Other projects
The Impact of Diasporas on the Making of Britain programme arises from our collective experience in many other research projects that have interrogated primary sources which reflect the identities of past human populations in the British Isles, Europe and beyond. We are engaged in a number of relevant research projects investigating related themes:
What's in a name? Applying patrilineal surnames to forensics, population history and genetic epidemiology
Funder: Wellcome Trust
Project lead: Dr Turi King
Surnames, Genes and the History of Britain
Funder: Wellcome Trust
Project leads: Professor Mark Jobling and Dr Turi King
Genetic Survey of Wirral and West Lancashire
Excavating past population structures using surname-based sampling: the genetic legacy of the Vikings in northwest England.
Language and genes of the Greater Himalayan region
Funder: AHRC/ESF
Project lead: Professor M. Jobling
Identities and Boundaries: Celts and Romans
Project lead: Dr Simon James
Presenting and Representing the Past
Project lead: Dr Simon James
Sense of Place in Anglo-Saxon England
Funder: AHRC Network
Project lead: Dr R Jones
VIN: Vikings' Identity Network
Funder: AHRC Network
Collaborators: Universities of Nottingham, Leicester and Birmingham
Project leads: Professor J Jesch and Dr J Carroll
Carolingian polyptyques
Funder: HEA funded teaching resource
Project leads: Dr J Story, Dr J Palmer and N Palmer