A Day Out with the Vikings Lars Bill, Katherine Cross, Allison Fox, Stefan Nyzell, Edmund Southworth and Chris Tuckley
Event details
Join the discussion as expert speakers look at the past, present and future of festivals and public events on a Viking theme at the 2025 Richard Hall Symposium.
Re-enactments, reconstructed Viking ships and Viking festivals across the British Isles and Europe will all come under the spotlight, together with the JORVIK Viking Festival - which can be traced back to events staged for the first time in York in 1985.
Speakers will join the event both in person and remotely. Pre-booking is essential.
This event is presented by York Archaeology, a self-funded educational Charity and a leading professional archaeological organisation operating throughout the UK. It is organised in conjunction with the School of Humanities, York St John University.
For updates on the programme for the day and additions to the speaker line-up, please visit the York Archaeology website.
Image credit: York Archaeology
About the speakers
Lars Bill is Chairman of Oseberg Viking Heritage Foundation, Norway, and Project Manager for Saga Lundenwic 2025.
Dr Katherine Cross is a Lecturer in the School of Humanities, York St John University, UK.
Allison Fox is Curator of Archaeology at Manx National Heritage, Isle of Man.
Stefan Nyzell is Professor of History at Malmö University, Sweden.
Edmund Southworth is Deputy Chair of the York Archaeology board of trustees. He advises the board of the Destination Viking Association, of which he was formerly the Chair, and is a former Director of Manx National Heritage.
Chris Tuckley is Head of Interpretation and Learning at York Archaeology, UK.
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