Comments on: Jobs for Runologists! http://oldnorsenews.org/2009/02/jobs-for-runologists/ News, Announcements, Comment and Resources for Medieval Scandinavian Studies Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:18:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mikael Madsen http://oldnorsenews.org/2009/02/jobs-for-runologists/comment-page-1/#comment-12899 Mikael Madsen Mon, 09 Mar 2009 07:49:00 +0000 http://oldnorsenews.org/?p=397#comment-12899 Well, that takes care of me bringing the point up at the next student-teacher meeting! But I probably will anyways! Great to hear that you are seriously looking at this in the near future though. Well, that takes care of me bringing the point up at the next student-teacher meeting! But I probably will anyways! Great to hear that you are seriously looking at this in the near future though.

]]> By: Chris Abram http://oldnorsenews.org/2009/02/jobs-for-runologists/comment-page-1/#comment-12818 Chris Abram Sun, 08 Mar 2009 09:53:44 +0000 http://oldnorsenews.org/?p=397#comment-12818 Thank you for the comments! Haki and I were talking about this the other day, and we are now definitely going to look for ways to bring some runes back into the curriculum within the next couple of years. However, there's very little chance that we'll be able to bring back runology in the form it was previously taught as a separate specialist class. It's more likely that we'll either cover runes in existing courses, or else move towards a new course that combines an introduction on how to read them with study of them from a historical/cultural perspective. UCL students might also consider choosing to study at a Scandinavian university that has a runology course during their year abroad: I think Oslo does, for example. Thank you for the comments! Haki and I were talking about this the other day, and we are now definitely going to look for ways to bring some runes back into the curriculum within the next couple of years. However, there’s very little chance that we’ll be able to bring back runology in the form it was previously taught as a separate specialist class. It’s more likely that we’ll either cover runes in existing courses, or else move towards a new course that combines an introduction on how to read them with study of them from a historical/cultural perspective. UCL students might also consider choosing to study at a Scandinavian university that has a runology course during their year abroad: I think Oslo does, for example.

]]> By: Thor Leichhardt http://oldnorsenews.org/2009/02/jobs-for-runologists/comment-page-1/#comment-12484 Thor Leichhardt Wed, 04 Mar 2009 10:31:08 +0000 http://oldnorsenews.org/?p=397#comment-12484 This is really great news Mikael. I will have to enroll for 2010, because years are passing by (i am 40 years old now) and i have to act fast. Viking studies at UCL are the best thing to happen in my life since meeting my wife and having my children. It is my Orlog. This is really great news Mikael. I will have to enroll for 2010, because years are passing by (i am 40 years old now) and i have to act fast. Viking studies at UCL are the best thing to happen in my life since meeting my wife and having my children. It is my Orlog.

]]> By: Mikael Madsen http://oldnorsenews.org/2009/02/jobs-for-runologists/comment-page-1/#comment-12454 Mikael Madsen Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:48:31 +0000 http://oldnorsenews.org/?p=397#comment-12454 Yes, unfortunately runology as it was is no longer on offer at UCL, but myself and others are trying to persuade the powers that be to bring it back into the curriculum in some shape or form, but whether that will happen before 2010, I can't say. Yes, unfortunately runology as it was is no longer on offer at UCL, but myself and others are trying to persuade the powers that be to bring it back into the curriculum in some shape or form, but whether that will happen before 2010, I can’t say.

]]> By: Thor Leichhardt http://oldnorsenews.org/2009/02/jobs-for-runologists/comment-page-1/#comment-12453 Thor Leichhardt Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:08:48 +0000 http://oldnorsenews.org/?p=397#comment-12453 Dear Chris, Again i want to express gratitude to you for this wonderful website. It is full of such invaluable information for amateur researchers, students and scholars alike. Dear Mikael, I am just in the process of applying for the Viking studies (undergraduate) for year 2010. I have heard that Runology is no more available as a subject at Scandinavian St. Dept. at UCL. I certainly hope that it will be in the future, as my goal is to be a Runologist. Dear Chris,
Again i want to express gratitude to you for this wonderful website. It is full of such invaluable information for amateur researchers, students and scholars alike.

Dear Mikael,
I am just in the process of applying for the Viking studies (undergraduate) for year 2010. I have heard that Runology is no more available as a subject at Scandinavian St. Dept. at UCL. I certainly hope that it will be in the future, as my goal is to be a Runologist.

]]> By: Mikael Madsen http://oldnorsenews.org/2009/02/jobs-for-runologists/comment-page-1/#comment-11285 Mikael Madsen Sat, 21 Feb 2009 03:46:13 +0000 http://oldnorsenews.org/?p=397#comment-11285 Well, I would say this perhaps suggests a need to have Runology brought back to the Scandinavian Studies Dept at UCL, no? If there is actually demand for people to research such things then it stands to reason that offering a course on runes at undergraduate level would make sense so that study of the subject can be continued at a higher level at a later stage. Well, I would say this perhaps suggests a need to have Runology brought back to the Scandinavian Studies Dept at UCL, no? If there is actually demand for people to research such things then it stands to reason that offering a course on runes at undergraduate level would make sense so that study of the subject can be continued at a higher level at a later stage.

]]> By: Quid plura? | "Midnight, headlight, find you on a rainy night..." http://oldnorsenews.org/2009/02/jobs-for-runologists/comment-page-1/#comment-10857 Quid plura? | "Midnight, headlight, find you on a rainy night..." Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:54:28 +0000 http://oldnorsenews.org/?p=397#comment-10857 [...] Speak Swedish? Know your runes? The Riksantikvarieämbetet is looking for runologists. [...] [...] Speak Swedish? Know your runes? The Riksantikvarieämbetet is looking for runologists. [...]

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