Matthew James Driscoll
Professor
Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics
Emil Holms Kanal 2
2300 København S
ORCID: 0000-0001-9662-1271
Academic qualifications
- 1994: DPhil, University of Oxford; thesis: ‘Sagas attributed to Jón Oddsson Hjaltalín (1749-1835)’.
- 1988: Cand.mag. in Icelandic literature, Háskóli Íslands, Reykjavík.
- 1979: BA (Hons) in English Studies, University of Stirling, Scotland.
Employment
- 2017- : Professor in Old Norse Philology, The Arnamagnæan Institute, Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics, University of Copenhagen.
- 1998-2017: Lektor/Associate Professor (from April 2010 Lektor MSK [‘with special qualifications’]) in Old Norse Philology, The Arnamagnæan Institute, Department of Scandinavian Research, University of Copenhagen; from 2004 to 2015 also Afdelingsleder/Head of Division.
- Sept. 2016-Aug. 2017: Leverhulme Visiting Professor, Ulster University.
- Oct. 2011-April 2012: Professeur invité, Université de Caen Normandie.
- Oct.-Dec. 2006: Gastdozent, Abteilung für Nordische Philologie, Deutsches Seminar, Universität Zürich.
- 1995-1998: Adjunkt/Assistant Professor, The Arnamagnæan Institute, University of Copenhagen.
Education
DPhil (Oxon)
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A new edition of the Fornaldarsögur Norðurlanda: Some basic questions
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What's truth got to do with it? Views on the historicity of the sagas
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The French connection: Some Icelandic translations of French literature in manuscript and print, ca. 1400-1900
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