| Judith Jesch | |
| Birth Date: | 1954 |
| Workplaces: | University of Nottingham |
| Alma Mater: | Durham University, University College London |
Judith Jesch (born 1954) is professor of Viking Age studies at the University of Nottingham. Jesch is chair of the international Runic Advisory Group and president of the English Place-Name Society.[1]
Jesch received her advanced education at Durham University and University College London. As a student at Durham in 1973 she co-wrote an article for Palatinate that accused the university of failing to attract candidates from a wide variety of backgrounds, and suggested that Durham was by now seen as a 'finishing school' for the socially privileged.[2]
She was keynote speaker at the 2015 Norse in the North Conference,[3] and is the Director of the Centre for the Study of the Viking Age (CSVA)https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/csva/people/index.aspx
She is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, the Society of Antiquaries of London and the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.