Keith Ruiter

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I am an interdisciplinary medievalist working at the intersection of history, law, archaeology, and literature, especially on topics like legalism, normativity, punishment, and personhood in Viking-Age Scandinavia and its diaspora.

I have a passion for using innovative and culturally comparative methodologies for researching and teaching the medieval world – including Indigenous Studies, Posthumanist, and Game Studies approaches – with an eye towards fostering richer and more inclusive dialogue about this period and its many connections.

Experience

  • 2025–present
    Research Development Coordinator, Yukon University
  • 2022–2025
    Senior Lecturer in History, University of Suffolk
  • 2022–2022
    Adjunct professor, Bishop's University
  • 2021–2022
    Postdoctoral research fellow, Université de Montréal
  • 2020–2020
    Project Manager, University of the Highlands and Islands
  • 2019–2020
    Assistant professor, University of Nottingham

Education

  • 2019 
    University of Aberdeen, PhD in Scandinavian Studies
  • 2014 
    University of York, Master of Arts in Medieval Studies
  • 2012 
    University of Alberta, Bachelor of Arts (Double Major) in English and Scandinavian Studies

Grants and Contracts

  • 2023
    Berit Wallenbergs Stiftelse Research Project
    Role:
    Co-Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Berit Wallenbergs Stiftelse
  • 2021
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellowship
    Role:
    Postdoctoral research fellow
    Funding Source:
    Université de Montréal
  • 2015
    Elphinstone Scholarship
    Role:
    PhD Researcher
    Funding Source:
    University of Aberdeen

Professional Memberships

  • Viking Society for Northern Research
  • Canadian Society of Medievalists
  • Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • Sällskap för östnordisk filologi
  • Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies

Contact Keith for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision