On Medieval Trolls in Marginal Art

A lecture by Aðalheiður Guðmundsdóttir, Professor in Medieval Icelandic Literature at the University of Iceland

Time and venue: November 7th, 2016, 18:15, Uppsala university, Campus Engelska parken, room 16-2041

About Aðalheiður

Aðalheiður Guðmundsdóttir's research interests focus on Old Norse literature, manuscript studies, fornaldarsögur Norðurlanda, folk tales, ballads and rímur. Her publications include the monographs Úlfhams saga, 2001, and Strengleikar, 2006, as well as numerous articles, the most recent being “ Gunnarr Gjúkason and images of snake-pits ” in Bilddenkmäler zur germanischen Götter- und Heldensage,  2015, and “ Strengleikar  in Iceland ”  in Rittersagas: Übersetzung, Überlieferung, Transmission , 2014.