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Simon Nygaard

Aarhus University, Uppsala University, Aarhus Universitet, University of Southern Denmark

ORCID iD 0000-0001-8059-3245
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About

I am Associate Professor of pre-Christian Nordic religion at Aarhus University, Department of the Study of Religion. My research focuses on the religion the Iron and Viking Age Northern Europe especially on the rituals connected with elite Viking Age halls, including ritualised performance of oral poetry. I am interested in an array of theoretical and methodological approaches, such as performance studies, contextual runology, orality research, cultural evolutionary theory, ritual studies, and comparative approaches.

Employment

  • Aarhus University VIP, Associate Professor
    2025 - Present
  • Aarhus University Assistant Professor
    2021 - 2024
  • Uppsala University Visiting Researcher
    2021 - 2024
  • University of Southern Denmark Teaching Assistant
    2020 - 2021
  • Aarhus University Part-Time Lecturer
    2019 - 2020
  • Aarhus University Research Assistant
    2019 - 2020
  • Aarhus University Par-Time Lecturer
    2019 - 2019
  • Kongernes Jelling, Nationalmuseet Advisor
    2018 - 2019
  • Pre-Christian Religions of the North: History and Structures Subject-Expert Copy Editor
    2017 - 2017
  • Pre-Christian Religions of the North: History and Structures Subject-Expert Copy Editor
    2016 - 2016
  • Aarhus Universitet PhD Fellow
    2015 - 2019
  • Pre-Christian Religions of the North: History and Structures Research Assistant
    2013 - 2013
  • Aarhus University Part-Time Lecturer
    2013 - 2013
  • Aarhus University Teaching Assistant
    2012 - 2012
  • Aarhus University Part-Time Lecturer
    2012 - 2012
  • Aarhus University Part-Time Lecturer
    2011 - 2011

Education

  • Aarhus Universitet PhD degree in the Study of Religion
    2015 - 2019
  • Aarhus Universitet Master's degree in the Study of Religion
    2012 - 2014
  • Aarhus Universitet Bachelor's degree in the Study of Religion and English
    2006 - 2012

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Publications (29)