Congratulations to Dr Jonathan Hui who has been awarded a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Hong Kong for his research project on ‘Comparative Approaches to Jin Yong and the European Historical Romance Tradition’. Jon was awarded his PhD in 2018 with a thesis in Old Norse, on ‘The Matter of Gautland’.
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ASNC Alumni Reception 2019
All ASNaCs past and present are very warmly invited to this year’s Alumni Reception in the Department (Saturday 28 September, 5.00 till 7.00 p.m.). It will include a short talk by Dr Becky Shercliff about the Department’s new online outreach resources for schools.
Continue ReadingCongratulations to Dr Ben Allport
Congratulations to Dr Ben Allport, undergraduate and PhD student in the Department, who has been appointed to a Visiting Fellowship at the University of Bergen for two years, funded by a Leverhulme Trust Study Abroad Studentship. Ben will be working on a social network analysis of the kings’ sagas.
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