Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, University of Cambridge

Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic
Partial view of 9 West Road, the Cambridge English Faculty Building, housing the ASNC department
Established1928
Location
Cambridge
,
United Kingdom

Faculty of English at 9 West Road
Websitewww.asnc.cam.ac.uk

The Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic (ASNC or, informally, ASNaC) is one of the constituent departments of the University of Cambridge, and focuses on the history, material culture, languages and literatures of the various peoples who inhabited Britain, Ireland and the extended Scandinavian world in the early Middle Ages (5th century to 12th century). It is based on the second floor of the Faculty of English at 9 West Road on the Sidgwick Site. In Cambridge University jargon, its students are called ASNaCs.

As of 2011, it was the only university faculty or department in the world to focus entirely on the early Middle Ages.