Gender Issues in Old Icelandic Saga Literature

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies

Organizer Name

Giselle Gos, Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir

Organizer Affiliation

Harvard Univ., Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies

Presider Name

Shaun F. D. Hughes

Presider Affiliation

Purdue Univ.

Paper Title 1

Gender, Emotion, and the Body in Medieval Icelandic Texts

Presenter 1 Name

Kristen Mills

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Centre for Medieval Studies, Univ. of Toronto

Paper Title 2

Translating Gender in Ivens Saga

Presenter 2 Name

Giselle Gos

Paper Title 3

Masculinity and Kingship in the Old Icelandic Legendary Sagas

Presenter 3 Name

Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir

Paper Title 4

The Women Patrons of Laxdæla Saga in Thirteenth-Century Iceland

Presenter 4 Name

Guðrún Nordal

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum/Háskóli Íslands

Start Date

11-5-2013 3:30 PM

Session Location

Fetzer 2030