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Germanic Studies

Fantasy Studies

Precepted by Dr. Chris Vaccaro

Language

Precepted by Patrick Lyon

Support Role by Elizabeth Lyon

Current and Upcoming Modules in the Germanic Studies Portal

July 2026

Exploring Tolkien’s “Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics”

Precepted by Dr. Chris Vaccaro

Signum Classics: The House of the Wolfings

Precepted by Dr. Julian Barr

The Old English "Phoenix"

Precepted by Patrick Lyon

Support Role by Elizabeth Lyon

August 2026

Advanced Old English Series: Readings in Poetry

Precepted by Dr. Larry Swain

Intermediate Readings in Old English

Precepted by Dr. Isaac Schendel

Signum Classics: The Roots of the Mountains (Part 1) Candidate

Precepted by Dr. Julian Barr

September 2026

Intermediate Readings in Old English Candidate

Precepted by Dr. Isaac Schendel

Signum Classics: The Roots of the Mountains (Part 2) Candidate

Precepted by Dr. Julian Barr

Preceptors for Germanic Studies

Carl Edlund Anderson

Chris Vaccaro

Irina Manea

Isaac Schendel

Jennifer Rogers

Julian Barr

Larry Swain

Patrick Lyon

Paul Peterson

All Modules in Germanic Studies Portal

Module	Preceptor	Sector	Portals
Advanced Old English: Alice in Wonderland	Dr. Larry Swain	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Children’s Literature Fairy Tales Germanic Studies Linguistics
Advanced Old English: Alice in Wonderland	Dr. Larry Swain	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Children’s Literature Fairy Tales Germanic Studies Linguistics
Advanced Old English Readings	Dr. Larry Swain Dr. Isaac Schendel	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old English Readings: Cynewulf's Christ II	Dr. Larry Swain	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old English Series: Readings in Poetry	Dr. Larry Swain	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old English Series: Readings in Poetry	Dr. Larry Swain	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old English Series: Readings in Poetry	Dr. Larry Swain	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old English Series: Readings in Poetry	Dr. Larry Swain	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old English Series: Readings in Poetry	Dr. Larry Swain	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old English Series: Readings in Poetry	Dr. Larry Swain	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old English Series: Readings in Poetry	Dr. Larry Swain	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old English Series: Readings in Poetry	Dr. Larry Swain	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old English Series: Readings in Poetry	Dr. Larry Swain	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old English Series: Readings in Poetry	Dr. Larry Swain	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old English Series: Readings in Poetry	Dr. Larry Swain	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old English Series: Readings in Poetry	Dr. Larry Swain	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old English Series: Readings in Poetry	Dr. Larry Swain	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old English Series: Readings in Poetry	Dr. Larry Swain	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old English Series: Readings in Poetry	Dr. Larry Swain	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old English Series: Readings in Poetry and Prose Non-Sequential Series	Dr. Larry Swain	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old English Series: Readings in Prose	Dr. Larry Swain	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old English Series: Readings in Prose	Dr. Larry Swain	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old English Series: Readings in Prose	Dr. Larry Swain	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old English Series: Readings in Prose	Dr. Larry Swain	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old English Series: Readings in Prose	Dr. Larry Swain	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old English Series: Readings in Prose	Dr. Larry Swain	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old English Series: Readings in Prose	Dr. Larry Swain	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old English Series: Readings in Prose	Dr. Larry Swain	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old English Series: Readings in Prose	Dr. Larry Swain	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old English Series: Readings in Prose	Dr. Larry Swain	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old English Series: Readings in Prose	Dr. Larry Swain	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old English Series: Readings in Prose	Dr. Larry Swain	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old English Series: Readings in Prose	Dr. Larry Swain	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old English Series: Readings in Prose	Dr. Larry Swain	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old English Series: Readings in Prose	Dr. Larry Swain	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old English Series: Readings in Prose	Dr. Larry Swain	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old English Series: Readings in Prose	Dr. Larry Swain	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old English: Tolkien's Old English Poetry	Dr. Larry Swain	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies JRR Tolkien
