Michael Schulte#
Picture credit: University of Agder
| Membership Number: | 6785 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LINGUISTIC STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | NORWAY |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.uia.no/kk/profil/michaels |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-schulte-36b6b5a5?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_contact_details%3B5ZkxLqRjTIWV0uRcg92i%2BQ%3D%3D |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2013 - 2024 professor in Nordic linguistics, Dept. of Nordic and Media Studies, University of Agder
- 2008 - 2012 professor in Nordic and Norwegian linguistics, Volda University College, Dept. of Nordic and Norwegian Studies
- 2007 - 2008 associate professor (førsteamanuensis); Volda University College, Dept. of Nordic and Norwegian Studies
- 2006 Research project Prefixation in Nordic
- 2002 - 2005 Postdoc research fellow, "Prefixation and Preverbation in North Germanic", Dept. of Nordic and Media Studies, Agder University College
- 1998 - 2002 German Exchange Lecturer (DAAD), German Dept., Agder University College
- 1993 - 1997 Scientific Research Fellow (Wissenschaftlicher Assistent) at the Univerity of Bonn, Indology
Fields of Scholarship
- Comparative linguistics
- Writing system research (Runes)
- Formulaic language (Runic inscriptions)
- Runic inscriptions (Runology)
- Language history (Nordic)
- Metrical studies of Old Germanic
- Sociocultural history (Nordic)
- Proto-Norse
- Germanic philology
- Old Norse
Honours and Awards
- 2019 Sørlandets Kompetansefonds Forskningspris (Research Award of Southern Norway), awarded by the Agder Academy of Sciences
- 2014 Fridtjof Nansens Award for Excellent Research, Historical-philosoph. Class, 2014, awarded by Nansenfondet by way of The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
- 2009 FoU-award for Excellent Research at Volda University College and Møreforsking (Møre Research)
- Election to National Academies:
- 2023 Fellow in the Royal Historical Society (RHS), London
- 2022 Foreign Member (member from outside Sweden) Kungl. Humanistiska Vetenskaps-Samfundet i Uppsala (KHVSU)
- 2012 Foreign Member (member from outside Sweden) Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy in Uppsala (KGAA)
- 2012 Member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters (DKNVS)
- 2005 Member of the Agder Academy of Sciences and Letters (AVA), member of board since 2019
