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Nordvig, Mathias

Teaching Assistant Professor

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Research

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  • I work with pre-Christian Scandinavian mythology and religion (Old Norse or Viking Age mythology and religion). I take an interest in the oral background to the medieval Icelandic literature, its ecological context, and contemporary applications such as Neo-paganism and the use of the Scandinavian past in politics. I also research Scandinavian witchcraft and occultism.

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  • Norse, Old Norse, Vikings, Viking Age, Norse Mythology, Old Norse Mythology, Scandinavian mythology, Nordic mythology, medieval Scandinavia, medieval Norway, medieval Iceland, pre-Christian Scandinavian religion

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Teaching

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  • DANE 1010 - Beginning Danish 1-DILS
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2018
    Provides practical, communicative language skills for use in a variety of situations. Examines basic language structure and grammatical forms. Introduces students to Danish history and contemporary culture and society.
  • DANE 1020 - Beginning Danish II-DILS
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2019
    Provides practical, communicative language skills for use in a variety of situations. Examines basic language structure and grammatical forms. Introduces students to Danish history and contemporary culture and society. Department enforce prerequisite: DANE 1010 (min grade C-).
  • DANE 2010 - Intermediate Danish I - DILS
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2019
    Building on the skills that the students have acquired in Beginners Danish I-II, this course offers additional reading, writing, speaking and verbal comprehension. Students will learn to conduct business at a government office, talk about holidays and festivals and discuss conservation and environmental protection. They will read and write small texts, becoming exposed to differences between written and spoken Danish.
  • DANE 2020 - Intermediate Danish II - DILS
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Spring 2020
    Offers extensive reading, writing, speaking and verbal comprehension skills in Danish. The students will discuss Danish history, cultural differences and stereotypes, politics, social groups, learn how to write letters and email in Danish, read short texts and write short essays on the above topics.
  • IAFS 3631 - Arctic Society and Culture
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Spring 2019 / Spring 2020 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2022 / Fall 2023 / Fall 2024
    Investigates representations of the Arctic in literature, art, cinema, media and scientific, and geographical writing over the past century and a half, spanning material from North America, Britain, continental Europe and the Nordic region. Interpretive approaches include ecocriticism; post-colonialism; literary studies; indigenous studies; visual, film and media theory; Cold War studies. Same as SCAN 3631.
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