Lectures 2016

From Spirits to Short People

What does a Dwarf Look Like? Ugnius Mikučionis about dwarfs in the Old Norse tradition

Homiletic Repurposing

Astrid Marner and Aidan Conti examine how homelitic texts were used and re-used in medieval Norway and England.

Bilde av Emil Doepler, 1901, viser samtale mellom Odin og Mimir

The Relationship of Sacrifice and Initiation in the Myths about the Mead of Poetry

Jan Kozák (Charles University in Prague) discusses the use of interpretative methodology when approaching Old Norse myths.

Bilde av en håndskriftillustrasjon som viser en elefant med en borg på ryggen

The Elephants are Coming! Zoology in Medieval Natural History, Didactics and Old Norse Fiction.

Florian Schreck (UiB) examines medieval zoology and the role of animal lore in the Old Icelandic romances.

Bilde av en illustrert side i lovhåndskriftet Codex Hardenbergianus

Bergen and Iceland: The Production of Codex Hardenbergianus and the West Icelandic Helgafell Workshop

Stefan Drechsler (University of Aberdeen) presents the law manuscript Codex Hardenbergianus, written mainly in Bergen, and its possible ties to international book production in the medieval North.