Connections in the North Atlantic World
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Dept. of English Studies, Durham Univ.
Organizer Name
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough
Organizer Affiliation
Durham Univ.
Presider Name
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough
Paper Title 1
Gestr and Gawain: Bárðar saga as Medieval Trans-Atlantic Hybrid
Presenter 1 Name
William Biel
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Univ. of Connecticut
Paper Title 2
Cross-Cultural Interaction in Anglo-Scandinavian England: The Evidence from Bone Skates
Presenter 2 Name
Beverly A. Thurber
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Shimer College
Paper Title 3
Riding the "Blue Animals of the Billow" (Eiríksdrápa): Seafaring in Poetry and Practice
Presenter 3 Name
Tom Birkett
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Univ. College Cork
Start Date
14-5-2016 10:00 AM
Session Location
Fetzer 1045
Description
The North Atlantic of the Middle Ages was all about connections: social, cultural, political, literary, religious, artistic, economic. We can see this in manuscript transmission, literary influences, travel narratives, chronicles, in the archaeological record and DNA, in personal links and political ones. This interdisciplinary session welcomes discussions of any aspect of such connections: actual, proposed, encouraged, imagined, depicted, recounted, foretold, frustrated, feared, forbidden.
Connections in the North Atlantic World
Fetzer 1045
The North Atlantic of the Middle Ages was all about connections: social, cultural, political, literary, religious, artistic, economic. We can see this in manuscript transmission, literary influences, travel narratives, chronicles, in the archaeological record and DNA, in personal links and political ones. This interdisciplinary session welcomes discussions of any aspect of such connections: actual, proposed, encouraged, imagined, depicted, recounted, foretold, frustrated, feared, forbidden.