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Sverrir Jakobsson - Professor
–
Hugvísindasvið
Sverrir Jakobsson
Íslenska
Professor
in medieval history
Location
Árnagarður / Á-420
Phone
5254426
Email
sverrirj [at] hi.is
Unit
Faculty of Philosophy, History and Archaeology
Website
https://www.hi.is/starfsfolk/sverrirj
Curriculum Vitae
Sverrir Jakobsson - Curriculum Vitae
Consultation hours
Fridays, 11-12
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0061-8874
Research portal – Sverrir Jakobsson
Under construction throughout the autumn semester 2023
Courses 2022 - 2023
SAG406M - Platonism in Classical and Christian Thought
HSP433M - Platonism in Classical and Christian Thought
SAG113G - The Middle Ages - History of Iceland I
Education
2005
,
Dr. phil
,
University of Iceland
,
Dr. phil in History
2005
,
BA
,
,
1994
,
MA
,
The University of Leeds
,
Medieval Studies
1993
,
BA
,
,
Professional Experience
2014 -
,
Professor in Medieval History,
University of Iceland
2022 -
,
Head,
Faculty of Philosophy, History and Archaeology
2013 -
2014,
Lecturer in Medieval History,
University of Iceland
2010 -
2013,
Adjunct Lecturer in Medieval History,
University of Iceland
1997 -
2010,
,
2007 -
2010,
,
Published works
2022
Ármann Jakobsson and Sverrir Jakobsson, eds. The Routledge Research Companion to the Medieval Icelandic Sagas
Scandinavian-Canadian Studies
2021
All the King’s men. The incorporation of Iceland into the Norwegian Realm
Scandinavian Journal of History
2020
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The Varangians
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The Varangians
2019
Jón Viðar Sigurðsson and Sverrir Jakobsson (eds.), Sturla Þórðarson. Skald, Chieftain and Lawmen. The Northern World, 78. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2017, 291 pp.
Mediaevistik
Conversion and cultural memory in medieval Iceland
Church History
2018
A marker of identity: The medieval discourse on king Æthelstan of England,Kennileiti sjálfsmyndar: Miðaldaorðræðan um Aðalstein Englandskonung
Gripla
Bokmelding
Historisk Tidsskrift
2017
Sturla Þórðarson
Scandinavian kings and the Byzantine emperor
Byzantinische Zeitschrift
Codex Reseniani: Sturla Þórðarson as an encyclopaedic writer
Northern World
Sturla Þórðarson, the politician
Northern World
The routledge research companion to the medieval icelandic sagas
The Routledge Research Companion to the Medieval Icelandic Sagas
Introduction
The Routledge Research Companion to the Medieval Icelandic Sagas
Narrating history in Iceland: The works of ari porgilsson
Arkiv for Nordisk Filologi
Space
The Routledge Research Companion to the Medieval Icelandic Sagas
Narrating History in Iceland: The Works of Ari Þorgilsson
2016
Saracen Sensibilities: Muslims and Otherness in Medieval Saga Literature
The Early Kings of Norway, the Issue of Agnatic Succession, and the Settlement of Iceland
2013
From reciprocity to manorialism
Scandinavian Journal of History
Konur og völd í Breiðafirði á miðöldum
2012
Vinland and wishful thinking: Medieval and modem fantasies
Canadian Journal of History
Vinland and Wishful Thinking: Medieval and Modern Fantasies
2011
The Emergence of Norðrlönd in Old Norse Medieval Texts, ca. 1100–1400
2010
State Formation and Pre-Modern Identities in the North: A Synchronic Perspective from the Early 14th Century
Heaven Is a Place on Earth: Church and Sacred Space in Thirteenth-Century Iceland
2009
Images of the North: Histories-Identities-Ideas
The process of state-formation in medieval Iceland
Viator - Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Images of the North
2008
The schism that never was: Old Norse views on Byzantium and Russia
Byzantinoslavica
2007
Hauksbók and the Construction of an Icelandic World View
2005
Austurvegsþóðir og íslensk heimsmynd: Uppgjör við sagnfræðilega goðsögn
2002
«Erindringen om en mægtig Personligned»: Den norsk-islandske historiske tradisjon om harald hårfagre i et kildekritisk perspectiv
Historisk Tidsskrift
1999
Defining a nation: Popular and public identity in the middle ages
Scandinavian Journal of History
Hvers konar þjóð voru Íslendingar á miðöldum?
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