Discover The Vikings at Home — Lecture at The Lyceum Tomorrow Evening
Join the Alexandria Sister Cities Committee and the Alexandria-Caen Sister City Committee tomorrow, October 16, at 7 p.m. at the Alexandria History Museum at The Lyceum, 201 South Washington Street, for an engaging lecture that connects Vikings to Alexandria’s own sister cities.
Tickets are $15 for general admission and $12 for Office of Historic Alexandria members and volunteers and are available at AlexandriaVA.gov/Shop. A wine and dessert reception will follow the lecture.
In this first lecture of the series, Dr. Jennifer Paxton, Associate Professor at The Catholic University of America, will explore the question, “Why did Scandinavians suddenly leave their homelands in large numbers to plunder and trade in distant territories?” Learn about the society that gave rise to the Vikings and explore new research about the early years of the Viking raids.
Dr. Paxton teaches the history of the British Isles and Ireland at The Catholic University of America, where she currently serves as director of the University Honors Program. She earned her B.A. in history from Yale and her Ph.D. in medieval history from Harvard, where she also studied in the Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures.
About the Office of Historic Alexandria
The Office of Historic Alexandria preserves and shares the history of the City of Alexandria with eight museums, historic sites, archives, archaeology, tours, exhibits and public programs. Through powerful storytelling and confronting the City’s past, Historic Alexandria enriches the present and inspires the future. We enhance the quality of life for residents and visitors and serve as a partner in the City’s equity and inclusion initiatives. For more information, visit alexandriava.gov/Historic.
For reasonable disability accommodation, contact Nicole Quinn at historicalexandria@alexandriava.gov or call 703.746.4554, Virginia Relay 711.
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