Elise Kleivane

Associate Professor in literacy. Head of teaching.
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Academic Interests

From August 2017 I am leading the research project Between runes and manuscripts. The project is funded by The Norwegian Research Council's (NFR) "Young Research Talents". The project will document and study inscriptions with Roman-alphabet letters. The material is delimited to the Norwegian Viking and Middle Ages. The Roman-alphabet inscriptions are an important part of the medieval script culture, and this project will bring forth new and valuable knowledge about the use and function of writing in Norway in the Middle Ages.

I am also a member of the steering group of the research program Modes of Modification (2018–2025). The program is funded by the Swedish Riksbankens Jubileumsfond.

I was a post doctoral fellow from 2014–2017 within the research project Retracing the Reformation. The Dissemination of the Bible in Medieval Scandinavian culture. This was a project funded by NORDCORP (2013–2017) and is a cooperation between scholars from the University of Iceland, Stockholm University and the University of Oslo. We studied the Scandinavian translations of biblical texts in the Medieval period. Our main research interests were: What was translated? Which functions did the translated parts have? What can be learned about the authority of different texts and languages? To what extent may these translations have paved the way for the Reformation Bibles?

Since 2021 I am Head of Studies at the Department of linguistics and Scandinavian studies.

Teaching

Courses I've taught at the University of Oslo:

  • MAS1510 Innføring i norrøn og keltisk kultur (Introduction to Old Norse and Celtic culture. In Norwegian)
  • MAS1511 Norrøn og keltisk mytologi (Old Norse and Celtic mythology. In Norwegian)
  • NFI1320 Norrøn litteratur 1 (Nordisk litteratur fram til 1500) (Old Norse literature 1. In Norwegian)
  • NFI1320E Old Norse literature (In English)
  • NFI2320 Norrøn litteratur 2 (Old Norse literature 2. In Norwegian)
  • NFI1101 Norrøn grammatikk og eldre språkhistorie (Old Norse grammar and linguistic history. In Norwegian)
  • NFI1100 Runology: General Introduction (In English)
  • NFI2102 Runic Inscriptions of the Middle Ages (In English)
  • NFI4120 Old Norse Language and Texts (In English)
  • VMS4101 Medieval Manuscript Culture (In English)


Courses I've taught at other institutions:

  • NS1074 Norsk litteratur, Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism, Stockholm University (Norwegian literature. In Norwegian)
  • US306P Språk och identitet, Department of Scandinavian Languages, Stockholm University (Language and identity. In Norwegian)
  • US308P/A Nordiska språk, Department of Scandinavian Languages, Stockholm University (Scandinavian Languages. In Norwegian)
  • NSN100 Sociolingvistik, språkhistoria, grannspråk, Department of Scandinavian Languages, Stockholm University (Sociolinguistics, linguistic history, neighbouring languages. In Norwegian)
  • Språkhistorie og talemål. Telemark University College, campus Bø (Linguistic history and dialects. In Norwegian)

Higher education

Ph.d. in Old Norse philology, University of Oslo, autumn 2011.

Magister artium in Old Norse philology. University of Oslo, spring 2003.

 

 

Tags: Scandinavian literature, Old Norse Philology, Runes, Epigraphy, Inscriptions, Viking Age, Book History, Translation Studies, Medieval History, Lingustic history

Publications

  • Kleivane, Elise (2022). Saints in Everyday Life: Epigraphy as a Source for the Medieval Cult of Saints. In Bø, Ragnhild M. & Sigurdsson, Jon Vidar (Ed.), The Cult of Saints in Nidaros Archbishopric Manuscripts, Miracles, Objects. Brepols. ISSN 978-2-503-59114-8.
  • Horn, Anna Catharina & Kleivane, Elise (2022). The Making of a Centre in the Periphery: Writing and Rhetoric at the Archdiocese of Niðaróss. 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. p. 47–57. doi: 10.24053/9783772057694.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2021). Roman-Script Epigraphy in Norwegian Towns. In Andersen, Kasper H.; Netterstrøm, Jeppe Büchert; Imer, Lisbeth M.; Poulsen, Bjørn & Olesen, Rikke Steenholt (Ed.), Urban Literacy in the Nordic Middle Ages. Brepols. ISSN 978-2-503-59674-7. p. 105–134. doi: 10.1484/M.USML-EB.5.126234.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2021). Kulisteinen og kommunikasjonen. In Stige, Morten & Risbøl, Ole (Ed.), Kulisteinen - grensemerke i tid og rom. Nordmøre museum. ISSN 9788292264287. p. 152–171.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2021). Skrift og språk i mellomalderen. Ms.8° 102, Kvikne-psalteret. In Ostad, Johanne & Kleivane, Elise (Ed.), Språk i arkivet. Historier om hvordan språk reflekterer samfunnet. Nasjonalbiblioteket. ISSN 978-82-7965-465-0. p. 28–59.
  • Kleivane, Elise & Ostad, Johanne (2021). Innledning. Språk i arkivet. In Ostad, Johanne & Kleivane, Elise (Ed.), Språk i arkivet. Historier om hvordan språk reflekterer samfunnet. Nasjonalbiblioteket. ISSN 978-82-7965-465-0. p. 12–27.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2020). Christian Knowledge in Late Medieval Norway. In Kjesrud, Karoline & Males, Mikael (Ed.), Faith & Knowledge in Late Medieval & Early Modern Scandinavia . Brepols. ISSN 9782503579009. p. 213–242. doi: 10.1484/M.KSS-EB.5.117748.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2019). To menn og Ave Maria i Hamarkaupangen . Maal og Minne. ISSN 0024-855X. p. 69–99. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kleivane, Elise & Óskarsdóttir, Svanhildur (2019). The Infant Jesus and his Mother in Late Medieval and Early Modern Scandinavian Book Culture. In Kauko, Mikko; Norro, Miika; Nummila, Kirsi-Maria; Toropainen, Tanja & Fonsén, Tuomo (Ed.), Languages in the Lutheran Reformation.Textual Networks and the Spread of Ideas. Amsterdam University Press. ISSN 9789462981553. p. 151–172. doi: 10.2307/j.ctvfrxqjc.10.
  • Kleivane, Elise & Johansson, Karl G. (2018). Konungs skuggsjá and the Interplay between the Universal and Particular. In Kleivane, Elise & Johansson, Karl G. (Ed.), Speculum septentrionale. Konungs skuggsjá and the European Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages. Novus Forlag. ISSN 978-82-7099-909-5. p. 9–34. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kleivane, Elise (2018). There is More to Stjórn than Biblical Translation. In Kleivane, Elise & Johansson, Karl G. (Ed.), Speculum septentrionale. Konungs skuggsjá and the European Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages. Novus Forlag. ISSN 978-82-7099-909-5. p. 115–147. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kleivane, Elise (2018). Epigraphic Ave Maria as evidence of medieval literacy. In Bauer, Alessia; Kleivane, Elise & Spurkland, Terje (Ed.), Epigraphy in an intermedial context. Four Courts Press. ISSN 9781846827167. p. 101–122.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2017). Bibelen i mellomalderen: for lekfolk og lærde. In Ødemark, John & Lavold, Bente (Ed.), Reformasjonstidens religiøse bokkultur cirka 1400-1700: tekst, visualitet og materialitet. Novus Forlag. ISSN 978-82-7965-347-9. p. 176–208.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2013). "When small words make a big difference. On adaptation and transmission of texts in Late Medieval manuscripts". In Widerøe, Lars Ivar & Hambro, Cathinka (Ed.), Lochlann. Festskrift til Jan Erik Rekdal på 60-årsdagen. Aistí in ómós do Jan Erik Rekdal ar a 60ú lá breithe. Hermes Academic Publishing and Bookshop A/S. ISSN 978-82-8034-202-7.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2013). Gunnlaug ormstunges saga og kyrkja i Levanger. In Brendalsmo, Jan & Stylegar, Frans-Arne (Ed.), Levangerhistorier. Novus Forlag. ISSN 978-82-7099-739-8. p. 41–48.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2009). Sagaene om Oddr og Eiríkr. Ei teksthistorisk tilnærming til to fornaldersagaer. In Jakobsson, Ármann; Ney, Agneta & Lassen, Annette (Ed.), Fornaldarsagaerne. Myter og virkelighed. Museum Tusculanums Forlag. ISSN 978-87-635-2579-4. p. 27–47.
  • Kleivane, Elise & Tvitekkja, Sigfrid (2007). Innleiing. Språk - både ord og vitskap, Tekst- og språkhistorie, basis 2. NKI-forlaget. ISSN 978-82-562-5675-4. p. 293–308.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2007). Eldre språkhistorie, Tekst- og språkhistorie, basis 2. NKI-forlaget. ISSN 978-82-562-5675-4. p. 309–336.

