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Welcome to the website of the Centre for Scandinavian Studies at the University of Aberdeen.
Aberdeen now has the largest concentration of experts on early Scandinavia in the British Isles, including: Stefan Brink, Michael H. Gelting, Neil Price, Andrew Newby, Ralph O'Connor, Frederik Pedersen, Karen Milek, Tarrin Wills, Karen Bek-Pedersen, Lisa A. Collinson, David N. Dumville, Charlotta Hillerdal, Jan-Henrik Fallgren, Kevin Edwards among others. The purpose of the Centre is to bring together these experts to coordinate research projects, provide research facilities and supervision, teaching for Undergraduate and Postgraduate programmes and to promote Scandinavian Studies generally.
Undergradute Degree: MA in Scandinavian Studies (Joint Degree)
The MA in Scandinavian Studies will appear on the UCAS site at the end of September 2010.
A degree of Master of Arts in Scandinavian Studies (joint degree with History, Celtic, Archaeology, English or German) will start in 2011 at Aberdeen.
The degree will involve two years of instruction in a Scandinavian language (provisionally Swedish) and a series of honours (third and fourth year) courses focusing on early Scandinavia, in addition to a range of relevant exisiting courses. Further information will be supplied soon.
PhD Scholarships for 2011
4 PhD scholarships (1-2 x fees + maintenance; 2-3 fees-only) will be available in 2011 for projects relating to 'Early Scandinavian Society and Culture', covering areas such as Nordic medieval law and policy, Old Norse sagas and poetry, the pre-Christian religion and mythology of Scandinavia, Christianization of Scandinavia, Viking Studies, early landscape studies or related fields. Potential supervisors include: Stefan Brink, Michael Gelting, Tarrin Wills, Ralph O'Connor, with co-supervision available in archaeology and elsewhere. Go to: Early Scandinavian Society and Culture
More information on the College of Arts and Social Sciences website.
Further relevant PhD scholarships are available as part of the project, 'Society and Culture in the North Sea World'.
Centre for Scandinavian Studies
24 High St
King's College
Aberdeen, AB24 3EB
