Matthew James Driscoll

Matthew James Driscoll

Professor

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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