Tatjana Jackson

Jackson, Tatjana

Professor II

E-mail
jackson@rdm.ru / tjackson@yandex.ru

Kontor/besøk
Official address: Russia, 117334, Moscow, Leninskij prospect, 32a.
Private address: Russia, 121151, Moscow, Rezervnyj proezd, 2/8, 24.

Biografiske data
Born on February 6, 1951 in Moscow, Russia.
Graduated from Moscow State University (Philological Faculty, English Department) in 1973.
Passed the post-graduate course at the Institute of History of the USSR in 1973–1976.
Defended the candidate thesis (“Icelandic Kings' sagas as a source for the history of Old Russia and the neighboring lands in the tenth to thirteenth centuries”) in 1978. Since 1978 – candidate of history.
Defended the doctorate thesis (“Old Russia in Old Norse written sources of the ninth through the fourteenth centuries”) in 1995. Since 1996 – doctor of history.
Position – leading research fellow.

Forskningsinteresser
Affiliation: Institute of Universal History of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The author of more than 160 publications mostly devoted to the Old Norse written sources for the Russian history and Russian-Scandinavian relations of the early middle ages, among them a monographic study “Icelandic King’s sagas as sources for the history of Russia and the neighboring lands in the tenth through the thirteenth centuries” (1991), three volumes of “Icelandic Kings’ sagas on Eastern Europe: Texts, translations, commentaries” (1993, 1994, 2000), monographic studies “Four Norwegian Kings in Old Rus” (2000) and “Austr í Görðum: Old Russian place-names in Old Norse sources” (2001).

Publikasjoner
A list of publications in languages other than Russian


1. On Snorri Sturluson's Creative Activity: The Problem of Writer Intrusion into the Narrative // Arkiv for nordisk filologi. 1984. B. 99. P. 107–125.
2. The North of Eastern Europe in the Ethnogeographical Nomenclature of Early Nordic Texts // The Eighth International saga Conference «The Audience of the Sagas». Preprints. Vol. I. Gothenburg 1991. P. 228–237.
3. Hvor var Bjarmeland? // Spor. 1992. № 1 (7 Årgang, 13 Hefte). S. 24–25.
4. Norske konger i Rus'-riket p2 900- og 1000-tallet — unike opplysninger i islandske kongesagaer om fire norske kongers besøk i Rus'-riket // Spor. 1992. № 1 (7 Årgang, 13 Hefte). S. 40.
5. Location of Bjarmaland // Suomen varhaishistoria. Tornion kongressi 14.–16.6.1991 (Studia historica septentrionalia, 21). Rovaniemi, 1992. S. 122–130.
6. The North of Eastern Europe in Early Nordic Texts: the Study of Place-Names // Arkiv for nordisk filologi. B. 108. 1993. S. 38–45.
7. Russian-Norwegian Relations in the Middle of the 13th Century as Depicted by Hákonar saga gamla Hákonarsonar // Níunda al¹jóÄlega fornsagna¹ingi;. SamtiÄarsögur. Forprent. B. I. Akureyri, 1994. Bl. 357–364.
8. The Role of Óláfr Tryggvason in the Conversion of Russia // Three Studies on Vikings and Christianization. Oslo, 1994. P. 1–17.
9. Sví¹jóÄ in mikla eÄa kalda (Sweden the Great or Cold) // Berkovsbók. Moscow, 1996. P. 107–114.
10. Ingigerd, hustru till den ryske fursten Jaroslav den Vise // «Sigtuna-porten» i Novgorod. Tre ryska forskare om några problem i svensk-rysk historia (Meddelanden och Rapporter från Sigtuna Museer. Nr 4). Sigtuna, 1997. S. 19–23.
11. Norway in Old Norse Literature: Some Considerations on the Specific Character of Scandinavian Spatial Orientation // 10th International Saga Conference. «Sagas and the Norwegian Experience». Preprints. Trondheim, 1997. P. 281–291. (Jackson, Podossinov)
12. Norway in Old Norse Literature: Some Considerations on the Specific Character of Scandinavia Spatial Orientation // Skandinavistik. Jhrg. 27, Ht. 2. Kiel, 1997. S. 85–97. (Jackson, Podossinov)
13. On the Old Norse System of Spatial Orientation // Saga-Book of the Viking Society. Vol. XXV. P. 1. London, 1998. P. 72–82.
14. Bjarmaland between Norway and Old Rus // Aspects of Arctic and Sub-Arctic History: Proceedings of the International Congress on the History of the Arctic and Sub-Arctic Region, Reykjavík, 18–21 June 1998. Reykjavík, 2000. P. 113–120.
15. Kan Odins Åsgard finnes? // Aftenposten. 10 april 2001. S. 9.
16. Vikings in the East: On the Old Norse System of Spatial Orientation // The Vikings: Navigators, Discoverers, Creators. Papers from an International conference held at «St. Kliment Orhidski» University of Sofia (May 15th — 17th 2000). Sofia, 2001. P. 143–149.
17. Bjarmaland Revisited // Acta Borealia. 2002. Nr. 2. P. 165–179.
18. The famous landvættir episode (ÓlTrygg33): a paradox of Icelandic religious consciousness? // Scandinavia and Christian Europe in the Middle ages. Papers of The 12th International Saga Conference. Bonn, 2003. P. 244–249. (Jackson, Podossinov)
19. The Image of Old Rus in Old Norse Literature (a place-name study) // Middelalderforum. Oslo, 2003. N 1–2. P. 29–56.
20. Cardinal points in the Weltbild of medieval Scandinavians: Semsntics of the ‘east’ // Materialy mezhdunarodnoj konferentsii, posvjashchennoj 100-letiju M.I. Steblin-Kamenskogo. Saint-Petersburg, 2003. P. 296–300 (Jackson, Podossinov)
21. Bjarmeland – legender og virkelighet. In: Norge – Russland. Naboer gjennom 1000 år. Oslo, 2004. S. 38–39.
22. Norge og Rus-riket i vikingtiden – Normannennerspørsmålet. In: Norge – Russland. Naboer gjennom 1000 år. Oslo, 2004. S. 40–41.
23. Norge og Rus-riket i vikingtiden – Norskekongen i Gardarike. In: Norge – Russland. Naboer gjennom 1000 år. Oslo, 2004. S. 46–47.
24. Norge og Rus-riket i vikingtiden – Olavskirken i Novgorod. In: Norge – Russland. Naboer gjennom 1000 år. Oslo, 2004. S. 48.