Advanced Old Norse: Volsunga Saga	Dr. Carl Edlund Anderson	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old Norse: Volsunga Saga	Dr. Carl Edlund Anderson	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old Norse: Volsunga Saga	Dr. Carl Edlund Anderson	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old Norse: Volsunga Saga	Dr. Carl Edlund Anderson	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old Norse: Volsunga Saga	Dr. Carl Edlund Anderson	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old Norse: Volsunga Saga	Dr. Carl Edlund Anderson	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old Norse: Volsunga Saga	Dr. Carl Edlund Anderson	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old Norse: Volsunga Saga	Dr. Carl Edlund Anderson	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old Norse: Volsunga Saga	Dr. Carl Edlund Anderson	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old Norse: Volsunga Saga	Dr. Carl Edlund Anderson	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Advanced Old Norse: Volsunga Saga	Dr. Carl Edlund Anderson	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Big Bold Beowulf: A Study of the Poem	Dr. Larry Swain	General Humanities Sector	Germanic Studies JRR Tolkien Monsters Poetry The Middle Ages
Big Bold Beowulf: A Study of the Poem	Dr. Larry Swain	General Humanities Sector	Germanic Studies JRR Tolkien Monsters Poetry The Middle Ages
Conversational German Series of 4	Dr. Isaac Schendel	Language Sector	Beginning Languages Germanic Studies
Crash Course on Norse Myths	Dr. Paul Peterson	General Humanities Sector	Comparative Mythology Germanic Studies The Middle Ages
Crash Course on Norse Myths	Dr. Paul Peterson	General Humanities Sector	Comparative Mythology Germanic Studies The Middle Ages
Crash Course on Norse Myths	Dr. Paul Peterson	General Humanities Sector	Comparative Mythology Germanic Studies The Middle Ages
Crash Course on Norse Myths	Dr. Paul Peterson	General Humanities Sector	Comparative Mythology Germanic Studies The Middle Ages
Epic Echoes: Legendary Tales from Medieval Iceland	Dr. Irina Manea	General Humanities Sector	Germanic Studies The Middle Ages Weird Fiction
Exploring Tolkien’s “Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics”	Dr. Chris Vaccaro	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy Germanic Studies JRR Tolkien Monsters The Middle Ages
Exploring Tolkien’s “Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics”	Dr. Chris Vaccaro	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy Germanic Studies JRR Tolkien Monsters The Middle Ages
Exploring Tolkien’s “Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics”	Dr. Chris Vaccaro	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy Germanic Studies JRR Tolkien Monsters The Middle Ages
Gothic Language Series of 3	Dr. Paul Peterson	Language Sector	Beginning Languages Germanic Studies Linguistics
Gothic Language Series of 3	Dr. Paul Peterson	Language Sector	Beginning Languages Germanic Studies Linguistics
Intermediate Readings in Old English	Dr. Isaac Schendel	Language Sector	Germanic Studies Intermediate Languages
Intermediate Readings in Old English	Dr. Isaac Schendel	Language Sector	Germanic Studies Intermediate Languages
Intermediate Readings in Old English	Dr. Isaac Schendel	Language Sector	Germanic Studies Intermediate Languages
Intermediate Readings in Old English	Dr. Isaac Schendel	Language Sector	Germanic Studies Intermediate Languages
Intermediate Readings in Old English	Dr. Isaac Schendel	Language Sector	Germanic Studies Intermediate Languages
Intermediate Readings in Old English	Dr. Isaac Schendel	Language Sector	Germanic Studies Intermediate Languages
J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrún	Dr. Carl Edlund Anderson	Fantasy Studies Sector	Germanic Studies JRR Tolkien Poetry The Middle Ages
J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrún	Dr. Carl Edlund Anderson	Fantasy Studies Sector	Germanic Studies JRR Tolkien Poetry The Middle Ages
J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrún	Dr. Carl Edlund Anderson	Fantasy Studies Sector	Germanic Studies JRR Tolkien Poetry The Middle Ages
