On 10 June of this year Michael Lapidge (Lecturer in the Department from 1974 onwards, Professor from 1991 to 1998) was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Letters (D. Litt.) from the University of Toronto, where he had first taken his PhD degree forty years earlier. He was presented to the Toronto convocation by Andy Orchard, […]
Continue ReadingJocelin of Furness project
Dr Fiona Edmonds is one of a group of academics working on a project to find out more about the life of Jocelin of Furness. The following article appeared in the Westmorland Gazette: http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/9122495.Mystery_Furness_monk_s_life_to_be_explored/
Continue ReadingDr Emily Lethbridge: BBC’s ‘From our own Correspondent’.
Dr Emily Lethbridge reports on her research in Iceland as the BBC’s ‘own correspondent’; you can listen to the programme here (just before 11 minutes in). http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01292v1
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