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Culture

2021.08.20

Norwegian Minister Visits the Arnamagnæan Collection

The Arnamagnæan Institute received a visit from Norway’s Minister of Culture and Equality Abid Raja on Monday, 16 August. The minister was accompanied by a delegation from the Norwegian Ministry of Culture and Equality…

2019.03.22

A New Discovery in the Arnamagnæan Collection

Recently, a major discovery was made, when one of the manuscripts in the collection, AM 377 fol., an enormous codex of nearly 2000 pages, was identified as being one of the volumes of indices prepared in the library of…

Research

2019.02.21

New Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellow at the Arnamagnæan Institute

The Irish scholar Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh has been awarded a Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellowship.

2019.02.01

Summer School Registration

The Arnamagnæan Institute is pleased to announce that the next edition of the Summer School in Scandinavian Manuscript Studies will take place at the Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics, University of…

Danish history

2019.01.08

HRH Prince Joachim films documentary at the Arnamagnæan Institute

In November last year, HRH Prince Joachim, younger son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, visited the Arnamagnæan Institute while filming a new documentary series that will be broadcast on Danish television in the autumn…

2018.12.03

Guðmundar Saga B Released

Part 2 of Guðmundar sögur biskups (Sagas of the Bishop Gudmund) has just been published in Editiones Arnamagnæanæ. The edition, which was started by Stefán Karlsson, who died before he could complete the work, was…

2018.11.19

Annette Lassen awarded Research Prize for 2018

Annette Lassen, associate professor at the University of Copenhagen, is to be awarded the Einar Hansen Research Foundation’s Research Prize for 2018 for her research in the literature of medieval Iceland and its…

2018.11.19

Matthew Driscoll awarded Honorary Prize for 2018

Matthew Driscoll, Professor of Old Norse Philology at the University of Copenhagen, is to be awarded the Einar Hansen Research Foundation’s Honorary Prize for 2018 in recognition of his pioneering work in the field of…

Digitisation

2018.11.09

Images of Manuscripts in NorS Digital Collections

In addition to the Arnamagnæan Manuscript Collection, the Arnamagnæan Institute also holds one of the biggest archives of photographs of Nordic manuscripts in the World, a total of 1,2 million photographs of manuscripts…

2018.09.06

Materiality of Manuscripts

“Materiality of Manuscripts”: Call for Papers for sponsored sessions at the International Medieval Congress 2019, 1-4 July 2019, University of Leeds, UK. Sponsor: Arnamagnæan Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark…

Summer School

2018.07.31

Summer School in Scandinavian Manuscript Studies

The Arnamagnæan Institute organises an annual summer school in manuscript studies in cooperation with the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies in Reykjavík and the National and University Library of Iceland. I…

Cultural Heritage

2018.07.06

Priceless manuscripts on loan to Iceland

Yesterday two manuscripts from the Arnamagnæan Manuscript Collection were flown to Iceland, where they will be on display in the exhibition Lífsblómið - Fullveldi Íslands í 100 ár (Blossoming - Iceland’s 100 Years as a…

Networking

2017.11.02

Network of Early Career Researchers in Old Norse

Over forty young researchers participated in the inaugural workshop of NECRON (the Network of Early Career Researchers in Old Norse) held at the Institute of Nordic Studies and Linguistics on the 21-22.10.2017.

Institutfusion

2017.07.03

INSS merges with NFI under new acronym: NorS

From 1 September 2017 the Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics (INSS) merges with the Department of Nordic Research (NFI) under the name Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics (NorS).

Free books

2017.06.13

Book clearance at the Department of Nordic Research

At the Department of Nordic Research we need to make room in our storage facilities and we are giving away many of our older publications for free!

Call for papers

2017.05.18

Call for papers: Care and conservation 17

Care and conservation of manuscripts - international seminars held at the Arnamagnæan Institute, Department of Nordic Research, University of Copenhagen

A new discovery

2017.05.03

A sensational discovery: Fragment of lost Norwegian royal charter from circa 1205 rediscovered in old book cover

A unique parchment fragment was recently discovered at The Arnamagnæan Institute.

