Oliver Martin Traxel | Universitetet i Stavanger

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Fakultet for utdanningsvitenskap og humaniora

Institutt for kultur- og språkvitenskap

Kort om meg

Originally from the city of Mainz/Germany, where I was born in 1970, I passed my Abitur twenty years later at the Werner-Heisenberg-Gymnasium, Weinheim. My main subjects were English and Latin, which prepared me for a career in English language studies with specific interest in the past stages. English Linguistics became one of my subjects at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg, with Prehistoric Archaeology and Egyptology being my other choices. My increasing interest in England, in particular the medieval period, led me to join a BA course in Medieval Studies at the University of Manchester in 1993, which I passed successfully three years later. In 1996, I joined Emmanuel College at the University of Cambridge, where I completed an MPhil degree in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic in 1997, which prepared me for a subsequent doctoral programme. My particular interest during that time was in Old English manuscripts of the twelfth century. I was awarded a PhD degree in 2001. From 2001 to 2006 I was working in the wider field of English Linguistics as a Wissenschaftlicher Assistent to Prof. Dr. H. J. Neuhaus at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster for example on the Shakespeare Database Project and on my habilitation treatise on historical lexicology. I was awarded a venia legendi in English Philology in 2008. From 2006 to 2011 I represented the chair of English Medieval Studies and Historical Linguistics at the Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen in the role of interim professor. From 2011 to 2012 I was a lecturer at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster. In summer term 2012, I was teaching at the Ludwig-Maxmilians-Universität, Munich, the Technische Universität, Darmstadt and the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg. From winter term 2012/13 to summer term 2015 I represented the chair of English Linguistics at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität, Würzburg in the role of interim professor. In winter term 2015/16, I was working as an interim professor in Applied Linguistics and Translation Studies at the Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken. In summer term 2016, I was teaching at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster. In August 2016, I took up a position of associate professor in English Language and Linguistics at the University of Stavanger, Norway and was promoted to a full professorship in April 2017. Since 2022 I have also acted as study programme leader of the English Section.

Publikasjoner

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner

Oliver Martin Traxel; Monika Kirner-Ludwig (2025) An Introduction to Modern Takes on Past English Language Stages. I: Oliver Martin Traxel; Monika Kirner-Ludwig, Old Sources - New Creations : Modern Takes on Past English Language Stages. utzverlag. ISBN 9783831650729. s.9-42.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2025) Transforming Old English : Textual Change for a Modern Audience. I: Oliver Martin Traxel; Monika Kirner-Ludwig, Old Sources - New Creations : Modern Takes on Past English Language Stages. utzverlag. ISBN 9783831650729. s.133-162.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2024) The spelling of conlangs : Fictional languages and their orthographic representation. I: Klaus Johan Myrvoll; Oliver Martin Traxel, Spelling Identities : Individual Orthographic Usages in English, Nordic and Constructed Languages. Reichert Verlag. ISBN 9783752006896. s.177-190. DOI: 10.29091/9783752002393

Oliver Martin Traxel (2023) The reader as traveller : Interactive journeys within fantasy gamebooks. I: Kerstin Majewski; Ulrike Krischke; Renate Bauer; Christine Elsweiler, Travelling texts - texts Travelling : A Gedenkschrift in memory of Hans Sauer. utzverlag. ISBN 9783831649969. s.417-432.

Rachel A. Fletcher; Thijs Porck; Oliver Martin Traxel (2022) Early medieval English in the modern age : An introduction to Old English Medievalism. I: Rachel A. Fletcher; Thijs Porck; Oliver Martin Traxel, Old English Medievalism : Reception and recreation in the 20th and 21st Centuries. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 9781843846505. s.1-15. DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv2k24cn4.7

Oliver Martin Traxel (2022) Creating a 'shadow tongue' : The merging of two language stages. I: Rachel A. Fletcher; Thijs Porck; Oliver Martin Traxel, Old English Medievalism : Reception and recreation in the 20th and 21st Centuries. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 9781843846505. s.95-114. DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv2k24cn4.12

