Medieval Disability Studies: Challenges and Commonalities: Foreword

James Rice; Hanna Björg Sigurjónsdóttir

doi:10.29173/scancan286

Medieval Disability Studies: Challenges and Commonalities

Foreword

Authors

James Rice University of Iceland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6723-7243
Hanna Björg Sigurjónsdóttir University of Iceland https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4498-6214

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/scancan286

Keywords:

Disabilty, disability studies, Disability before Disability, Iceland, sagas and poetry

Abstract

This is a foreword to a special edition of the journal, "Medieval Disability Studies: Challenges and Commonalities." The special edition editors are Aðalheiður Eyvör Pálsdóttir (aeb15@hi.is) and Joab Tirosh Huici Móðason (tirosh@hi.is)

Author Biographies

James Rice, University of Iceland

James G. Rice is a professor in Anthropology school of Social Sciences University of Iceland. He received his doctorate in anthropology from Memorial University of Newfoundland. He has since completed post-doctoral fellowships from NOVA (Norwegian Social Research) and the University of Iceland. His current area of research focuses on issues of child custody deprivation concerning parents with disabilities.

Hanna Björg Sigurjónsdóttir, University of Iceland

Hanna Björg Sigurjónsdóttir is a professor in Disability Studies school of Social Sciences University of Iceland. She received her doctorate in Disability Studies from the University of Sheffield UK. She was a principal investigator for the grant of excellence “Disability before disability” project granted by the Icelandic Research fund.

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Published

2026-03-18

How to Cite

Rice, J., & Sigurjónsdóttir, H. B. (2026). Medieval Disability Studies: Challenges and Commonalities: Foreword. Scandinavian-Canadian Studies, 33(1). https://doi.org/10.29173/scancan286