Araltes the Varangian On Tuesday April 2nd at 11:30 AM CDT Sverrir Jakobsson, professor of history at the University of Iceland, will join the students of the Department of Icelandic Language & Literature via Zoom to discuss the end of the Viking Age and its representation in medieval Icelandic literature. The starting point will be the life of Harald the Severe who came to be… Read More »Sverrir Jakobsson – Harald the Severe
University of Manitoba Course Winter 2024 The Icelandic sagas tell stories of outlaws, blood feuds, and epic Viking battles. They also contain evidence of Norse pagan practices, the arrival of Christianity in Northern Europe, as well as the earliest documented contact between Europeans and North America’s Indigenous peoples. In this course, students will explore numerous Icelandic sagas through a variety of literary, historical, and cultural… Read More »ICEL 3330: Sagas in Translation
On November 12 and 13, from 8:30 am Winnipeg Time (2:30 pm Iceland Time) until 4:00 pm Winnipeg Time (10:00 pm Iceland Time), the 10th Partnership Conference of the University of Manitoba and University of Iceland will be held online.
The 10th Partnership Conference of the University of Manitoba and
the University of Iceland will be held virtually by the University of
Manitoba November 12-13, 2021. Proposals are to be submitted by
July 15, 2021.
Sophus Bugge’s Sæmundar Edda in a clear and easy to read format This is a book published in 1867 of the Elder Edda or Poetic Edda with poetry and a finely spread dose of prosimetrum that covers Norse gods and heroes. This file was produced from the high quality file found on rafhladan.is. The main store for this document is at Norway’s Nasjonalbibliotek. It is… Read More »Eddukvæði, clear and easy to read format
I have decided to start sharing public domain documents that I find are sometimes represented on the internet without providing the original source. So at times I will find reference to electronic resources in drafts of papers written by colleagues that do not provide reference to the actual work. Sometimes these documents have been digitized by Google but are lost in a sea of other… Read More »Sophus Bugge – Sæmundar Edda hins fróða
**Deadline extended until the end of October** The Association for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies in Canada (AASSC), The University of Manitoba, and the Medieval & Modern Project invite titles and abstracts for a special themed section of Scandinavian-Canadian Studies, which will focus on the reception of Fóstbræðra saga. By discussing the saga itself alongside Halldór Laxness’ modern retelling, Gerpla, it will combine papers in… Read More »Call for Papers: Special Section for Scandinavian-Canadian Studies