About

I am a medievalist researching the Nordic Middle Ages. A special focus is on East Norse literature, especially historiography. Furthermore, I am interested in the reception of the Nordic Middle Ages in literature, movies/series and comics (especially manga and anime).

Education

University of Cologne (2003-2013): Scandinavian Studies, History, Prehistory

University of Uppsala (2006): Scandinavian Languages, History

 

Advanced educational training (Workshops)

  • Gamification for university courses

  • Activating and collaborative methods in synchronous courses

  • Blended Learning

  • Mural

  • H5P

  • Designing E-Courses

  • ABC-Learning Design




Other Publications

Editorial work

together with Elena Brandenburg: Three Crowns and Eleven Tears. East Norse Philologie from Cologne. Copenhagen: Syddansk Universitetsforlag, 2022 (= Selskab for østnordisk filologi, nr. 4/Universitets-Jubilæets danske Samfund, nr. 605).

Articles



JOINT LEARNING IN NORTHERN EUROPEAN STUDIES J O L N E S: GEMEINSAM STARK, GEMEINSAM DIGITAL, in: Von A bis Å 4 (2022), p. 34f. https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/117632905/Von_A_bis_%C3%85_Ausgabe_04_SoSe_22.pdf

Spotlight on the Periphery – the Marginalia in Codex AM 899 4to. In: Anja Ute Blode and Elena Brandenburg (eds.): Three Crowns and Eleven Tears. East Norse Philologie from Cologne. Kopenhagen: Syddansk Universitetsforlag, 2022 (= Selskab for østnordisk filologi, nr. 4/Universitets-Jubilæets danske Samfund, nr. 605), p. 177-204.

together with Elena Brandenburg:Three Crowns and Eleven Tears. In: Anja Ute Blode and Elena Brandenburg (eds.): Three Crowns and Eleven Tears. East Norse Philologie from Cologne. Copenhagen: Syddansk Universitetsforlag, 2022 (= Selskab for østnordisk filologi, nr. 4/Universitets-Jubilæets danske Samfund, nr. 605), p. 11-12.

Lothbroki, filius Siward Ring – Ragnar Loðbrók und seine Söhne in der dänischen Historiographie”, in: Dörthe Horstschäfer, Stephan Michael Schröder & Päivi Toivio-Kochs (Hg.): Verbinden – verknüpfen – vermitteln. Festschrift für Marja Järventausta. Berlin: Nordeuropa-Institut, 2022 (= Berliner Beiträge zur Skandinavistik; 33), p. 233-247.

“Wiederentdeckte Texte des 13. Jahrhunderts: ‘Neues’ aus Ny Kgl. Saml. 606 8vo”, in: Skovgaard Boeck, Simon und Seán D. Vrieland (Hg.): A Copenhagen Miscellany. Studies in East Norse Philology.  Syddansk Universitetsforlag: Odense, 2019 (= Selskab for Østnordisk Filologi; 3), p. 47-78. (peer-reviewed)

“Of Lice and Men”: A Comparison of the King Snio Episode in the Annales Ryenses, in: Beyond the Piraeus Lion. East Norse Studies from Venice, hg. v. Jonathan Adams und Massimiliano Bampi (Selskab for østnordisk filologi 2; Universitets-Jubilæets danske Samfunds Skriftserie 594) Kopenhagen 2017, p. 153-170. (peer-reviewed)

Kurzberichte vom International Medieval Congress 2017 und 2018 in Leeds, https://mittelalter.hypotheses.org/10643 (12.07.2017), https://mittelalter.hypotheses.org/12828, (11.07.2018)

Interview for “Portal Kleine Fächer”

Course Presentation by Digitale Lehre Uni Köln Multimediastories (January 2021): Internationaler Dauerbrenner: j o l n e s – Joint Learning in Northern European Studies

Abstract: Die Edda neu erzählt von Þorleifur Örn Arnarsson und Mikael Torfason – Gastspiel in Berlin, in: ISLAND (2-2029), p. 79.

Datenbanken und Websites/Databases and websites

Anja Ute Blode, Nina Kühnle, Dominik Waßenhoven, Leitfaden für das Studium der Mittelalterlichen Geschichte, in: http://www.historicum-estudies.net/etutorials/leitfaden-mittelalter/ (12.11.2018)

Northern European Studies – and then what? – A video series on career prospects by j o l n e s (together with Anne-Katrin Heinen)

Video Testimonials for our IVAC-Courses (transnational hybrid Co-teaching):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9WxNxhWczY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzJFht0TVSk

Aesthetics of Norse Mythology: A transnational hybrid seminar (two videos): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haUR0X7Pf9o and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJDv3Okn9i4

Rezensionen/Reviews

Powers of Darkness: The Lost Version of Dracula, in: norrøna. Zeitschrift für Kultur, Geschichte und Politik der nordischen Länder, https://norroena.hypotheses.org/1182
(12.11.2018)

Olle Ferm et. al. (Hg.): The Eufemiavisor and Courtly Culture. Time, Texts and Cultural Transfer. Papers from a Symposium in Stockholm 11-13 October 2012, in: European Journal of Scandinavian Studies, Band 48, Heft 2, S. 319–326, https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ejss.2018.48.issue-2/ejss-2018-0024/ejss-2018-0024.xml (12.11.2018)

GlerAkur. The Mountains are beautiful now, in: ISLAND (1/2-2018), p. 58-59.

Bram Stoker und Valdimar Ámundsson: Power of Darkness: The Lost of Version of Dracula, in: ISLAND (1/2-2018 2018), p. 53-54.

Die Edda, neu erzählt von Þorleifur Örn Arnarsson und Mikael Torfason, in: ISLAND (1/2-2018 2018), p. 67-68.

Heike Ulrich: Jenseits des Nordlichts, Annuntation Dominin, in: ISLAND (2-2019), p. 60-61.

Tom Shippey: Laughing Shall I Die. Lives and Deaths of the Great Vikings. London, 2018, in: European Journal of Scandinavian Studies, Band 50, Heft 1, S. 232-239.

Von Walhall nach Náströnd: Zwei Comics mit Geschichten aus der Edda, in: ISLAND (1-2020), p. 74-79.

Grayson del Faro, The Sagas and Shit. Icelandic literature crudely abridged. Illustrated by Elín Elísabet Einarsdóttir, Reykjavík 2019, in: norrøna. Zeitschrift für Kultur, Geschichte und Politik der nordischen Länder (12.07.2020).

Blog Posts

Upcoming Talks and Conferences

May 2022

2022/05/4-6: Course Symposium in Cologne “Making Myth Visible. Aesthetics of Norse Mythology National Romanticism and contemporary Reception”

August 2022

2022/08 (SagaConference): ‚Bloodshed on Holy Ground‘ – Canute the Great and the Murder of Ulf Jarl in East Norse Sources

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