Ballot Archive

03 Nov 2022

Candidate Details

Candidate Name

Christian Cooijmans

Academic degrees, honours etc.

B.A. (Hons), M.Sc., PhD. FRHistS, FSA Scot

Profession or occupation

British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Grounds for election

Chris has made a major contribution to research in the field of Viking Studies. A summary of his main publications is provided below: • Monarchs and Hydrarchs: The Conceptual Development of Viking Activity across the Frankish Realm (c. 750-940) (Abingdon, 2020). • “Viking Dorestad: A Haven for Hydrarchy?” in Dorestad and its Networks: Communities, Contact and Conflict in Early Medieval Europe, eds. Annemarieke Willemsen and Hanneke Kik (Leiden: 2021): 19-28. • “An Adversary for the Ages: The Late Medieval Historiography of Viking Endeavour across the Low Countries. A Preliminary Survey,” in The North as Home, ed. Heidi Synnøve Djuve et al. (London, 2019): 12-31 • “Down by the River: Exploring the Logistics of Viking Encampment across Atlantic Europe,” Viking 84 (2021): 187–206. • “Remembered Remedies from England? An Early Veterinary Charm at St. Gall,” Notes and Queries 67 (2020): 6-7. He is also an active committee member Scottish Society for Northern Studies

Signatories

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