Stian Sundell Torjussen

• Løken, Harald Normann & Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2024). Elevaktivitet og tilrettelegging: Om danningsoppdraget i overordnet del av det nye læreplanverket. Nordisk tidsskrift for pedagogikk og kritikk. ISSN 2387-5739. 10(2), p. 1–14. doi: 10.23865/ntpk.v10.5597.
• Lees, James; Gorini, Lucrezia; Torjussen, Stian Sundell; Oliveira, Margarida; Pinto, Paula & Barbas, Maria [Show all 11 contributors for this article] (2022). Transnational cooperation in enhancing researchers' wider employability: the TRANSPEER project. Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education (SGPE). ISSN 2398-4686. 14(1), p. 19–25. doi: 10.1108/SGPE-12-2021-0083. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2021). Hellenismos: Texts in the Contemporary Worship of the Ancient Greek Gods in North America. The Pomegranate. ISSN 1528-0268. 22(2), p. 196–220. doi: 10.1558/POME.40056. Show summary

  The article explores worship of ancient Greek gods among three contemporary Pagan groups in North America. The main focus is on how the groups use texts, both ancient and modern, in their theology and rituals. The groups’ approaches are explored through interviews, analyses of websites, and the texts referred to. How do the groups approaches differ from each other and what can we learn from their different reconstruction strategies?

• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2021). Rollespill i gudenes verden. Resepsjon av gresk religion i Dungeons and Dragons: Mythic Odysseys of Theros. DIN - Tidsskrift for religion og kultur. ISSN 1501-9934. p. 41–69. Full text in Research Archive
• Pinto, Paula; McCallion, Eamonn; Lees, James; Gorini, Lucrezia; Barbas, Maria & Martins, Madalena [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2019). Research Coaching: Enhancing Supervisor's Leader Role Efficacy. Revista da UIIPS - Unidade de Investigacao do Instituto Politécnico de Santarém. ISSN 2182-9616. 7(2), p. 68–71.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2018). Riter i Derveni-papyrusen. Klassisk Forum. ISSN 0801-3179. 2018(1), p. 40–52.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2016). "Release the Kraken!" - The Recontextualization of the Kraken in Popular Culture, from "Clash of the Titans" to "Magic: The Gathering". New Voices in Classical Reception Studies. ISSN 1750-6581. 11.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2014). Milk as a symbol of immortality in the "Orphic" gold tablets from Thurii and Pelinna. Nordlit. ISSN 0809-1668. 33, p. 35–46. doi: 10.7557/13.3187. Show summary

  This article offers an interpretation of the enigmatic “kid-in-milk” formula which appears in four of the “Orphic” gold tablets from Thurii and Pelinna. These tiny tablets accompanied the dead in their graves and contained texts of various lengths which were believed to help the deceased on his or her journey to the otherworld. Many see the tablets as Orphic texts, but this question has been highly debated during the last century. The four tablets in question, from two sites in southern Italy and Greece, tell how the deceased has suffered in life, but that he or she has attained immortality through initiation. The immortalization was referred to and summed up in the “kid-in-milk” formula, where, it is argued, milk was a direct reference to immortality. Thus milk in this eschatological context is a symbol of immortality which served as a focal point for both the text and the initates.

• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2008). An Inscribed Gold Olive Leaf from Daphniotissa, near Elis. Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik. ISSN 0084-5388. 166, p. 151–152.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2008). The "Orphic-Pythagorean" Eschatology of the Gold Tablets from Thurii and the Sixth Book of Virgil's Aeneid. Symbolae Osloenses - Norwegian Journal of Greek and Latin Studies. ISSN 0039-7679. 83(1), p. 63–83. doi: 10.1080/00397670902906982.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2006). Popper, Kirk og førsokratikerne. Nordlit. ISSN 0809-1668. 19, p. 75–86.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2006). Dionysos in the Underworld. An Interpretation of the Toledo Krater. Nordlit. ISSN 0809-1668. 20, p. 87–104.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2005). The Study of Orphism. Nordlit. ISSN 0809-1668. 18, p. 287–305.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2005). Phanes and Dionysos in the Derveni Theogony. Symbolae Osloenses - Norwegian Journal of Greek and Latin Studies. ISSN 0039-7679. 80, p. 7–22. Show summary

