Tuesday, March 9, 2010

30th Annual Conference of the Center for Medieval Studies at Fordham University

*30th Annual Conference of the Center for Medieval Studies at Fordham
University
*
*/New Directions in Medieval Scandinavian Studies/*



*March 27th-28th, 2010*
*Fordham University, Lincoln Center Campus*

*For the full program, abstracts of all the papers, and online
registration, see the conference website at
**_http://www.fordham.edu/mvst/conference10/scandinavia/index.html_*

*62 papers featuring speakers from 14 countries. Plenary lectures include:*

*/The Composition of /Hávamál—/Oral or Written?/*
Vésteinn Ólason, University of Iceland

*/Tristan in Iceland: The Continuing Saga/*
Matthew Driscoll, University of Copenhagen

*/Slow Fade, No Credits: How Norse Greenland Slipped from Late Medieval
Knowledge/*
Kirsten Seaver, Stanford University

*/What the Face Reveals. An Analysis of the Sagas and Tales of Icelanders/*
Kirsten Wolf, University of Wisconsin* *

*/Diaspora and Identity in the Viking Age/*
Lesley Abrams, Oxford University


*For more information, contact:
Center for Medieval Studies* *
Fordham University* *
(718) 817-4655* *
medievals@fordham.edu*
*
Directions*:
http://www.fordham.edu/discover_fordham/maps_and_directions_26615.asp

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