Rediscovering the Vikings Conference

Conference Presentation: Maja Bäckvall, ‘Pick Up Rune: Rune Usage in Video and Computer Games’

Maja Bäckvall (Uppsala University/University of Copenhagen) ‘Pick Up Rune: Rune Usage in Video and Computer Games’ at the IRC-Funded Conference…

Conference Presentation: Shirley McPhaul, ‘Of Gods and Fictional Worlds: The Viking Age Proto-Fictional Universe in Narrative-Driven Videogames’

Shirley McPhaul (University of Iceland), ‘Of Gods and Fictional Worlds: The Viking Age Proto-Fictional Universe in Narrative-Driven Videogames’.…

Conference Presentation: Eamonn McEneaney, ‘Bringing the Vikings to Life in the Museum Environment’.

Eamonn McEneaney, (Waterford Treasures Museum), ‘Bringing the Vikings to Life in the Museum Environment’. Chaired by John Sheehan. Presentation at…

Conference Presentation: Natalie McCaul, ‘Touring the Vikings’

Natalie McCaul (Yorkshire Museum), ‘Touring the Vikings’. Chaired by John Sheehan. Presentation at the IRC-Funded Conference ''Rediscovering the…

Conference Presentation: Heather O’Donoghue, 'The One that Got Away in Old Norse Myth, the Work of Hugh MacDiarmid and Moby-Dick’

Heather O’Donoghue (University of Oxford), ‘“By jings, it’s a whopper!”: The One that Got Away in Old Norse Myth, the Work of Hugh MacDiarmid and…

Conference Presentation: Richard North, ‘ More Vikings in Spain: Jómsvíkinga saga and a scene in For Whom the Bell Tolls’

Richard North (UCL), ‘ More Vikings in Spain: Jómsvíkinga sagaand a scene in For Whom the Bell Tolls’. Chaired by Sarah Baccianti. Presentation at the…

Conference Presentation: Judith Jesch, ‘ Rediscovering Viking Women – 25 Years On’

Judith Jesch (University of Nottingham), ‘ Rediscovering Viking Women – 25 Years On’. Chaired by Roderick Dale. Presentation at the IRC-Funded…

Conference Presentation: Klaudia Karpinska, ‘ Women in Re-enactment in Poland’

Klaudia Karpinska (University of Rzeszów), ‘ Women in Re-enactment in Poland’. Chaired by Deise Medieval. Presentation at the IRC-Funded Conference…

Conference Presentation: Rebecca Boyd, ‘ Opening a Door to the Past: Accessing the Knowledge Base of Historical Re-enactors’

Rebecca Boyd (Independent), Rebecca Boyd (Independent), ‘ Opening a Door to the Past: Accessing the Knowledge Base of Historical Re-enactors’. Chaired…

Conference Presentation: Kendra Wilson, “Saga Style in a Finnish Beijing Opera”

Kendra Wilson (University of Turku), Kendra Wilson (University of Turku), “Saga Style in a Finnish Beijing Opera”. Chaired by Eleanor Rosamund…

Conference Presentation: Matthew Driscoll, ‘ Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur’

Matthew Driscoll (University of Copenhagen/Ulster University), ‘ Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur’. Chaired by Orla Murphy.…

Conference Presentation: Neil Price, ‘ My Vikings’

Neil Price (Uppsala University), ‘ My Vikings’. Chaired by Roderick Dale. Presentation at the IRC-Funded Conference ''Rediscovering the Vikings', UCC,…

Conference Presentation: Carl Phelpstead, ‘ Past and Present Identities in Margaret Elphinstone’ s Islanders’

Carl Phelpstead (Cardiff University), ‘ Past and Present Identities in Margaret Elphinstone’ s Islanders’. Chaired by Dieuwke la Roi. Presentation at…

Conference Presentation: Jessica Hancock, ‘ Girls and Boys: Gendered Re-imaginings of the Norse World in Children's Literature’

Jessica Hancock (Glasgow Caledonian University London), ‘ Girls and Boys: Gendered Re-imaginings of the Norse World in Children's Literature’ .…

Conference Presentation: Ylva Berglund Prytz, ‘ Beowulf, Trenches, and an Old Polish Car – Community Collections Galore?'

Ylva Berglund Prytz (University of Oxford), ‘ Beowulf, Trenches, and an Old Polish Car – Community Collections Galore?' Chaired by Tom Birkett.…

Conference Presentation: Bergdís Þrastardóttir, ‘ The PhD in the World of Viking Entrepreneurship’

Bergdís Þrastardóttir (Valkyrja adventures), ‘ The PhD in the World of Viking Entrepreneurship’. Chaired by Christina Lee. Presentation at the…

Conference Presentation: Jacqui Mulville and Ian Dennis, ‘ Antler, Agency and Archaeology’

Jacqui Mulville and Ian Dennis (Guerilla Archaeology), ‘ Antler, Agency and Archaeology’. Chaired by Christina Lee. Presentation at the IRC-Funded…

Conference Presentation: Andrey Korovin, 'Thorvald Kondrason as a Saga Hero and the Main Character in a Historical Novel'

Andrey Korovin (Moscow State Pedagogical University), ‘ Thorvald Kondrason as a Saga Hero and the Main Character in a Historical Novel’. Chaired by…

Conference Presentation: Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough, ‘The Great Viking Fake Off: Norse Forgeries in America’

Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough (Durham University), ‘ The Great Viking Fake Off: Norse Forgeries in America’. Chaired by Alison Killilea. Presentation…

Conference Presentation: Christina Lee, ‘ Forged in Hekla’ s Ashes: Old Norse Myths and German Unification’

Christina Lee (University of Nottingham), ‘ Forged in Hekla’ s Ashes: Old Norse Myths and German Unification’. Chaired by Matthias Egeler.…