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Jan Alexander van Nahl - Associate Professor
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Hugvísindasvið
Jan Alexander van Nahl
Íslenska
Associate Professor
Dr. phil. habil.
Location
Edda
Phone
525 - 4429
Email
jvannahl [at] hi.is
Unit
Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies
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Jan Alexander van Nahl - published work
Consultation hours
Upon appointment: jvannahl [at] hi.is
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7553-9735
Research portal – Jan Alexander van Nahl
 
Courses 2024 - 2025
ÍSL206G - Medieval literature
ÍSB823F - Egils saga Skallagrímssonar
MIS814F - Sagas and Places
ÍSB101F - Gods, men and demogorgons in Nordic sources
MIS701F - The Old Norse-Icelandic Literary Corpus – Overview and Main Questions
MIS704M - The Viking Age
Collaboration
Anxiety Culture
,
Prof. Dr. John P. Allegrante
,
Columbia University (NY)
Anxiety Culture
,
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Hoinkes
,
Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel (Germany)
Education
2021
,
Viðbótardiplóma
,
University of Iceland
,
Teaching Studies for Higher Education
2020
,
Dr. phil. habil.
,
University of Munich, Germany
,
Habilitation in Old Norse Studies
2012
,
Dr. phil.
,
University of Munich, Germany
,
Scandinavian Studies & archaeology
2009
,
MA
,
University of Bonn, Germany
,
Scandinavian Studies, Cultural Geography, Archaeology
2007
,
,
University of Uppsala, Sweden
,
Nordiska språk
Professional Experience
2021 -
,
Associate professor in Icelandic medieval literature,
University of Iceland
2019 -
2021,
Assistant professor in Icelandic medieval studies,
University of Iceland
2019 -
2020,
Canvas teacher,
School of Humanities, University of Iceland
2018 -
2020,
Habilitation,
University of Munich
2018 -
2018,
Project manager,
Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies, University of Iceland
2015 -
2018,
Non-tenured Teacher,
Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies
2014 -
2017,
Postdoctoral Researcher (Recruitment Fund of the University of Iceland),
The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
2015 -
2015,
Erasmus Fellow, Teacher Exchange,
University of Silesia, Poland
2015 -
2015,
Visting lecturer,
University of Silesia, Poland
2012 -
2013,
Non-tenured Teacher,
University of Bonn
2009 -
2012,
Doctoral student,
University of Munich
2010 -
2012,
PhD Fellow,
Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst
2007 -
2009,
MA Fellow,
Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
2006 -
2007,
Erasmus Fellow,
Uppsala, Sweden
Published works
2024
Wider die passive Vernunft
Literaturkritik
Beyond the Manuscript: The Circulation of Foreign Ideas in Old Norse Literature
The Circulation of Texts in the Middle Ages
Gunnar Harðarson/Karl G. Johansson (eds.): Dominican Resonances in Medieval Iceland
Journal of Northern Studies
Der Mensch denkt, der Zufall lenkt. Lebenspraktische Bemerkungen zu Olaf dem Heiligen in den altisländischen Königssagas
2023
“You have managed everything in the worst possible way” – Anthropological findings on the Old Norse sagas of Harald Sigurdsson
A Viking in the Sun: Harald Hardrada, The Mediterranean, and the Nordic World, between the Late Viking Age and the Eve of the Crusades
Heinrich Beck – Notizen zu Leben und Wirken
Hið versta verk? Um myrkrið í nokkrum Íslendingasögum
Poetik des Widerspruchs? Zum Streit um Snorri Sturluson und seine Edda
And this is my belief – Old Norse mythology in the light of 13th-century theology
Dunkel war's, der Mond schien helle – Literaturanthropologische Bemerkungen zu Dunkelheit und Nacht in den Isländersagas
Was ist Nationalphilologie – und wenn ja, wie viele?
Literaturkritik
Germanisches Altertum und Europäisches Mittelalter
Gottfried Lorenz (ed./transl.): Die Edda des Snorri Sturluson: Skáldskaparmál. Kommentierte Übersetzung
Zeitschrift fur Deutsches Altertum und Deutsche Literatur
"Vom Mittelalter ins Jahr 2020"
Literaturkritik
"Er menn drepask um nætr": Nokkur orð um myrkrið í fornsögum
2022
C. Callow: Landscape, Tradition and Power in Medieval Iceland
H-Soz-Kult
Íslensku- og menningardeild (Skipulagseining)
Íslensku- og menningardeild (Skipulagseining)
Af hverju mistókst Óláfi Haraldssyni? Nokkrar athugasemdir um Óláfs sögu helga
Heinrich Beck
Walter Baetke
Heimskringla
„Wenn Ausländer an die Macht kommen“ – Bemerkungen zu Flucht und Fremdheit in den Königssagas
Anne Holtsmark
Medieval Scandinavian Studies—Whence, Whereto, Why
Humanities
Um hlutverk tilviljunar í norrænum konungasögum
Anne Holtsmark
The Domestication of Uncertainty – A New Reading of the Old Norse Kings' Sagas
Nicolas Meylan / Lukas Rösli (Hg.): Old Norse Myths as Political Ideologies.
