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Patricia Pires Boulhosa
Honorary Research Associate in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic
Cambridge University, Reino Unido

EDUCATION
· PhD in Medieval 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 Student at University of Iceland, Reykjavik, 1996-1997
· Icelandic for Foreign Students at University of Iceland, Reykjavik, 1993-1994
· 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 University of Cambridge, 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 Scandinavian Language and Literature, in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, University of Cambridge, October-December 2002
· Lectures and classes on Advanced Medieval Scandinavian Language and Literature, 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

AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
· Snorri Sturluson Icelandic Fellowship, June-September 2007

PUBLICATIONS

Books
· Völuspá (edited, commented and translated into Portuguese), forthcoming 2009-2010
· Gamli sáttmáli: Tilurð og tilgangur (Reykjavík: Sögufélag, 2006)
· Icelanders and the Kings of Norway: Mediaeval Sagas and Legal Texts, Northern World, 17 (Leiden: Brill Academic Press, 2005)

Articles
. “Ideals and Aspirations: Democracy and Law-Making in Mediaeval Iceland”, in The Secret History of Democracy, edited by Benjamin Isakhan and Stephen Stockwell, to be published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010
· “Of Fish and Ships in Medieval Iceland”, forthcoming in the first publication of the Norgesveldet og den norrøne verden c. 1100-1400 Project, Norway (2010)
· Auðunar þáttr vestfirzka, translation into Portuguese, forthcoming in a special edition of Mediaeval Scandinavia (Festschrift edited by Daniel Melia), 2008
· “Scribal Practices and the Scholarly Transmission of Völuspá in Codex Regius”, forthcoming in Mediaeval Scandinavia, 17 (2007)
· “Möguleikar einir hrökkva ekki til”, Lésbók Mörgunblaðsins, 13 January 2007
· “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 George Dumézil: A Reflection on Method and Improbability], Brathair, 6:2 (2006), 1-54
· “Sagas islandesas como fonte da história da Escandinávia medieval” [Icelandic Sagas as a Source of Medieval Scandinavian History], Signun, 7 (2005), 13-39
· “Breves Observações sobre a Edda em Prosa” [Brief Observations on the Prose Edda], Brathair, 4 (2004), 13-18

Reviews
· Snorri Sturluson and the Edda: The Conversion of Cultural Capital in Medieval Scandinavia. By Kevin J. Wanner (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2008), forthcoming in Saga Book (2009)
· Viking Empires. By Angelo Forte, Richard Oram and Frederik Pedersen (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005), Saga Book, 30 (2006), 116-18

INVITED SEMINARS, LECTURES AND PAPERS
· Paper to be given at the seminar The Norwegian Realm and its Dependencies c. 1270-1450, Gotland (Sweden), 8-11 October 2010
·“Sagas and the Law: the Icelandic goði”, ASNC Research Seminar at the University of Cambridge, 26 Fevereiro 2010
·“Icelandic Legal Manuscripts, Latin Models and Native Culture”, to be given at the workshop “Learned Tools in Medieval Administration” at the University of Zurich, 11-13 February 2010
· “Laws and Society in Mediaeval Iceland: Are the Sources Irreconcilable?”, seminar given at the University of Aberdeen, 7 December 2009
· “The Historiography of the Icelanders’ Submission to The King of Norway”, seminar given at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 12 November 2009
· “Norway & Iceland: Legal and Political Connections”, paper given at the seminar The Norwegian Realm and its Dependencies c. 1270-1450, Røros (Norway), October 2008
· “Gamli sáttmáli: Fact or Fiction”, Jón Sigurðsson Memorial Lecture, Reykjavík, October 2005
· “Writing the History of Medieval Iceland: A Critical Assessment”, given to the History Department of the University of Iceland, Reykjavík, October 2005
· “Historical and Literary Aspects of the Medieval Icelandic Sagas”, inaugural lecture given to the Scandinavian Studies Seminar Series sponsored by the University of São Paulo and the University of Oslo, São Paulo, Brazil, May 2003
· “Medieval Icelandic Sagas”, series of three lectures given to the University of Campinas and to the Brazil-United States Cultural Centre, Brazil, June-July 2002

FURTHER SEMINARS
· Research Seminar at Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Department, University of Cambridge, 26 February 2009
· “Neo-Paganism and Norse Mythology in Brazilian Popular Media”, given with Gabriela Antunes at the conference Eddische Götter und Helden – Milieus und Medien ihrer Rezeption, Frankfurt, June 2009
· “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 Medieval Latin: reading knowledge