Stefan Brink
Researcher at Department of Archaeology, Ancient History and Conservation; Archaeology
- E-mail:
- stefan.brink@arkeologi.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Engelska parken, Thunbergsvägen 3H
- Postal address:
- Box 626
751 26 UPPSALA
Biography
- Research Assistant 1981–84 (Swedish Research Council).
- PhD position in Medieval Studies 1985–89 (Swedish Research Council).
- Postgraduate studies at Uppsala University, Sweden (Filosofie Doctor in 1990).
- Researcher and editor in the NONELex project 1990–91 (Nordic Research Council).
- Associate Professor/Reader (Docent) in Scandinavian languages at Uppsala University in 1991.
- PostDoc scholarship granted by the Swedish Research Council 1992–93 (visiting researcher at the ANU Canberra, Australia, Inst. for Pacific Studies at the University of Christchurch, NZ, and the Dept. of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Auckland, NZ).
- Assistant Professor (Forskarassistent) at the Dept. of Scandinavian languages at Uppsala University 1993–95.
- Researcher in the project ‘Central place, land and kingdom. Studies in early Scandinavian history’ 1995–98 (Swedish Research Council).
- Visiting Professor at the Dept. of Prehistoric Archaeology at the University of Aarhus, Denmark (autumn 1995).
- Researcher in Landscape history 1999–2004 (Swedish Research Council), attached to the Dept. of Archaeology and Ancient History at Uppsala University.
- Professor II at the Dept. of Nordic Languages at the University of Bergen, Norway (2004–2009).
- Visiting Professor in Scandinavian Studies at Harvard University (May 2004)
- Visiting Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Michaelmas Term 2004.
- Visiting Scholar at the Department of Archaeology and at the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, University of Cambridge (Michaelmas Term 2004).
- Visiting Professor at the Center for Medieval Studies at the University of Bergen 2005.
- Distinguished Visiting Professor of Medieval Studies at UCLA, the University of California, Los Angeles, Febr.–March 2005.
- Sixth Century Professor of Scandinavian Studies and Director of the Centre for Scandinavian Studies, University of Aberdeen (2005–19)
- Visiting Professor at Nordisk Institut, University of Aarhus, Denmark (autumn 2006).
- Adjunct Professor of Archaeology, University of Aberdeen (2007–).
- Awarded a Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship for 2008–2011.
- Member of The Institute of Advanced Studies, Princeton (2017-18)
- Honorary Research Associate, Dept. of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, University of Cambridge (2018–)
- Professor of Scandinavian Studies (part-time) at the Inst. for Northern Studies, University of Highlands and Islands (2019–)
- Senior Heinz Heinen Fellow at the Inst. for Advanced Studies in Dependency and Slavery Studies, Bonn Universität (2019–20)
- Fellow at the Inst. for Advanced Studies, Durham University (2022)
Fellow of The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Fellow of The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, Stockholm
Fellow of the Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy, Uppsala
Research
Society, Culture and Languages of Early Scandinavia
The Christianization and Early Church Organization in Scandinavia
Landscape Studies (Scandinavia)
Language and History in the Early Germanic World
Viking Slavery
Germanic Place-Names
Early Law in Scandinavia
Old Norse Mythology
Publications
Recent publications
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A 'Grammar of Asymmetrical Dependency' for Early Scandinavia (to c. 1350)
Part of Naming, Defining, Phrasing Strong Asymmetrical Dependencies, p. 13-54, Walter de Gruyter, 2023
- DOI for A 'Grammar of Asymmetrical Dependency' for Early Scandinavia (to c. 1350)
- Download full text (pdf) of A 'Grammar of Asymmetrical Dependency' for Early Scandinavia (to c. 1350)
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What was a cooking-pit called in the Iron Age?
Part of Re-imagining Periphery, p. 103-106, Oxbow Books, 2021
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Slaves in Early Scandinavian Society: Matters of Discussion and Issues of Controvercy
Part of Viking-Age Slavery, Verlag Fassbaender, 2021
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Slavery in Medieval Scandinavia: Some Points of Departure
Part of Viking-Age Trade, p. 40-56, Routledge, 2021
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OGu vergildi and Välde in Etelhem, Gotland
Part of Myth, Magic, and Memory in Early Scandinavian Narrative Culture, p. 339-350, Brepols, 2021
All publications
Articles in journal
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Part of Questio Insularis, p. 1-15, 2016
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The Creation of a Scandinavian Provincial Law: How was it done?”