Literaturkritik 01/2022.
Nýjar rannsóknir á konungasögum
Nordisches Mittelalter und Ideologie(n)
Literaturkritik
Konungur af tilviljunar náð. Um konungsmynd í Heimskringlu
Contingency and Chance in the Old Iceland Kings‘ sagas
Das Glück versuchen? Zur Misserfolgsgeschichte des Heiligen Óláfr in der Heimskringla
2021
Beck, Heinrich
Half-Remembering and Half-Forgetting – Teaching the (Medieval) Past
Fordæmalausir tímar? Um hlutverk kennslu í miðaldafræðum á krísutíma
Wenn Ausländer an die Macht kommen. Flucht, Verbannung und Fremdheit in den altnordischen Königssagas
Kontingenz und Zufall in den altisländischen Königssagas
Náttvíg eru morðvíg. Dunkelheit und Nacht in der Egils saga Skallagrímssonar
Fritz Peter Knapp: Vergleichende mediävistische Literaturwissenschaft
Literaturkritik 10/2021
Peter Dinzelbacher: Structures and Origins of the Twelfth-Century ‘Renaissance’
Mediaevistik. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Medieval Research 33
»A waste of effort«? Towards a Reassessment of the Old Norse Kings’ Sagas (With a Comment on a ›Living Handbook of Old Norse Studies‹)
Kate Heslop/Jürg Glauser (ed): RE:Writing. Medial perspectives on textual culture in the Icelandic Middle Ages
Zeitschrift fur Deutsches Altertum und Deutsche Literatur
2020
Die Domestizierung der Unbestimmtheit
The Skilled Narrator. Myth and Scholarship in the Prose-Edda
Er myrkva tók. Zur Ambiguität von Dunkelheit und Nacht in der Sagaliteratur
Heldur ömurlegar bókmenntir? Um rannsókn á konungasögum
Macht und Ohnmacht. Óláfr Tryggvasons Weg zum norwegischen Thron
Half-Remembering and Half-Forgetting? On Turning the Past of Old Norse Studies into a Future of Old Norse Studies
Humanities (Switzerland)
Banal Medievalism?
Antonie Vos: John Duns Scotus. A Life
Mediaevistik. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Medieval Research
Zur Relevanz des Mittelalters und seiner Erforschung
Literaturkritik
Krisen, Kriege, Katastrophen
Literaturkritik
Jón Viðar Sigurðsson / Sverrir Jakobsson (eds.): Sturla Þórðarson. Skald, Chieftain and Lawmen
Mediaevistik. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Medieval Research
Rudolf Simek: Die Geschichte der Normannen. Von Wikingerhäuptlingen zu Königen Siziliens
Zeitschrift fur Deutsches Altertum und Deutsche Literatur
Half-Remembering and Half-Forgetting? On Turning the Past of Old Norse Studies into a Future of Old Norse Studies
Humanities
2019
Das Zeitalter der Pluralität?
