NECRON - Network of Early Career Researchers in Old Norse

NECRON invites all Saga Conference delegates to a reception!

🗓 Sun 3 Aug, 18:00–19:00
📍 ul. Uniwersytecka 4, Room B.0.39.

Meet early career scholars & learn about the network. 🍻 Join us at a local pub after to keep the chat going! #SagaConference2025 #OldNorse

Questions? Email Natalie: ennrho[at]leeds[dot]ac[dot]uk
#medievaltwitter #IMC2025 #NECRON #MedievalNorth

📣 Attending #IMCLeeds2025 and work on the Medieval North?

Come hang out with NECRON for a casual evening social!
🗓️ Weds 9 July
🕗 20:00 – meet at Parkinson Building
🍻 Social at The Library Pub after

Meet fellow PhDs & ECRs in a chill, friendly setting.
Stay as long as you like! Alcohol optional.

The governing board for 2025/2026 has officially been announced. Please welcome the new board:

Timothy Liam Waters
Natalie Hopwood
Rae Rivera
Hannah Armstrong
Hamza Aziz
Erika Dell’Aquila
Grace O’Duffy
Piergiorgio Consagra
Amrei Stanzel

We look forward to serving you.

The Historical Farm and People Registry Database (SMB)

The Historical Farm and People Registry aims to provide a reliable infrastructure for research on people and places in Iceland from 1703 to 1920. 🇮🇸 🗺️

The project uses official census data to transform static lists into an interconnected network of nodes.

👉 smb.mshl.is

Reception hosted by the Network of Early Career Researchers in Old Norse (NECRON) at the 19th International Saga Conference in Katowice on Sunday, 3 August 2025 Abstract The Network of Early Career Researchers in Old Norse (NECRON) warmly invites Saga Conference delegates to a reception aimed to foster connections, learn about the network, and encourage new memberships. The reception will provide an open and inclusive environment where early career researchers can mingle with peers, learn about NECRON‘s mission and upcoming projects, and connect with the board and network members. NECRON is an international, interdisciplinary network of PhD students, post-doctoral researchers, adjuncts, external lecturers, and employees in museums and libraries working in all areas of research on Viking Age and medieval Scandinavia. Our network serves as a vital forum for early career scholars navigating the challenges of the modern academic landscape, offering opportunities for collaboration, peer support, and professional development.

NECRON will host a Reception at the 19th International Saga Conference in Katowice on Sunday, 3 August 2025.
Save the date! We're looking forward to seeing you!
necronnetwork.wordpress.com/events/recep...

Reception hosted by the Network of Early Career Researchers in Old Norse (NECRON) at the 19th International Saga Conference in Katowice on Sunday, 3 August 2025 Abstract The Network of Early Career Researchers in Old Norse (NECRON) warmly invites Saga Conference delegates to a reception aimed to foster connections, learn about the network, and encourage new memberships. The reception will provide an open and inclusive environment where early career researchers can mingle with peers, learn about NECRON‘s mission and upcoming projects, and connect with the board and network members. NECRON is an international, interdisciplinary network of PhD students, post-doctoral researchers, adjuncts, external lecturers, and employees in museums and libraries working in all areas of research on Viking Age and medieval Scandinavia. Our network serves as a vital forum for early career scholars navigating the challenges of the modern academic landscape, offering opportunities for collaboration, peer support, and professional development.

NECRON will host a Reception at the 19th International Saga Conference in Katowice on Sunday, 3 August 2025.
Save the date! We're looking forward to seeing you!
necronnetwork.wordpress.com/events/recep...

Detail from a thirteenth-century wooden ciborium, with scenes from the Nativity story. On the left-hand side is the Nativity with Mary lying in bed and attended by a maid, with Joseph sitting at the foot end. Beside the bed is the swaddled Christ-child in a manger, with an ox and an ass inspecting. Above the scene is a drawn curtain with a lamp hanging from its midpoint. On the right-hand side we see Mary enthroned and crowned, with the Christ-child on her left knee. From the right comes an angel holding a thurifer, and on the ground are two of the three holy kings bearing gifts.

The Norse Hagiography Network has now arrived at Bluesky, just in time for the feast of the three holy kings. We look forward to connecting with fellow enthusiasts, & to provide informative insights into the Nordic medieval cult of saints.

[Ål stave church; Museum of Cultural History, Oslo]

Happy New Year 🎉

We wish you all an incredible start to 2025 and want to remind you that applications are still open for the next Network of Early Career Researchers in Old Norse Board 👇

NECRON Network of Early Career Researchers in Old Norse

Learn more about the Network of Early Career Researchers in Old Norse, join the network or get in touch with us here:
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to allow attendees to benefit from one another’s knowledge in both professional and academic spheres. NECRON is a peer-organised network that lives on community engagement and it is run on a voluntary basis. 4/5

Scandinavia – that is, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, and areas of Viking-Age settlement from around 800AD until the Reformation in the 1530s. We hold workshops addressing key academic trends in the study of medieval Scandinavia, a number of challenges faced by ECRs, and 3/5

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Call for NECRON Board Members We are delighted that so many of you could make it to our workshop in Oslo in October, whether in person or online. NECRON is a peer-organised network that lives on community engagement, and we are very happy that some of you who attended expressed interest in joining the committee for the coming two years. However, we know that not everyone could make it to the workshop, and we'd like to give everyone the chance to sign up. If you are a PhD student or postdoc-level ECR and are interested in joining the NECRON board for 2025–2027, let us know! Drop us an informal email by January 15th with a few lines about yourself (affiliation, position, research interests) and about why you're interested in running NECRON. We look forward to hearing from you!

Call for NECRON Board Members

The Network of Early Career Researchers in Old Norse is looking for a new board for 2025-2027.

If you are a PhD/postdoc/ECR interested in joining the board, contact us by January 15th with a short bio & let us know why you're interested in running NECRON.
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