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John D. Niles

Frederic G. Cassidy Professor of Humanities

Professor Emeritus

University of Wisconsin –Madison

and University of California – Berkeley

2009–2011 President, ISAS

(International Society of Anglo-Saxonists)

Department of English
University of Wisconsin - Madison
600 N Park St.
Madison, WI  53706
jdniles@wisc.edu

Welcome to my personal home page. This site is meant to be of use to anyone interested in my background, interests, and career.

NEW ON THIS SITE:

Click here for NEWS about the Conference of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists that was hosted in Madison, WI, July 31-August 6, 2011. Photos from the conference and its related excursions are available at that site.

A volume of critical essays, “Anglo-Saxon England and the Visual Imagination,”  based on presentations made at that conference, is currently in preparation, co-edited by Stacy Klein, Jonathan Wilcox, and myself. By the end of January 2012, anyone who presented a paper at the conference is invited to submit a polished, documented version of it to be considered for inclusion, if it fits in with the theme of the volume. Persons who did not present at the conference but who are still interested in contributing a paper are invited to inform me of their interest as soon as possible, but in any event not later than the end of December 2011.

Click here for NEWS about the panel on "Editing from Medieval Manuscripts: Current Challenges and Debates" that I am chairing at the annual convention of the MLA to be held in Los Angeles, CA, January 6-9, 2011.

Renewed excavations at Lejre, Denmark, during 2008-2009 have revealed yet another cluster of buildings of Iron Age and Viking Age date.  Among the loose finds, of particular interest is a small figurine that appears to represent the god Odin seated on his high seat, flanked by a pair of ravens.  Click here for NEWS about this remarkable discovery, which was made at a place whose legendary associations with the Beowulf story are well known.

REGULAR FEATURES OF THIS SITE:

Curriculum Vitae offers an outline of my academic career, my teaching experience and specialties, my higher degrees, some awards I have received, and my professional affiliations.

Publications lists in six categories my books, editions, essays, and works in progress.

Courses gives information about courses that I am now teaching or that I have recently taught.

Research Tools provides access to several research tools or bibliographies relating to my academic specialties. For the moment it posts a bibliography of landmark publications in the early history of Old English studies, together with a bibliography of modern scholarship on the historical development of Old English studies.

Besides having taught in the Department of English, I am currently involved in four other academic units at UW-Madison:

Celtic Studies

Folklore

Medieval Studies

Religious Studies

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