THE FORTIFIED VIKING AGE

36. Tværfaglige Vikingesymposium

36th Interdisciplinary Viking Symposium

 

Wednesday, 17th May 2017, 11:00-17:00

Odense University, Campus


Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. (Auditorium 100)


 

 

PROGRAMME

 

11:00-11:10 Mette Bruus & Jesper Hansen (University Library of Southern Denmark

                   & Odense City Museums)

                   Welcome and introduction

 

11:10-11:40 Lene B. Frandsen (ArkVest, Varde Museum)

                   Henne Kirkeby, a fortified settlement on the west coast of Denmark

 

11:40-12:10 Christian Juel & Mads Ravn (The Vejle Museums)

                  Erritsø – A fortified Early Viking Age manor near Lillebælt.
                  New investigations and research perspectives

 

12:10-12:40 Simon Nygaard (Aarhus University)

                   …nú knáttu Óðin sjá: The Function of Hall-Based, Ritualised Performances
                  of Old Norse Poetry in PreChristian Scandinavian Religion


12:40-13:35 Lunch

 

13:35-14:05 Jens-Bjørn Riis Andresen (Aarhus University)

                   Trælborg – temporary camp or safety retreat?
                  

14:05-14:35 Arjen Heijnis (Aarhus University)

                   Early Viking camps in Scandinavia and abroad
                  

14:35-14:55 Mads Runge (Odense City Museums)

                   New archaeological investigations at Nonnebakken
                  

14:55-15:15 Nanna Holm (Museum Southeast Denmark)

                   Borgring - the fifth, the first or somewhere in between?
                  

15:15-15:45 Coffee

 

15:45-16:15 Frauke Witte & Astrid Tummuscheit (Museum Southern Jutland

                   & Archäologisches Landesamt Schleswig-Holstein)

                  The Danewerk in the light of the recent excavations


16:15-16:45 Morten Søvsø (Museum of Southwest Jutland)

                   Emporia and town walls, ring fortresses and Christian mission
                  – how the Jelling dynasty won all of Denmark

 

16:45-17:00 Discussion

 

17.00       End



Admission is free, but please e-mail Jesper Hansen (jesha@odense.dk) no later than May 7th 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 restaurant in the city centre) at the same time.

 


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