Theodore M. Andersson
Theodore Murdock Andersson (born June 20, 1934 in New Haven , Connecticut ) is an American Germanic and Scandinavian Medievalist . He is Professor Emeritus of German Philology at Indiana University and Stanford University .
Andersson studied older German and especially older Scandinavian language and literature with Konstantin Reichardt at Yale University . 1956 obtained the Bachelor of Arts , and in 1957 the Master of Arts and PhD phil from Harvard University in 1961 .
His academic career began during his doctorate from 1960 to 1962 with a lectureship at the "German Seminar" at Harvard University and then until 1965 as an assistant professor there. From 1965 to 1968 he received an extraordinary professorship for ancient German and Scandinavian studies and from 1968 to 1975 he was appointed to a full professorship. From 1970 to 1971 he initially represented the chair for Germanic Languages and Literatures, and then from 1973 to 1975 he held the chair himself.
In 1975, Andersson was offered a professorship at the "German Seminar" at Stanford University, which he held until 1995. From 1982 to 1984 he received the chair. He concluded his academic career with a call to a professorship for Germanic Philology at the University of Indiana in 1996, where he retired in 1999.
Andersson held visiting professorships throughout his tenure as an academic teacher, including in 1967 at Yale University. 1981 at the University of California in Berkeley, 1995 at Indiana, 2002 at the University of New Mexico and 2006 for "Medieval Studies" at the University of Bergen in Norway.
Andersson's teaching and research focus is the Germanic and high medieval hero poetry and the Old Norse prose literature such as the Beowulf and Hildebrandslied , the Nibelungenlied and Sage and the Dietrichepik , or the Norwegian Konunga sögur (royal sagas). He has and publishes on these areas in international specialist periodicals, as well as with contributions on special questions in the context of specialist conferences and colloquia. In addition, Andersson has contributed numerous articles to the Dictionary of the Middle Ages as an associate editor .
Web links
- Publications by Theodore M. Andersson in the Opac der Regesta Imperii
- Curriculum Vitae Theodore M. Anderssons published at Stanford University (PDF; 282 kB)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Andersson, Theodore M. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Andersson, Theodore Murdock (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Medievalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 20, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Haven (Connecticut) |