Literaturkritik
Dag né nótt – Hlutverk myrkurs í Egils sögu Skalla-Grímssonar
Birgit Sawyer: Heimskringla. An Interpretation
Early Medieval Europe
Julia Zernack / Katja Schulz (eds.): Gylfis Täuschung. Rezeptionsgeschichtliches Lexikon zur nordischen Mythologie und Heldensage
Literaturkritik
Skandinavistische Mediävistik. Einführung in die altwestnordische Sprach- und Literaturgeschichte
Einleitung zum Themenschwerpunkt:" Figuren des Dritten" in der altnordischen Literatur
Nordeuropa Forum, Zeitschrift für Kulturstudien/Journal for the Study of Culture
2018
Anne Holtsmark
Andrew B.R. Elliott: Medievalism, Politics and Mass Media. Appropriating the Middle Ages in the Twenty-First Century
Literaturkritik
Sarah Timme: Edda 1943. Bild – Text – Buchgestaltung
Zeitschrift fur Deutsches Altertum und Deutsche Literatur
A Waste of Effort? Towards a Reassessment of the Kings‘ Sagas
Fremd in Island. 10 Jahre Stipendienaustauschprogramm Künstlerhaus Lukas
Unbestimmtheit als Kompetenz. Königssagas und Kontingenz
Die Domestizierung der Unbestimmtheit – Kontingenz und Zufall in den altisländischen Königssagas
Die Fiktion der Eindeutigkeit. Planung und Zufall in der Óláfs saga helga
Die Nacht ist es, die alles werden lässt. Zur Rolle von Dunkelheit und Nacht in den Isländersagas
… ok vissu þeir eigi, hvert at þeir fóru – Viking Ships and Navigation
Andrew B.R. Elliott: Medievalism, Politics and Mass Media. Appropriating the Middle Ages in the Twenty-First Century
Lingua Americana
Ein dularfyllsta spurning mannsins er hvað tungumál sé. Tilraun til að íslenska nokkrar línur úr Sannleik og aðferð Hans-Georgs Gadamer
Sergej Liamin: Mythen der Edda in der deutschen Dichtung
Zeitschrift fur Deutsches Altertum und Deutsche Literatur
Þar skal ek samtengja með Evrópu ok Ísland — Viking and Medieval Norse Studies an der Universität Island
2017
Snorri oder Die Doppeldeutigkeiten. Birgit Sawyers Neulesung der altisländischen Heimskringla
Literaturkritik
Figuren des Dritten in der altnordischen Literatur
Digital norse
Isländisch: Sprachreiseführer Isländisch
I never use minted coins. Andreas Heusler in 21st-Century Medieval Studies
"Der Ritt auf dem Tiger“" Ambige Vermittler in den Königssagas
Figuren des Dritten – Perspektiven auf ein Paradigma der Kulturwissenschaften
Stefka G. Eriksen (ed.): Intellectual Culture in Medieval Scandinavia, c. 1100–1350
Mediaevistik. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Medieval Research
Richard Utz: Medievalism. A Manifesto
Lingua Americana
Krise und Kontingenz. Zu einem literaturwissenschaftlichen Potenzial am Beispiel Islands
Laura Sonja Wamhoff: Isländische Erinnerungskultur 1100-1300. Altnordische Historiographie und kulturelles Gedächtnis
Zeitschrift fur Deutsches Altertum und Deutsche Literatur
The Book of Revelation as Graphic Novel. Reimagining the Bible in Present-Day Europe
Macht und Ohnmacht. Eine Geschichte der norwegischen Könige im Mittelalter
André Muceniecks: Saxo Grammaticus. Hierocratical conceptions and Danish hegemony in the thirteenth century
Mediaevistik. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Medieval Research
Mittelalterphilologie(n) heute? Ein Tagungsband zwischen Standortbestimmung und Orientierungslosigkeit
Literaturkritik
Zur produktiven Unschärfe des Mediävalismus. Richard Utz‘ Plädoyer für eine undisziplinierte Mediävistik
Literaturkritik
2016
Lukas Rösli: Topographien der eddischen Mythen. Eine Untersuchung zu den Raumnarrativen und den narrativen Räumen in der Lieder-Edda und der Prosa-Edda
Zeitschrift fur Deutsches Altertum und Deutsche Literatur
Gerd Althoff: Kontrolle der Macht. Formen und Regeln politischer Beratung im Mittelalter
Mediaevistik. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Medieval Research
Sverre Bagge: Cross & Scepter. The Rise of the Scandiavian Kingdoms from the Vikings to the Reformation
Mediaevistik. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Medieval Research
"All mein Sehnen geht dahin, noch einmal nach Island zu kommen". Paul Herrmanns Briefe, ediert von Hans Fix
Literaturkritik
Norwegens König ist uns fern. Grenzen menschlicher Spielregeln in der altisländischen Heimskringla
Denkräume der Frühaufklärung. Detlef Döring – Aufsätze zur deutschen Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Literaturkritik
Oliver Auge/Christiane Witthöft (eds.): Ambiguität im Mittelalter. Formen zeitgenössischer Reflexion und interdisziplinärer Rezeption.
