Stian Sundell Torjussen

• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2024). Journeys to the Underworld. A comparative analysis of Etruscan tomb paintings and the "Orphic" gold tablets of Southern Italy in the fourth century BC. Acta ad archaeologiam et artium historiam pertinentia (ACTA). ISSN 0065-0900. 36, p. 195–214. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  This article discusses the hypothesis that Etruscan eschatology was influenced by Orphic ideas, which are thought to have flourished in southern Italy in the fifth and fourth century BC. This hypothesis is often used to explain changes in motifs in Etruscan tomb paintings from the fifth century, with its merry scenes of revellers, to the fourth century, when scenes depicting the soul’s journey to the underworld gained popularity. The hypothesis has been discussed at irregular intervals for more than a century, and today this explanation is often mentioned without thorough elaboration or critical examination. Through a critical, comparative analysis of Etruscan tomb paintings and Orphic texts from the fifth century and later, I argue that there is little evidence to support this hypothesis, and that the reasons for the change of motifs needs to be approached from a different perspective.

• 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. 10(2), p. 1–14. doi: 10.23865/ntpk.v10.5597. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Denne artikkelen er en undersøkelse av skolens danningsoppdrag, slik det beskrives i overordnet del av det nye læreplanverket (LK20). Vår lesning viser to forutsetninger som må fungere samtidig for at danning skal finne sted i skolen: elevaktivitet og tilrettelegging. Kompetansebegrepet er også viktig for å forstå hvordan danningsoppdraget skal løses. Slik vi leser overordnet del forstås danning som en prosess hvor eleven aktivt møter verden gjennom fagstoff, og både lar seg forme av verden, men også bidrar til å forme den. Samtidig må læreren legge til rette for at dette kan skje ved å presentere utfordringer som eleven skal løse ved hjelp av ulike arbeidsmåter. Kompetansebegrepet, hvor eleven forventes å anvende kunnskap for å løse oppgaver og utfordringer, blir på den måten integrert i danningsoppdraget. En slik forståelse av danning trekker veksler på danningsteorier fra den tyske Bildung-tradisjonen, særlig slik begrepet forstås hos Kant, Humboldt og Klafki.

• Torjussen, Stian Sundell; Hembre, Oda Julie; Amundrud, Ingeborg & Alfredsen, Aleksander Johansen (2024). Mellom fantasi og virkelighet: Lærerstudenters oppfatning av dataspills etikkdidaktiske mulighetsrom. Prismet. ISSN 0032-8847. 75(2-3), p. 173–190. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Denne artikkelen utforsker hvordan lærerstudenter erfarer mulighetsrommet spill kan tilføre etikkundervisningen. Vi har latt lærerstudenter teste ulike spill og deretter reflektere over spillenes mulighetsrom, både individuelt og i grupper. Undersøkelsen viser at studentene legger stor vekt på handlingsdelen av etikken, anvendt etikk, og at dette påvirker hvilke kriterier studentene mener et dataspill bør ha for å kunne brukes i undervisningen. Student­ene stilte krav om at valgene i spillene måtte være tydelige og realistiske for at de skulle være relevante for elever i en undervisningssituasjon. Spill med magiske elementer ble derimot sett på som mindre relevante. Studentene la også vekt på at valgene spillerne må ta i spillene, bør diskuteres i grupper, slik at ulike perspektiver og synspunkter kommer tydeligere frem

• 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 Show summary

  Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide an example of best practice towards enhancing employability in the cross-sectoral labour market for doctorate-holders. This was achieved through an Erasmus+ KA2 (Strategic Partnership) skills development project which created a training programme (TRANSPEER) involving a multi-disciplinary cohort of researchers at a range of career stages, drawn from universities in Norway, Portugal, Sweden and the UK. Design/methodology/approach: Research support staff designed and delivered four transnational training events for the cohort, with the overarching theme of enhancing researcher employability. An initial skills awareness survey of the researcher cohort was undertaken prior to the start of the programme; this survey was repeated after each event. An additional aim of the project was the development of the consortium’s research support staff through exposure to the facilitation techniques and methodologies of their international colleagues. Findings: The findings indicate that transnational collaboration in researcher development enhances the learning environment for participating researchers and provides significant professional development opportunities for both researchers and researcher developers. The findings further suggest the benefits of mixing cohorts across career stages and engaging researchers with novel and interactive approaches on themes not typically addressed in academic competence development offerings. Originality/value: Transversal skills development cooperation between universities – especially transnational cooperation – is rare. Even more so is the professional development of research support staff in a transnational context. This paper outlines the benefits of such collaborative activities.

