for  (Brepols)
  • 2018-2021: Member of the Council for the
  • 2017-2019: Member of the Advisory Board for the Upp氓kra Archaeological Centre (Sweden)
  • 2014-2016: Member of The Royal Scone Network, funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
  • 2012鈥�2016: Member of the advisory board for the
  • 2010-2013: Member of Medieval Gender History, a Nordic research network based at the Universities of Stockholm and Helsinki
  • 2012-2013: Member of Medieval Rituals in Focus, a research network based at the University of Gothenburg (G枚teborg)
  • 2010-2012: Member of : Mapping Viking Age Shetland. Funded by The Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • 2010-: Peer reviewer for the
  • 2007-:

Other external activities

  • 2020: External examiner for the Department of Archaeology in Bergen, Norway
  • Member of the Society for Scottish Medieval and Renaissance Studies
  • Peer-reviewer for a variety of publishers and journals, such as Antiquity World Archaeology, The Journal of European Archaeology, Internationales Sachsensymposion, Early Medieval Europe, Antiquity and Oxford University Press.
  • Examiner of PhD and MRes theses and Durham University, University of Glasgow, National University of Ireland, and The University of Trondheim.   

Publications

Publications

Books

. Proceedings of the 3rd St Magnus Conference, Orkney April 2016, eds. D. Heddle, A. Sanmark, and O. Plumb. The North Atlantic World Series, vol 1. Brepols (2020).

. Final project monograph by The Assembly Project. S. Semple, A. Sanmark, F. Iversen and M. Mehler. The Society for Medieval Archaeology Monograph Series (Routledge 2020).

Places and Rituals of Assembly in the Medieval North. (Edinburgh University Press, 2017)

, Selected Papers from Workshops Organized by The Assembly Project, Journal of the North Atlantic, Special Volume. Lead editor: Alexandra Sanmark (2015-16).

, Selected Papers from Workshops Organized by The Assembly Project, Journal of the North Atlantic, Special Volume 5. Lead editor: Alexandra Sanmark (2013).


Selected Papers from the Inaugural St. Magnus Conference 2011, Journal of the North Atlantic, Special Volume 4, ed. Andrew Jennings and Alexandra Sanmark (2013).

Signals of Belief in Early England: Anglo-Saxon Paganism Revisited, eds. , and , Oxbow (2010)

, (OPIA, Uppsala 2004)

 

Select journal papers

Bates, R. Bates, M. Crawford, B. Sanmark, A. 鈥楾丑别 Norse Waterways of West Mainland Orkney, Scotland鈥�, Journal of Wetland Archaeology (2020).  

鈥楽ites of Power and Assembly in the Thames Valley in the Middle Ages: the beginnings of government at Westminster鈥�, Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History (2020)

鈥楢 New Methodology for Assembly Site Identification and Analysis鈥�, Retrospective Methods Networks Newsletter (2019)

鈥楢ssembly Organisation in the Longue Dur茅e: The Scandinavian Thing Institution in its European Context鈥�, Quaestiones medii aevi novae (2019)

鈥楽cotland鈥檚 鈥楳ysterious Picts鈥� and Iceland鈥檚 鈥楽aga Vikings鈥� 鈥� How Sources and Contexts Shape Research Agendas鈥�, META Historiskarkeologisk tidskrift (2019)

鈥楶atterns of Assembly. Norse Thing Sites in Shetland,鈥� Debating the Thing in the North I, Selected Papers from Workshops Organized by The Assembly Project, Journal of the North Atlantic, Special Volume 5. Lead editor: Alexandra Sanmark (2013).

鈥楢ssembly in North West Europe: collective concerns for early societies?鈥� Co-author: Dr Sarah Semple, European Journal of Archaeology 16:3 (2013).

鈥�, Journal of the North Atlantic, Special Volume 2 (2009-10), 178-192.

