Jeffrey Turco

Jeffrey Turco is an Associate Professor at Purdue University in the School of Languages and Cultures, specializing in German, Religious Studies, Comparative Literature, and Medieval & Renaissance Studies. He previously taught at the Universities of Western Ontario and Alberta and served as Visiting Curator of the Fiske Icelandic Collection at Cornell University. His research focuses on religious conflict, conversion, and coexistence in Germanic and medieval Christian cultures, with editorial work on New Norse Studies.

• Education: Ph.D. from Cornell University
• Awards: Fulbright grants to Germany (1996, 2013) and Iceland (2007), Founding Fellow of Cornerstone Integrated Liberal Arts

Turco's scholarship bridges Old Norse-Icelandic literature, medieval German texts, and modern interpretations of myth. His recent book The Sense of the Sagas reevaluates Icelandic prose aesthetics, while The Hidden Language of Grimms' Fairy Tales explores medievalism in folklore. His publications appear in journals like Deutsche Vierteljahrsschrift and Dante Studies, with ongoing research into skaldic poetry's narrative role.