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  • Ostad, Johanne & Kleivane, Elise (2021). Språk i arkivet. Historier om hvordan språk reflekterer samfunnet. Nasjonalbiblioteket. ISBN 978-82-7965-465-0. 308 p.
  • Kleivane, Elise & Johansson, Karl G. (2018). Speculum septentrionale. Konungs skuggsjá and the European Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages. Novus Forlag. ISBN 978-82-7099-909-5. 323 p.
  • Bauer, Alessia; Kleivane, Elise & Spurkland, Terje (2018). Epigraphy in an intermedial context. Four Courts Press. ISBN 9781846827167. 216 p.
  • Norseth, Kristin; Kleivane, Elise & Hareide, Sigurd (2014). Messuskýringar. Norrøne messeforklaringer i norsk oversettelse. Festskrift til Jan H. Schumacher. St. Olav forlag. ISBN 978-82-7024-283-2. 230 p.
  • Skaar, Håvard Heradstveit; Tvitekkja, Sigfrid & Kleivane, Elise (2007). Tekst- og språkhistorie, basis 2. NKI-forlaget. ISBN 978-82-562-5675-4. 430 p.

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  • Kleivane, Elise (2022). Who you gonna call? Choices between script systems when asking for intercession.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2022). Samtale i panel om kunstprosjektet til Chan-Hyo Bae "Voyage to Valhalla".
  • Kleivane, Elise (2022). Norrønt: kristindómr.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2021). Bokstavar mellom runer og manuskript. NFR-prosjekt.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2021). Kulisteinen (N449). Lesing, tolking og kommunikasjonen.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2021). Grafeminventar og bokstavformer i norske sigill frå mellomalderen.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2021). Runene på Bildentekstilet: fagseminar.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2021). A matter of invisibility.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2021). A til Å.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2021). Norrønt: hjalpa.
  • Kleivane, Elise & Lilleslåtten, Mari (2020). Korleis gjekk vi frå å bruke runer til å skrive med bokstavar? [Internet]. UiO: Det humanistiske fakultet (Facebook).
  • Kleivane, Elise & Mari, Lilleslåtten (2020). Noreg har vore fleirspråkleg sidan før mellomalderen. [Internet]. hf.uio.no.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2019). Messages from a wooden book cover.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2019). Runer og bokstavar på Domkirkeodden og i Hamar bispedømme.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2019). Frösöstenen: ein nabo i nord.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2019). Runene på Bildentekstilet.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2019). Multilingualism in Medieval Scandinavia.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2019). The many faces of Stjórn.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2019). Metal texts. A discussion on metal as medium for writing, and the implications it has for textual content and choice of script.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2019). "Hvordan skrev folk for 1000 år siden?". [Internet]. forskning.no.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2019). Politics, prayers, and protection in Hamar.
  • Kleivane, Elise & Hytta, Anne (2018). Samtale om Voluspå.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2018). Om tydinga av "straks" og "snart". [TV]. Praktisk info med Jon Almaas.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2018). N 825 og Birger Jørstad.
  • Kleivane, Elise & Bollaert, Johan (2018). <authority>Bokstavar mellom runer og manuskript</authority>.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2018). Tatoveringar, gaming, nynazistar og naive strikkebedrifter.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2018). NBO Ms. 8vo 102, Kvikne-psalteriet.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2018). Doing things in medieval Norway with Roman-alphabet inscriptions.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2018). Intet nytt fra Vestfronten.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2017). The runic alphabet in the context of the Latin scriptura franca.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2017). 'Den sammensatte viking'. [Newspaper]. Vårt Land.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2017). 'Skrevet i stein'. [Newspaper]. Klassekampen.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2017). Senses and Soul in the Medieval Mass.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2016). Epigraphic Ave Maria as evidence of Medieval Literacy.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2016). Intervju om 'Soliders of Odin'. [Radio]. Verdens Rikeste Land, P3.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2016). 'Søker tilbake til vikingtiden'. [Newspaper]. Vårt Land.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2016). Saints in Everyday Life.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2015). Liturgy in the medieval mass.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2015). 'Because Our Lord Knows All Languages'. On the Uses of Old Norse in the Latin Church.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2015). The conception of the Bible/Apocrypha in Late Medieval Scandinavia.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2015). Herding souls in the Sixth Age.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2015). In die ascensione Domini nostri, Jesu Christi.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2014). Intervju om utgivelsen av Flateyjarbók. [Newspaper]. Vårt Land.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2014). Runes and Roman script.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2014). Det heilage evangeliet i nye klede. Noko om korleis dei ulærde blei opplærte for å få del i frelsa.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2014). Sagaen om Bård Snøfjellsås. In Hagland, Jan Ragnar & Jørgensen, Jon Gunnar (Ed.), Islendingesagaene. Samtlige sagaer og førtini tætter I-V. Saga Forlag. ISSN 978-9935-9198-6-1. p. 239–269.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2014). "Messuskýringar: å lese Bibelen i messe og manuskript".
  • Kleivane, Elise (2012). Innslag om overlevering av tekst i mellomalderen, kva som skjer og kvifor. [Radio]. Språkteigen, NRK P2.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2012). "Textuality and epigraphic inscriptions".
  • Kleivane, Elise (2012). "Runelignende tegn versus bokstaver".
  • Kleivane, Elise (2011). "Én saga ble til flere fortellinger". [Internet]. forskning.no.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2011). Intervju om kopiering av tekstar og "lån" frå andres tekstar i mellomalderen, jamført med i dag. [Radio]. Kulturnytt, NRK P2.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2011). "One saga, different stories".
  • Kleivane, Elise (2011). "Bragging, slander, business and death. Runic writing and its numerous functions".
  • Kleivane, Elise (2011). "Paradise on Earth and Eiríkr inn víðfǫrli as an Old Testament prophet to the North".
  • Kleivane, Elise (2011). "Nådelaus samtid, heroisk fortid".
  • Kleivane, Elise (2010). "Riddarasögur and rhetorical situations".
  • Kleivane, Elise (2009). When small words make a big difference. On adaptation and transmission of texts in Late Medieval manuscripts.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2007). Reproduksjon av tekstar i seinmellomalderen.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2006). Runer: Skrift i stein. Og i tre og metall og lær og bein og til og med på pergament.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2005). Myten om verket i lys av tekstvitnets virkelighet. Hva snakker vi egentlig om?
  • Kleivane, Elise (2002). Draumkvedet. Essay med vekt på Maren Ramskeid sin versjon. Kirke og kultur. ISSN 0023-186X. p. 163–167.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2002). Draumkvedet. Essay med vekt på Maren Ramskeid sin versjon.
  • Bech, Kristin; Kleivane, Elise & Bradley, Connor (2023). Lost in Translation? An Interdisciplinary Investigation of Mutual Intelligibility Between Old Norse and Old English Speech Communities. Universitetet i Oslo.
  • Bollaert, Johan Georges P; Kleivane, Elise & Blennow, Anna Holst (2022). Visuality and Literacy in the Medieval Epigraphy of Norway. Universitetet i Oslo.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2011). Reproduksjon av norrøne tekstar i seinmellomalderen. Variasjon i "Eiríks saga viðfǫrla". Nauka.
  • Kleivane, Elise (2003). ’Enn þriðji hlutr sagnanna...’ Ein analyse av fornaldersagasjangeren som analytisk kategori. E. Kleivane.

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