UCD School of Archaeology MA scholar wins international award Niamh Arthur, recent (2008/2009) MA in Archaeology graduate student at UCD has just been announced as the joint winner of the UK Medieval Settlement Research Group's (MSRG) John Hurst Prize for the Best MA thesis/dissertation in Britain and Ireland on Medieval Settlement (2009). This is the third time that this prestigious award has been given to a dissertation from the UCD School of Archaeology (Triona Nicholl, 2004; Jonathan Kinsella, 2005) all dissertations supervised by Dr Aidan O'Sullivan. UCD School of Archaeology's co-ordinator of its Graduate Studies programme, Dr. Graeme Warren, congratulated Niamh on her international success, whose dissertation was on the subject of Viking longphorts or raiding bases in Ireland, and noted that chair of the award committee had commented on the high standards of the UCD School of Archaeology MA students and their dissertations. Date Posted: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:00:00 GMT |
 |