J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrún	Dr. Carl Edlund Anderson	Fantasy Studies Sector	Germanic Studies JRR Tolkien Poetry The Middle Ages
Middle High German for Beginners Series of 3	Dr. Isaac Schendel	Language Sector	Beginning Languages Germanic Studies Linguistics The Middle Ages
Old English for Beginners Series of 7	Dr. Isaac Schendel	Language Sector	Beginning Languages Germanic Studies
Old High German: Texts for Readers of Old English Series of 5	Dr. Isaac Schendel	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Beginning Languages Germanic Studies Intermediate Languages The Middle Ages
Old Norse for Beginners Series of 6	Dr. Carl Edlund Anderson	Language Sector	Beginning Languages Germanic Studies
Old Norse for Beginners Series of 6	Dr. Carl Edlund Anderson	Language Sector	Beginning Languages Germanic Studies
Old Norse Sagas in Translation: Njál’s Saga	Dr. Carl Edlund Anderson	General Humanities Sector	Germanic Studies The Middle Ages Viking Age
Old Norse Sagas in Translation: Njál’s Saga	Dr. Carl Edlund Anderson	General Humanities Sector	Germanic Studies The Middle Ages Viking Age
Old Norse Sagas in Translation: Njál’s Saga	Dr. Carl Edlund Anderson	General Humanities Sector	Germanic Studies The Middle Ages Viking Age
Old Norse Sagas in Translation: Sagas of Heroic Legend	Dr. Carl Edlund Anderson	General Humanities Sector	Germanic Studies The Middle Ages
Old Norse Sagas in Translation: Sagas of Heroic Legend	Dr. Carl Edlund Anderson	General Humanities Sector	Germanic Studies The Middle Ages
Old Norse Sagas in Translation: Sagas of Heroic Legend	Dr. Carl Edlund Anderson	General Humanities Sector	Germanic Studies The Middle Ages
Old Norse Sagas in Translation: Sagas of Heroic Legend	Dr. Carl Edlund Anderson	General Humanities Sector	Germanic Studies The Middle Ages
Pre-Christian Religions of the North	Dr. Irina Manea	General Humanities Sector	Germanic Studies History Religious Studies Viking Age
Pre-Christian Religions of the North	Dr. Irina Manea	General Humanities Sector	Germanic Studies History Religious Studies Viking Age
Pre-Christian Religions of the North	Dr. Irina Manea	General Humanities Sector	Germanic Studies History Religious Studies Viking Age
Readings in Middle High German	Dr. Isaac Schendel	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies Linguistics The Middle Ages
Readings in Middle High German	Dr. Isaac Schendel	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies Linguistics The Middle Ages
Readings in Middle High German Non-Sequential Series	Dr. Isaac Schendel	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies Linguistics The Middle Ages
Readings in Middle High German	Dr. Isaac Schendel	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies Linguistics The Middle Ages
Readings in Middle High German	Dr. Isaac Schendel	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies Linguistics The Middle Ages
Readings in Middle High German: Herzog Ernst	Dr. Isaac Schendel	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies Linguistics The Middle Ages
Readings in Middle High German: Herzog Ernst	Dr. Isaac Schendel	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies Linguistics The Middle Ages
Readings in Middle High German: Prose Selections 1	Dr. Isaac Schendel	Language Sector	Beginning Languages Classical Literature Cultural Studies Germanic Studies Linguistics The Middle Ages
Readings in Middle High German: Prose Selections 2	Dr. Isaac Schendel	Language Sector	Beginning Languages Classical Literature Cultural Studies Germanic Studies Linguistics The Middle Ages
Readings in Middle High German: The Homilies of Johannes Tauler 1	Dr. Isaac Schendel	Language Sector	Beginning Languages Classical Literature Cultural Studies Germanic Studies Linguistics The Middle Ages
Readings in Old Norse	Dr. Carl Edlund Anderson	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Readings in Old Norse	Dr. Carl Edlund Anderson	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Readings in Old Norse	Dr. Carl Edlund Anderson	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Readings in Old Norse	Dr. Carl Edlund Anderson	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Readings in Old Norse	Dr. Carl Edlund Anderson	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Readings in Old Norse	Dr. Carl Edlund Anderson	Language Sector	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies
Signum Classics: The House of the Wolfings	Dr. Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy Germanic Studies JRR Tolkien Magic The Middle Ages Viking Age
Signum Classics: The Roots of the Mountains (Part 1)	Dr. Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy Germanic Studies JRR Tolkien The Middle Ages Viking Age
Signum Classics: The Roots of the Mountains (Part 2)	Dr. Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy Germanic Studies JRR Tolkien The Middle Ages Viking Age
