The Scandinavian Studies Fund Managers agreed to award this year’s prize to two candidates – Moa Höijer (Hughes Hall – Department of ASNC) for her work entitled ‘Perceptions of an Outcast: Loki’s Motivation in Lokasenna’ and to George Walkden (Clare College – Department of Linguistics) for his work entitled, ‘The Correspondence Problem in Syntactic Reconstruction’. Congratulations to them both!
The Wallenberg Prize is offered for an essay on some subject connected with the language, history
or civilization of one or more of the Scandinavian peoples. It is a substantial piece of work, of between 5,000 and 10,000 words, which makes some contribution to knowledge. The standard of essay expected is comparable to that of an undergraduate dissertation submitted as part of a Tripos which is awarded a first class or high upper second class mark.
The competition is open to any member of the University, provided that at the time essays are to be sent in he or she has kept seven terms and that, if a graduate, not more than nine complete terms have passed since he or she was admitted to a first degree at this or any other university.