鈥楲iving on: ancestors and the soul鈥�, Signals of Belief in Early England: Anglo-Saxon Paganism Revisited, ed, M. Carver, A. Sanmark and S. Semple (Oxbow 2010), 162-84

鈥楢ssembly Organisation and State Formation. A Case Study of Assembly Sites in Viking and Medieval S枚dermanland, Sweden鈥�, Medieval Archaeology 53 (2009), 205-41

鈥�. Co-author: Dr Sarah Semple, Dept. of Archaeology, University of Durham, 贵辞谤苍惫盲苍苍别苍 103, 4:2008

鈥楾丑别 communal nature of the judicial system in early medieval Norway鈥�, Collegium Medievale 19 (2006), 31-64

鈥楧ietary regulation in early Christian Norway鈥�, Viking and Medieval Scandinavia, vol. 1 (2005), 203-19

Select book chapters, reports, short books and popular articles

鈥楲egal Space in Late Iron Age and Early Medieval Scandinavia鈥�, 鈥淩echtsr盲ume鈥�: Historische und arch盲ologische Ann盲herungen, ed. Caspar Ehlers and Holger Grewe, Frankfurt am Main, Vittorio Klosterman (2020)

鈥楾丑别 thing cottage at Anundsh枚g鈥�, A. Sanmark, K. Jonsson, M. Lindeberg and M. B盲ck, Tidens landskap. 痴盲苍产辞办 till Anders Andr茅n, ed. Cecilia Ljung et al. (Nordic Academic Press 2019)

鈥楾丑颈苍驳蝉 in 痴颈办颈苍驳蝉鈥�, A. Sanmark and H. Williams, Vikings and the Vikings: The Norse World(s) of the History Channel Series, eds. Lister, K., Hardwick, P. (2019)

Tingsplatsen vid Anundsh枚g. Medeltida tingsstuga och j盲rn氓ldersl盲mningar i Badelunda. Arkeologisk forskningsunders枚kning. Fornl盲mning V盲ster氓s 431:1. L氓ngby 7:3. Badelunda socken. V盲ster氓s stad. V盲stmanlands l盲n. V盲stmanland. Mathias B盲ck, Kristina Jonsson, Marta Lindeberg och Alexandra Sanmark ()

鈥樷��, Traversing the Inner Seas, Scottish Society for Northern Studies Publication (2016)

鈥橳he Orkney Huseby Farms 鈭� The Onomastic, Historical and Archaeological Context鈥�. B. Crawford and A. Sanmark, Proceedings of the Huseby workshop, Copenhagen March 2014. Eds. T. Lemm and A. Pedersen (2016), 91-106

鈥楢t the Assembly: A Study of Ritual Space鈥�, Power of Practice. Rituals and Politics in Northern Europe c. 650-1350, eds. L. Hermansson and H. J. Orning, Brepols. (2015)

鈥楳akt och monument under j盲rn氓ldern. F枚redrag och paneldiskussion den 17/10 2014 p氓 V盲stmanlands l盲ns museum鈥� [鈥橮ower and Monuments of the Iron Age鈥橾. Sanmark, A, Bj枚rk, T., Wickberg Y., and Wikborg, J. Badelundabygdens hembygdsf枚rening, 2015, no 1, 2-3

鈥榃omen at the Thing鈥�, Kvinner i vikingtid [Nordic Women in the Viking Age], eds. N. Coleman and N. L. L酶kka, Scandinavian Academic Press (2014), 85-100.

鈥樷��, Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology (2014).

Co-author: Sarah Semple. Popul盲r Arkeologi 4:2013

鈥樷��, Nordics Info website, 1 March 2012

鈥楰irkwall 鈥� from Norse Thing Site to Council Seat鈥�, The Orcadian, 5 April 2012

鈥楢rchaeological Analysis and Mapping in the Identification of Assembly Sites. Comments on Inger Storli: Court Sites of Arctic Norway: Remains of Thing Sites and Representations of Political Consolidation Processes in the Northern Germanic World during the First Millennium AD?鈥�: 89-117, Norwegian Archaeological Review 43(2)鈥�, Norwegian Archaeological Review 44(1) 2011.