Part of Historical Research, p. 432-442, 2013
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Hälsingelagens ställning mellan väst och syd, och mellan kung, kyrka och lokala traditioner
Part of Kungl. Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademiens Årsbok, p. 119-135, 2010
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Part of Tor. Journal of Archaeology, 1997
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Part of Tor. Journal of Archaeology, p. 235-281, 1996
Books
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Thraldom: A History of Slavery in the Viking Age
Oxford University Press, 2021
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Bokförlaget Atlantis, 2012
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Viking Society for Northern Research, 2008
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Sockenbildning och sockennamn.: Studier i äldre territoriell indelning i Norden.
Almqvist & Wiksell International, 1990
Chapters in book
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A 'Grammar of Asymmetrical Dependency' for Early Scandinavia (to c. 1350)
Part of Naming, Defining, Phrasing Strong Asymmetrical Dependencies, p. 13-54, Walter de Gruyter, 2023
- DOI for A 'Grammar of Asymmetrical Dependency' for Early Scandinavia (to c. 1350)
- Download full text (pdf) of A 'Grammar of Asymmetrical Dependency' for Early Scandinavia (to c. 1350)
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What was a cooking-pit called in the Iron Age?
Part of Re-imagining Periphery, p. 103-106, Oxbow Books, 2021
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Slaves in Early Scandinavian Society: Matters of Discussion and Issues of Controvercy
Part of Viking-Age Slavery, Verlag Fassbaender, 2021
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Slavery in Medieval Scandinavia: Some Points of Departure
Part of Viking-Age Trade, p. 40-56, Routledge, 2021
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OGu vergildi and Välde in Etelhem, Gotland
Part of Myth, Magic, and Memory in Early Scandinavian Narrative Culture, p. 339-350, Brepols, 2021
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Part of The Pre-Christian Religions of the North, p. 445-477, Brepols, 2020
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Gekauft, geraubt, verdingt. Spurensuche zum Sklaventum
Part of Die Wikinger, p. 161-172, Propyläen Verlag, 2019
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K(i)æfsir in the Old Västgöta and Östgöta Laws
Part of Tidens landskap, p. 137-138, Nordic Academic Press, 2019
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Part of Handbook of pre-modern Nordic memory studies, p. 565-574, Walter de Gruyter, 2018
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Viking Scandinavians back home and abroad in Europe : and the special case of Björn and Hásteinn
Part of Mil anos de incursão normanda ao castelo de Vermoin, p. 13-26, CITCEM – Centro de Investigação Transdisciplinar Cultura, Espaço e Memória, 2018
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Part of Handbook of Pre-Modern Nordic Memory Studies, p. 185-197, Walter de Gruyter, 2018
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Law, Society and Landscape in Early Scandinavia
Part of Comparative Law and Anthropology, p. 319-337, Edward Elgar, 2017
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Avaldsnes, Kormt and Rogaland.: A Toponymy and Landscape Survey
Part of Avaldsnes : A Sea-King’s Manor in First-Millennium Western Scandinavia, p. 665-686, de Gruyter, 2017
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Nationernas och regionernas återkomst
Part of Stad och land, p. 47-53, Axel och Margaret Ax:son Johnsons stiftelse, 2017
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Part of Theorizing Old Norse Myth, p. 175-194, Brepols, 2017
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Transferred Names and Analogy in Name-formation
Part of The Oxford Handbook of Names and Naming, p. 158-166, Oxford University Press, 2016
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Part of Wikinger!, p. 78-89, Koehler im Maximilian Verlag GmbH & Co, 2016
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Trading Hubs or Political Centres of Power? Maritime Focal Sites in Early Sweden
Part of Maritime Societies of the Viking and Medieval World, p. 88-98, Maney Publishing, 2015
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Part of A Handbook in Eddic Poetry. , p. 173-189, Cambridge University Press, 2015
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Part of The power of book, p. 157-162, Nordeuropa Institut, Humboldt-Universität, 2014
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The Hälsinge Law between South and West, King and Church, and Local Customs”
Part of New Approaches to Early Law in Scandinavia, p. 37-56, Brepols, 2014
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Minnunga mæn – The Usage of Old Knowledgeable Men in Legal Cases
Part of Minni and Muninn. Memory in Medieval Nordic Culture, p. 197-210, Brepols, 2014
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Reading Cult and Mythology in Society and Landscape: The Toponymic Evidence
Part of Nordic Mythologies: interpretations, intersections, and institutions, p. 157-172, North Pinehurst Press, 2014
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The Origins of the Swedish Medieval Laws – a State of the Art, from my Perspective
Part of How Nordic are the Nordic Medieval Laws? – Ten Years After, p. 129-144, Djøf Publ., 2014
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Die Christianisierung Skandinaviens
Part of Credo, p. 250-260, Imhof, 2013
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De nordiska språkens påverkan på ortnamnsskicket i Storbritannien
Part of Svenskans beskrivning 32, p. 38-51, Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur, Karlstads universitet, 2013
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Early Ecclesiastical Organization of Scandinavia, especially Sweden
Part of Medieval Christianity in the North. New Studies, p. 23-39, Brepols, 2013
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Myth and Ritual in Pre-Christian Scandinavian Landscape
Part of Sacred Sites and Holy Places. Exploring the Sacralization of Landscape Through Time and Space, p. 33-51, Brepols, 2013
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Oral Fragments in The Earliest Old-Swedish Laws?