New publication

2017.04.26

Mirrors of virtue: Manuscript and print in late pre-modern Iceland

Margrét Eggertsdóttir and Matthew James Driscoll (eds.): Mirrors of virtue. Manuscript and print in late pre-modern Iceland. Bibliotheca Arnamagnæana XLIX. Opuscula XV. 2017. Museum Tusculanums Press. Pre-modern Icelan…

Jobs at UCPH

2016.11.30

Postdoctoral positions in Human Language Technology and Computational Linguistics

The Department of Nordic Research, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark, invites applications for two 2-year postdoctoral positions in Human Language Technology and Computational Linguistics t…

2016.05.03

External lectureships in Natural Language Processing and Cognitive Science

The Department of Nordic Research invites applications for one–year external lectureships (with possibility of extension) in Natural Language Processing and Cognitive Science to be filled by 1 September.

2016.04.18

Proceedings from Care and conservation of manuscripts 15

The proceedings from the 15th international seminar on the care and conservation of manuscripts is now available in print.

2015.11.07

Registration for Care and Conservation of Manuscripts 16 is now open

The dead-line for registration is 18 March 2016. See the seminar website for more information.

2015.05.19

Tenure-track assistant professorship in Old Norse philology

The Department of Nordic Research invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professorship in Old Norse Philology. Start date 1 January 2016. Application deadline 3 August 2015. View detailed info at the…

2014.02.17

Michael Toth presents the Sinai Palimpsests Project

Nordisk Forskningsinstitut, KUA 27.2.23. Monday 24 February 2014. 13.00-14.00. On Monday, 24 February 2014, Michael Toth, one of the world’s leading authorities on digital imaging, will give a presentation of the Sina…

2013.10.17

Care and Conservation 15 open for registration

Registration is closed. See the seminar website for more details

2013.02.08

Training school in codicology, Berlin, 29 April - 3 May 2013

Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, 29 April - 3 May 2013 A five-day intensive training school in codicology organised under the auspices of COST Action IS 1005, 'Medioevo Europeo: Medieval Studies and Technological Resources'.…

2013.01.20

Viking and Medieval Studies in Copenhagen - video introduction

The two-year Nordic Master’s Programme offers an interdisciplinary approach to Viking and Medieval Scandinavia by drawing on expertise at four different Nordic universities and associated research institutes. The…

2012.11.06

21 PhD scholarships at the Faculty of Humanities

The Faculty of Humanities at the University of Copenhagen is inviting applications for 21 PhD scholarships starting 1 September 2013. Application deadline: 15 November 2012.

2012.05.11

Care and Conservation 14 registration is now closed

The registration for the 14th seminar closed on the 21st of September. Visit the seminar website.

2012.01.23

Postdoctoral position in Fornaldarsaga studies

The Department of Scandinavian Research invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral position in Fornaldarsaga studies.

2011.11.21

Care and conservation of manuscripts - call for papers

Call for papers for the 14th international seminar on the care and conservation of manuscripts Copenhagen, 17-19 October 2012.

2011.05.01

PhD scholarship in Fornaldarsaga studies

Applications are invited for a three-year PhD scholarship in connexion with the research project Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur. The successful candidate will be affiliated with the Department of…

2011.01.18

Reading and writing from below: Call for research proposals

The research project Reading and writing from below: Toward a new social history of literacy in the Nordic sphere during the long nineteenth century, invites applications for funding. Deadline for proposals is 15 March…

2011.01.06

Eighth International Summer School in Manuscript Studies

Applications are invited for this year's summer school in manuscript studies, taking place in Reykjavík.

2010.12.02

PhD scholarship in Fornaldarsaga studies

Applications are invited for a three-year PhD fellowship in connexion with the research project Stories for all times: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur. Closing date for applications: 7 January 2011 at 12 noon.

2010.11.09

Care and Conservation 13 open for registration

Care and Conservation 13 is now open for registration. See the seminar website for further details.

2010.09.08

47 participated in the Summer School in Manuscript Studies

This year, there were 47 participants from 17 countries, with the largest number coming from Germany, Great Britain and the United States.

2010.08.12

Summer School in Manuscript Studies has started

The 8-day intensive course in medieval and early-modern Scandinavian manuscript studies has now started.

2010.06.04

Care and Conservation 13: Call for papers

Papers are invited on various subjects related to the care and conservation of manuscripts in the widest sense. The 13th international seminar takes place from 13th – 15th April 2011.

2009.10.08

Care and Conservation 12 - Registration is now closed

Registration for Care and Conservation of Manuscripts 12 is now closed but anyone wishing to hear one or more lectures is welcome to attend those sessions.