Thursday 5th September 2013
Lecture Theatre 118, Chandler House, UCL, 2 Wakefield Street, WC1N 1PF London
09:00
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Registration
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09:30
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Welcome
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09:45
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Keynote address:
Andrew Newby, Helsinki University
"The Cradle of Our Noblest Energies and Blood": Victorian Britain's (Ab)use of Scandinavian History
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10:45
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Coffee break
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11:00
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Panel 1: National Discourses
Dominic Hinde, University of Edinburgh
From ethics to storytelling: understanding agents as narrators in Swedish environmentalism
Guro Buchanan, University of Manchester
State Feminism meets Gender Neutral Conscription, is the Norwegian Pursuit of Gender Equality still Woman-Friendly
Ian Giles
The Fårö Documents: The Political or Regionalised Ingmar Bergman?
Nicholas Prindiville, UCL
Discourses on Identity in Finland’s Return Immigration Law
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12:30
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Lunch
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13:30
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Panel 2: The Military and War
Josefin Hedlund, King’s College London
Peace Soldier: Swedish identity and the frames that make war possible
Björn Nordgren, University of St Andrews
Chancellor Oxenstierna’s War 1635-1643: A guide to archival sources
Dr Guy Puzey, University of Edinburgh
Exploring Scottish-Norwegian Wartime Connections: An Experience of Public Engagement
Louisa Taylor, UCL
The Treatment of Opponents in War in 11th to 13th Century Norway and Denmark
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15:00
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Coffee
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15:15
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Panel 3: Re-imagining Myths
Jessica Hancock, University of Oxford
Violence to Silence: Female Figures in the Scandinavian Völsung legend
Victoria Lesley Ralph, UCL
Sagascapes and Mythscapes from Old Norse Literature in the Landscapes and Cityscapes of Selma Lagerlöf’s Narratives
Pei-Sze Chow and Essi Viitanen, UCL
Building Dialogue: Representing Urban Structures on Film
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16:45
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End
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18:00
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Drinks reception
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19:00
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Conference Dinner
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Friday 6th September 2013
Lecture Theatre 118, Chandler House, UCL, 2 Wakefield Street, WC1N 1PF London
9:00
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Panel 4: The UK and Scandinavia
Adam Grimshaw, University of St Andrews
Anthony Knipe: a case study of English experience in 17th century Scandinavia
Matilda Watson, Kings College London
Digital/Non-digital approaches to manuscript cultures in England, Norway and Sweden in the 11th Century
Eleanor Rye, University of Nottingham
Assessing the Vikings’ Linguistic Legacy: Quantifying the Scandinavian contribution to the Wirral’s medieval minor names
Nichola Smalley, UCL
Comparing Slang in Stockholm and London Literature
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10:30
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Coffee break
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10:45
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Panel 5: Cultural Markets
Agnes Broome, UCL
How to judge a book by its cover: Scandinavia as a literary genre
Barbara Tesio, University of Edinburgh
Language and identity in Karen Blixen’s Gengældelsens Veje
Georgina Berritta, Manchester Metropolitan University
The Use of Gender in Forbrydelsen and its American Remake
Charlotte Berry, University of Edinburgh
Going to Blighty: Agaton Sax and Andre Deutsch
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12:15
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Lunch
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13:15
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Panel 6: Representations of the Real
Harriet Jean Evans, University of York
The horse and his Hero: a symbiotic relationship in Old Norse literature
Keith Ruiter, University of York
Visibility, Authority, and Execution in Heimskringla
Anna Tebelius, UCL
An illustrated odyssey through the experimental and intertextual Nordic novel Polyfem förvandlad (1964)
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14:45
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Coffee break
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15:15
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Knowledge exchange workshop lead by Marita Frasier, UCL
Publishing and peer reviewing with BookType: a preparation for publishing NRN conference proceedings.
Computer Room B29, Foster Court, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT
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16:15
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End
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