Peripheral Humanity
Research team
Arngrímur vídalín
Project leader
Research interests: Monstrosity, dehumanization, medieval racism, medieval literature, history of mentalities
Role within research project:
Principal Investigator.
The proto-racial dehumanization of blámenn and other darker-skinned non-Europeans in medieval Icelandic literature.
Gabriella Rymshaw
Ph.D. student
Research interests: Dehumanization, medieval perceptions of Sami, art history
Role within research project: An art historical approach to address how visual depictions of mythical monsters were conflated with those of the Sami in medieval Scandinavian texts.
M.A.: Viking & Medieval Norse Studies, University of Iceland and University of Oslo. Thesis: The alienation of Finnic populations in medieval Scandinavian historical writing.
B.A.: Art History, Arcadia University.
Julian Menjivar
ph.d. student
Research interests: Medieval lycanthropy, gender studies, monstrosity
Role within research project: The wives of werewolves in Egils saga Skallagrímssonar.
M.A.: Viking & Medieval Norse Studies, University of Iceland
M.Sc.: Medieval Literatures and Cultures, University of Edinburgh
B.A.: English Literature, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Mariateresa esposito
ph.d. student
Research interests: Marmennill, selkona, nykur, hafgýgur
Role within research project: Merepeople in Icelandic folklore, their hybrid nature and their place within and without Icelandic society.
M.A.:
B.A.:
GRÍMA MALFRÍÐUR VÍDALÍN
research assistant / project coordinator
Research interests: Aquatic beings, winged beings, nutritious beings
Role within research project: Serves as whip for project members, organizer of workshops, director of relations, proof-reader, Autonomous Demigod.
M.A.: Human resource management
B.Sc.: Marine biology