Swedish for Beginners Series of 3	Dr. Paul Peterson	Language Sector	Beginning Languages Germanic Studies
Swedish for Beginners Series of 3	Dr. Paul Peterson	Language Sector	Beginning Languages Germanic Studies
The Old English "Phoenix"	Patrick Lyon	Language Sector	Beginning Languages Germanic Studies Intermediate Languages Poetry
The Old Saxon for Old English Readers	Dr. Isaac Schendel	Language Sector	Beginning Languages Germanic Studies Linguistics Poetry The Middle Ages
The Old Saxon for Old English Readers	Dr. Isaac Schendel	Language Sector	Beginning Languages Germanic Studies Linguistics Poetry The Middle Ages
The Old Saxon for Old English Readers	Dr. Isaac Schendel	Language Sector	Beginning Languages Germanic Studies Linguistics Poetry The Middle Ages
The Old Saxon for Old English Readers	Dr. Isaac Schendel	Language Sector	Beginning Languages Germanic Studies Linguistics Poetry The Middle Ages
The Old Saxon for Old English Readers	Dr. Isaac Schendel	Language Sector	Beginning Languages Germanic Studies Linguistics Poetry The Middle Ages
Tolkien, the Anglo-Saxon Minstrel	Jennifer Rogers	Fantasy Studies Sector	Germanic Studies JRR Tolkien Poetry
Tolkien, the Anglo-Saxon Minstrel	Jennifer Rogers	Fantasy Studies Sector	Germanic Studies JRR Tolkien Poetry
Túrin's Bones: The Influences of Sigurd, Oedipus, and Kullervo on J.R.R. Tolkien's Tale of Túrin Turambar	Dr. Carl Edlund Anderson	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Classical Literature Epic Fantasy Folklore Germanic Studies JRR Tolkien Kalevala The Greco-Roman World The Middle Ages Viking Age
Túrin's Bones: The Influences of Sigurd, Oedipus, and Kullervo on J.R.R. Tolkien's Tale of Túrin Turambar	Dr. Carl Edlund Anderson	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Classical Literature Epic Fantasy Folklore Germanic Studies JRR Tolkien Kalevala The Greco-Roman World The Middle Ages Viking Age
Túrin's Bones: The Influences of Sigurd, Oedipus, and Kullervo on J.R.R. Tolkien's Tale of Túrin Turambar	Dr. Carl Edlund Anderson	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Classical Literature Epic Fantasy Folklore Germanic Studies JRR Tolkien Kalevala The Greco-Roman World The Middle Ages Viking Age
Túrin's Bones: The Influences of Sigurd, Oedipus, and Kullervo on J.R.R. Tolkien's Tale of Túrin Turambar	Dr. Carl Edlund Anderson	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Classical Literature Epic Fantasy Folklore Germanic Studies JRR Tolkien Kalevala The Greco-Roman World The Middle Ages Viking Age
Túrin's Bones: The Influences of Sigurd, Oedipus, and Kullervo on J.R.R. Tolkien's Tale of Túrin Turambar	Dr. Carl Edlund Anderson	Fantasy Studies Sector	British Literature Classical Literature Epic Fantasy Folklore Germanic Studies JRR Tolkien Kalevala The Greco-Roman World The Middle Ages Viking Age
Viking Hogwarts: A Guide to Old Norse Magic	Dr. Irina Manea	General Humanities Sector	Comparative Mythology Cultural Studies Fantasy Germanic Studies History Magic Religious Studies The Middle Ages Viking Age
Viking Hogwarts: A Guide to Old Norse Magic	Dr. Irina Manea	General Humanities Sector	Comparative Mythology Cultural Studies Fantasy Germanic Studies History Magic Religious Studies The Middle Ages Viking Age
Viking Hogwarts: A Guide to Old Norse Magic	Dr. Irina Manea	General Humanities Sector	Comparative Mythology Cultural Studies Fantasy Germanic Studies History Magic Religious Studies The Middle Ages Viking Age
Viking Hogwarts: A Guide to Old Norse Magic	Dr. Irina Manea	General Humanities Sector	Comparative Mythology Cultural Studies Fantasy Germanic Studies History Magic Religious Studies The Middle Ages Viking Age
Viking Hogwarts: A Guide to Old Norse Magic	Dr. Irina Manea	General Humanities Sector	Comparative Mythology Cultural Studies Fantasy Germanic Studies History Magic Religious Studies The Middle Ages Viking Age
Viking Hogwarts: Battle Magic and Mythology	Dr. Irina Manea	General Humanities Sector	Comparative Mythology Cultural Studies Fantasy Germanic Studies History Magic Monsters Religious Studies The Middle Ages Viking Age
Viking Hogwarts: Battle Magic and Mythology	Dr. Irina Manea	General Humanities Sector	Comparative Mythology Cultural Studies Fantasy Germanic Studies History Magic Monsters Religious Studies The Middle Ages Viking Age
Viking Hogwarts: Shamanistic World Views in Norse Magic	Dr. Irina Manea	General Humanities Sector	Comparative Mythology Cultural Studies Fantasy Germanic Studies History Magic Religious Studies The Middle Ages Viking Age
Viking Hogwarts: The World Of Old Norse Sorcery Non-Sequential Series	Dr. Irina Manea	General Humanities Sector	Comparative Mythology Cultural Studies Fantasy Germanic Studies History Magic Religious Studies The Middle Ages Viking Age

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