: Anundsh枚g [Exvavation report from Anundsh枚g, Sweden]. Co-author Sarah Semple. The Assembly Project, Report 3.

The Topography of Outdoor Assembly in Europe with Reference to Recent Field Research

鈥樷��, Popul盲r Arkeologi 4:2008

The Vikings. Raiders and Traders. (Stockholm 2008).

鈥� [Assembly sites in Viking and Medieval Sweden], Popul盲r Arkeologi 2:2008

鈥橳ingsplatser, makt och landskap鈥� [Assembly sites, Power and Landscape]. Co-author: Dr Svante Norr, Hem till Jarlabanke: jord, makt och evigt liv i 枚stra M盲lardalen under j盲rn氓lder och medeltid, ed. M. Olausson. (Lund: Historiska media, 2008), 379-396

鈥楾丑别 regulation of daily life in early Christian Norway鈥�, Rettstekstar i mellomalderen 鈥� Id茅 og praksis. Rettshistoriske studier nr 17, Institutt for offentlig retts skriftserie nr 6/2006, ed. J酶rn 脴yrehagen Sunde (Oslo 2006), 1-37

鈥楾丑别 Princess in the Tower - the ill-fated marriage of Ingeborg of Denmark and Philip Augustus of France鈥�, History Today, vol. 56 (2006), 10-16

鈥楩ast and Feast - Christianization through the Regulation of Everyday Life鈥�, Viking Heritage Magazine 4/2005, 3-7

鈥楾丑别 Cross and the Sword - Strategies of Conversion in Medieval Europe鈥�, Viking Heritage Magazine 3/2005, 9-13

鈥�, Popul盲r Arkeologi 1:2005

Tingsplatsen som arkeologiskt problem. Etapp 1: Aspa. SAU Rapport 2004:25 (Uppsala)

鈥楾丑别 role of secular rulers in the conversion of Sweden鈥�, The Cross goes North. Processes of conversion in Northern Europe AD 300鈥�1300 (York 2002), 551鈥�8

鈥楾丑别 Nature of Scandinavian Pre-Christian Religious Custom鈥�, Offa 58 (2001), 237鈥�47

Select Reviews:

鈥楲avelle, Ryan, and Simon Roffey, eds., Danes in Wessex: The Scandinavian Impact on Southern England, c. 800鈥揷. 1100. Oxford and Philadelphia: Oxbow Books, 2016. Paper. Pp. xvi, 272; 66 black-and-white and color figures and 20 tables. 拢45. ISBN: 978-1-78297-931-9, Speculum (in press)

鈥業msen, Steinar, ed., Rex Insularum: The King of Norway and His "Skattlands" as a Political System c. 1260鈥�1450. Bergen: Fagbokforlaget, 2014. Pp. 438; many color figures and 39 maps. NOK 599. ISBN: 978-82-321-0414-7鈥�, Speculum 91:3 (2016)

鈥楴ordeide, S忙bj酶rg Walaker, The Viking Age as a Period of Religious Transformation: The Christianisation of Norway from AD 560-1150/1200. (Studies in Viking and Medieval Scandinavia 2.) Turnhout: Brepols, 2012. Pp. xx, 396; 84 b&w figs. and 14 tables. 110. ISBN: 9782503534800, Speculum 88:4 (2013).

鈥楳uldoon, J. (ed.). The North Atlantic Frontier of Medieval Europe: Vikings and Celts. The Expansion of Latin Europe, 1000-1500. Ashgate: Variorum, 2012鈥�, Scottish Society for Northern Studies (SSNS) (2013).

