Popular Romance in late pre-modern Iceland

In brief

Date - 10 October 2023

Venue - Seminar Room 1, Chrystal Macmillan Building

Guest speaker - Professor Matthew Driscoll (Arnamagnæan Institute, University of Copenhagen)

Title - 'Popular Romance in late pre-modern Iceland'

About the speaker

Professor Matthew Driscoll is Professor of Old Norse Philology at the Arnamagnæn Institiute at the University of Copenhagen. He is a leading authority on Icelandic manuscript studies and the application of digital humanities in manuscript studies. He currently leads the Book of Books Project at the University of Copenhagen. 

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This event is hosted as a joint collaboration between Celtic and Scottish Studies and Scandinavian Studies.

Image credit: Suzanne Reitz

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