Dr Lisa Collinson

Network Facilitator

 

Personal Details

Telephone:

+44 (0)1224 272739

E-mail:

l.a.collinson@abdn.ac.uk

Address:

EIG4, 24 High St, Old Aberdeen

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Biography

PhD: Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic (University of Cambridge)

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Research Interests

Medieval literary and cultural history (Scandinavia and the British Isles)

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Current Research

Co-ordinator: Medieval Nordic Laws

Translator: Medieval 'Christian Laws' of Eastern Norway

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Teaching Responsibilities

2011-12

CE 301Q Back in the Viking Homelands; HI 1020 Vikings! (occasional)

2010-11

CE 1532 Celtic Scotland (co-ordinator/lecturer)

2009-10

CU 5510 Trolls, Druids, and the Walking Dead           (co-ordinator / lecturer / tutor)

CE 3085/4085 Tales of Vengeance and Enchantment: Medieval Irish Sagas (co-ordinator / lecturer / tutor)

HI 1018 Vikings! (tutor)

2008-9

Tutor: Vikings; Romans, Celts, Druids, Warriors; Celtic Scotland; Renaissance and Reformations; Europe in the Twentieth Century

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Hamlet: Media / Public Engagement (Select)

Media: BBC (Weekly World News Quiz), Guardian, The Times (Scotland), The Times of India, Politiken and Politiken (Helge), Irish Independent, Irish Times.com, CBS News.com, pravda.ru

Public Lecture: ‘Who is Hamlet? or What’s in a Wounded Name?’ Word Festival (2011)

 

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Hamlet Etymology: Links

'A New Etymology for Hamlet? The Names Amlethus, Amloði and Admlithi', Review of English Studies (2011), 675-94
 
Abstract:
http://res.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/hgr008?
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Full Text:
http://res.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/hgr008?
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PDF:
http://res.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/hgr008?
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Publications

  • Collinson, LA. A New Etymology for Hamlet?, Article, 2011, Review of English Studies, ISSN/ISBN: 0034-6551

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Centre for Scandinavian Studies
24 High St
King's College
Aberdeen, AB24 3EB