About
Elina Screen is a College Lecturer in Medieval History at both University College and Trinity College, University of Oxford. She teaches early medieval history (c.300-1100) and focuses her research on the Carolingian world, Viking-age Scandinavia, and Anglo-Saxon coins. Her work includes the Anglo-Saxon Coins in Norway project, resulting in a comprehensive publication of Norwegian coin collections. She currently leads the Medieval European Coinage Project at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, a multi-volume series on European coinage history (400-1500 CE).
Research interests include Carolingian Francia's political and social structures, Viking-age Scandinavia's cultural exchange, and numismatic analysis as historical evidence. Her recent work emphasizes the intersection of coinage, trade, and identity in early medieval Europe. The featured publication systematically catalogues 4,230 Anglo-Saxon and later British coins in Norwegian museums, providing critical mint and moneyer indexes.
Teaching spans undergraduate modules such as British History I (300-1042) and General History I/II (370-900/476-750), alongside specialized graduate courses on the Carolingian Renaissance and Viking Age. She supervises Masters students in early medieval topics.
Professional roles include General Editorship of the British Academy-funded Medieval European Coinage Project. This ongoing initiative bridges archaeology, history, and art history to reconstruct medieval economic systems through coinage analysis.