鈥楾丑别 Conversion of Scandinavia: Vikings, Merchants, and Missionaries in the Remaking of Northern Europe. By Anders Winroth. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. 2011. Pp. vii-xi, 238. 22 b/w illus. ISBN 9780300170269鈥�, Catholic Historical Review XCIX, no. 1, (January 2013), 115-16

鈥榃inroth, A. 鈥楾丑别 Conversion of Scandinavia: Vikings, Merchants, and Missionaries in the Remaking of Northern Europe鈥�, 贵辞谤苍惫盲苍苍别苍 (2012/4), 299-300.

. Publications of the Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2010. Pp. 231. $99. ISBN 9781843835820鈥�, The Medieval Review 2011 (11.09.05:

鈥橣endin, T. D枚den som straff. Gl枚mda gravar p氓 Galgbacken鈥�, 贵辞谤苍惫盲苍苍别苍 2009:3

鈥楳onuments and Minds. Monument Re-use in Scandinavia in the Second Half of the First Millennium AD. (Acta Archaeologica Lundensia Series in 4o No. 27). By Eva S. Th盲te. 22 x 30 cm. xiii + 338 pp., 35 b&w figs. and graphs, 15 tables. Lund: Wallin & Dalholm, 2007. ISBN 91-89578-04-X (ISSN 0065-1001). Price: 拢 45.00 hb鈥�, Medieval Archaeology 53 (2009)

鈥楾丑别 Significant Detail. Europeanization at the Base of Society: The Case of the Baltic Rim 1100-1400 AD. (CCC Papers: 9). Edited by Nils Blomkvist & Therese Lindstr枚m. 22 x 30 cm. 319 pp., 110 colour and b&w pls. and figs., 9 tables. Visby: Gotland University, 2007. ISBN 91-973653-2-7 (ISSN 1404-0573). Price: 350 SEK hb鈥�, Medieval Archaeology 53 (2009)

鈥楻itd贸mur. Steinunn Kristj谩nsd贸ttir, The Awakening of Christianity in Iceland. Discovery of a Timber Church and Graveyard at 脼贸rarinssta冒ir in Sey冒isfj枚r冒ur. GOTARC. Gothenburg Archaeological Thesis Series B No. 31, 2004鈥�. 脕rb贸k Hins 铆slenzka fornleifaf茅lags 2004-2005 (2007), 193-7

鈥楰ristj谩nsd贸ttir, S. The Awakening of Christianity in Iceland. Discovery of a Timber Church and Graveyard at 脼贸rarinssta冒ir in Sey冒isfj枚r冒ur鈥�, 贵辞谤苍惫盲苍苍别苍 3:2006, 209-11

Selected Talks and Conferences

Selected Talks and Conferences

February 2021: The thing in Scandinavia, The Richard Hall Symposium, York.  

February 2021: 鈥�Norse waterways in Orkney鈥� Thirza Addyman Lecture for 2021, York

February 2020: 鈥楥osmology and 鈥榯he Farm鈥� in the Late Iron Age鈥�, The Historical Farm in Norway, Trondheim Archaeological Museum.

June 2019: 鈥楽cotland鈥檚 mysterious Picts and Iceland鈥檚 literary Vikings: two different research contexts鈥�, 40-year anniversary of META, The Journal of historical archaeology, The National History Museum, Stockholm.

May 2019: 鈥楴orse assembly sites: a case of genius loci?鈥�, Genius Loci in The Prehistory Of The Baltic Sea Region, The 9th Austmarr symposium, Klaip臈da, Lithuania.

April 2019: 鈥�The Seasonality of Ritual Sites in Viking-age Scandinavia and Iceland鈥�, The Society for American Archaeology Annual Conference

March 2019: 鈥�Thing sites in Sweden鈥�, ENES at the University of Uppsala. 

February 2019: 鈥楾丑别 Norse thing: an assembly of women and men鈥�, The Richard Hall Symposium: Women and Power in the Viking World, York St John University, York

December 2018: 鈥�Thing sites and the Political Landscape in the North鈥�, Vikings in Scotland: 20 Years on.

