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- Associate Professor
- SELCS
- Faculty of Arts & Humanities
I received my doctorate in Old Norse-Icelandic Literature in 2010 from the University of Oxford. I also hold an MA in Medieval Studies from the University of York and a BA(Hons) in English Literature and French Studies from the University of Winnipeg. After completing my doctorate I lectured in medieval languages and literature for two years at the University of Oxford before taking up a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Toronto. I joined UCL as Lecturer in Old Norse Language and Literature in September 2013.




My current research explores the cultural repercussions of the Norman Conquest of England in
Scandinavian literature. I am particularly interested in the ways in which
Scandinavian writers continued to explore their relationship with England after
the Battle of Stamford Bridge and the Norman Conquest. My work for this project
encompasses skaldic verse, the historical and political sagas, and Old Norse
translations of Anglo-Norman romance.
My doctoral thesis examined the social functions
of commemorative skaldic verse during the Viking age and has since been published as Poetics of Commemoration: Skaldic Verse and Social Memory, c. 890-1070 (Oxford University Press, 2015). In this book I
trace the evolution of commemorative poetry from its roots
in the disparate kingdoms of pre-Christian Scandinavia through to its
emergence
as a highly crafted, Christian art form in the eleventh century. I argue
that that poetic
commemoration played a key role in the construction of a shared history
and
identity for members of the elite, courtly communities of early medieval
Scandinavia.
I teach a number of modules on Old Norse language and literature for undergraduate and postgraduate students. I also contribute to modules on Scandinavian literature and history, medieval literature, and poetry.
01-AUG-2018 | Associate Professor | Scandinavian Studies (SELCS) | UCL, United Kingdom |
01-SEP-2016 | Head of Department | Department of Scandinavian Studies | University College London, United Kingdom |
01-SEP-2013 | Lecturer in Old Norse Language and Literature | Department of Scandinavian Studies | University College London, United Kingdom |
01-SEP-2012 – 31-AUG-2013 | Banting Postdoctoral Research Fellow | Centre for Medieval Studies | University of Toronto, Canada |
01-JAN-2012 – 31-DEC-2012 | Stipendiary Lecturer in Medieval Literature | St Anne's College | University of Oxford, United Kingdom |
01-JAN-2011 – 31-DEC-2011 | Stipendiary Lecturer in Medieval Literature | Lady Margaret Hall | University of Oxford, United Kingdom |
01-OCT-2010 – 30-JUN-2012 | Retained Lecturer in Old English | Magdalen College | University of Oxford, United Kingdom |
01-OCT-2010 – 31-DEC-2010 | Retained Lecturer in Medieval Literature | Wadham College | University of Oxford, United Kingdom |
01-OCT-2010 – 31-DEC-2010 | Retained Lecturer in Old Norse Language and Literature | Faculty of English Language and Literature | University of Oxford, United Kingdom |