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Torfi Tulinius - Professor
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Hugvísindasvið
Torfi Tulinius
Íslenska
Professor
of Medieval Icelandic Studies
Location
Edda
Phone
525 - 4562
Email
tht [at] hi.is
Unit
Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4659-4478
Research portal – Torfi Tulinius
Courses 2024 - 2025
MIS701F - The Old Norse-Icelandic Literary Corpus – Overview and Main Questions
MIS701M - Literature and Psychoanalysis. From Medieval Romance and Saga to the Modern Novel
Education
1992
,
Ph.D.
,
Université Paris IV Sorbonne
,
1986
,
DEA
,
Université Paris IV Sorbonne
,
DEA d’Études scandinaves
1985
,
,
Université Lyon II
,
Medieval literature
1983
,
BA
,
University of Iceland
,
French and Icelandic
1982
,
B.Ed.
,
Iceland Institute of Education
,
Education
1976
,
Stúdentspróf
,
Hamrahlid Comprehensive College
,
Professional Experience
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From professor of French (mainly literature) at the University of Iceland,
From professor of French (mainly literature) at the University of Iceland
2009 -
2009,
From of Medieval Icelandic Studies at the University of Iceland,
From of Medieval Icelandic Studies at the University of Iceland
2007 -
2007,
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2006 -
2006,
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2006 -
2006,
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2003 -
2005,
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2003 -
2003,
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1992 -
2002,
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2002 -
2002,
From of French and Medieval Literature at the University of Iceland,
From of French and Medieval Literature at the University of Iceland
1998 -
2001,
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1999 -
2001,
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2000 -
2001,
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1993 -
2001,
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1997 -
2001,
for foreign tourists in the interior of Iceland. (Hiking and camping,
for foreign tourists in the interior of Iceland. (Hiking and camping
1997 -
1998,
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1996 -
1997,
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1992 -
1995,
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1990 -
1993,
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1989 -
1992,
From professor of French at the University of Iceland,
From professor of French at the University of Iceland
1988 -
1989,
From interpreter French-English-Icelandic,
From interpreter French-English-Icelandic
1979 -
1988,
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1981 -
1981,
From translator and interpreter for the Icelandic Ministry of Justice,
From translator and interpreter for the Icelandic Ministry of Justice
Published works
2023
Les sagas islandaises : enjeux et perspectives
Egils saga
2021
Je est un Autre. Le Groenland dans l‘imaginaire des Islandais du Moyen Âge
Etudes Germaniques
Dr. Hermann Pálsson
Andvari
Til móts við dauðann í Brennu-Njáls sögu
Ritið
Introduction
Nýtt þekkingarsvið
Ritið
Tengslaröskun og tilfinningakapítalismi. Um kynlíf, nánd og sambandsleysi í skáldsögum Michel Houellebecq
Ritið
Nýtt þekkingarsvið
Ritið
2020
Sujeto y heroicidad en las sagas islandesas
Temas Medievales
The Medieval Subject and the Saga Hero
Legitimation and its problems
Time and Space
2019
Le personnage de saga et le sujet médiéval
Etudes Germaniques
Milli skriptanna, spengr af gulli. On the Conversion of Gold and other Valuables in Sagas and Skaldic Poetry
Skrásetning og stjórnun lands og lýðs. Um Landnámuritun og goðamenningu
2018
II
I
The Social Conditions for Literary Practice in Snorri‘s Lifetime
2017
Honour, sagas and trauma. Reflections on literature and violence in 13th century Iceland
'Á Kálfskinni'
European Journal of Scandinavian Studies
Skaði kennir mér minni minn. On The Relationship Between Trauma, Memory, Revenge and the Medium of Poetry
Beiträge zur Nordischen Philologie 59
From ‚Ísland‘ to ‚Eyland‘. Islands and Identity in Medieval Iceland
2016
Hvers Manns Gagn. Hrafn Sveinbjarnarson and the Social Role of Icelandic Chieftains around 1200
Saga-Book
Fræðinæmi
The career construction interview and literary analysis
Journal of Vocational Behavior
2015
Egil the viking poet
Seeking Death in Njáls saga
Islandica
The construction of Egil’s Saga
2014
Bjartur et les fleurs. Marxisme et folklore dans Gens indépendants
L‘Atelier du Roman
Deconstructing Snorri. Narrative Structure and Heroism in Eyrbyggja saga
Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde
VII. Le roi Alexandre dans l’espace scandinave
2013
Dating Eyrbyggja Saga. The Value of Circumstantial Evidence for Determining the Time of Composition of Sagas about Early Icelanders
Returning Fathers. Sagas, Novels, and the Uncanny
Scandinavian-Canadian Studies.