Mediaevistik. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Medieval Research
The Medieval Mood of Contingency: Chance as a Shaping Factor in" Hákonar saga góða" and" Haralds saga Sigurðarsonar"
Mediaevistik. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Medieval Research 29
Kvendin góðu. Nokkrar línur eftir Goethe um konuna í samfélaginu
Nicolas Meylan: Magic and Kingship in Medieval Iceland. The Construction of a Discourse of Political Resistance
Saga-Book
2015
Lasse Mårtensson: Skrivaren och förlagan. Norm och normbrott i Codex Upsaliensis av Snorra Edda
Zeitschrift fur Deutsches Altertum und Deutsche Literatur
Geschichte. Macht. Sinn. Sinnstiftung in altisländischer Literatur
Mun engi maðr öðrum þyrma. Thoughts on Universality and Contingency in Heimskringla
Snorri Sturluson as a Historian
Snorri Sturluson as a Poet
Snorri Sturluson as a Politician
Take your chance? Observations on Haralds saga Sigurðarsonar
Ulrich Wyss: Geschichte der Germanistik. Gesammelte Aufsätze
Literaturkritik
The Skilled Narrator: Myth and Scholarship in the Prose Edda
Scripta Islandica
The Robber Barons of Open Access Publishing
"Wuchernder wildwuchs"? Andreas Heusler und die Mittelalterphilologie
Zeitschrift fur Deutsches Altertum und Deutsche Literatur
Bettina Albert: Der Tod in Worten. Todesdarstellungen in der Literatur des frühen Mittelalters
Literaturkritik
Robert Nedoma (ed.): Erzählen im mittelalterlichen Skandinavien II
Zeitschrift fur Deutsches Altertum und Deutsche Literatur
Macht. Sinn. Sinnstiftung in altisländischer Literatur.
Die Gleichzeitigkeit des Ungleichzeitigen. Mathias Herweg und Stefan Keppler-Tasaki versammeln zwanzig Überlegungen zum ‚Mittelalter des Historismus‘
Literaturkritik 08/2015
2014
Eine schöne Nebenbeschäftigung? Perspektiven einer altertumskundlich-mediävistischen Wissenschaftsgeschichte 2.0
Odyssee 2.0? Wege und Irrwege digitaler Publikationen in den Geisteswissenschaften
Jahrbuch fur Internationale Germanistik
Victor Millet/Heike Sahm (eds.): Narration and Hero. Recounting the Deeds of Heroes in Literature and Art of the Early Medieval Period
Literaturkritik
Die Flüchtigkeit der Information. Wissenschaftsgeschichte im digitalen Zeitalter
Carmen Cardelle de Hartmann (ed.): Heilige Bücher
Literaturkritik
Florian Kragl/Christian Schneider (eds.): Erzähllogiken in der Literatur des Mittelalters und der Frühen Neuzeit
Literaturkritik
Alois Wolf: Die Saga von der Njálsbrenna und die Frage nach dem Epos im europäischen Mittelalter
Zeitschrift fur Deutsches Altertum und Deutsche Literatur
Allvater
Asen
Sabine Philippi/Philipp Vanscheidt (eds.): Digitale Rekonstruktionen mittelalterlicher Bibliotheken.
Literaturkritik
Walter Baetke
"Ich bin heut‘ in Faulenzerstimmung". Zur Form der Mittelalterphilologie
2013
Kurt Flasch: Das philosophische Denken im Mittelalter
Literaturkritik
Gylfaginning
1000 Worte Forschung – Snorri Sturlusons Mythologie und die mittelalterliche Theologie
Snorri Sturluson: Historiker, Dichter, Politiker
Verwehter Traum? - Ältere Skandinavistik zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts
Lili - Zeitschrift fur Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik
Snorri Sturlusons Mythologie und die mittelalterliche Theologie
Geirröðr
Snorri Sturlusons Konstruktion eines Deus omnipotens
Óskar Gudmundsson: Snorri Sturluson. Homer des Nordens. Eine Biographie
European Journal of Scandinavian Studies
2012
Martin Nygaard: Autopilot. Moritz Motte verliebt sich
Ok þat er mín trúa. Philologische Studien zum Werk des Historikers Snorri Sturluson
Edda. 800 Jahre Nordische Mythologie
North-East Secretariat on Human Rights: Damit wir nicht vergessen... Massaker an Tamilen 1956–2008
2011
Der Weg einer Isländerin. Nach den Romanen „Die Eismalerin“ und „Die Farben der Insel“ von Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir. Anlässlich der Frankfurter Buchmesse 2011
Ähnlichkeit in der Unähnlichkeit – Snorri Sturlusons Konstruktion eines Deus omnipotens
2010
Der translatio-Gedanke in den Werken Snorri Sturlusons, mit einem Exkurs ins 19. Jahrhundert
2009
Philologisch-lexikalische Studien zur Gylfaginning des Codex Uppsaliensis
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