  Since its discovery in 1962 the Derveni papyrus has been the subject of intense scholarly debate and has in more than one way been crucial for our understanding of Orphism and presocratic philosophy. In most reconstructions of this fragmented text scholars have relied on other Orphic theogonies written at least 300 years after the Derveni papyrus was placed on the funeral pyre. In this article I consider the methodological problems connected to this approach and suggest that we should reconstruct the text on its own premises rather than using other texts to reconstruct it. By concentrating the analysis on the text itself I argue that in the Derveni papyrus it is Zeus, not Dionysos, which is the main deity and that the Orphic god par excellence Phanes is not even present.

• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2004). "Idrett og religion i antikken". DIN - Tidsskrift for religion og kultur. ISSN 1501-9934. p. 3–13.

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• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2010). Metamorphoses of Myth. A Study of the "Orphic" Gold Tablets and the Derveni Papyrus. VDM Verlag Dr. Müller Aktiengesellschaft & Co. KG. ISBN 978-3-639-23328-5. 319 p.

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• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2024). Creating a Neopagan Ritual. A Case From Contemporary Hellenic Polytheism (Hellenismos).
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2024). Tantalos. Store Norske Leksikon (Nettutgaven).
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2024). dionysier. Store Norske Leksikon (Nettutgaven).
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2023). Herakles. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2023). Store norske leksikon. ISSN 0000000000000.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2023). Hva gjør et sted hellig? Hellige steder i moderne gresk polyteisme.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2023). Energilinjer fra fortiden. Ley lines, det norske pentagram og Hamardomen.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2023). What's in a Place? The Role of Holy Sites in Contemporary Hellenic Polytheism in North America.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2023). Melkeveien (mytologi). In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2023). Store norske leksikon. ISSN 0000000000000.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2023). Tellus. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2023). Store norske leksikon. ISSN 0000000000000.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2023). Minotauros. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2023). Store norske leksikon. ISSN 0000000000000.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2023). Utjamningsmanøveren. [Business/trade/industry journal]. Forskerforum.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2022). Niobe. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2022). Store norske leksikon. ISSN 0000000000000.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2022). "Den største reisen av dem alle!" Odysseen i populærkulturen.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2022). Sisyfos. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2022). Store norske leksikon. ISSN 0000000000000.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2022). Herkules. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2022). Store norske leksikon. ISSN 0000000000000.
• Paus, Mari & Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2022). greske guder. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2022). Store norske leksikon. ISSN 0000000000000.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2022). Prometeus. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2022). Store norske leksikon. ISSN 0000000000000.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2022). sfinks. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2022). Store norske leksikon. ISSN 0000000000000.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2021). Guddommeliggjøringen av Caecilia Secundina. Eskatologi i den "orfiske" gullplaten fra Roma.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2021). Romulus og Remus. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2021). Store norske leksikon. ISSN 0000000000000.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2021). hieroduler. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2021). Store norske leksikon. ISSN 0000000000000.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2021). Eryx. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2021). Store norske leksikon. ISSN 0000000000000.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2021). thesmoforier. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2021). Store norske leksikon. ISSN 0000000000000.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2021). Tages. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2021). Store norske leksikon. ISSN 0000000000000.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2021). ver sacrum. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2021). Store norske leksikon. ISSN 0000000000000.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2021). Verdibørsen: Bullshitjobbens stamfar Sisyfos. [Radio]. NRK P2.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2020). museion. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2020). Store norske leksikon AS. ISSN 0000000000000.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2020). Studio 2: En mystisk monolitt funnet i Utah ble umiddelbart en internettsensasjon. Vi lurer på hvorfor vi fascineres av mysterier. [Radio]. NRK P2.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2020). Skylla. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2020). Store norske leksikon AS. ISSN 0000000000000.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2020). BRAAAINS! Hva er greia med zombier og hvorfor vil de absolutt spise hjernen din?
