Tristan Alphey
DPhil Student
St Cross College
Research Topic
'Old English agnomina: socio-onomastics, and the role of Scandinavia'
My research focuses on 'nicknames' in early-medieval England and how they reflect changing social and political realities, especially in regard to the Danelaw.
Supervisor: Professor Stephen Baxter and Andrew Orchard
Awards and Honours
Turville Petre Prize for Old Norse Studies (awarded by the Viking Society for Northern Research) - 2019
Krasis Scholar at the Ashmolean Museum - 2018
