{"id":5922,"date":"2026-10-19T09:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T09:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phd.hi.is\/doktorsvorn\/doktorsvorn-i-norraenni-tru-ingunn-asdisardottir\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T09:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T09:48:11","slug":"doktorsvorn-i-norraenni-tru-ingunn-asdisardottir","status":"publish","type":"phd_defence","link":"https:\/\/phd.hi.is\/en\/doktorsvorn\/doktorsvorn-i-norraenni-tru-ingunn-asdisardottir\/","title":{"rendered":"Doktorsv\u00f6rn \u00ed Norr\u00e6nni tr\u00fa &#8211; Ingunn \u00c1sd\u00edsard\u00f3ttir"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\" property=\"content:encoded\">\n<p><strong>Doktorsefni:<\/strong> Ingunn \u00c1sd\u00edsard\u00f3ttir<\/p>\n<p><strong>Heiti ritger\u00f0ar:<\/strong> J\u00f6tnar \u00ed bl\u00ed\u00f0u og str\u00ed\u00f0u:\u00a0J\u00f6tnar \u00ed fornnorr\u00e6nni go\u00f0afr\u00e6\u00f0i. \u00cdmynd \u00feeirra og hlutverk (e.\u00a0J\u01eaTNAR IN WAR AND PEACE: The J\u01ebtnar in Old Norse Mythology: Their Nature and Function)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Andm\u00e6lendur: <\/strong>Dr.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Thomas DuBois pr\u00f3fessor vi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3lann \u00ed Wisconsin &#8211; Madison og dr. Jens Peter Schj\u00f8dt pr\u00f3fessor vi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3lann \u00ed \u00c1r\u00f3sum.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lei\u00f0beinandi: <\/strong>Dr. Terry Gunnell, pr\u00f3fessor \u00ed \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0fr\u00e6\u00f0i vi\u00f0 F\u00e9lagsv\u00edsindasvi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands<\/p>\n<p><strong>A\u00f0rir \u00ed doktorsnefnd: <\/strong>Dr.\u00a0John Lindow pr\u00f3fessor emeritus \u00ed fornnorr\u00e6num fr\u00e6\u00f0um vi\u00f0 Kaliforn\u00eduh\u00e1sk\u00f3la, Berkeley og dr. \u00c1rmann Jakobsson pr\u00f3fessor \u00ed \u00edslenskum b\u00f3kmenntum fyrri alda vi\u00f0 Hugv\u00edsindasvi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Doktorsv\u00f6rninni st\u00fdrir: <\/strong>Gu\u00f0bj\u00f6rg Vilhj\u00e1lmsd\u00f3ttir pr\u00f3fessor \u00ed n\u00e1ms- starfsr\u00e1\u00f0gj\u00f6f og deildarforseti F\u00e9lags- og mannv\u00edsindadeildar<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00c1grip af ranns\u00f3kn:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Markmi\u00f0 doktorsranns\u00f3knarinnar var a\u00f0 sko\u00f0a 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