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2020). saturnalia. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2020). Store norske leksikon AS. ISSN 0000000000000.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2020). Hatangrepet mot Sophie Elise på 4chan bør diskuteres i skolen. Drammens tidende. ISSN 0805-3731.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2020). Vi må snakke om 4chan. Forskning.no. ISSN 1891-635X.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2020). Thalia - gudinne. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2020). Store norske leksikon AS. ISSN 0000000000000.
• Gorini, Lucrezia & Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2020). TRANSPEER - A Transnational Project to Enhance Researcher Employability.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2020). Amor. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2020). Store norske leksikon AS. ISSN 0000000000000.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2020). eik - mytologi. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2020). Store norske leksikon AS. ISSN 0000000000000.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2020). sirener. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2020). Store norske leksikon AS. ISSN 0000000000000.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2020). Medusa. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2020). Store norske leksikon AS. ISSN 0000000000000.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2019). Nemesis. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2019). Store norske leksikon AS.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2019). mysterier. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2019). Store norske leksikon AS.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell & Klinge, Gunnar Furseth (2019). Døden og livet engasjerer. Hamar arbeiderblad. p. 20–20.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell & Klinge, Gunnar Furseth (2019). Den fantastiske virkeligheten.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell & Klinge, Gunnar Furseth (2019). Dødens betydning for livet. Hamar arbeiderblad. p. 22–22.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2018). How can INN University help researchers plan their own career? Report from a pilot project with INN University participants.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2018). Beyond Erasmus+: doctoral training options funded by the European Commission.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2018). Translation of text, from Greek to English, for "Six Orphic Amulets" by Ørjan Matre.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2018). Career structures and career Development in (parts of) Europe.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2018). Hvordan jobber vi med karriereveiledning? Transpeer.
• Strømsted, Eva Beate & Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2018). Over halvparten ønsker å jobbe som forskere. [Internet]. http://narma.no/ukategorisert/over-halvparten-onsker-a-jobbe.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2018). TRANSPEER - Enhancing the Employability of Researchers.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2017). "I am the child of Earth and starry Heaven". Identity in the "Orphic" Gold Tablets.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2017). FoU-administrasjonens arbeid med EU-søknader ved Høgskolen i Hedmark/Innlandet.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2016). Ioanna Papadopoulou and Leonard Muellner (eds.), Poetry as Initiation: The Center for Hellenic Studies Symposium on the Derveni Papyrus. Numen. ISSN 0029-5973. 63(2-3), p. 337–343.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2015). Melk, liv og død. Hamar arbeiderblad.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2012). ""Paradise Earned": The Bacchic-Orphic Gold Lamellae of Crete". By Yannis Z. Tzifopoulos (Hellenic Studies 23.) Washington and Cambridge, MA: Center for Hellenic Studies/Harvard University Press, 2010. Numen. ISSN 0029-5973. 59(5-6), p. 629–635. doi: 10.1163/15685276-12341246.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2011). Norge trenger en organisert veilederutdanning. UniskaForUm. 3, p. 1–1.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2009). The Orphic Gold Tablets. The Classical Review. ISSN 0009-840X. 59(2), p. 399–401. doi: 10.1017/S0009840X09000353.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2009). Orphic traces in Virgil?
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2008). Rezension zu: Fritz Graf / Sarah Iles Johnston, Ritual Texts for the Afterlife. Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold Tablets. Frankfurter elektronische Rundschau zur Altertumskunde. ISSN 1862-8478. 7, p. 27–32. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2008). The "Orphic-Pythagorean" Eschatology and Virgil's Description of the Underworld in the Sixth Book of the Aeneid.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2007). Anmeldelse av Kouremenos, T. G., G. M. Parassoglou, K. Tsantsanoglou (2006), The Derveni Papyrus. Firenze, Leo S. Olschki Editore. Klassisk Forum. ISSN 0801-3179. p. 98–102.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2007). Dionysos descending. Interpreting the Toledo krater.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2006). Dionysos i underverdenen. Tolkning av en apulisk vase.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2006). Defining and Redefining Orphism.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2006). Status in the dionysiac gold plates.
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell & Whittaker, Helene (2009). Metamorphoses of myth : a study of the "Orphic" gold tablets and the Derveni papyrus. UiT Norges arktiske universitet.

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