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Arngrímur Vídalín Stefánsson - Assistant Professor
–
School of Education
Arngrímur Vídalín Stefánsson
Íslenska
Assistant Professor
of medieval Icelandic literature
Location
Stakkahlíð - Enni / E-304
Phone
5255529
Email
arngrimurv [at] hi.is
Unit
Faculty of subject teacher education
Website
http://avidalin.com
Consultation hours
By request
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1531-2424
Research portal – Arngrímur Vídalín Stefánsson
Courses 2024 - 2025
MEX020G - Icelandic Nature and Cultural Legacy
ÍET102M - Classic Stories
ÍET213F - Teaching literature
Collaboration
“Edukacja” 2020 Norwegian Funds mobility programme
,
Rafał Borysławski
,
University of Silesia
Translation of Alice in Wonderland to Old Norse
,
Michael Everson
,
Evertype
Daniel Sävborg
,
Tartu University
“Edukacja” 2020 Norwegian Funds mobility programme
,
Jakub Morawiec
,
University of Silesia
Education
2017
,
Doktorspróf
,
University of Iceland
,
Icelandic literature
2016
,
Viðbótardiplóma
,
The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
,
International summer course in manuscript studies II
2015
,
Viðbótardiplóma
,
The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
,
International summer course in manuscript studies I
2012
,
Kandídatspróf
,
Aarhus University
,
Nordic languages and literature
2012
,
Viðbótardiplóma
,
Aarhus University
,
Danish teaching degree
2010
,
BA
,
University of Iceland
,
Icelandic
Professional Experience
2022 -
,
Assistant Professor,
University of Iceland
2019 -
2022,
Adjunct professor,
University of Iceland
2019 -
2019,
Lecturer of Icelandic,
Keilir Academy
2018 -
2019,
Icelandic teacher,
Breiðholt Community College
2017 -
2018,
Independent scholar,
Non-Fiction Writers's Fund
2018 -
2018,
Visiting scholar,
The Arnamagnæan Collection – Copenhagen University
2013 -
2017,
External lecturer,
University of Iceland
2016 -
2016,
Visiting scholar,
Harvard University
2016 -
2016,
Guest lecturer,
The University of Silesia in Katowice
2014 -
2014,
Visiting scholar,
The Arnamagnæan Collection – Copenhagen University
Published works
2020
Langhjartnæmustu barnabækurnar
Tímarit Máls og menningar 2. hefti
„Trölli sýnist mér það líkara“: Merkingarleg þróun orðsins blámaður frá tólftu til tuttugustu aldar
Andvari (145)
The Man Who Seemed Like a Troll: Racism in Old Norse Literature
Margins, Monsters, Deviants: Alterities in Old Norse Literature and Culture
Alterity and Occidentalism in Fourteenth-Century Icelandic Texts: Narratives of Travel, Conversion, and Dehumanization
The Medieval Globe
Demons, Muslims, Wrestling Champions: The Semantic History of Blámenn from the Twelfth to the Twentieth Century
Paranormal Encounters in Iceland 1150–1400
Old Norse for Modern Times (ásamt Ian Stuart Sharpe og Josh Gillingham)
Outland Entertainment
2019
Ritdómur. The Legendary Legacy: Transmission and Reception of the Fornaldarsögur Norðurlanda
Saga LVII: II
Skrifað með öðru heilahveli, bobblandi í spíritus: Aðfinnslur við aðfinnslur Bergsveins Birgissonar
Skírnir (haust 2019)
Review: Bad Boys and Wicked Women: Antagonists and Troublemakers in Old Norse Literature
Kyngervi, vol. 1, summer 2019, pp 95-101
2018
Óláfr Ormsson's
Leiðarvísir
and its Context: The Fourteenth-Century Text of a Supposed Twelfth-Century Itinerary
The Journal of English and Germanic Philology
The Cardinal Virtues of Christian Kingship: The Teratological Implications of Elucidarius, Konungs skuggsiá and Eiríks saga víðfǫrla
Aspects of Royal Power in the Medieval North
From the Inside Out: Chronicles, Genealogies, Monsters, and the Makings of an Icelandic World View
Supernatural Encounters in Old Norse Literature and Tradition
Móðurleg ímyndun: Frá Jakobi og Laban, um forvitnilega sögu um Hippókrates í Stjórn I, að lækningabókum endurreisnartímans
Studia Theologica Islandica - Ritröð Guðfræðistofnunar 46:2
2017
Þórbergur um þverveginn
Tímarit Máls og menningar 1:2017
Skuggsjá sjálfsins: Skrímsl. jöðrun og afmennskun í heimsmynd íslenskra sagnaritara 1100-1550
Hugvísindastofnun Háskóla Íslands
2015
Some Thoughts on the Supernatural, the Fantastic and the Paranormal in Medieval and Modern Literature
Folk Beliefs and Traditions of the Supernatural
Gullöldin var aldrei til
Skíma
Ný bókfestukenning? Spjall um aðferðir
Saga LIII 2:2015
Demons, Muslims, Wrestling-Champions: A History of Blámenn from the 12th to the 19th Century
The Sixteenth International Saga Conference: Sagas and Space, 9th-15th August 2015, University of Zürich & University of Basel, Switzerland
2014
Að bera harm sinn í hljóði: Andvaka Soffíu Stefánsdóttur
Són
2013
Samkynhneigð og nauðgun karla í norrænum lögum og bókmenntum miðalda (eftir Kari Ellen Gade)
Ritið 3/2013: Vald
'Er þat illt, at þú vilt elska tröll þat': Hið sögulega samhengi jöðrunar í Hrafnistumannasögum
Gripla XXIV 2013
2012
The Supernatural Geography of the Middle Ages
The 15th International Saga Conference: Sagas and the Use of the Past, 5th-11th August 2012, Aarhus University
The Supernatural in Íslendingasögur. A theoretical approach to definition and analysis
2010
Þórbergur Þórðarson. Meistarar og lærisveinar: eftir stóra ævisögulega handritinu
Forlagið
2009
Konkretljóðlist (eftir Eugen Gomringer)
Af steypu (ed. by Kári Páll Óskarsson & Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl)
Frá línu til stjörnukerfis (eftir Eugen Gomringer)
Af steypu (ed. by Kári Páll Óskarsson & Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl)
„Að elska er að yrkja fegursta ljóð í víðri veröld.“ Um viðhorf Þórbergs Þórðarsonar til rómantíkur í íslenskum bókmenntum
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