Stay tuned to hear Rhiannon, PhD student at Trinity Hall, share everything you need to know about studying Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtics studies at Cambridge!

A full list of discussion points can be found below.

00:00 Introductions

00:30 What is ASNC? (Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic)

01:00 Is ASNC a course where students study languages, history, or literature?

04:15 What advice do you have for someone choosing between ASNC and History?

06:30 Course structure — how are ASNC students taught?09:20 What overlaps are there between Theology/Religion and ASNC?

10:10 Which departments can you borrow papers from for ASNC?

12:00 Paganism in the ASNC course

13:10 What made you choose to study ASNC?15:00 The Icelandic sagas

18:10 Differences and similarities between Classics and ASNC

20:00 How are ASNC students taught?

22:10 What is palaeography?

24:50 Rhiannon’s Master’s degree: Árni Magnússon collection of Icelandic manuscripts

29:50 Rhiannon’s PhD: The Liturgical Book in Medieval Iceland, c.1000–c.1550

32:00 Travel opportunities and conferences for academics

35:10 Do you think more people would apply for ASNC if they knew about it beforehand?