Dr. Nelson Goering hails from the Ocooch Mountains in Wisconsin, and holds a DPhil in Comparative Philology and General Linguistics from the University of Oxford. His research interests centre on the linguistics of the older Germanic and Indo-European languages, and he has a particular love for Old English, Old Norse, Gothic, and Avestan. His DPhil research focused on the phonological aspects of Germanic alliterative metre (including the controversial Kaluza’s law of Beowulf), and his current research project, a British Academy postdoctoral fellowship at Oxford, is on Norse influence on Middle English prosody. Dr. Goering is also a lifelong reader of Tolkien, and he is especially interested in the intersection of Tolkien’s philological academic life with his creative works.
Upcoming Courses
| ID | Course Name | Duration | Start Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| LNGC 5390 | Introduction to Germanic Philology I | 12 weeks | August 29, 2022 |
| LITD 5304 | Beowulf Through Tolkien | 12 Weeks | August 29, 2022 |
Other Courses
| ID | Course Name | Duration | Start Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| LITC 5305 | Germanic Myths and Legends | 12 weeks | May 2, 2022 |
| LNGC 5303 | Old Saxon: Heliand and Genesis | 12 weeks | January 10, 2022 |
| LNGC 5302 | Beowulf in Old English | 12 weeks | August 30, 2021 |
| LNGC 5301 | Introduction to Old English | 12 Weeks | May 3, 2021 |
| LNGC 5320 | Introduction to the Gothic Language | 12 weeks | January 11, 2021 |
| LNGC 5391 | Introduction to Germanic Philology II | 12 weeks | January 13, 2020 |
| LNGA 5302 | Language Invention Through Tolkien | 12 Weeks | January 13, 2016 |
| LNGA 5301 | Philology Through Tolkien | 12 Weeks | August 27, 2013 |
Other Events
| ID | Event Name | Duration | Start Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thesis Theater: Ryan Moniz, “Brewing Óðinn’s Mead: A Reconstructive Approach to Germanic Verse Formula” | 1 Hours | December 11, 2021 | |
| Thesis Theater: Shawn Gaffney, “Hidden Contact: The Unremarkable Evidence of Brittonic and Latin Effects on English” | 1 Hours | September 28, 2021 | |
| Roundtable on Fall 2020 Courses | 1 Hours | August 14, 2020 | |
| Thesis Theater: Amy Troolin – The Germanic Lord’s Prayer Texts: A Critical Edition and Commentary | 1 Hours | July 1, 2020 | |
| Discussion on “Laughing Shall I Die” | 1 Hours | May 24, 2018 | |
| Tolkien’s Sigurd and Gudrún | 1 Weeks | April 27, 2017 | |
| Faculty Confab April 2017: All Things Old Norse | 1 Hours | April 21, 2017 |
