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Department of Icelandic Language & Literature

Sverrir Jakobsson – Harald the Severe

Araltes the Varangian On Tuesday April 2nd at 11:30 AM CDT Sverrir Jakobsson, professor of history at the University of Iceland, will join the students of the Department of Icelandic Language & Literature via Zoom to discuss the end of the Viking Age and its representation in medieval Icelandic literature. The starting point will be the life of Harald the Severe who came to be… Read More »Sverrir Jakobsson – Harald the Severe

ICEL 3330: Sagas in Translation

University of Manitoba Course Winter 2024 The Icelandic sagas tell stories of outlaws, blood feuds, and epic Viking battles. They also contain evidence of Norse pagan practices, the arrival of Christianity in Northern Europe, as well as the earliest documented contact between Europeans and North America’s Indigenous peoples. In this course, students will explore numerous Icelandic sagas through a variety of literary, historical, and cultural… Read More »ICEL 3330: Sagas in Translation