• 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 Show summary

  Mytene om antikkens guder har alltid vært populære innen mange populærkulturelle uttrykk, særlig film, litteratur og spill. Denne artikkelen ser nærmere på resepsjon av antikk gresk religion i en del av populærkulturen som hittil ikke har fått like mye oppmerksomhet, nemlig rollespill. Med utgangspunkt i rollespillet Dungeons and Dragons, undersøker jeg hvilke kilder forfatterne er påvirket av når de skaper den fiktive verdenen Theros. Ved å fokusere på guder og myter i Theros viser jeg hvordan forfatternes fremstilling av guder kombinerer to helt motsatte syn fra diskusjonen om gudenes natur i antikkens Hellas. Videre ser jeg på hvordan spillet forklarer opphavet og utviklingen av gudene i lys av myteteori. Artikkelen undersøker også hvilke valg forfatterne har tatt og hvilke kilder de har støttet seg mest på når de har utviklet sin egen versjon av antikkens Hellas og hvordan disse valgene kan forstås i lys av moderne resepsjonsteori.

• 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. Full text in Research Archive 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?

• 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. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2018). Riter i Derveni-papyrusen. Klassisk Forum. ISSN 0801-3179. 2018(1), p. 40–52. Full text in Research Archive
• 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. 11. Full text in Research Archive
• 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. Full text in Research Archive 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. Full text in Research Archive
• 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. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2006). Dionysos in the Underworld. An Interpretation of the Toledo Krater. Nordlit. ISSN 0809-1668. 20, p. 87–104. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2006). Popper, Kirk og førsokratikerne. Nordlit. ISSN 0809-1668. 19, p. 75–86. Full text in Research Archive
• 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. Full text in Research Archive 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 (2005). The Study of Orphism. Nordlit. ISSN 0809-1668. 18, p. 287–305. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2004). "Idrett og religion i antikken". DIN - Tidsskrift for religion og kultur. ISSN 1501-9934. p. 3–13. Full text in Research Archive

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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 9783639233285. 319 p. Full text in Research Archive

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• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2026). Ethnicity, categories, and definitions: Three approaches to the question of ethnicity among practitioners of Contemporary Hellenic Polytheism in North America. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  This paper examines how questions of ethnicity, cultural appropriation, and "Greek-ness" are negotiated within Contemporary Hellenic Polytheism in North America. While this religious tradition is rarely described as an indigenous religion in an American context, debates on ethnic identity and ownership of tradition nevertheless occur, though generally with less intensity than in comparable movements such as Asatru. Drawing on qualitative data from interviews with practitioners, analyses of websites of different religious groups, and emic literature, the paper identifies at least three distinct approaches to the question of ethnicity among contemporary Hellenic polytheists in America. The first is a universalist approach, in which the tradition is understood as open to all, regardless of ethnic background. The second is a more cautious approach, in which practitioners attempt to navigate a middle ground between religious engagement and concerns about cultural appropriation. The third is a critical approach, where Greek heritage, symbols, and terminology are seen as in principle accessible to everyone but simultaneously understood as something that should be protected and curated primarily by ethnic Greeks. These three positions do not exhaust the spectrum of views but serve as illustrative examples of the diversity of opinions on ethnicity within Contemporary Hellenic Polytheism in a North American context.

• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2026). Narkissos – Store norske leksikon. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store Norske Leksikon. Store norske leksikon. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Narkissos er i gresk mytologi en vakker, ung mann som ved synet av speilbildet sitt i vannet ble så betatt av sin egen skjønnhet at han gikk til grunne. Myten om Narkissos har hatt stor kulturell betydning, og er opphav til begrepet narsissisme. Den stammer antagelig fra hellenistisk periode (323–30 fvt.).

• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2026). "The Mirror of Our Fears": Et blikk på den amerikanske zombiefilmens historie. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Kan zombier forstås som et speilbilde av samfunnets redsler opp gjennom (film)historien? I dette innlegget vil jeg undersøke dette spørsmålet ved å se på zombiens inntog i Hollywood og hvordan zombien utvikler seg i amerikansk film; fra den hjernedøde, trege, men utrettelige arbeideren i White Zombie (1932) til den hyperaggressive, raske og hjernespisende drapsmaksinen som vi møter i filmer som Warm Bodies (2013) og serier som The Last of Us (2023 -).

• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2025). Besøk av en "ekte" lærer! Samarbeid med en ungdomsskolelærer om etikkundervisningen i PEL-faget. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2025). Bulgaria, Orpheus and the idea of the immortal soul. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2025). Ethnicity in American Hellenic Polytheism (Hellenismos). Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Contemporary Hellenic Polytheism (Hellenismos) is a Neopagan religion centered around the worship of Greek deities from antiquity. In Europe, most followers are found in Greece, where an emphasis on Greek ethnicity has played, and continues to play, a central role in the group’s identity (Fotiou, 2014). The oldest and largest group in Greece, Supreme Council of Ethnikoi Hellenes (YSEE), emphasizes "ethnicity" in their name, mirroring the name of the European umbrella organization, the European Congress of Ethnic Religions (ECER). "Ethnicity" also plays a central role in YSEE’s ongoing struggle to be recognized as a religion by the Greek state. This paper explores what happens when Hellenismos leaves the European context and emerges in North America. What roles do ethnicity and language play for American worshippers, where the majority lack any direct or indirect ties to Greek ethnicity and language? Is the (European) emphasis on ethnicity replaced by an emphasis on nature, as Chas Clifton (2006) has suggested? The paper relies on data gathered from interviews with American followers of Hellenismos, as well as information from websites and books written from emic perspectives. With this as a starting point, the paper will discuss the ethnicity discourse in an American context and further explore how, and to what degree, American Hellenismos is influenced by American religiosity. Clifton, C. S. (2006). Her hidden children. AltaMira Press. Fotiou, E. (2014). "We are the Indians of Greece": Indigeneity and Religious Revitalization in Modern Greece. Crosscurrents, 64(2), 219-235.

• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2025). Damokles, Store Norske Leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. doi: https:/snl.no/Damokles. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Damokles var en ung mann som har gitt opphav til uttrykket damoklessverd. Den romerske politikeren og forfatteren Cicero forteller at Damokles var en stor beundrer av Dionysios 2., som var tyrann i Syrakus i perioden 367-357 f.Kr.

• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2025). overflødighetshorn. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2025). Store Norske Leksikon (snl.no). Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2024). dionysier. Store Norske Leksikon (Nettutgaven). Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2024). Semi-Orthopraxical Approaches to Rituals in Contemporary Hellenic Polytheism (Hellenismos). Full text in Research Archive
• Skjoldli, Jane; Torjussen, Stian Sundell; Endresen, Cecilie; Makeeff, Kim Tao Thykier; Maiello, Giuseppe & Cirklová, Jitka [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2024). Roundtable: The Reception of the Ancient Norse Symbolic Resources into Selected Subcultures of Central and South-Eastern Europe. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2024). "Making the Nature Scene": Views on Nature in Contemporary Hellenic Polytheism (Hellenismos). Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2024). Creating a Neopagan Ritual. A Case From Contemporary Hellenic Polytheism (Hellenismos). Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2024). Olympen. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2024). Store norske leksikon. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2024). Tantalos. Store Norske Leksikon (Nettutgaven). Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2024). The Bulgarian Heritagization of Orpheus. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2023). Utjamningsmanøveren. [Journal]. Forskerforum. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2023). Hva gjør et sted hellig? Hellige steder i moderne gresk polyteisme. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2023). Energilinjer fra fortiden. Ley lines, det norske pentagram og Hamardomen. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2023). Tellus. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2023). Store norske leksikon. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2023). What's in a Place? The Role of Holy Sites in Contemporary Hellenic Polytheism in North America. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2023). Herakles. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2023). Store norske leksikon. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2023). Melkeveien (mytologi). In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2023). Store norske leksikon. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2023). Minotauros. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2023). Store norske leksikon. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2022). Herkules. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2022). Store norske leksikon. Full text in Research Archive
• Paus, Mari & Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2022). greske guder. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2022). Store norske leksikon. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2022). Prometeus. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2022). Store norske leksikon. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2022). sfinks. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2022). Store norske leksikon. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2022). "Den største reisen av dem alle!" Odysseen i populærkulturen. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2022). Sisyfos. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2022). Store norske leksikon. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2022). Niobe. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2022). Store norske leksikon. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2021). hieroduler. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2021). Store norske leksikon. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2021). Eryx. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2021). Store norske leksikon. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2021). ver sacrum. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2021). Store norske leksikon. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2021). Romulus og Remus. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2021). Store norske leksikon. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2021). Verdibørsen: Bullshitjobbens stamfar Sisyfos. [Radio]. NRK P2. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2021). Guddommeliggjøringen av Caecilia Secundina. Eskatologi i den "orfiske" gullplaten fra Roma. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2021). thesmoforier. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2021). Store norske leksikon. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2021). Tages. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2021). Store norske leksikon. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2020). Thalia - gudinne. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2020). Store norske leksikon AS. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2020). Vi må snakke om 4chan. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2020). museion. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2020). Store norske leksikon AS. Full text in Research Archive
• 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. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2020). Amor. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2020). Store norske leksikon AS. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2020). Skylla. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2020). Store norske leksikon AS. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2020). BRAAAINS! Hva er greia med zombier og hvorfor vil de absolutt spise hjernen din? Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2020). sirener. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2020). Store norske leksikon AS. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2020). Hatangrepet mot Sophie Elise på 4chan bør diskuteres i skolen. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2020). eik - mytologi. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2020). Store norske leksikon AS. Full text in Research Archive
• Gorini, Lucrezia & Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2020). TRANSPEER - A Transnational Project to Enhance Researcher Employability. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2020). saturnalia. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2020). Store norske leksikon AS. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2020). Medusa. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2020). Store norske leksikon AS. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell & Klinge, Gunnar Furseth (2019). Den fantastiske virkeligheten. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell & Klinge, Gunnar Furseth (2019). Døden og livet engasjerer. p. 20–20. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell & Klinge, Gunnar Furseth (2019). Dødens betydning for livet. p. 22–22. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2019). Nemesis. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2019). Store norske leksikon AS. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2019). mysterier. In Bolstad, Erik (Eds.), Store norske leksikon (snl.no 2019). Store norske leksikon AS. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2018). How can INN University help researchers plan their own career? Report from a pilot project with INN University participants. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2018). Hvordan jobber vi med karriereveiledning? Transpeer. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2018). Career structures and career Development in (parts of) Europe. Full text in Research Archive
• Strømsted, Eva Beate & Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2018). Over halvparten ønsker å jobbe som forskere. [Internet]. http://narma.no/ukategorisert/over-halvparten-onsker-a-jobbe. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2018). Beyond Erasmus+: doctoral training options funded by the European Commission. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2018). TRANSPEER - Enhancing the Employability of Researchers. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2017). FoU-administrasjonens arbeid med EU-søknader ved Høgskolen i Hedmark/Innlandet. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2017). "I am the child of Earth and starry Heaven". Identity in the "Orphic" Gold Tablets. Full text in Research Archive
• 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. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2015). Melk, liv og død. Full text in Research Archive
• 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. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2011). Norge trenger en organisert veilederutdanning. UniskaForUm. 3, p. 1–1. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2009). The Orphic Gold Tablets. The Classical Review. ISSN 0009-840X. 59(2), p. 399–401. doi: 10.1017/S0009840X09000353. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2009). Orphic traces in Virgil? 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. Full text in Research Archive
• 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. 7, p. 27–32. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2007). Dionysos descending. Interpreting the Toledo krater. Full text in Research Archive
• 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. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2006). Dionysos i underverdenen. Tolkning av en apulisk vase. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2006). Defining and Redefining Orphism. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell (2006). Status in the dionysiac gold plates. Full text in Research Archive
• Torjussen, Stian Sundell & Whittaker, Helene (2009). Metamorphoses of myth : a study of the "Orphic" gold tablets and the Derveni papyrus. UiT Norges arktiske universitet. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  The elusive nature of Orphism and Orphic Mystery cults has been the subject of numerous studies. It is the aim of this thesis to take a new look at some of the controversies within this field. This has been made possible through the recent publications of several important new sources normally seen as Orphic, namely a series of gold tablets and especially the Derveni Papyrus. The main focus of the thesis is therefore on the gold tablets, a series of small texts engraved on thin gold leaves and put in the graves of their deceased owners. I argue through my analyses that some of the longer of these texts contain references to initiation rituals that should not be reduced to one single cult (such as the Orphic) but rather draw upon more general eschatological ideas and ritual patterns. I also argue that the mythical references, by most traced back to an imagined myth of the dismembered Dionysos, most probably refer to a wide array of eschatological ideas sometimes of a local character. My analyses of these texts, then, agrees with the bricoleur theory where the tablets are seen as products of independent, itinerant manteis, rather than a homogenous pan-hellenic Orphic cult. Further analyses of the imagery found on some of the Apulian vases of south Italy also emphasize the heterogeneous nature of the eschatological ideas that normally have been simply labelled Orphic. This becomes especially clear in the analysis of the Derveni papyrus, an Orphic text by almost any definition. This particular text points to a quite different eschatology than what is found in the other material analysed in this thesis. The thesis, then, argues that the so-called Orphic texts should be approached as heterogeneous, eclectic texts rather than products of a single uniform Orphic cult.

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