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).