Registration for Norse in the North 2016 is now open!
The conference will take place on 4 June 2016 and will feature papers on the theme
of ‘Translation and Transmission‘ in Old Norse studies, with a keynote
lecture given by Heather O’Donoghue. The other speakers will be:
- Ryder Patzcuk-Russell (University of Birmingham): Latin-Old Norse Interaction and Medieval Linguistic Ideologies: The Evidence of Lárentius Saga.
- Katherine Whitehouse (University of Nottingham): The Viking translation of place in South Yorkshire major names.
- Annika Christensen (University of Leeds): Seyðabrævið: Old Norse and the language of the Faroe Islands.
- Sophie Bønding (Aarhus University): The Golden Past and the Glorious Future: N.F.S. Grundtvig’s re-actualisation and dissemination of Old Norse Mythology.
- Anja Ute Blode (Universität zu Köln): … første Danee konningh war Dan – The transmission of a legendary king in Old Danish historiography.
- Jon Hui (University of Cambridge): Manuscript Transmission in ‘The Matter of Gautland’
- Tom Morcom (Durham University): Passing on Stories in Good Faith: the subversive redaction of Gautreks saga.
The cost of registration is £10, which will include lunch and tea/coffee
throughout the day, and can be purchased here. There will also be an optional post-conference dinner, notincluded in the cost of registration, at a nearby York restaurant (to be determined) at approximately 18:30.
For further information, please email norseinthenorth2016@gmail.com .
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