Faculty
Straubhaar, Sandra
Lecturer
Office: EPS 3.132
Phone:512-232-6365
sstraub@mail.utexas.edu
Research interests:
Medieval Scandinavia, Postmodern Medievalism, Historical Linguistics
Courses taught:
Older Germanic Languages (fall 2004, fall 2006), Old Norse (spring 2003, spring 2006), German Literature, Medieval (grad survey) (spring 2005), Medieval Scandinavian Prose in Translation (grad survey) (fall 2004), Applied Cultural Studies: Alterity and Identity in Europe (spring 2004), The European Folk Tale (fall 2003, spring 2004, spring 2005, spring 2006, spring 2007), Sigurd the Volsung and the Heroic Archetype (fall 2001), The Icelandic Family Saga (spring 2001), Birgitta, Hildegard, and Margery (spring 2001, spring 2003, fall 2005), Eddic Poetry (fall 2000) Astrid Lindgren (fall 2000, fall 2006), Goats Gruff, Trolls and Ash Lads: The Folktale Collection of Asbjørnsen and Moe (spring 2000), The Scandinavian Ballad Tradition (spring 2000) Germanic Religion and Myth (spring 2000, summer 2001, spring 2002, fall 2005, spring 2007), Sigrid Undset's Medieval Novels (fall 1999), Nordic Cultural History (fall 1999, fall 2001), Nordic Women Writers (spring 1999, fall 2002), Saga, Novel, Tale: Nordic Narratives (fall 1998), The Vikings (fall 1998, fall 2002), Accelerated First-year Norwegian (fall 1998, spring 1999, spring 2002, fall 2003)
Awards/Honors:
Wakonse Fellow, Wakonse-South (Wakonse Conferences on College Teaching)(2002), Participant in N.E.H. Summer Institute, "The Literary Traditions of Medieval Women," under the direction of Dr. Jane Chance, at Rice University, Houston, Texas (1997)
Recent Publications:
"From Atli to Aguirre: Remarks on Fashion and Weapon Size." Forthcoming in: Old Norse Death and Dying, ed. Michael Nagy. Kalamazoo, Michigan: Medieval Institute Publications, 2007.
"An Extraordinary Sense of Powerful Restlessness: Nora Kershaw Chadwick, 1891-1972." In: Women Medievalists in the Academy, ed. Jane Chance. Madison,Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press, 2005, 366-379.
"'Mord och Hor': Skewing the Canon?" B.A.S.I.S.: Ballads and Songs - International Studies 2. Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag, 2006, 150-155.
"Wrapped in a Blue Mantle: Fashions for Icelandic Slayers?" Medieval Clothing and Textiles 1:1.Woodbridge, Suffolk: The Boydell Press, 2005, 53-65.
Eight entries (Easterlings; Gondor; Goths; Huns; Jordanes; Middle-earth: Men; Roman History; Saracens and Moors) for J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia, ed. Michael Drout. New York: Routledge, 2007.