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Simon Hauke

Current affiliations

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Research Focus

  • History of religious orders
  • Processes of cultural transfer
  • Reception history of Old Norse mythology
  • Heroic legend

Academic Education

10/2015 - 04/2023Studies in the subjects of History, Scandinavian studies and German studies at the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
08/2018 - 02/2019Studies at Umeå University

Work Experience

since 05/2023Research assistant at the project "A3-36 - Paganisations: Memorialised Paganism as an Element of Scandinavian and European Identities" at the University of Münster as part of the Cluster of Excellence 2060 - Religion and Politics. Dynamics of Tradition and Innovation; Head of project Prof. Dr. Roland Scheel

Functions and Memberships

since 2021Member, Society of Munich Regional Historians

Publications

Die Funktion von Freundschaft zwischen Frauen in der Kudrun. Zum Thema der closure in der Hildesage
Hauke, Simon (2026)
In: Neophilologus, 110(2).
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
Das Schwert Tyrfingr im Laufe von acht Jahrhunderten. Rezeptionshistorische Perspektiven auf die wandelbare Semantisierung eines Dinges aus der Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks konungs
Hauke, Simon (2025)
In: Hahn, Daniela (eds.), Dingversammlung: Wirkmächtige Objekte in der altnordischen Literatur, 306-354. München: Utzverlag.
Research article (book contribution) | Published
Tagungsbericht. 19. Überregionale Promovierendentagung der deutschsprachigen Skandinavistik, Münster 05.–06. April 2024
Hauke, Simon (2025)
In: Nordeuropaforum. Zeitschrift für Kulturstudien, 2025, 160-162.
Conference report (journal) | Published
Die frühen Klostergründungen der Zisterzienser in Skandinavien und ihr Verhältnis zur geistlichen und weltlichen Macht
Hauke, Simon (2024)
München: Utzverlag.
Book (monograph) | Published
Rezension zu: Wang, Solveig Marie, Decolonising Medieval Fennoscandia. An Interdisciplinary Study of Norse-Saami Relations in the Medieval Period, Berlin - Boston 2023.
Hauke, Simon (2024)
In: H-Soz-Kult
Review in digital collection | Published
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Projects

EXC 2060 A3-36 - Paganisations: Memorialised Paganism as an Element of Scandinavian and European Identities
Duration: 01/05/2023 - 31/12/2025 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster

Talks

Frá ótukt til sáttasemjara. Hildr og hlutverk hennar í sögunni um Hjaðningavíg
Hauke, Simon (16/04/2026)
15. Háskóli Íslands Student Conference on the Medieval North: "Stirring up Trouble. Antagonists, Outlaws, Troublemakers…, Reykjavik
Type of talk: scientific Talk
Opfer – Heiland – Sonnengott. Diachrone Semantisierungsstrategien anhand des nordischen Baldermythos
Hauke, Simon (13/01/2026)
Gastvortrag an der Universität, Erfurt
Type of talk: scientific Talk
The Functionalisation of Runes and the Long Legacy of Romanticism
Hauke, Simon (04/12/2025)
The Modern Reception of Runes. 19th–21st Century, München
Type of talk: scientific Talk
The Blind One in the Forest. Viability as a Guiding Principle in Constructions of the Pagan North
Hauke, Simon (06/11/2025)
Imagining Nordic Paganism. Cultural Memories and Scholarly Thought since the Middle Ages, Münster
Type of talk: scientific Talk
Gränspunkten mellan forn ǫld och Historisk Tid i Medeltida Identitetskonstruktioner
Hauke, Simon (01/08/2025)
35. IASS-Konferenz: "Peripeteias, Catastrophies, Happy Endings. Turning Points in Nordic Literature and Culture", München
Type of talk: scientific Talk
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Doctorates

[Working title] Paganisierungen: Erinnertes Heidentum als Element skandinavischer und europäischer Identitäten
Candidate: Hauke, Simon | Supervisors: Scheel, Roland
Period of time: 01/05/2023 - today
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster