UNIVERSITY OF lEEDS • 18 MAY 2023
Alumni room, school of english
| 9:00-9:30 Welcome and Opening Remarks Chris Latham and Sophie Everitt |
| 9:30-11:00 1st Session – Old Norse Literary Landscapes of the Supernatural Dead Poet’s Society: Icelandic Cultural Transference vs. Norwegian Royal Stability in Þorleifs þáttur Jarlsskálds Chris Latham University of Leeds You’re A Mean, Mean Man: A Study of the Negative Emotions of the Draugar in the Íslendingasögur Natalie Hopwood Independent Scholar The art of depicting literary sources on the Gosforth Cross and the possible meanings behind them Sophie Everitt University of Leeds |
| 11:00-11:30 Tea/Coffee Break |
| 11:30-12:30 2nd Session – Roundtable Discussion A chance for early career academics to share their research interests |
| 12:30-13:30 Lunch |
| 13:30-15:00 3rd Session – Demons, Monsters, and Gendered beings in Old Norse Literature Chair – Sophie Everitt Demonic Foresight in Antóníuss saga in relation to Óðinn’s hamfǫr in Ynglinga saga and the “gandus episode” of the Historia Norwegiæ Thomas Hughes University of Durham Skjaldmær and Valkyrja vs. The Male Gaze: Archetypical Femininity in Medieval Scandinavian Literature and History Sarah Vincent University of Western Brittany (Independent Researcher) Theorising Transecology and Giantesses in Later Medieval Íslendingasögur Basil Price University of York |
| 15:00-15:30 Tea/Coffee Break |
| 15:30-16:00 Neo-Pagan Ritual – Discussion of Historical Influences Led by: Sarah Kerr President of the Pagan Federation Dan Coultas Chair of PaganAid General Secretary of Asatru UK Former Chair of the Defence Pagan Network Rich Blackett Former Chair, now External Communications Officer of Asatru UK Sif Brookes Pagan Federation LGBTQIA+ Manager Asatru UK Marketing Officer |
| 16:00-16:30 Closing Ritual Led by Sarah Kerr, Dan Coultas, Rich Blackett, and Siff Brookes This ritual will be honouring Oðinn, Bragi, Saga, and our academic ancestors |
| 16:30-17:00 Closing Remarks Dan Coultas |
| 17:00 onwards After event drinks |
Norse in the North 