February 2019 – Jan Alexander van Nahl

February 22, 2019December 23, 2019

Hugvísindaþing 2019

Öll velkomin: ég vek athygli á málstofu okkar Torfa H. Tulinius og Anitu Sauckel um "Margræðni í Egils sögu Skalla-Grímssonar og Brennu-Njáls sögu" / "Ambiguity in Egils saga and Njáls saga".

Jan Alexander van Nahl: "Dag né nótt" – Hlutverk myrkurs í Egils sögu Skalla-Grímssonar
Torfi H. Tulinius: Margræð gjöf. Um Einar skálaglamm og hlutverk hans í Egils sögu
Anita Sauckel: "Tala þeir lengi hljótt" – Leynifundir í Brennu-Njáls sögu

Föstudagur 8. mars, kl. 13.15, Árnagarði 310, Sturlugötu 1, 101 Reykjavík/ Friday, March 8th, 1:15pm, Árnagarður 310.

February 17, 2019December 23, 2019

Dialectologia et Geolinguistica

The latest issue (2018) of the Journal of the International Society for Dialectology and Geolinguistics has just been sent out! Our 2019 issue is already packed with articles, but submissions for 2020 are highly welcome!

https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/dialect.2018.26.issue-1/issue-files/dialect.2018.26.issue-1.xml

February 5, 2019December 23, 2019

Professional Development

Námskeið: Íslenska í daglegu starfi.

Efnistök

• Markmið og einkenni texta.
• Rétt mál og rangt, gott mál og vont.
• Tölvupóstur, innri vefir og aðrir miðlar.

Kennari: Sigurður Konráðsson, prófessor í íslenskri málfræði

A few words about me …

My name is Jan Alexander van Nahl, and I am from Germany. I visited Iceland for the first time in 2004, and moved here in 2014. From 2019 to 2021, I was an assistant professor (Lektor) in medieval Icelandic literature at the Háskóli Íslands. Since 2021, I have been an associate professor (Dósent). My previous studies at the universities of Bonn, Uppsala and Munich encompassed Medieval and Modern Scandinavian Studies, Cultural Geography, and Archaeology. I defended my doctoral dissertation in 2012, published my first book in 2013, and completed my habilitation (venia legendi) in 2020. Since 2021, I have been a full member of the Academy of Sciences and Letters in Agder, Norway.

Obviously, I am interested in medieval literature, culture and mentality, but likewise in the question of why we are doing things the way we are doing them, i.e., in reception and effective histories. I like traveling, translating, philosophising, mountain (b/h)iking, drawing, and graphic novels, among many other things. I am also a full member of the Icelandic Search & Rescue service.