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Christopher W. E. Crocker

  • About me
  • Curriculum vitae
  • Publications
  • Books
    • Cultural Legacies of Old Norse Literature (2022)
    • Disability in the Medieval Nordic World, a special issue of the Journal Mirator (2021)
    • Guttormur J. Guttormsson, Ten Plays – Tíu leikrit (2015)
    • Letters from the North American-Icelandic Children’s Newspaper Sólskin (2023)
    • The Sunshine Children (2023)
    • Theodóra Thoroddsen/Jón Thoroddsen, Rigmarole and Flies (2020)
  • Teaching
  • Research projects
    • Disability before disability (2018-2021)
    • Paranormal encounters in medieval Iceland (2012-2015)
    • Preserving the Most Precious Heirloom (2023-2025)
    • The Sunshine Children (2021-2023)
    • W.I. (Bill) Hann World War II Digital Archive (2024-2025)
    • What we talk about when we talk about Vínland (2017-2023)
  • Resources
    • Bibliography of disability and the medieval Icelandic sagas
    • Database of medieval Icelandic saga literary adaptations
    • Database of online open access, electronic, and/or scanned saga editions
    • Digital resources for medieval Norse-Icelandic studies
    • Old Norse-Icelandic Disability Glossary
    • Open access publishing in Old Norse-Icelandic literature

Preserving the Most Precious Heirloom (2023-2025)

This project focuses on the history of Icelandic language publishing in Manitoba, Canada, and received financial support from Digital Museums Canada. It was co-developed and created in collaboration with Katrin Nielsdottir.

Click here to listen to an interview Katrin and I did about the project for the CBC Weekend Morning Show (Manitoba).

Digital exhibition

Preserving the Most Precious Heirloom: Icelandic Language Publishing in Manitoba

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