THE VIKING AGE – IN FACT AND FICTION


 

35. TVÆRFAGLIGE VIKINGESYMPOSIUM

35. INTERDISCIPLINARY VIKING SYMPOSIUM


 

Wednesday, 4. maj 2016, 11:00-17:00

Aarhus University, Campus

Tåsingegade 3, Building 1441, room 112, (Auditorium 2)


 

 

PROGRAM

 

11:00-11:15 Jens Peter Schjødt & Søren M. Sindbæk (Aarhus University)

                   Welcome and introduction

 

11:15-11:45 Anna Lihammer (Riksantikvarieämbetet, Sweden)

                   Vikings in science, popular science and fiction – some viewpoints

 

11:45-12:15 Sophie Bønding (Aarhus University)

                  The Golden Past and the Glorious Future: N.F.S. Grundtvig’s
                  Re-Actualisation of Old Norse Mythology

 

12:15-12:30 Discussion


12:30-13:45 Lunch

 

13:45-14:15 Are Kolberg

                   There is Power in a Cohort
                  

14:15-14:45 Johnny G.G. Jakobsen (Copenhagen University)

                   Donald Duck and the Vikings
                  

14:45-15:00 Discussion

 

15:00-15:30 Coffee

 

15:30-16:00 Henning Kure (mythologist, writer of Valhalla)

                  Thor in Utgard. Looking for the fact of fiction


16:00-16:30 Thomas Roger Henrichsen (Danmarkshistorien 2017, Danmarks Radio)

                   Based on a true story…or how Harald Bluetooth ended up in his
                  underwear in the forest of Moesgaard

 

16:30-17:00 Discussion

 


17.00       End

 

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Admission is free, but please e-mail Jens Peter Schjødt (jps@cas.au.dk) no later than May 1. if you wish to participate, in order that we can arrange coffee breaks, etc. It is also possible to sign up for dinner in the evening (own payment) at the same time.

 


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