The 15th Francis Lee Utley Lecture will feature Dr. Stephen Mitchell, Robert S. and Ilse Friend Professor of Scandinavian and Folklore at Harvard University.
Abstract and more information coming soon.
This event is free, open to the public and welcoming to all. Co-hosted by the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, the Center for Folklore Studies and the OSU Humanities Institute.
Stephen A. Mitchell's research centers on the Nordic world in the medieval and early modern periods, and employs a variety of interdisciplinary approaches, including performance theory, memory studies, anthropological linguistics, and other folklore-centered perspectives. He is a former Master of Eliot House (1991-2000) and, together with colleagues from the University of Aarhus and Moesgaard Museum, Denmark, he annually teaches in and directs Harvard’s Viking Studies Program in Scandinavia, featured in USA Today as one of the nation’s most unique study abroad programs.A frequent award recipient, Mitchell is the author of many publications, his most recent being Old Norse Folklore: Tradition, Innovation, and Performance in Medieval Scandinavia from Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2023.
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