Encounters with the Paranormal in Medieval Iceland II: Social Concerns

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

Ármann Jakobsson

Organizer Affiliation

Háskóli Íslands

Presider Name

Kolfinna Jónatansdóttir

Presider Affiliation

Háskóli Íslands

Paper Title 1

"Who is Selkolla, what is she?": Disentangling Traditions in the Sagas of Guðmundur Arason and Elsewhere

Presenter 1 Name

Shaun F. D. Hughes

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Purdue Univ.

Paper Title 2

Geocentric Topographies in Barðar Saga Snæfellsáss: Locating the Paranormal from Snæfellsness to Hellalund

Presenter 2 Name

Daniel Remein

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Massachusetts-Boston

Paper Title 3

Cognitive Contingencies: Íslendingasögur's Speculative Realism and the Value of Uncertainty

Presenter 3 Name

Miriam Mayburd

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Háskóli Íslands

Paper Title 4

Glámr and the Uncanny Valley: A Cognitive-Semiotic Reading of Grettis saga

Presenter 4 Name

Sarah Bienko Eriksen

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Univ. of California-Berkeley

Paper Title 5

Talking to Death in Alvíssmál

Presenter 5 Name

Andrew McGillivray

Presenter 5 Affiliation

Univ. of Winnipeg

Start Date

11-5-2017 3:30 PM

Session Location

Sangren 1920