Loraine Jensen featured on American Swedish Institute Blog Post
The American Swedish Institute has posted a story to its blog about Loraine Jensen's Pedagogical Prize from the Royal Gustav Adolfs Academy for Swedish Folk Culture. Read the story here.
Found the world’s oldest rune stone
An ancient Norwegian rune stone is attracting international attention among runic scholars and archaeologists.
Archaeologists Discover—and Start to Decode—Rare Medieval Runes
Read this article from the Smitshonian Magazine describing how one of recently unearthed objects is the first of its kind found in Oslo in decades.
Loraine Jensen to Speak at ASI Culture & Conversation Series
Loraine Jensen, founder and president of the American Association for Runic Studies (AARS) will be presenting "Shining A Light Into The Past Through Runic Studies" as part of the Culture & Conversation Series at the American Swedish Institute on February 2, 2023,...
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...
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
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...