Writing Strategies. Romance and the Creation of a New Genre in Medieval Iceland
2012
Snorri Sturluson
Skáldskapur um veruleikann
Aðfaraorð ritstjóra
Les écrivains islandais et la France
2011
D'origine étrangère? Arnaldur indridason et le roman policier en islande
Etudes Germaniques
Grettir and Bjartur: Realism and the supernatural in medieval and modern Icelandic literature
Scandinavian-Canadian Studies.
Enquêtes chamanes
Revenants in Medieval Icelandic Literature
Caietele Echinox
2010
Présentation de la Saga de Sverrir
Uavhængighet, kultur og forandring. Er Islands økonomiske katastrofe i 2008 et tegn på at islendingene bør revurdere synet på sin plass i verden?
How should we think about Iceland's relationship to Europe in the Middle Ages
Snorri Sturluson
2009
The Sagas and Public Space
Studi Medievali e Moderni. Arte letteratura storia
Hamlet í Helgafellssveit. Samræður um samræður við söguöld
Pierre Bourdieu and Snorri Sturluson. Chieftains, Sociology and the Development of Literature in Medieval Iceland
Ærið gott gömlum og feigum.‘ Seeking death in Njáls saga
The Self as Other. Iceland and Christian Europe in the Middle Ages
Gripla
Snorri et Bourdieu: vers une sociologie de la production littéraire en Islande médiévale?
The Conversion of Sonatorrek
Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde
Tales of two subjects
Journal of Vocational Behavior
2008
Af jarðarinnar hálfu
Pétur Gunnarsson og list skaldsögunnar
Galdrar og samfélag í aldanna rás
Erich Auerbach. Brautryðjandi í bókmenntarannsóknum
Sagas of Icelandic Prehistory (fornaldarsögur)
2007
Les réalistes français traduits en Islande
Studia Romanica Upsaliensia
Political Echoes: Reading Eyrbyggja Saga in Light of Contemporary Conflicts
Medieval Texts and Cultures of Northern Europe
2006
Is Snorri goði an Icelandic Hamlet? On Dead Fathers and Problematic Chieftainship in Eyrbyggja saga
Pluie de sang et procès des morts. Le fantastique dans la Saga de Snorri le godi
Le phénomène Houellebecq
Interrogating genre in the fornaldarsögur
Viking and Medieval Scandinavia
Interrogating genre in the fornaldarsögur
Viking and Medieval Scandinavia
Les Islandais ont-ils cru à leurs mythes?
Europe
Hlutverk goðorðsmannsins. Eyrbyggja saga sem hugarsmíð frá 13. öld
Ritið
Um Goðamenningu Gunnars Karlssonar
2005
Rewriting the contemporary sagas. How several modern novelists use Sturlunga saga
The Westfjords
Archaeologia Islandica
La conversion du viking: l'image du guerrier païen dans les sagas islandaises
Les Vikings, premiers Européens VIIIe-XIe siècles, Mémoire/Histoire
Political Exegesis or Personal Expression? The Problem of Egils saga
Snorri og hans slægt i moderne nordisk litteratur
2003
Ársrit Sögufélags Ísfirðinga
Ársrit Sögufélags Ísfirðinga
Ársrit Sögufélags Ísfirðinga
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