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Conference Presentation: Jessica Hancock, ‘ Girls and Boys: Gendered Re-imaginings of the Norse World in Children's Literature’Jessica Hancock (Glasgow Caledonian University London), ‘ Girls and Boys: Gendered Re-imaginings of the Norse World in Children's Literature’ .…
Conference Presentation: Judith Jesch, ‘ Rediscovering Viking Women – 25 Years On’Judith Jesch (University of Nottingham), ‘ Rediscovering Viking Women – 25 Years On’. Chaired by Roderick Dale. Presentation at the IRC-Funded…
Conference Presentation: Heather O’Donoghue, 'The One that Got Away in Old Norse Myth, the Work of Hugh MacDiarmid and Moby-Dick’Heather O’Donoghue (University of Oxford), ‘“By jings, it’s a whopper!”: The One that Got Away in Old Norse Myth, the Work of Hugh MacDiarmid and…
Recordings of Old Norse texts by Óskar Guðlaugsson (hyperlinks)Recordings of the following can be accessed on this page: Vellekla Ragnarsdrápa Krákumál Egill Skallagrímsson Other texts…
Burning Desires: Vikings in Britain and Ireland 750-1100Course poster and essay questions for the Burning Desires course at the University of Nottingham. this exhibit gives you an idea of the coverage of…
Review: 'Cold Counsel: Women in Old Norse Literature and Mythology. A Collection of Essays' ed. by Sarah Anderson and Karen SwensonReview of Anderson, S. and Swenson, K. (eds), 2002 'Cold Counsel: Women in Old Norse Literature and Mythology. A Collection of Essays' (London and New…
Review: 'Women in Old Norse Society' and 'Old Norse Images of Women' by Jenny JochensOn pp. 89-91, a review of:
Jochens, J., 1995 'Women in Old Norse Society' (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press)
Jochens, J., 1996 'Old Norse…
Review: 'Women in Old Norse Literature: Bodies, Words, and Power' by Jóhanna Katrín FriðriksdóttirA review of Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir, 2013 'Women in Old Norse Literature: Bodies, Words, and Power.' The New Middle Ages (New York: Palgrave…
Book Review: 'Women in the Viking Age' by Judith JeschA review of Jesch, J., 1991 'Women in the Viking Age' (Woodbridge: Boydell) written by Carolyne Larrington and published in Alvismal. The link is to a…
Powerpoint: The Manuscript Tradition of SkáldskaparmálPowerpoint slideshow introducing the manuscript tradition of Skáldskaparmál.
Snorra Edda: SyllabusThe syllabus for a course on Snorra Edda
Powerpoint: Introduction to HáttatalA Powerpoint slideshow introducing Háttatal.
Snorra Edda: Seminar Questions - Two Myths of MisallianceSeminar questions about the role of misalliance in Gylfaginning, Skáldskaparmál and Skírnismál with specific reference to Njörðr and Freyr.
Snorra Edda: Seminar Questions - Myth and Snorra EddaSeminar questions about the role of myth and mythology in Snorra Edda.
Snorra Edda: Seminar Questions - The Fictions and Narrative of GylfaginningSeminar questions relating to the role of trickery in Gylfaginning.
Powerpoint: Gylfaginning and Vernacular TraditionsPowerpoint for Snorra Edda course. It illustrates the links between Gylfaginning and other texts.
Handout: The Asian Origins of Nordic CultureA handout for a course on Snorra Edda discussing Snorri's view that the Norse gods came from Asia.
Snorra Edda: Seminar Questions - The Prologue and GylfaginningSeminar questions for the second part of a course on Snorra Edda. This session focuses on the Prologue and Gylfaginning
Snorra Edda: Seminar Questions - Introduction and OverviewSeminar questions for the first part of a course on Snorra Edda
Handout: The Two Main Manuscripts of the Poetic EddaA handout about the two main manuscripts that provide the texts of the Poetic Edda.