Love, Sex and Marriage in the Old Norse Tradition, 2017
Friday, 26th May 2017
- 9:30-10:00 Opening of the Conference
- 10:00-10:30 Courtney Marie Burrell: 'Erotic Camaraderie': The Ambiguous Love Lives of Germanic (Icelandic?) Women
- 10:45-11:15 Josef Jürgens: The Ban on mansǫngvar. Old Norse Laws Concerning Sexuality
- 11:30-12:00 Coffee Break
- 12:00-12:30 David Jelínek: Love - Cold or Misunderstood? Different Conceptions of Expressions of Love
- 12:45-15:00 Lunch Break
- 15:00-15:30 Andreas Schmidt: Love(s) of a Lifetime vs. Advantageous Alliances: Marriage Policy, Power, and Gender Identities in Færeyinga saga
- 15:45-16:15 Lucie Korecká: 'All You Need is Blood?': Whetting and Peacemaking in Marriage
- 16:30-17:00 Coffee Break
- 17:00- 17:30 Pia Zachary: The Witch and the King: On the Motif of the Evil Queen in Northern Historiogrpahy
Saturday, 27th May 2017
- 8:30 Excursion to the Strahov Library
- 13:00-13:30 Johann Levin: Sigurdian Spouses. Relationship Schematics in Gísla Saga Súrssonar
- 13:45-14:15 Diana Dimitrova: Masculinaty and the Power of Empowered Women: Hrutr's Voyage to Norway in Njáls saga
- 14:30-15:00 Coffee Break
- 15:00-15:30 Markéta Ivánková: The Interpretation of Canon Law and 'Courtly Love' in the Saga of Bever. Ideological Implications
- 15:45- 16:15 Kristýna Králová: Old Norse Love Triangles Made New
- 16:30-17:00 Discussion
Downloads
- Burrell_Erotic Camaraderie (15 MByte)
- Jelínek_Love Cold or Misunderstood (195 KByte)
- Schmidt_Love(s) of a Lifetime vs. Advantageous Alliances (518 KByte)
- Korecká_AllYouNeedIsBlood (253 KByte)
- Zachary_The Witch and the King (329 KByte)
- Dimitrova_Masculinity and the Power of Empowered Women (940 KByte)
- Ivánková_Bever (1 MByte)
- Králová_Old Norse Love Triangles Made New (856 KByte)
- Summary of Issues Related to Thematic Complex of Love, Sex and Marriage (14 KByte)