Part of Medieval Legal Process, Brepols, 2011
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Gudhem – the toponymic evidence (or rather challenge)
Part of The Gudme/Gudhem Phenomenon, p. 15-23, Wachholtz, 2011
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Mediality and Usage of Medieval Laws: the Case of the Hälsinge Law
Part of Liber Amicorum Ditlev Tamm. Law, History and Culture, p. 71-74, Djøf Publ., 2011
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Early Ecclesiastical Organization of Scandinavia, especially Sweden
Part of England and the Continent in the Tenth Century, p. 399-410, Brepols, 2010
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Part of The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages, Oxford University Press, 2010
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People and land in early Scandinavia
Part of Franks, Northmen, and Slavs: Identities and State Formation in Early Medieval Europe, Brepols, 2008
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Landskap och plats som mentala konstruktioner”
Part of Facets of Archaeology, Unipub, 2008
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Skíringssalr, Kaupang, Tjølling – the Toponymic Evidence”
Part of Kaupang in Skiringssal, Aarhus University Press, 2007
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Part of Christianization and the Rise of Christian Monarchy, Cambridge University Press, 2007
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How uniform was the Old Norse religion?
Part of Learning and understanding in the Old Norse world, Brepols, 2007
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The Voyages of Othere and Wulfstan. A cultural historical and socio-political background
Part of Ohthere's voyages : a late 9th-century account of voyages along the coasts of Norway and Denmark and its cultural context, The Viking Ship Museum, 2007
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Some aspects on the Christianization in Sweden and early Church organization
Part of Church Centres, Snorrastofa, 2005
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Verba Volant, Scripta Manent? Aspects of the Oral Society in Scandinavia
Part of Literacy in medieval and Early Modern Scandinavian culture, p. 59-117, Odense University Press, 2005
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Part of Scandinavia and Europe 800-1350, Brepols, 2004
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Legal Assembly Sites in Early Scandinavia
Part of Assembly places and practices in medieval Europe, Four Courts Press, 2004
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Mytologiska rum och eskatologiska föreställningar i det vikingatida Norden
Part of Ordning mot kaos, p. 291-316, Nordic Academic Press, 2004
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Legal Assemblies and Judicial Structure in Early Scandinavia
Part of Political assemblies in the earlier Middle Ages, Brepols, 2003
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Sociolinguistic perspectives in the transitional period between Proto-Nordic and Old Nordic
Part of The Nordic languages, Walter de Gruyter, 2002
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Nordic language history and archaeology
Part of The Nordic Languages, Walter de Gruyter, 2002
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Sociolinguistic perspectives and language contacts in Proto-Nordic
Part of The Nordic languages, Walter de Gruyter, 2002
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Law and Legal Customs in Viking Age Scandinavia
Part of Scandinavians from the Vendel period to the tenth century, p. 87-127, Boydell Press, 2002
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Mythologizing Landscape: Place and Space of Cult and Myth
Part of Kontinuitäten und Brüche in der Religionsgeschichte, Walter de Gruyter, 2001
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Part of Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde 15 (2000) pp. 274–278, p. 274-278, Walter de Gruyter, 2000
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Social order in the early Scandinavian landscape
Part of Settlement and landscape, Jutland Archaeological Society, 1999
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Part of The community, the family and the saint, p. 19-44, Brepols, 1998
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Part of The historical encyclopedia of world slavery, ABC-Clio, 1997
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Forsaringen – Nordens äldsta lagbud
Part of Beretning fra femtende tværfaglige vikingesymposium, p. 27-55, Hikuin, 1996
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Home: The term and the concept as seen from a linguistic and settlement-historical point of view
Part of The Home, Routledge, 1995
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Part of Old Norse and Finnish Religions and Cultic Place-Names, Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History, 1990
Collections (editor)
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Brepols, 2018
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Routledge, 2008
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Walter de Gruyter, 2004
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Jämtlands kristnande [The Christianization of the province of Jämtland]
Lunne böcker, 1996
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Ortnamnsarkivet i Uppsala, 1994
Other
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David Wyatt, “Slaves and Warriors in Medieval Britain and Ireland, 800–1200"
Part of Early Medieval Europe, p. 373-375, 2011