AARS, Uppsala University Ink Agreement
AARS President Loraine Jensen signs a Memorandum of Understanding with Uppsala University faculty leaders to support collaborative research. The American Association of Runic Studies and Uppsala University in Sweden have extended an agreement to collaborate on field...
4th Minnesota Rune Round 2022 Was a Success
24 “runatics” had the opportunity to explore all things Kensington Rune Stone in Alexandria, Minnesota, September 25-27, 2022. The in-depth exploration of the KRS, the most famous of more than 6,000 runestones, and other North American ruins was initiated by AARS...
Jensen Re-ignites Fulbright Specialist Activities
AARS President Loraine Jensen began a six week Fulbright Specialist Program appointment on Oct. 3 at Uppsala University in Sweden. It is a continuation of a previous appointment in 2020 that was cut short due to the unprecedented Covid outbreak. Her project is...
AARS President, Loraine Jensen to attend and present at International Symposium on Runes and Runic Inscriptions
AARS President, Loraine Jensen will attend and present at the Ninth International Symposium on Runes and Runic Inscriptions. View the symposium website here
Professor Henrik Williams presents his new interpretation of the Rök runestone
At the January 2020 Rune Rede 110, Professor Henrik Williams presented “Rökstenen och Världens Undergång”, his new book interpreting the Rök runestone.
Unique rune finds in the Medieval Park
In one week, archaeologists found two objects with runes in the Medieval Park in Oslo.
Tristan Mueller-Vollmer Defends Dissertation
Congratulations to AARS Blog author, Tristan Mueller-Vollmer http://runicstudies.org/tristan-mueller-vollmer/ Tristan successfully defended his important and interesting dissertation, Personal Names on Swedish Viking Age Runestones.The dissertation is now available...
Vineland map is a forgery along the lines of the Kensington Runestone
This story is from StarTribune.com.The full story, with any associated images and links can be viewed here. By Alan Yuhas New York Times September 30, 2021 — 6:38pm Doubts crept in around Greenland, which looked so good it was frankly suspicious, and questions soon...
News from National History Museum of Stockholm and from Nature magazine.
The National History Museum of Stockholm reopens its Vikings exhibit and Nature publishes an article about Viking heredity
Henrik Williams Installed as Professor of Runology at Uppsala University
Watch the celebration of the event here: