6-October-2011: Lecture on Viking Fighting Moves from the Sagas at Fjörukráin in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland.
Personal Appearances and Events
Seminars and research presentations:
25-February through 17-March-2012: Viking sword and shield introductory course, one of several Viking combat training events at Higgins Armory Museum
Past events
28-January-2012: Warrior 101: Introduction to Historical Swordplay workshop at Higgins Armory Museum
21-January-2012: Viking sword and shield workshop, one of several Viking combat training events at Higgins Armory Museum, part of Viking Day, a full day of Viking-related events
13-January-2012: Viking Fighting Moves from the Sagas of Icelanders: presentation and combat demo at Arisia
10-November-2011: lecture and demonstration on Viking Weapons and Combat Techniques at QVCC.
20-October-2011: Presentation, demonstration, and hands-on workshop on Viking Fighting Moves from the Sagas at College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA.
beginning 15-October-2011: Viking Sword and Shield Introductory Course for adults and teens at Higgins Armory Museum.
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6-October-2011: Lecture on Viking Fighting Moves from the Sagas at Fjörukráin in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland. |
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2-October-2011: Viking combat workshop with Víkingar á Þingeyri at Þingeyri in Iceland. |
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1-October-2011: Lecture on Viking Fighting Moves from the Sagas at the annual conference of Saga Trail Association (Samtök um sögutengda ferðaþjónustu) at Núpur í Dýrafirði in Iceland. |
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26 and 27-September-2011: Lecture on Viking-age history, culture and society, followed by Viking combat workshops for school children at Hallormsstaðaskóli and at Brúarásskóli in Fljótsdalshérað, Iceland and for the children of Reyðarfjörður at Minjasafn Austurlands in Egilsstaðir, Iceland. |
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July and August-2011: Viking Sword and Shield Workshops, with sessions for adults and separate sessions for kids at Higgins Armory Museum.
July and August-2011: Viking Combat Workshops for summer interns at Higgins Armory Museum.
21-April-2011: Viking Combat Workshop for Younger Vikings at Higgins Armory Museum. A new one-hour hands-on workshop to introduce younger Vikings to the weapons and the fighting moves of the Vikings.
12-March-2011: Presentation on Viking history and culture at Ephraim Curtis Middle School.
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28-March-2011: Lecture/demonstration on Viking Weapons and Combat Techniques at Bates College. |
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27-March-2011: Viking combat workshop at Bates College.
12-February-2011 through 7-March-2011: Viking Sword and Shield Training Class at Higgins Armory Museum, Worcester, MA, USA. The class teaches the fundamentals of Viking sword and shield combat and runs on four consecutive Saturday afternoons. More details are given on the Higgins Armory Sword Guild website, as well as photographs and video of a recent class.
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29-January-2011: Viking Day at Higgins Armory Museum, with special demonstrations, presentations, and workshops. |
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29-November-2010: Lecture on Viking-age Iceland at Worcester State University.
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18-November-2010: Video shoot for American Treasures, a new program premiering on the Discovery channel in spring, 2011. On camera, we taught the two hosts of the show some fundamentals of Viking combat techniques, using our new approach to teaching historical martial arts. More photographs of the video shoot can be seen in this album. |
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11-November-2010: Lecture/demonstration on Viking Weapons and Combat Techniques at Quinebaug Valley Community College. |
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24-September-2010: Viking combat workshop at SUNY Oswego.
11-September-2010: A lecture on my forthcoming book, The Warrior Code of the Viking Age, at Landnámssetur Íslands in Borgarnes, Iceland.
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4 and 5-September-2010: Viking Sword and Shield combat training workshop for Víkingar frá Þingeyri in Þingeyri, west Iceland. |
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3-September-2010: A lecture on my forthcoming book, The Warrior Code of the Viking Age, part of the Vísindaport lecture series at Hákólasetur Vestfjarða in Ísafjörður, west Iceland.
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28-August-2010: Knattleikur returns to Iceland! The Viking-age ball game called knattleikur was played in Iceland, perhaps for the first time in centuries. William R. Short offered brief instruction (right), and then the games festival began (left). Both knattleikur (for adults) and sveinaleikur (for children) were played. The games were part of a Viking-day event at Geirsstaðakirkja in east Iceland sponsored by Minjasafn Austurlands. |
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11-July-2010: Viking Sword and Shield workshop at Phoenix Swords. |
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25-March-2010: Lecture on the resolution of conflicts in the Sagas of Icelanders at the University of Connecticut.
20-February-2010 through 13-March-2010: Viking Sword and Shield Training Class at Higgins Armory Museum, Worcester, MA, USA. The class teaches the fundamentals of Viking sword and shield combat and ran on four Saturday afternoons in February. More details are given on the Higgins Armory Sword Guild website, as well as photographs and video of a recent class.
20-February-2010: Book signing at Higgins Armory Museum, part of the Authors at Higgins special event.
30-January-2010: Viking Day at Higgins Armory Museum, Worcester, MA, USA. A full day of Viking events, include lectures, combat demonstrations, and a hands-on workshop on Viking combat techniques, as well as crafts, games, and other family activities.
20-November-2009: Lecture on Viking-age arms and armor, Worcester State College.
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19-November-2009: Presentation and demonstration at Quinebaug Valley Community College on Viking-age arms, armor, and combat techniques. |
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29-October-2009: Presentation at Fayetteville Free Library, on my book Viking Weapons and Combat Techniques. |
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28-October-2009: Seminar for the Medieval and Renaissance Studies program at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University.
10-October-2009: Presentation at Micel Folcland Hearth Night on my book Viking Weapons and Combat Techniques.
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Vísindaport Háskólaseturs Vestfjarða Lecture on my forthcoming book about saga-age Icelanders. |
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Vísindagarður
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Landnámssetur Íslands
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Higgins Armory Museum Scheduled Viking events on July 18 at the Higgins include:
Books are available for purchase in the museum gift shop. Slide show of the day's events. |
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16-June-2009 at 8PM: Presentation at Reykjavík, on
weapons and combat techniques in saga-age Iceland. Announcement on the Einherjar website here. |
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Presentation at Furman University, Greenville, SC, USA 2-April-2009 Viking Weapons and Combat Techniques |
29-September-2008 at 7PM: Presentation at Gerðuberg cultural
center, Reykjavík, on weapons and combat techniques in saga-age Iceland.
26-September-2008 at 12 noon: Presentation at Vísindaport Háskólaseturs
Vestfjarða in Iceland on weapons and combat techniques in saga-age Iceland.
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Combat Demonstrations:
Hurstwic members regularly demonstrate the combat techniques described in Viking Weapons and Combat Techniques at the Higgins Armory Museum, Worcester, MA, USA, as well as at other cultural institutions. A schedule of demonstrations is on the Hurstwic site. Photos of some of the demonstrations are in the Hurstwic photo album.
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