Biography Language(s): Old Norse-Icelandic, Icelandic, Danish Research/Language Interests: Old Norse-Icelandic language and literature, paleography and philology, hagiography, color studies. About Me: I am a Professor and the Torger Thompson Chair. I am a native of Denmark. I received my M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Scandinavian languages from University College London and my B.A. Hons. in …
Biography Language: Yiddish, Hebrew, English Research/Language Interests: Yiddish and Hebrew literature; Jewish American literature and culture; medical humanities; multilingual modernisms, visual culture. About: Sunny Yudkoff joined the Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies and the Department of German, Nordic, & Slavic+ Studies in the fall of 2016. Her first book, Tubercular Capital: Illness and the Conditions of …