Title
Associate Professor
Department
Dept of Scandinavian
Faculty URL
http://scandinavian.berkeley.edu/people/jonas-wellendorf/
Research Group
http://berkeley.academia.edu/Wellendorf
Email
wellendorf@berkeley.edu
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Research Expertise and Interest
Old Norse language and literature, Scandinavian mythology, Scandinavian cultural history (Viking Age and Middle ages)
Research Description
Old Norse-Icelandic literature, textual culture and language, Viking and Medieval Scandinavia, medieval understandings of the past, medieval views on language, Old Norse-Icelandic learned literature (including grammatical, theological and mythological literature and literature on poetics), medieval translations, medieval modes of interpretation, the Latin/vernacular interface.