The Field School is an annual course 
established in 1997 in order to promote and facilitate research in Icelandic archaeology. Students from all over Europe and North America have attended the school where they are given a solid grounding in all aspects of Icelandic archaeology. The course runs 4 weeks during the summer and consists of field training, lectures, seminars and workshops, supervised by an international team of leading archaeologists and scientists. Candidates for the field school are expected to have already started an undergraduate or post-graduate course in archaeology and to have a strong interest in Iceland or the North Atlantic.
The organization of the field school is coordinated by Karen Milek (Fornleifastofnun Íslands/University of Aberdeen), Professor Christian Keller (Viking and Medieval Centre in Oslo) and Professor Thomas McGovern (NABO/Hunter College, New York), and is a joint project with NABO.
Funding: The field school is funded by generous grants from the Icelandic parliament, the University Centre of the Westfjords, and the Medieval Westfjords Society, making it possible to offer students free tuition, board, and lodging. However, students must fund their own flights to Iceland, their accomodation in Reykjavik for one or two nights immediately before and after the field school, and any entertainment-related expenses.
For more information on the Field School, please contact Karen Milek at k.milek@abdn.ac.uk. Students interested in applying should send a letter of application, CV and two letters of reference by April 30th 2010 to:
European students: Prof. Christian Keller, University of Oslo (christian.keller@iakh.uio.no).
North American students: Prof. Tom McGovern, City University of New York (nabo@voicenet.com).
Icelandic students: Dr. Orri Vésteinsson, University of Iceland (orri@hi.is).
Students from elsewhere in the world: Dr. Karen Milek, University of Aberdeen (k.milek@abdn.ac.uk).