October 2018: 鈥楨xcavations at Anundsh枚g 2018鈥�, Archaeology in V盲stmanland, Museum of V盲stmanland

May 2018: Elite and Community Rituals at Scandinavian Assembly Sites, Seminar at the Dept, of Archaeology, University of York

June 2018: 鈥楾丑别 Scandinavian thing institution in its European Context鈥�, Quaestiones Mediaevales, Warsaw, Poland

March 2018: 鈥楽trong-willed or passive?鈥�, The depiction of Viking Age women in recent research, Viking Women Seminar Social, Cultural and Political Roles of Women In Medieval North, University of Silesia, Faculty of Social Sciences, Katowice, Poland

October 2017: 鈥�Thing Sites in Scotland: Brochs and other Mounds鈥�, Brochtoberfest, Thurso, Caithness Horizons Museum

September 2017: Women at Viking-age assemblies鈥�, One day conference held at Inverness Museum in conjunction with the travelling Viking exhibition.

August 2017: Invited speaker to The Viking Congress, Denmark.

November 2016: Member of discussion panel for the showing of 鈥楶athfinder鈥� at the Being Human Event in Stromness, Orkney.

September 2016: 鈥楻oyal ritual circuits in Scandinvia鈥�, 鈥樏卥erseminaret 2016鈥�. Conference on royal places, held in Hamar, Norway. Co-organised by the Museum of Cultural History in Oslo and Disen Kolonial, Hamar.

September 2015: 鈥楾丑别 Concept of Thing Peace鈥�, Rechtsr盲ume, Historisch-arch盲ologische Ann盲herungen, Max-Planck-Institut f眉r europ盲ische Rechtsgeschichte, Frankfurt am Main

December 2014: At the Assembly 鈥� the creation of ritual space, Royal Scone Conference, Perth.

October 2014: The excavations of Anundsh枚g, Makt och Monument [Power and Monuments], V盲ster氓s, Sweden. 

August 2014: Norse assemblies 鈥� an exclusively male sphere?, The Annual Hakon Hakonson Lecture, Largs Viking Festival.

April 2014: Norse Assembly Sites in Scotland 鈥� Places of Power and Negotiation?, Scottish Society for Northern Studies conference, Northern Ireland.

April 2014: Thing sites and settlement 鈥� Collective identity and memory making in a new landscape, National University of Ireland, Galway.

March 2014: Husaby farms in Orkney 鈥� their archaeological context. Huseby workshop organised by the by The National Museum of Denmark and the Museum of Schleswig.

September 2013: LiDAR scanning at Tingwall in Shetland, NERC/ARSF workshop at the University of Glasgow

September 2013: Viking Age Sites of Cult and Assembly 鈥� Law, Religion and Ritual, The Third Jelling Conference, The National Museum of Denmark.

September 2013: The Rituals of Assembly, Medieval Rituals in Focus. Aspects of Integration and Transformation 2, University of Oslo.

August 2013: 鈥楴orse Assemblies in a European Context鈥�, The Viking Congress, Shetland.

April 2013: 鈥楶ower and Jurisdiction. Gamla Uppsala According to Written Sources and Archaeology鈥�, Ancient Centres, Special Economic Zones and Restart! New Aspects of Viking Age Urbanism, c. 750-1100 at The Swedish History Museum

October 2012: 鈥楴orse assemblies 鈥� an exclusively male sphere?鈥� Invited speaker at Women in the Viking Age - More than Mistresses of the Household?, Telemark University College, Norway.

May 2012: 鈥楴orse Assembly Sites in Context鈥�, Inaugural Docent (Honorary Reader) lecture, Department of Archaeology, Uppsala University.

March 2012: 鈥楴orseAssembly Sites in Scotland鈥�, Department of Archaeology, Uppsala University

February 2012: 鈥楾hing sites in Shetland鈥�,THING project lecture series, Shetland.

March 2011: 鈥楢ssembly and the Colonisation of Northern Britain鈥�, Anglo-Saxon Places of Power, Governance and Authority, Oxford University Department for Continuing Education, Rewley House, Oxford.