Oliver Martin Traxel (2021) Linguistic Medievalism in the Twenty-First Century. I: Tommaso Falconieri; Pierre Savy; Lila Yawn, Middle Ages without borders : A conversation on medievalism. Publications de l'Ecole Francaise de Rome. ISBN 9782728314935.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2020) Old English words in modern contexts : The resurrection or reforming of extinct lexical items. I: Hans Sauer; Rüdiger Pfeiffer-Rupp, Ihr werdet die Wahrheit erkennen / Ye Shall Know the Truth: Zum Gedenken an den Philologen / In Memory of the Philologist Ewald Standop. Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier. ISBN 9783868218534. s.163-178.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2019) Middle English in the modern world. I: Oliver Martin Traxel; Kjetil Vikhamar Thengs; Martti Mäkinen; Merja Riitta Stenroos, Current Explorations in Middle English: Selected Papers from the 10th International Conference on Middle English (ICOME), University of Stavanger, Norway, 2017. Peter Lang Publishing Group. ISBN 9783631782057. s.309-332.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2018) Reviving a Past Language Stage: Modern Takes on Old English. I: Studies in English Medieval Language and Literature. ISSN 1436-7521. Volum 55. s.309-328. DOI: 10.3726/b15209

Oliver Martin Traxel (2017) Graphemics and Orthography in Massively Multi-Player Online Role-Playing Games: Use and Recognition. I: Gaby Waxenberger; Hans Sauer; Kerstin Kazzazi, Von den Hieroglyphen zur Internetsprache: Das Verhältnis von Schrift, Laut und Sprache - From Hieroglyphs to Internet Language: The Relation of Script, Sound and Language. Reichert Verlag. ISBN 9783954901463. s.279-295.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2017) Exploring the Linguistic Past through the Work(s) of J. R. R. Tolkien : some points of orientation from English language history. I: Monika Kirner-Ludwig; Stephan Köser; Sebastian Streitberger, Binding Them All: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on J. R. R. Tolkien and His Works. Walking Tree Publishers. ISBN 9783905703375. s.279-304.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2016) Old English in the Modern World: Its Didactic Value. I: Old English Newsletter. ISSN 0030-1973. Volum 46.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2015) Altenglische Wörter in Mittelerde. I: Der Flammifer von Westernis: Die offizielle Vereinszeitschrift der Deutschen Tolkien Gesellschaft e.V.. ISSN 1437-6563. Volum 53. s.37-39.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2015) Languages. I: albrecht classen, Handbook of Medieval Culture: Fundamental Aspects and Conditions of the European Middle Ages, 3 vols.. De Gruyter Mouton. ISBN 9783110377606. s.794-835.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2012) Pseudo-Archaic English: The Modern Perception and Interpretation of the Linguistic Past. I: Studia Anglica Posnaniensia. ISSN 0081-6272. Volum 47. s.41-58. DOI: 10.2478/v10121-012-0003-y

Oliver Martin Traxel (2012) Electronic/Online Resources. I: Alexander Bergs; Laurel Brinton, English Historical Linguistics: An International Handbook, 2 vols.. De Gruyter Mouton. ISBN 9783110202656. s.1131-1148.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2011) The Katherine Group as a Source for the Reconstruction of Unattested Words from the Old English Period. I: Renate Bauer; Krischke Ulrike, More than Words: English Lexicography and Lexicology Past and Present. Essays Presented to Hans Sauer on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday, Part I. Peter Lang Publishing Group. ISBN 9783631595770. s.185-201.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2008) Medieval and Pseudo-Medieval Elements in Computer Role-Playing Games: Use and Interactivity. I: Studies in Medievalism. ISSN 0738-7164. Volum 16. s.125-142.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2008) Habilitation Thesis: Lexical Instability and Replacement in the History of English with Particular Emphasis on the Documentation of Old English Words: Evidence from the 'Dictionary of Old English' and the 'Oxford English Dictionary'. Presented Habilitation Thesis:.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2007) Linking Old English and Middle English: the Peterborough Chronicle as an Introductory Teaching Tool to the History of English. I: Alexander Bergs; Janne Skaffari, Bergs, Alexander & Janne Skaffari (eds.) The language of the Peterborough Chronicle. Peter Lang Publishing Group. ISBN 9783631564547. s.163-174.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2005) Low German Loanwords in Middle English: a Comparison Between the Electronic OED (Second Edition) and MED. I: Niederdeutsches Jahrbuch. ISSN 0083-5617. s.41-62.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2004) Language Change, Writing and Textual Interference in Post-Conquest Old English Manuscripts: the Evidence of Cambridge, University Library, Ii. 1.33. Peter Lang Publishing Group. ISBN 9780820473475.

Bøker og kapitler

Oliver Martin Traxel; Monika Kirner-Ludwig (2025) Old Sources - New Creations : Modern Takes on Past English Language Stages. utzverlag. ISBN 9783831650729.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2025) Homilies and saints' lives, in Old English (Cambridge, University Library, MS Ii.1.33). I: , University of Cambridge, Western Medieval Manuscripts. University of Cambridge.

Klaus Johan Myrvoll; Oliver Martin Traxel (2024) Spelling Identities : Individual Orthographic Usages in English, Nordic and Constructed Languages. Reichert Verlag. ISBN 9783752006896.

Rachel A. Fletcher; Thijs Porck; Oliver Martin Traxel (2022) Old English Medievalism : Reception and recreation in the 20th and 21st Centuries. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 9781843846505.

Rachel A. Fletcher; Thijs Porck; Oliver Martin Traxel (2022) Old English Medievalism: Reception and Recreation in the 20th and 21st Centuries. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 9781843846505.

Oliver Martin Traxel; Merja Riitta Stenroos; Martti Mäkinen; Kjetil Vikhamar Thengs (2019) Current Explorations in Middle English: Selected Papers from the 10th International Conference on Middle English (ICOME), University of Stavanger, Norway, 2017. Peter Lang Publishing Group. ISBN 9783631782057.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2011) Epilogue: Geschichtlicher Hintergrund. I: Jon Sutherland; Simon Farrell; Marcel Agsten; Oliver Martin Traxel, Invasion der Normannen. Mantikore. ISBN 9783939212065. s.176-180.

Jon Sutherland; Simon Farrell; Marcel Agsten; Oliver Martin Traxel (2011) Invasion der Normannen. Mantikore. ISBN 9783939212065.

Formidling

Oliver Martin Traxel (2025) Paper: Connecting Language, Fantasy and the Middle Ages: Valyrian as a Type of Neomedieval Latin. Prequels, Sequels, Spin-offs: Logics of Neomedieval Transmedia Storytelling; 2025-12-01 - 2025-12-02.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2025) Paper: Game of Conlangs: Linguistic Creativity in Fantasy and Science Fiction. Forskningscabaret; 2025-08-14.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2025) Paper: Transforming Old English: Textual Change for a Modern Audience. MARRI Lecture; 2025-09-25.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2025) Paper: Old English Words in Modern Contexts: The Resurrection or Reforming of Extinct Lexical Items. First LiTra Symposium; 2025-04-24.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2024) Paper: The Spelling of Conlangs: Fictional Languages and Their Orthographic Representation. Guest lecture; 2024-06-25.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2024) Paper: Welcome and Introduction. The Middle Ages in the 20th and 21st Centuries: Relevance, Reimagination, Inspiration (MARRI); 2024-08-22.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2023) Paper: Exploring the Linguistic Past through the Work(s) of J. R. R. Tolkien. FIKS Guest Lecture; 2023-12-07.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2022) Paper: Opening. Old Sources – New Creations: Modern Takes on Past English Language Stages; 2022-09-09.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2022) Paper: Closing and Outlook. Old Sources – New Creations: Modern Takes on Past English Language Stages; 2022-09-09.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2021) Review: Sauer, Hans, and Piotr P. Chruszczewski, eds., Mostly Medieval: In Memory of Jacek Fisiak, Beyond Language 5. San Diego, CA 2020: Æ Academic Publishing. I: Academic Journal of Modern Philology (AJMP). ISSN 2299-7164. Volum 14. s.383-389.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2021) Paper: The Reader as Traveller: Interactive Journeys within Fantasy Gamebooks. Travel(l)ing Texts – Texts Travel(l)ing: Symposium on the Occasion of Hans Sauer’s 75th Birthday; 2021-11-12 - 2021-11-13.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2021) Paper: The Spelling of Conlangs: Fictional Languages and Their Orthographic Representation. Spelling, Writing and Identity, 2nd Symposium on Linguistic Identities; 2021-11-29 - 2021-11-30.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2019) Paper: Creating a "Shadow Tongue": The Merging of Two Language Stages. 26th International Medieval Congress (IMC); 2019-07-01 - 2019-07-04.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2019) Paper: Fictional Englishes: Inventing a Past, Imagining a Future. Linguistic Identities Symposium; 2019-09-12 - 2019-09-13.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2019) Paper: Old English Words in Modern Contexts: The Resurrection or Reforming of Extinct Lexical Items. Medieval Symposium, 24th International Association of University Professors of English Triennial Conference (IAUPE); 2019-07-20 - 2019-07-21.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2019) Paper: Exploring the Linguistic Past through the Work(s) of J. R. R. Tolkien. Guest Lecture; 2019-10-30.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2019) Paper: Old English in the Works of J. R. R. Tolkien. UiS Open Day; 2019-03-05.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2018) Review: Birkett, Tom, and Kirsty March-Lyons, ed., Translating Early Medieval Poetry: Transformation, Reception, Interpretation. Medievalism 11. I: Anglia. Zeitschrift für englische Philologie. ISSN 0340-5222. Volum 136. s.537-541.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2018) Paper: Old English in the Works of J. R. R. Tolkien. Forskningscabaret; 2018-08-16.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2018) Paper: Reviving a Past Language Stage: Modern Takes on Old English. 6th Middle English Scribal Texts Symposium; 2018-08-22.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2018) Paper: Linguistic Medievalism in the 21st Century. 4th The Middle Ages in the Modern World Conference; 2018-11-21 - 2018-11-25.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2018) Paper: Exploring the Linguistic Past through the Work(s) of J. R. R. Tolkien. Guest Lecture; 2018-12-20.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2018) Paper: Exploring the Linguistic Past through the Work(s) of J. R. R. Tolkien. Språkforum; 2018-04-13.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2017) Paper: Middle English in the Modern World. 3rd Middle Ages in the Modern World Conference; 2017-06-28 - 2017-07-01.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2017) Paper: Middle English in the Modern World. 10th International Conference on Middle English; 2017-05-31 - 2017-06-02.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2017) Paper: Reviving a Past Language Stage: Modern Takes on Old English. 5th International Conference of the Society of Historical English Language and Linguistics, held at 24th International Medieval Congress; 2017-06-03 - 2017-06-06.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2016) Paper: Pseudo-Old English for a Modern Audience: Linguistic Creativity in Paul Kingsnorth's "The Wake". 31st International Conference on Medievalism; 2016-07-18 - 2016-07-20.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2016) Paper: The Medievalism of Language: Translations of Modern Texts into Old and Middle English. 5th Middle English Scribal Texts Symposium; 2016-09-23.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2016) Review: Traidl, Veronika. 2016. Telling Tales about Beowulf: The Poem and the Films. English and Beyond 4. Munich: Herbert Utz. I: Medievally Speaking.

