Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Sprach- und literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultät - Nordeuropa-Institut


Oxford-Berlin Workshop in Old Norse-Icelandic Studies
Identity in Old Norse Literature and Culture

18.–21.09.2024
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Nordeuropa-Institut

 

This workshop, funded by the Oxford-Berlin Research Partnership, aims to promote co-operation between Oxford and Berlin, centring on concepts of identity in both medieval and modern contexts. The workshop will be led by Professor Siân Grønlie and Prof. Dr. Lukas Rösli, with six participants at graduate, ECR and faculty level from each side. The workshop will explore a range of themes including memory, religious belief, queerness, neurodiversity and intersectionality and consist of a combination of lectures and workshop sessions in addition to a visit to the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin.

 

Wednesday, September 18th 2024

 

   
18.30

Informal City Walk
Meeting Point: Martas Hotel Allegra
Albrechtstraße 17, 10117 Berlin

Thursday, September 19th 2024

 

   
9.00 Coffee
9.15 Welcome
9.30

Plenary Lecture

Prof. Siân Grønlie
University of Oxford

Religious Identity and Conversion Age Poetry

10.30 Coffee Break
11.00

Plenary Lecture

Dr. Friederike Richter
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Nordisch – Deutsch – “volksmässig”. Conceptions of Mythology and Identity in the 19th Century

12.00 Lunch
13.00

Workshop Session: Intersectional Identities

15.00 Coffee break
15.30

Visit to the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, hosted by Dr. Robert Giel

18.30 Informal Dinner

Friday, September 20th 2024

 

   
09.30

Plenary Lecture

Dr. George Manning
University of Oxford

Affect Aliens in Old Norse Literature

10.30 Coffee Break
11.00

Plenary Lecture

Ela Sefcikova
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Theorising Queerness and Queering Theory with\in Old Norse Literature

12.00 Lunch
13.00

Plenary Lecture

Prof. Dr. Lukas Rösli
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Creating Identity from Memory: The Construction of Nordic Self-Perceptions through the Centuries Using Old Norse Texts (and other stuff)

14.00 Coffee Break
14.30

Workshop Session: British vs German Viking Identity

16.00 Closing Discussion
18.00 Formal Dinner

 

▼ Location

Humboldt Universität zu Berlin

Dorotheenstraße 24
10117 Berlin

Room 3.246

 

 

 

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