The Society will meet on 20 June online at 4pm.
Professor Clare Downham, our president, will be speaking on “Ívarr ‘the Boneless’ king of the Northmen of Britain and Ireland?”
The link will be sent to members.
The Viking Society Student Conference
The conference was held on 11 April at the University of Liverpool. Here’s a write-up by Nik Frenzel, PhD student at the Institute of Irish Studies, complete with very fun photos: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/irish-studies/blog/2026/vsnrstudentconference2026/
Spring Meeting: 6 March 2026
A general meeting of the society will be held in the Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre in UCL’s Main Building on Friday, 6 March at 5.30 p.m.
Professor Alexandra Sanmark (University of the Highlands and Islands) will speak on ‘Power Centres and Communication Routes in the Viking Age: A Case Study from Central Sweden’.