Patricia Pires Boulhosa
postmaster@boulhosa.net

Education

· PhD in Mediaeval Scandinavian History and Literature at University of Cambridge, 1998-2002 (submitted April 2002; approved February 2003), ‘Icelanders and the Early Kings of Norway: The Evidence of Legal and Literary Texts’

· Visiting Scholar in Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic at University of Cambridge, 1997-1998

· Registered Visiting Student at University of Iceland, Reykjavik, 1996-1997

· Icelandic for Foreign Students at University of Iceland, Reykjavik, 1993-94

· BA in Law at Pontifical University of São Paulo, Brazil, 1984-1988 – pass with an average grade of 6.8 (equivalent to upper second class)

· BA in History at Pontifical University of São Paulo, Brazil, 1983-1987 – pass with an average grade of 8.31 (equivalent to first class)

Employment

· Supervisor for undergraduate students for the course ‘Scandinavian History of the Viking Age’, at Cambridge University, UK, 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 (course details on www.pp.eclipse.co.uk)

· Legal advisor in the area of Brazilian Maritime and Tributary Law, from January 2003

· Tutor of Portuguese to GCSE and AS/A2 Level at Cambridge Arts and Sciences, 2003-2004

· Classes on Advanced Medieval Scandinavia, in the department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, University of Cambridge, October-December 2002

· Lectures and classes on Advanced Medieval Scandinavia, in the department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, University of Cambridge, October-November 2001

· Lawyer acting in the area of Maritime and Tributary Law in Brazil, 1988-1996

· Trainee in Law in the area of Civil and Family Law, 1986-1988

Publications

"Viðtal við Patricia Pires Boulhosa", Sagnir, 26 (2006), 5-6

"A *mitologia escandinava de Georges Dumézil: uma reflexão sobre método e improbabilidade" [The *Scandinavian mythology of Georges Dumézil: A Reflection about Method and Improbability], Revista Brathair, 6.2 (2006), 3-31

Gamli sáttmáli: Tilurð og Tilgangur (Reykjavík: Sögufélag Íslands, 2006) publisher's link: http://www.sogufelag.is/baekur/baekur_gamlisatt.htm

Icelanders and the Kings of Norway: Mediaeval Sagas and Legal Texts, Northern World, 17 (Leiden: Brill Academic Press – September 2005) - publisher's link: http://www.brill.nl/m_catalogue_sub6_id24094.htm

“Sagas islandesas como fonte da história da Escandinávia medieval” [Icelandic sagas as a source of mediaeval Scandinavian history], Signun, 7 (2005) – July 2005

“Breves Observações sobre a Edda em Prosa” [Brief observations on the Prose Edda], Brathair, 4 (2004) – online journal <www.brathair.cjb.net>

Lectures and Seminars

· “Gamli sáttmáli: Fact or Fiction”, Jón Sigurðsson’s Memorial Lecture, Reykjavík (Iceland), October 2005

· “Writing the History of Mediaeval Iceland: A Critical Assessment”, seminar given to the History Department of the University of Iceland, Reykjavík (Iceland), October 2005

· “Historical and Literary Aspects of the Mediaeval Icelandic Sagas”, inaugural lecture given to the Scandinavian Studies Seminar Series sponsored by the University of São Paulo and the University of Oslo, in São Paulo (Brazil), March 2003

· “Mediaeval Icelandic Sagas”, series of three lectures given to the Languages Institute (IEL), University of Campinas, Brazil and to the Brazil-United States Cultural Center, Brazil, June/July 2002

· “Agreements between Icelanders and the Kings of Norway”, given to the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Graduate Seminar, University of Cambridge, May 2001

· “Cursing in Egils saga”, given to the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Graduate Seminar, University of Cambridge, June 2000

· “Snorri Sturluson: The Authoritative Authorship”, given as a Graduate Presentation in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, University of Cambridge, February 2000

Languages

· French, English, Spanish, Portuguese: fluency in speaking, reading and writing
· Icelandic: able to speak, read and write
· Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Italian: reading knowledge
· Old Norse, Old English and Mediaeval Latin: reading knowledge