RESEARCH STUDENTS
We have a diverse and dynamic group of researchers, working across a wide range of topics. We also maintain close working links with many of our graduates after they've left York. Here you'll find details of some of their projects and interests, past and present.
DR. HARRIET EVANS TANG
Administrator, Centre for Medieval Studies
Experienced, trustworthy, fun. These are just a few of the ways coworkers describe this invaluable member of our team. Dr. Carol Adams is truly a joy to be around and makes it a pleasure to come to work every single day.
ALEXANDRA IBBOTT
Phd
Alexandra's thesis explores the socio-cultural implications of colour in the Viking Age. It is is a multi-disciplinary study involving literary, historical, and archaeological sources. Her previous research has focused on women in the Viking Age, including a cross-genre analysis of the sources describing Gunnhildr, Queen of Norway, Orkney, and York.
DR ALISON LEONARD
Lab Manager
Ralph Walters has a mind teeming with innovative ideas and outside-the-box solutions. They haven’t been a part of the team for very long, but have already made their value to the lab very apparent.
Research Students
Our family of professional researchers bring their experience and acumen together to manage the challenges and projects we take on. We’re always pushing ourselves and each other to try new things and think outside the box. Get to know the people of the Viking Studies Research Group — an unbelievable source of information and inspiration.
ALICIA MADALENA
PhD Student and Meetings co-ordinator
Experienced, trustworthy, fun. These are just a few of the ways coworkers describe this invaluable member of our team. Dr. Carol Adams is truly a joy to be around and makes it a pleasure to come to work every single day.
REBECCA DRAKE
PhD student
rebecca's research focuses on representations of the sea, and of living with the sea, in romance literature of England and Iceland, c.1250-1500. She is interested in cross-cultural connections in medieval Europe, and in rethinking the way medieval texts are thought about in relation to one another, particularly in terms of internationality.
SUZIE KIM
Post-Doc
It didn’t take long for Suzie Kim to make a big impact as our new Post-Doc. Professionalism to a tee and never without a smile, Suzie Kim is more than an asset to the Viking Studies Research Group.
RESEARCH STUDENTS
MARIANA MUNOZ RODRIGUEZ
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Early Stage Researcher
Mariana is employed as a researcher on the ArchSci2020 project. Her doctoral research focuses on the proteomic analysis of worked bone artefacts from the Viking Age, with antler combs as the central objects of investigation. Previous research has focused on the horse in the Viking Age.
GRETA PEPPER
PhD student
Greta's work is influenced by archaeology, craft history, and the natural world. Her thesis is a study of theuse and provenancing of silks in the medieval world.
DR TIM ROWBOTHAM
PhD alumnus
Tim's research is on the literary development of the medieval Icelandic fornaldarsögur, legendary sagas composed in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. His PhD was funded by the Danish National Research Fund, through the Centre for Medieval Literature at the University of York and University of Southern Denmark, and affiliated with the AHRC White Rose College of Arts and Humanities.
RESEARCH STUDENTS
DR NELA SCHOLMA-MASON
PhD Alumna
Nela's doctoral thesis explored the representation of ancient sites in Orkney folklore, and what this might tell us about past responses to an even earlier past.
Her research combines approaches from folkloristics, archaeology, life-writing and history to shed light onto the past from various angles.
DR MEGAN VON ACKERMANN
PhD Alumna
Megan's thesis focused on early medieval locks and keys as socially active and agentive objects in both England and Scandinavia. Recognising their complexity in manufacture, in use, and in burial contexts allows us to explore how these objects may have been used to help navigate and control the relationship between the worlds of the living and of the dead.
ROB WEBLEY
Research Student
Following a period working in various capacities for the Portable Antiquities Scheme, Rob has been working on an AHRC collaborative doctoral project, characterising 10th- to 12th-century metalwork in England.