Assistant Professor in the Institute of Literary Studies at the University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland) and also affiliated with the Centre for Nordic and Old English Studies at the same university. She holds an MA in English and Scandinavian Studies (2004) and a PhD in Scandinavian Studies (2009) from Humboldt University in Berlin (Germany). Her current research area is Yngvars saga víðfǫrla, in particular, the saga’s literary context and the reception of the saga in research into the runic inscriptions on Yngvarr’s expedition. [15.07.2025]

Associate Professor at the Institute of History, University of Silesia in Katowice and Head of the Centre for Nordic and Old English Studies at the same university. His research focuses on the history of medieval Scandinavia, Slavonic/Scandinavian relations in the Viking Age and the Middle Ages, the development of royal ideology in medieval Scandinavia, and skaldic court poetry. Professor Morawiec has been publishing widely in Poland and abroad, authoring over 90 articles and several monographs and co-edited volumes. Professor Morawiec is the main organiser of the Jómsborg Conference series. [15.07.2025]