Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Sprach- und literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultät - Nordeuropa-Institut


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Ela Sefcikova

 

Seit 2021 Promovierende im Fachteil Mediävistik zum Thema „Myth, Mischief and Malice: A Queer Perspective on Loki in Medieval Icelandic Texts“.

 

Forschungsinteressen:

  • Mittelalterliche skandinavische Literatur
  • Queer-Theorie und Poststrukturalismus
  • Medialität und Intertextualität
  • Intersektionalität

 

Curriculum Vitæ
seit 02/2022 Promovierende, Nordeuropa-Institut, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
10/2021–03/2022 Research Track Scholar, Nordeuropa-Institut, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
10/2020–07/2021 MPhil Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, University of Cambridge
10/2016–06/2019 BA Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, University of Cambridge
Publikationen
  • 2021. The Faithful Leading the Wise: Authority and Wisdom in Solomon and Saturn II. Quaestio Insularis 22: 46–64.
  • 2019. The Women of Ljósvetninga saga. Kyngervi 1: 57–74.
Vorträge
04.02.2025 , lygð and slǿgð: Loki in Old Norse Literature. Old Norse Research Seminar, University of Oxford
07.11.2024 Medieval Texts, Modern Approaches: A Queer Reading of Loki in Old Norse Literature. Lecture series, Miðaldastofa Háskóla Íslands. University of Iceland
25.09.2024 Loki und Lóðurr: Identität und Gedächtnis in mittelalterlichen isländischen Texten. 26. Arbeitstagung der Skandinavistik. Bonn
20.09.2024 Theorising Queerness and Queering Theory with\in Old Norse Literature. Oxford-Berlin Graduate Workshop in Old Norse-Icelandic Studies. Berlin
09.11.2023 Mythical Monsters: Loki’s Offspring in the Context of Gender and Emotion. Gender, Emotions and Monstrosity in the Middle Ages Winter School. Tübingen
01.09.2023 Queere Texte, queere Figuren: Abweichende Darstellungen Lokis in mittelalterlichen isländischen Handschriften. 18. Überregionale Promovierendentagung der Skandinavistik. Munich
24.11.2022 The God with No Boundaries: Queering Loki in Old Norse Myth. Aarhus Old Norse Mythology Conference. Prague
11.08.2022 Law, What Is It Good For?. 18th International Saga Conference. Helsinki and Tallinn
Organisierte Veranstaltungen
24–25.10.2024 NECRON Workshop: Publishing, Public Engagement and Politics. Oslo
18–21.09.2024 Oxford-Berlin Graduate Workshop in Old Norse-Icelandic Studies. Berlin
28–29.05.2024 Workshop: Gender in Northern European Literature. Berlin
11–13.04.2024 13th Háskóli Íslands Student Conference on the Medieval North. Reykjavík
27.10.2023 NECRON Workshop: Career Paths Inside and Outside Academia. Online