Relevant projects at Leicester (and beyond)

The Roots of the British project 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
• website: What's in a name?

Surnames, Genes and the History of Britain

• Funder: Wellcome Trust
• Project leads: Professor Mark Jobling and Dr Turi King
• website: Surnames, Genes and the History of Britain
  plus links to publications

Genetic Survey of Wirral and West Lancashire

Excavating past population structures using surname-based sampling: the genetic legacy of the Vikings in northwest England

• website
• poster
• published paper (Mol. Biol. Evol. 25)

Language and genes of the Greater Himalayan region

• Funder: AHRC/ESF
• Project lead: Professor M. Jobling
• website

Identities and Boundaries: Celts and Romans

• Project lead: Dr Simon James
• website

Presenting and Representing the Past

• Project lead: Dr Simon James
• web site

Sense of Place in Anglo-Saxon England

• Funder: AHRC Network
• Project lead: Dr R Jones
• website

VIN: Vikings' Identity Network 

• Funder: AHRC Network
• Collaborators: Universities of Nottingham, Leicester and Birmingham
• Project leads: Professor J Jesch and Dr J Carroll
• website

Carolingian polyptyques

• Funder: HEA funded teaching resource
• Project leads: Dr J Story, Dr J Palmer and N Palmer
• website

Related project

People of the British Isles

The Roots of the British team work in collaboration with this project, sharing data that result from both projects.

• Collaborators: Wellcome Trust and University of Oxford
• Project lead: Professor Bodmer

• website