Svea Lodge # 348 Special Event
From the University of California Scandinavian Studies Department

Renowned Professor Jonas Wellendorf

Viking Old Norse Philology and Runes Lecture

Friday, March 21, 2014

What: The Language of the Vikings–Old Norse Philology and Runes Lecture and Presentation

When: 7:00 PM, Friday, March 21, 2014

Where: San Jose Odd Fellows Hall at 1035 Emory Street in San Jose, California 95126

About University of California at Berkeley Scandinavian Studies Professor Jonas Wellendorf

Professor Wellendorf earned his Ph.D. from the University of Bergen in Old Norse Philology. Research interests are in Old Norse-Icelandic literature, textual culture and language, as well as 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, and the Latin/vernacular interface in the North.

BOOKS
Kristelig visionslitteratur i norrøn tradition [Christian Vision Literature in Old Norse Tradition]
Publisher: Novus Forlag Publication Date: 2009

Fjǫld veit hon frœða: Utvalde arbeid av Else Mundal [Fjǫld veit hon frœða: Selected papers by Else Mundal]
Publisher: Novus forlag Publication Date: 2012

Oral Art Forms and their Passage into Writing
Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press Publication Date: 2008