Luke John Murphy, PhD

PI, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Department of Archaeology, University of Iceland. ljm@hi.is

I research pre-Christian religions in Northern and Western Europe – particularly the Nordic Region and the Britain Isles. My work therefore spans many disciplines, including Archaeology, the Study of Religion, History, and Philology. I’m particularly interested in the potential of cognitive and technological approaches to push the boundaries of traditional humanistic research. You can read more about me and my work on my personal website.

Giorgia Sottotetti

MA student in Viking and Medieval Norse Studies, University of Iceland. gis26@hi.is

Giorgia Sottotetti is a MA student at University of Iceland, in Reykjavík. She is currently writing her MA thesis in the field of Old Norse Religion, with a major focus on archaeology and cognitive aspects related to such subject. She holds a BA degree in ‘Cultural Heritage Studies – archaeological curriculum’, obtained at the University of Pisa, Italy. After obtaining her BA degree, she moved to Stockholm in order to complete an Erasmus + traineeship at Stockholm Universitet. She worked six full months at the Department of Archaeology, collaborating to a research project and one archaeological excavation.

Giorgia holds several years of experience on the field, having participated in various excavations (pertaining multiple historical periods) in different Italian and Swedish geographical areas. She has then been working (since summer 2020) at the Department of Archaeology at University of Iceland, engaged in photo-editing of archaeological artefacts.

Coming from a humanistic interdisciplinary background, she is particularly keen in cross-curricular subjects, namely: archaeology, literature, natural sciences, religion studies.

Chandelier Martin

MA student in Viking and Medieval Norse Studies, University of Iceland. cvm2@hi.is

Chandelier is working towards a Masters in Viking and Medieval Norse Studies at the University of Iceland. Originally from the United States, she holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art History from Florida State University, with secondary focus in Museum Studies and History.  She can be contacted at 13chandler@gmail.com.

Katherine S. Beard

DPhil candidate in Old Norse Literature, Linacre College, University of Oxford. katherine.beard@linacre.ox.ac.uk

Katherine S. Beard is a DPhil candidate at the University of Oxford, reading for Old Norse Literature at Linacre College. She holds an MA in Old Nordic Religion from the University of Iceland (2019), where she published her thesis “Hamarinn Mjǫllnir: The Eitri Database and the Evolution of the Hammer Symbol in Old Norse Mythology,” and created the accompanying Eitri platform (eitridb.com). Katherine also holds an MA from New York University in Graphic Communications Management and Technology (2012) and a BA from Rowan University (2008). Her research interests include digital humanities, pre-Christian religion and mythology, Scandinavian manuscripts, and symbolism in literature and archeology.