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Major research to investigate legacy of the Vikings in Europe

3 Dec 2024
Dr Tom Birkett, Senior Lecturer in Old English and Old Norse at UCC School of English and Digital Humanities, has been awarded a €2m European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant to lead research on legacy of the Vikings in Europe. Photo credit: Portia Ameyalli Cruz – UCC.
  • UCC researcher to lead European-wide project investigating how ideas, misinformation and extremist narratives about the Vikings spread.
  • Dr Birkett awarded €2m European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant to lead research on the legacy of the Vikings.
  • NorseMap will adapt large-scale citizen science mapping to the humanities.

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