Scandinavian Studies

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies

Organizer Name

Shaun F. D. Hughes

Organizer Affiliation

Purdue Univ.

Presider Name

Dana Roders

Presider Affiliation

Purdue Univ.

Paper Title 1

Being a Poet: Snorri's Mead Myth as an Esoteric Guide to Poetic Craft

Presenter 1 Name

Eirik Westcoat

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Independent Scholar

Paper Title 2

Agency and Social Constraint in Laxdaela saga

Presenter 2 Name

Melissa Mayus

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Notre Dame

Paper Title 3

Unraveling Narratives: Contexts of the Scandinavian Conversion in Adam of Bremen

Presenter 3 Name

Matthew Delvaux

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Boston College

Start Date

10-5-2014 1:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 1350

Description

Scandinavian Studies presents a range of papers on Medieval Scandinavian topics. There are papers on Egils saga, Laxdæla saga, Snorra Edda and Adam of Bremen's History of the Archbishops of Hamburg-Bremen.

Shaun F. D. Hughes