
Stay tuned to hear Rhiannon, PhD student at Trinity Hall, share everything you need to know about studying Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtics studies at Cambridge!
A full list of discussion points can be found below.
00:00 Introductions
00:30 What is ASNC? (Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic)
01:00 Is ASNC a course where students study languages, history, or literature?
04:15 What advice do you have for someone choosing between ASNC and History?
06:30 Course structure — how are ASNC students taught?09:20 What overlaps are there between Theology/Religion and ASNC?
10:10 Which departments can you borrow papers from for ASNC?
12:00 Paganism in the ASNC course
13:10 What made you choose to study ASNC?15:00 The Icelandic sagas
18:10 Differences and similarities between Classics and ASNC
20:00 How are ASNC students taught?
22:10 What is palaeography?
24:50 Rhiannon’s Master’s degree: Árni Magnússon collection of Icelandic manuscripts
29:50 Rhiannon’s PhD: The Liturgical Book in Medieval Iceland, c.1000–c.1550
32:00 Travel opportunities and conferences for academics
35:10 Do you think more people would apply for ASNC if they knew about it beforehand?