Oliver Martin Traxel; Elin Nyberg (2016) Alle navnene i Ringenes herre har en historie. I: Forskning.no. ISSN 1891-635X.

Oliver Martin Traxel; Elin Nyberg (2016) The names of Tolkien's universe explained. I: ScienceNordic.com.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2015) Paper: Ausflüge in die englische Sprachgeschichte mit J. R. R. Tolkien. Manticon; 2015-08-21 - 2015-08-23.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2015) Paper: Ausflüge in die englische Sprachgeschichte mit J. R. R. Tolkien. Tolkien Thing; 2015-07-09 - 2015-07-12.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2015) Paper: Exploring the Linguistic Past through the Work(s) of J. R. R. Tolkien. Guest lecture; 2015-07-14.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2014) Paper: Graphemik und Orthographie in englischsprachigen Massively Multi-Player Online Role-Playing Games: Verwendung und Erkennbarkeit. Linguistisches Kolloquium; 2014-06-03.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2014) Paper: Old English, Middle English and Modern Media. Lecture Cycle: English-Speaking Cultures; 2014-12-12.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2014) Paper: The Creation of Pseudo-Archaisms in the 18th Century: A Linguistic Study of Thomas Chatterton's Rowley Poems. 18th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics; 2014-07-14 - 2014-07-17.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2014) Paper: Exploring the Linguistic Past through the Work(s) of J. R. R. Tolkien. Lecture Cycle: Einmal Tolkien und wieder zurück: Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf J. R. R. Tolkien und sein Werk; 2014-11-03.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2014) Paper: Übersetzungen moderner Texte ins Alt- und Mittelenglische. Symposium Probleme des Übersetzens: Sprache - Literatur - Kultur; 2014-01-31.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2013) Paper: The English Language in Australia and New Zealand. Lecture Cycle: English-Speaking Cultures; 2013-12-20.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2013) Paper: The Medievalism of Language: Translations of Modern Texts into Old and Middle English. 1st The Middle Ages in the Modern World Conference; 2013-06-25 - 2013-06-28.

Oliver Martin Traxel (2011) Review: de Saint-Exupéry, Antoine. 2010. Be Þam Lytlan Æþelinge. Transl. into Old English by Fritz Kemmler. Neckarsteinach: Edition Tintenfass, & de Saint-Exupéry, Antoine. 2008. The Litel Prynce. Transl. into Middle English by Walter Sauer. Neckarsteinach: Edition Tintenfass. I: Perspicuitas.

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