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Jens Eike Schnall is an Associate Professor in Old Norse Studies at the Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies, University of Bergen, Norway. His academic work bridges philology, cultural history, and interdisciplinary medieval studies, with a focus on narrative, food culture, and symbolic thought.
His research interests include Old Norse literature, medieval food ethics, culinary recipes, spatial cognition, cartography, and the symbolic use of technology and the body in medieval texts. He explores how cultural values are expressed through meals, legal frameworks, heroic identities, and material aesthetics.
The recurring themes in his recent publications reflect a deep engagement with food as a medium of cultural expression, the symbolic power of ships and maps, aging and ethics in heroic literature, and the transmission of knowledge across time. His work often adopts a comparative and transhistorical perspective, linking medieval Nordic thought to broader European intellectual currents.
- Research Group for Medieval Philology
- Research group Antiquity and the Classical Tradition
He has delivered numerous scientific lectures internationally, including at the University of Cambridge and the University of Stavanger, and contributes actively to public scholarship through popular science talks. His involvement in MSCA workshops indicates a role in mentoring early-career researchers.
While no formal students or awards are listed, his collaborative projects and editorial contributions demonstrate significant academic leadership. He has co-organized events and contributed to collective volumes, reinforcing his role in the scholarly community.
