{"id":6049,"date":"2026-10-19T09:48:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T09:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phd.hi.is\/doktorsvorn\/doktorsvorn-vid-sagnfraedi-og-heimspekideild-runar-leifsson\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T09:48:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T09:48:24","slug":"doktorsvorn-vid-sagnfraedi-og-heimspekideild-runar-leifsson","status":"publish","type":"phd_defence","link":"https:\/\/phd.hi.is\/en\/doktorsvorn\/doktorsvorn-vid-sagnfraedi-og-heimspekideild-runar-leifsson\/","title":{"rendered":"Doktorsv\u00f6rn vi\u00f0 Sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0i- og heimspekideild: R\u00fanar Leifsson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\" property=\"content:encoded\">\n<p>\u00deri\u00f0judaginn 29. ma\u00ed n\u00e6stkomandi fer fram doktorsv\u00f6rn vi\u00f0 Sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0i- og heimspekideild H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands. \u00de\u00e1 ver R\u00fanar Leifsson doktorsritger\u00f0 s\u00edna \u00ed fornleifafr\u00e6\u00f0i sem nefnist Ritual Animal Killing and Burial Customs in Viking Age Iceland. Andm\u00e6lendur eru Anne Pedersen, fornleifafr\u00e6\u00f0ingur vi\u00f0 \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0minjasafn Danmerkur, og James Morris, lektor vi\u00f0 UCLAN.<\/p>\n<p>Doktorsritger\u00f0in er unnin undir lei\u00f0s\u00f6gn Orra V\u00e9steinssonar, pr\u00f3fessors \u00ed fornleifafr\u00e6\u00f0i. A\u00f0rir \u00ed doktorsnefnd eru Anne Karin Hufthammer og Neil Price.<\/p>\n<p>Svavar Hrafn Svavarsson, forseti Sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0i- og heimspekideildar, stj\u00f3rnar ath\u00f6fninni.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Um ranns\u00f3knina<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ranns\u00f3knin grundvallast \u00e1 greiningu allra tilt\u00e6kra d\u00fdrabeina \u00far \u00edslenskum v\u00edkingaaldarkumlum. Me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed er lj\u00f3si varpa\u00f0 \u00e1 dr\u00e1p og greftrun d\u00fdra \u00e1 grafreitum v\u00edkingaaldar h\u00e9rlendis. G\u00f6gn fr\u00e1 \u00f6llum kumlateigum landsins, sem og \u00fartak fr\u00e1 Noregi, eru endursko\u00f0u\u00f0 \u00e1 gagnr\u00fdnin h\u00e1tt me\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 fyrir augum a\u00f0 draga fram einkenni \u00feessara si\u00f0a og setja \u00fe\u00e1 \u00ed f\u00e9lagslegt og s\u00f6gulegt samhengi. Ranns\u00f3kin er framlag til aukins skilnings \u00e1 \u00fer\u00f3un \u00edslensks samf\u00e9lags \u00e1 10. \u00f6ld.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Doktorsefni\u00f0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>R\u00fanar Leifsson lauk B.A.-pr\u00f3fi \u00ed fornleifafr\u00e6\u00f0i vi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands \u00e1ri\u00f0 2004 og MSc.-pr\u00f3fi \u00ed zooarchaeology vi\u00f0 University of York \u00e1ri\u00f0 2005. \u00c1 n\u00e1mst\u00edmanum hlaut hann doktorsnemastyrk fr\u00e1 Ranns\u00f3knarsj\u00f3\u00f0i Rann\u00eds og hefur veri\u00f0 stundakennari vi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands me\u00f0fram n\u00e1mi. \u00de\u00e1 sat hann eitt misseri vi\u00f0 Universitetet i Bergen og hefur auk \u00feess stunda\u00f0 ranns\u00f3knir \u00e1 \u00cdslandi, \u00ed Noregi og \u00ed Bretlandi. Hann starfar n\u00fa hj\u00e1 Minjastofnun \u00cdslands.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":1372,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_phd_date_start":"2018-05-29T13:00:00+00:00","_phd_date_end":"2018-05-29T15:00:00+00:00","_phd_location":"A\u00f0albygging H\u00e1ti\u00f0asalur","_phd_admission":"A\u00f0gangur \u00f3keypis","_phd_thesis_title":"Ritual Animal Killing and Burial Customs in Viking Age Iceland","_phd_source_url":"https:\/\/gamli.hi.is\/vidburdir\/doktorsvorn_vid_sagnfraedi_og_heimspekideild_runar_leifsson","_phd_source_node_id":"311148","_phd_source_type":"vidburdir","_phd_member_id":336,"footnotes":""},"phd_school":[86,77],"phd_discipline":[88],"class_list":["post-6049","phd_defence","type-phd_defence","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","phd_school-deild-heimspeki-sagnfraedi-og-fornleifafraedi","phd_school-hugvisindasvid","phd_discipline-phd-i-fornleifafraedi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phd.hi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/phd_defence\/6049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phd.hi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/phd_defence"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phd.hi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/phd_defence"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/phd.hi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/phd_defence\/6049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phd.hi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phd.hi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"phd_school","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phd.hi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/phd_school?post=6049"},{"taxonomy":"phd_discipline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phd.hi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/phd_discipline?post=6049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}