Prof John Hines
Education & Qualifications
MA, DPhil (Oxon) 1983
Career Overview
1983-97 Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, and Reader in School of English Studies, Cardiff University (1983-87 Department of English, University College, Cardiff).
1997- Reader and Professor in School of History and Archaeology, Cardiff University
Teaching Profile
(Current only) Anglo-Saxon, Viking, and High and Late Medieval Archaeology; historical documents and texts in medieval Latin, Old English, and Old Norse
Awards & Prizes
2002–4 British Academy Research Readership (2002–3 Visiting Fellow, Keble College, Oxford
2003–4 Visiting Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford)
Membership & External Activity
1997–2006 Editor, Medieval Archaeology
1998– General editor, Anglo-Saxon Studies. Monograph series, Boydell & Brewer.
2000– Consultant editor for Archaeology, Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages.
2005– Co-editor, Viking and Medieval Scandinavia; Consultant editor for the periodicals Nytt om Runer, Archaeologia Baltica, Archaeologia Islandica and Medieval Clothing and Textiles.
1993 Elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London
2001– Appointed member of the council of the International Viking Congress
2003–7 Elected member of the advisory board of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists
Notable Achievements
2002–4 President of the Viking Society of Northern Research (regular member of Council of the society since 1988).
Presentations
1997 O’Donnell Lecturer, University of Wales
1998 Quiggin Lecturer, University of Cambridge