Month: December 2020

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Funding of new research project

As of 2021, my new two-year research project "Night and Darkness in the Sagas of Icelanders" will be funded by the Rannsóknasjóður Háskóla Íslands with 1.4 million ÍSK (9.000 EUR).

My previous contributions:

    • "Náttvíg eru morðvíg". Dunkelheit und Nacht in der Egils saga Skallagrímssonar [Nighttime Manslaughter is Murder. Darkness in Night in Egils saga Skallagrímssonar]. In: Sabine Walther et al. (eds.), Res, Artes et Religio. Essays in Honour of Rudolf Simek. Leeds 2020, pp. 461–477.
    • „Dag né nótt" – Hlutverk myrkurs í Egils sögu Skalla-Grímssonar [Day nor Night – The Significance of Darkness in Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar] (Hugvísindaþing 2019, Reykjavík).
    • "Die Nacht ist es, die alles werden lässt." Zur Rolle von Dunkelheit und Nacht in den Isländersagas [Night Gives Birth to Everything. On the role of Darkness and Night in the Sagas of Icelanders] (17. Internationale Saga-Konferenz, Reykjavík).
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Habilitation

As of December 16th 2020, I have officially completed my habilitation at the University of Munich, and have received my venia legendi for the field of "Nordische Philologie" (Scandinavian Studies).

More infos on my habilitation thesis can be found here (German/English).

And some extra information for those interested: "Habilitation is a qualification required in order to conduct self-contained university teaching, and to obtain a professorship in many European countries. … Habilitation is the highest qualification issued through the process of a university examination, and remains a core concept of scholarly careers in these countries. … Once the habilitation thesis (Habilitationsschrift) and all other requirements are completed, the candidate "has habilitated him- or herself" and receives the degree Dr. habil. … A distinct procedure, but a formality after completing the habilitation, is officially receiving the venia legendi, Latin for "permission for lecturing" a specific academic subject at universities for a lifetime." (Wikipedia)