Stefan Brink

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Stefan Brink

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8575-7007

  • United Kingdom

  • KW15 1QX

    United Kingdom

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Research interests include Old Norse Philology, Language History, Landscape History, Archaeology and Viking Studies, and Medieval History. Stefan has produced over 180 academic books and articles and is the Editor of Acta Scandinavica. In 1997 he became a Fellow of The Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy and a Fellow of The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities in 2008.  Research interests include;
Society, Culture and Languages of Early Scandinavia
The Christianization and Early Church Organization in Scandinavia
Landscape Studies (Scandinavia)
Language and History in the Early Germanic World
Viking Slavery
Germanic Place-Names
Early Law in Scandinavia
Old Norse Mythology

Research links

Honorary Research Associate, Dept. of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, University of Cambridge
Formerly The Sixth Century Chair in Scandinavian Studies
Adjunct Professor in Archaeology at the University of Aberdeen
Associate Professor (Docent) in Scandinavian Language at Uppsala University
Fellow of The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Fellow of The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, Stockholm
Fellow of the Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy, Uppsala
Member of The Institute of Advanced Studies, Princeton 2017-18


Editorship
Editor of the Journal Viking and Medieval Scandinavia (Brepols)
Editor of the Series Studies in Viking and Medieval Scandinavia (Brepols)
General Editor of the Series Acta Scandinavica (Brepols)
General Editor Medieval Nordic Laws (a subseries to Routledge Medieval Translations) (Routledge)
Member of the Editorial Board of Northern Scotland (Edinburgh University Press)

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  • Laws and Assemblies

    Brink, S., Jul 2020, Pre-Christian Religions of the North. History and Structures, vol. 2: Contexts and Communication between Worlds. Andrén, A., Lindow, J. & Schjødt, J. P. (eds.). Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, Vol. 2. p. 445-479

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

    1 Citation (Scopus)

  • Slavery in Medieval Scandinavia: Some Points of Departure

    Brink, S., 7 Oct 2020, Viking-Age Trade: Siver, Slaves and Gotland. Gruszczynski, J., Jankowiak, M. & Shepard, J. (eds.). London & New York: Routledge, p. 40-56 17 p. (Routledge Archaeologies of the Viking World).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

    1 Citation (Scopus)

  • “What was a cooking-pit called in the Iron Age?"

    Brink, S., 2020, Re-imagining Periphery: Archaeology and Text in Northern Europe from Iron Age to Viking and Early Medieval Periods. Hillerdal, C. & Ilves, K. (eds.). Oxford: Oxbow Books, p. 103-106 4 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  • Gekauft, geraubt, verdingt. Spurensuche zum Sklaventum

    Brink, S., 27 Sep 2019, Die Wikinger: Entdecker und Eroberer. Staecker, J. & Toplak, M. (eds.). Berlin: Propyläen, p. 161-172 12 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  • K(i)æfsir in the Old Västgöta and Östgöta Laws

    Brink, S., 3 Jun 2019, Tidens landskap: En vänbok till Anders Andrén. Ljung, C. (ed.). Lund: Nordic Academic Press, p. 137-138 2 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  • Memory in Law

    Brink, S., 19 Nov 2018, Handbook of Pre-Modern Nordic Memory Studies.: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Glauser, J., Hermann, P. & Mitchell, S. (eds.). Berlin & New York: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, p. 153-165 13 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  • Onomastics (Memory in)

    Brink, S., 19 Nov 2018, Handbook of Pre-Modern Nordic Memory Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Glauser, J., Hermann, P. & Mitchell, S. (eds.). Berlin & New York: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, p. 565-574 10 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

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