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Merrill Kaplan

Merrill Kaplan

Merrill Kaplan

Contact Information

Director, Center for Folklore Studies; Associate Professor, Folklore and Scandinavian Studies

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Areas of Expertise

  • Old Norse-Icelandic literature
  • Folklore studies
  • Nineteenth-century Norwegian literature and culture
  • British fascination with the medieval North
  • Medieval Iceland and Scandinavia
  • Myth and mythography

Education

  • Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (2006)