Criminals, Kings, and Colors: The Study and Reception of Medieval Scandinavian Culture (A Roundtable)
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Centre for Scandinavian Studies, Univ. of Aberdeen
Organizer Name
Blake Middleton
Organizer Affiliation
Centre for Scandinavian Studies, Univ. of Aberdeen
Presider Name
Tiffany White
Presider Affiliation
Univ. of California-Berkeley
Paper Title 1
The Semantic Puzzle of Red Gold in the Mythological and Heroic Eddic Poems
Presenter 1 Name
Claire Organ
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Centre for Scandinavian Studies, Univ. of Aberdeen
Paper Title 2
Jötnar within the Eddic Narratives
Presenter 2 Name
Blake Middleton
Paper Title 3
The Early Careers of Bishops in Late Medieval Scandinavia
Presenter 3 Name
Michael Frost
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Centre for Scandinavian Studies, Univ. of Aberdeen
Paper Title 4
Geomythogenesis
Presenter 4 Name
Sarah Hofrichter
Presenter 4 Affiliation
Centre for Scandinavian Studies, Univ. of Aberdeen
Start Date
12-5-2017 3:30 PM
Session Location
Valley I Shilling Lounge
Description
The Centre for Scandinavian Studies at the University of Aberdeen is the largest research centre specialising in Viking Age and medieval Scandinavian culture and history in the United Kingdom. Unique in the UK, the Centre has an extensive track record of innovative, interdisciplinary, and world-leading research; producing high-calibre doctoral graduands whom have received prestigious scholarly awards. Some of the current research projects being pursued at the Centre include topics on cultural memory, reception theory, manuscript studies, and legal/political literature.
Due in part to popular culture's renewed interest in Vikings and Norse mythology, medieval Scandinavian Studies has gained wider attention in recent years. Chaired by Dr García Losquiño, this roundtable session will highlight the current, collaborative, and cutting-edge research being produced within the Centre. During the session, PhD candidates from various stages in their careers will join together to discuss a variety of topics, such as a comparison of political and military processes in mainland Scandinavian kingdoms; an analysis of the classical origins of Scandinavian political ideology; explorations of the semantic puzzles of the terms ‘red-gold’ and ‘giant’ in medieval Scandinavian narrative literature; an analysis of the role of geology in catastrophic mythology; a discussion of non-normative social behaviour in the literature; and the systematic analysis of the early careers of North Atlantic bishops.
Blake Middleton
Criminals, Kings, and Colors: The Study and Reception of Medieval Scandinavian Culture (A Roundtable)
Valley I Shilling Lounge
The Centre for Scandinavian Studies at the University of Aberdeen is the largest research centre specialising in Viking Age and medieval Scandinavian culture and history in the United Kingdom. Unique in the UK, the Centre has an extensive track record of innovative, interdisciplinary, and world-leading research; producing high-calibre doctoral graduands whom have received prestigious scholarly awards. Some of the current research projects being pursued at the Centre include topics on cultural memory, reception theory, manuscript studies, and legal/political literature.
Due in part to popular culture's renewed interest in Vikings and Norse mythology, medieval Scandinavian Studies has gained wider attention in recent years. Chaired by Dr García Losquiño, this roundtable session will highlight the current, collaborative, and cutting-edge research being produced within the Centre. During the session, PhD candidates from various stages in their careers will join together to discuss a variety of topics, such as a comparison of political and military processes in mainland Scandinavian kingdoms; an analysis of the classical origins of Scandinavian political ideology; explorations of the semantic puzzles of the terms ‘red-gold’ and ‘giant’ in medieval Scandinavian narrative literature; an analysis of the role of geology in catastrophic mythology; a discussion of non-normative social behaviour in the literature; and the systematic analysis of the early careers of North Atlantic bishops.
Blake Middleton