Alessandro Palumbo

Associate Professor - Lingvistiske og nordiske studier
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I am an associate professor of runology and Scandinavian language history. From 2023 to 2024, I serve as Head of Research at the Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies.

Research interests

  • Runology and medieval epigraphy
  • Historical sociolinguistics
  • Linguistic landscapes
  • Bilingualism and biscriptality
  • Graphemics

Background

Ongoing projects

Past projects

Teaching

  • Runology - General introduction (BA NFI1100 and MA NFI4100)
  • Runic inscriptions of the Middle Ages (BA NFI2102 and MA NFI4122)
  • Runic Inscriptions from the Migration Period to the Viking Age (BA NFI2101 and MA NFI4123)
  • Hands-on Runology – Documenting, editing, and curating runic inscriptions (BA NFI2105 and MA NFI4105)
  • Philology in an interdisciplinary perspective (MA VMS4200)

Previously, I have held courses in runology and Swedish as a foreign language at Uppsala University, as well as guest lectures and seminars at Ca' Foscari University of Venice and at L'Orientale University of Naples.

Upcoming publications

  • Palumbo (in  press). "From the Vernacular to Latin: Social Functions and Indexicalities in Bilingual and Biscriptal Epitaphs of Medieval Scandinavia." Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies 100/4.
  • Palumbo (in press). "Between written and visual cultures: the funerary monument from Botkyrka church, Sweden." Minima medievalia.
  • Palumbo & Harjula (in press). "Material and Written Culture in Medieval Turku: Runic Inscriptions from an Urban Environment." In Runes in Finland, ed. Kendra Willson. Helsinki: Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland.
Tags: Runology, Epigraphy, Old Norse Philology, Historical sociolinguistics, Multilingualism, Linguistic Landscapes

Publications

  • Palumbo, Alessandro (2023). Analysing bilingualism and biscriptality in medieval Scandinavian epigraphic sources: A sociolinguistic approach. Journal of Historical Sociolinguistics. ISSN 2199-2908. 9(1), p. 69–96. doi: 10.1515/jhsl-2022-0006. Full text in Research Archive
  • Palumbo, Alessandro (2022). Medeltida runristade lösföremål från Uppsala län. In Zachrisson, Torun & Källström, Magnus (Ed.), Tyde den som kan: en upptäcktsfärd bland Upplands runstenar. Upplandsmuseet. ISSN 9789186145415. p. 179–198. Full text in Research Archive
  • Palumbo, Alessandro (2022). How Latin is runic Latin? Thoughts on the influence of Latin writing on medieval runic orthography. In Marold, Edith & Zimmermann, Christiane (Ed.), Studien zur runischen Graphematik: Methodische Ansätze und digitale Umsetzung. Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för nordiska språk. ISSN 978-91-986950-2-1. p. 177–218. doi: 10.33063/diva-462705. Full text in Research Archive
  • Blennow, Anna & Palumbo, Alessandro (2022). Epigrafiska områden i medeltidens Västergötland: ett samspel mellan latinsk och runsk skriftkultur. Fornvännen. ISSN 0015-7813. 117(3), p. 181–197. Full text in Research Archive
  • Palumbo, Alessandro (2022). Medeltida runor i Sverige. In Nordin, Jonas (Eds.), Kodex: Boken i medeltidens Sverige. Mediehistoriskt arkiv. ISSN 978­91­985800­6­8. doi: 10.54292/b1vc20oock. Full text in Research Archive
  • Blennow, Anna; Palumbo, Alessandro & Pettersson, Jonatan (2022). Literate Mentality and Epigraphy. In Heiniger, Anna Katharina; Merkelbach, Rebecca & Wilson, Alexander (Ed.), Þáttasyrpa – Studien zu Literatur, Kultur und Sprache in Nordeuropa. Narr Francke Attempto Verlag. ISSN 978-3-7720-8769-1. doi: 10.24053/9783772057694-003.
  • Blennow, Anna & Palumbo, Alessandro (2021). At the Crossroads between Script Cultures: The Runic and Latin Epigraphic Areas of Västergötland. In Johansson, Karl G. & Horn, Anna Catharina (Ed.), The Meaning of Media: Texts and Materiality in Medieval Scandinavia. Walter de Gruyter (De Gruyter). ISSN 9783110694970. p. 39–70. doi: 10.1515/9783110695366-003. Full text in Research Archive
  • Palumbo, Alessandro (2020). Same script, different rules? On the alleged different spelling of names compared to other words in runic inscriptions. In Löfdahl, Maria; Waldispuhl, Michelle & Wenner, Lena (Ed.), Namn i skrift. Names in Writing. Handlingar från NORNAs 48:e symposium i Göteborg den 29–30 november 2018. Norna. ISSN 978-91-7276-098-1. p. 263–287. Full text in Research Archive
  • Palumbo, Alessandro (2016). Among Demons and Ave Marias: Runes and the Supernatural on Swedish Amulets. Annali - Istituto Universitario Orientale. Sezione Gemanica. ISSN 1124-3724. 26(1-2), p. 85–102.
  • Palumbo, Alessandro (2014). Ett fragment av Barlaams saga ok Josaphats: Diplomatarisk utgåva av AM 231 VII fol. med en paleografisk och ortografisk undersökning. Annali - Istituto Universitario Orientale. Sezione Gemanica. ISSN 1124-3724. 24(1-2), p. 271–294.

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  • Aurora, Federico; Gasparini, Andrea Alessandro & Palumbo, Alessandro (2022). ENCODE - Bridging the <gap> in ancient writing cultures, enhance competences in the digital era.
  • Aurora, Federico & Palumbo, Alessandro (2020). ENCODE: Bridging the <gap> in Ancient Writing Cultures: ENhance COmpetences in the Digital Era.
  • Palumbo, Alessandro (2020). Review of Lisbeth M. Imer. Peasants and Prayers: The Inscriptions of Norse Greenland. Copenhagen: University Press of Southern Denmark, 2017. Futhark: International Journal of Runic Studies. ISSN 1892-0950. 9-10, p. 287–294. doi: 10.33063/diva-402191.
  • Palumbo, Alessandro (2015). Recension av Carla Cucina 2013 “Libri runici del computo: Il calendario di Bologna e i suoi analoghi europei”. Futhark: International Journal of Runic Studies. ISSN 1892-0950. 5, p. 199–206.
  • Palumbo, Alessandro (2012). Gutarunor: studie i runformernas bruk och utveckling på Gotland under medeltiden och reformationstiden. Institutionen för nordiska språk, Uppsala universitet.

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Published Jan. 11, 2019 12:23 PM - Last modified Feb. 25, 2024 9:46 AM