May 2010: 鈥楾丑别 Assembly Project鈥�, at the Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, University of Western Australia

September 2009: 鈥業s there a model assembly site? 鈥�, The first meeting of the Thing Project. Venue: Iceland

March 2009: 鈥楶laces of Assembly - Recent Results from Viking Age and Medieval Sweden鈥�, the Department of Archaeology, University of Western Australia and 鈥楨xecution sites and boundaries in Scandinavia AD 400-1500鈥� at the Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, University of Western Australia

September 2008: 鈥橝ssembly sites in Norway and Sweden鈥� at the Museum of Cultural History, Oslo.

June 2008: 鈥楢ncestor Cult in the Viking Religion鈥�, University of Western Australia

May 2008: 鈥楢dministrative organisation and state formation: A case study of assembly sites in S枚dermanland, Sweden鈥�. Cambridge Medieval Archaeology Group.

November 2007: 鈥楾丑别 Viking Thing Organization seen from a European Perspective鈥�, The Viking Identities Network, The University of Nottingham.

November 2007: 鈥楾hing Sites in Central Sweden鈥�. The Medieval Archaeology Seminar, Institute of Archaeology, Oxford.

May 2006: 鈥楾hing Sites in Scandinavia鈥�, Open lecture at the Gamla Uppsala Museum

January 2006: 鈥楾hing Sites in Central Sweden during the Late Viking Age鈥�, The Medieval Seminar, The Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge

鈥楢dministrative Organisation in Early Christian Sweden鈥�, The British Museum and UCL Early Medieval Seminar.

鈥�Idols in the Religion of the Norse鈥� at the Department of Archaeology, The University of Glasgow

鈥楾hing sites in Sweden鈥� at the Department of Archaeology, The University of Glasgow

November 2005: 鈥楩ast and Feast. Laws in Early Christian Norway鈥� at the Medieval Scandinavian Seminar, The Department of Scandinavian Studies, University College London

April 2005: 鈥楢ncestor cult in north-west Europe鈥�, at Paganism and Popular Practice in Anglo- Saxon England, Oxford University Department for Continuing Education, Rewley House

October 2003: 鈥楾丑别 Christianisation of Norway 鈥� the evidence of the Provincial laws, at Nordisk mellomalderrett med eit europeiskt perspektiv at Rettshistorisk samling, University of Oslo

May 2000: 鈥楶opular response to the Introduction of Christianity in Scandinavia鈥�, Department of Scandinavian Studies, University College London

April 2002: 鈥楾丑别 early church and the regulation of everyday life鈥�, Mid Sweden University

October 2001: 鈥楩ast and feast in the early church鈥� at The Seminar for the Study of Early Scandinavian Society and Culture. Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University

PhD Students

PhD Students

Current PhD students

2017鈥�: Supervisor for Lynn Campbell, University of the 杏吧原创 and Islands. Topic: The Role of the Kirk in Orkney, 17th 鈥� 19th centuries

2009鈥�: Second supervisor for Anna Gatti at The Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University. Topic: Sex and identity in the archaeological discourse

Previous PhD students

Andrea Freund, Institute for Northern Studies, University of the 杏吧原创 and Islands. ARCS-funded studentship. Topic: Runic Writing in the Viking Diaspora.

Shane McLeod, Department of History, University of Western Australia. Topic: The Activities of the Great Army in Anglo-Saxon England.

Tudor Skinner, Department of Archaeology, Durham University. Topic: Impact and Change: Early Medieval Assembly Places and Practices in Northern England before and during Danelaw. This post was part of the HERA-funded Assembly Project.

Annie Thuesen, University of the 杏吧原创 and Islands. ESIF-funded studentship. Topic: The Sustainability of Orkney Tourism

Suggested PhD topics

  • Viking Age Religion
  • Vikings in Scandinavia
  • Law and Ritual
  • Viking Expansion in the West
  • The Norse legal system and cult
  • Viking-age Britain