Portable Culture: Objects and Ideas across the Northern Seas, 500-1500 (A Roundtable)

Sponsoring Organization(s)

American Society of Irish Medieval Studies (ASIMS)

Organizer Name

Amy C. Mulligan, Karen Eileen Overbey

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of Notre Dame, Tufts Univ.

Presider Name

Amy C. Mulligan, Karen Eileen Overbey

Paper Title 1

Portable Apocalypses

Presenter 1 Name

Christopher Abram

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Notre Dame

Paper Title 2

Sources for the Laws of Early Ireland

Presenter 2 Name

Charlene M. Eska

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ.

Paper Title 3

Always the Bridesmaid, Never the Bride: Early Medieval Scotland and the Tyranny of Hiberno-Saxon Art History

Presenter 3 Name

Martin Goldberg

Presenter 3 Affiliation

National Museums Scotland

Paper Title 4

Narratives of Stone

Presenter 4 Name

Catherine E. Karkov

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Univ. of Leeds

Paper Title 5

Exotic or Homegrown? Encounters and Choices in Early Medieval Ireland

Presenter 5 Name

Carol Neuman de Vegvar

Presenter 5 Affiliation

Ohio Wesleyan Univ.

Paper Title 6

Are We There Yet?: Fostered Children on the Move in Medieval Northern Europe

Presenter 6 Name

Lahney Preston-Matto

Presenter 6 Affiliation

Adelphi Univ.

Start Date

10-5-2014 10:00 AM

Session Location

Fetzer 1045

Description

This roundtable will feature six short papers, exploring material culture interactions across the medieval North Atlantic, particularly through Ireland, bringing together scholars from multiple disciplines to discuss shared artistic and textual traditions, trade, migration, diplomacy and other cultural exchanges.

James I. Lyttleton