Dr Lisa Collinson
Research Fellow
Personal Details
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Biography
2012-2015: Research Fellow for University of Aberdeen project: 'Pathways to Power: The Rise of the Early Kingdoms of the North' .
2009-2012: Coordinator of Medieval Nordic Laws Project (funded by Leverhulme Trust)
PhD: Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic (University of Cambridge)
Research Interests
Medieval literary and cultural history (Scandinavia and the British Isles)
Current Research
Research Fellow, working on University of Aberdeen project: 'Pathways to Power: The Rise of the Early Kingdoms of the North' (2012-2015).
Teaching Responsibilities
2011-12
CE 301Q Back in the Viking Homelands; HI 1020 Vikings! (occasional)
2010-11
CE 1532 Celtic Scotland (co-ordinator/lecturer)
2009-10
CU 5510 Trolls, Druids, and the Walking Dead (co-ordinator / lecturer / tutor)
CE 3085/4085 Tales of Vengeance and Enchantment: Medieval Irish Sagas (co-ordinator / lecturer / tutor)
HI 1018 Vikings! (tutor)
2008-9
Tutor: Vikings; Romans, Celts, Druids, Warriors; Celtic Scotland; Renaissance and Reformations; Europe in the Twentieth Century
Hamlet: Media / Public Engagement (Select)
Media: BBC (Weekly World News Quiz), Guardian, The Times (Scotland), The Times of India, Politiken and Politiken (Helge), Irish Independent, Irish Times.com, CBS News.com, pravda.ru
Public Lecture: ‘Who is Hamlet? or What’s in a Wounded Name?’ Word Festival (2011)
Hamlet Etymology: Links
'A New Etymology for Hamlet? The Names Amlethus, Amloði and Admlithi', Review of English Studies (2011), 675-94
Publications
- Collinson, LA. A New Etymology for Hamlet?, Article, 2011, Review of English Studies, 62, 257, pp675 - 694, ISSN/ISBN: 0034-6551
Centre for Scandinavian Studies
24 High St
King's College
Aberdeen, AB24 3EB
