Scott A. Mellor

I have been at the University of Wisconsin-Madison since September 1989. I started with an interest in Historical Scandinavian Linguistics, which has grown to a general interest in medieval Scandinavia. I have finished writting my dissertation on the transition from orality to literacy in Scandinavia, dealing mostly with Codex Regius.  The Dissertation title is Function and Formula: An Analysis of Ten Poems from the Codex Regius.

I am currently working on the distance education project for The Tale of Hans Christian Andersen and two articles, one on Oral Theory and The Volsunga Saga and another on Saint Ansgar and his mission to Sweden

If you would like to contact me, just email me at samellor@wisc.edu 

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

 

Jan. 1992 - May 1999	University of Wisconsin-Madison.  Ph.D. in Folklore, Scandinavian Studies, and Mediaeval Studies.
1989 -  Jan. 1992	University of Wisconsin-Madison.  M.A. in Scandinavian Linguistics.
Dec. 1987 - 1988	University of Minnesota.  ESL
1983 -  Dec. 1987	University of Minnesota.  Bachelor of Arts Degree in Linguistics.
1984 -1985	Goethe Institute.  German Language and Literature.

  

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

Fall 2000- present	Lecturer: Teaching Hans Christian Andersen, Scandinavian Mythology, and Swedish. Departmental Computer and website analyist.
Fall 1999- 2000	Lecturer: Teaching Hans Christian Andersen and Nordic Mythology. Departmental Computer and website analyist.
Spring 1998-present	Project Assistant for the Distance Education Project for The Tale of Hans Christian Andersen
Fall 1998	Project Assistant and Teaching Assistant for the Course Kalevala
1990 - 1993  Fall 1996 - 1998	TA First Year Swedish, UW-Madison.
Fall 1996- present	Coordinator for the Scandinavian Studies Web Site.
1995 - 1996	Editor of The Eastern World of the Vikings, by Prof. E.A. Melnikova, Lamberg Professor in Humanities at Göteborgs Universitet, Sweden.
1995	Translator and English Consultant for Vikingar, Viking exhibition at Eriksbergshallen, Göteborg, Sweden.
Spring 1992 &  Spring 1995	Teaching Assistant of "Hans Christian Andersen," UW-Madison.
Summer 1995	Teaching Assistant of "Isak Dinesen," UW-Madison.
1994 - 1995	Assistant Librarian at Biology Library, UW-Madison
1994	Computor Consultant and Editorial Assistant of Prärieblomman, by Birgitta Svensson, at Göteborgs Universitet, Sweden.
1992 - 1995	Tutor of Intermediate Swedish, UW-Madison Athletic Department.
1991 - 1995	Teacher of Beginning and Intermediate Swedish at UW-Madison Extension.
1991 - 1993	Curriculum Committee, UW-Madison Scandinavian Department.
Fall 1992	Lecturer of "The Mythic Traditions of Scandinavia," UW-Madison.
Spring 1988	Instructor of English for the Urban Community Project, Mpls, MN.
1987 - 1988	Instructor of beginning Swedish for the Minnesota International Student Association (MISA).

      

HONORS AND AWARDS

 

1995 - 1996	Fulbright Scholar at Göteborgs universitet, Sweden.
1992	Lily Lorénzen Grant, Swedish-American Institute, 2600 Park Avenue, Minneapolis, MN.
1992	Swedish Government "SASS" Travel Grant, Swedish Information Service, New York, NY.
1990	Torger Thompson Grant from Scandinavian Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
1984 - 1985	Friends of the Goethe Institute Grant from the Goethe Institute, Staufen, Germany.
1982 - 1983	Rotary Study Abroad Scholarship to Sweden , Minneapolis, MN.

PUBLICATIONS

Beginner's Swedish. Hippecrene: NY, 2002.

"The Nordic Roots of Tolkien's Middle Earth," Tom DuBois and Scott Mellor. Scandivian Review, Summer 2002.

"Multiform and Life Cycle: An Armenian and a Scandinavian Narrative." Scandinavian Studies. 2002.

Editor of The Eastern World of the Vikings, by Prof. E.A. Melnikova, Lamberg Professor in Humanities at Göteborgs Universitet, Sweden, 1996.

LECTURES AND SCHOLARLY PAPERS

"Multiform and Life Cycle: An Armenian and a Scandinavian Narrative." The 90th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study: Folklore Pre-conference. Madison, WI. 30 April-2 May 2000.

"Oral Antecedents of Germanic Poetry." The 89th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study. Seattle, WI. 30 April-2 May 1999.

"Texuality and Composition in Codex regius." The Annual Meeting of The Advancement of Scandinavian Studies in Canada/ L'Association pour l'avancement des études scandinaves au Canada. St. John's, New Foundland May 31-June 14, 1997.

"Narrative and Mythic Patterns in Volsunga Saga." Námsáætlun fyrir munnlega hefð og eddukvæði [Seminar for Oral Performance and Eddic Poetry]. University of Reykjavík. Reykjavík, Iceland. 15 March, 1996.  

"Muntilighet och Skriftlighet i Codex Regius [Orality and Textuality in Codex Regius]." Lecture Series at the Center for Medieval and Early Middle Ages, University in Oslo. Oslo, Norway. 22 January, 1996.  

"Formula and Structure in Codex Regius." Fredagseminariet för västnordiska studier [Friday Seminar Series for West Nordic Studies ]. Department of Literature, University of Gothenburg. Gothenburg, Sweden. 3 November, 1995.  

"Occurrences of gráta in the Icelandic Sagas." The 85th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study. Pullman, WA. 27-30 April 1995.  

"Crying in Medieval Scandinavian Folklore." American Folklore Society and Society for Ethnomusicology 1994 Joint Annual Meeting. Milwaukee, WI. 19-23 October 1994.  

"Mythic Patterns in Volsunga Saga." The 84th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study. Davenport, IA. 28-30 April 1994.  

"Gustav Vasa and the Medieval Scandinavian Ballad." Twenty-Eighth International Congress on Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo, MI. 6-9 May 1993.  

"Old Scandinavian, Old English and Lowland Scots: or 'Qha gar the bairn greet.'" The 81st Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study. Amherst, MA. 3-5 May 1991.