Programme

Programme
Thursday 22 October 2009

09.00 - 09.45	Registration and Coffee, Elphinstone Hall
09.45 - 10.00	Welcome and Introduction to Day One Professor Stefan Brink, University of Aberdeen
10.00 - 10.40	Theorizing Myth and Ritual Robert Segal, University of Aberdeen
10.40 - 11.20	Reconstructing Old Norse Mythology - Source Criticism and Comparative Mythology Jans Peter Schjødt, University of Aarhus
11.20 - 11.40	Coffee
11.40 - 12.20	Myth and Heroic Legend in the Thought-World of the Early Medieval North Joe Harris, Harvard University
12.20 - 13.00	Why does 'wind of the giantess' = thought? Theoretical frames for the interpretation of mythological kennings Judy Quinn, University of Cambridge
13.00 - 14.00	Lunch
14.00 - 14.40	Groups, Lists, Features: Snorri's ásynjur John Lindow, University of California at Berkeley
14.40 - 15.20	Old Norse Myth and Cognition Margaret Clunies Ross, University of Sydney
15.20 - 15.40	Coffee
15.40 - 16.20	Is theory a myth? Karen Bek-Pedersen, University of Aberdeen
16.20 - 17.00	Uppsala in myth and reality Stefan Brink, University of Aberdeen

Friday 23 October 2009

09.00 - 09.45	Coffee, King's College Conference Centre
09.45 - 10.00	Introduction to Day Two Stefan Brink, University of Aberdeen
10.00 - 10.40	Heimdallr in the Hyndluljóò. The role and function of the 'enigmatic god' in an enigmaic poem Sebastian Cöllen, Uppsala University
10.40 - 11.20	Myth, Memory and Founding Narratives Pernille Hermann, University of Aarhus
11.20 - 11.40	Coffee
11.40 - 12.20	Material mythology: mortuary narratives in Viking Age Scandinavia Neil Price, University of Aberdeen
12.20 - 13.00	Cult-Places and Cosmogony in Iron-age Sweden Torun Zachrisson, University of Stockholm
13.00 - 14.00	Lunch
14.00 - 14.40	Óðinn IN Iceland before 1200 Terry Gunnell, University of Reykjavík
14.40 - 15.20	On Elves Rudy Simek, University of Bonn
15.20 - 15.40	Coffee
15.40 - 16.20	Spotting new trends, ideas, challenges? A conference Sum Up. John McKinnell, University of Durham
19.00 for 19.30	Scottish Dinner, Linklater Rooms *Please note, registration is closed for the Scottish Dinner*