Old Norse News

Alison Finlay writes:

This year the Viking Society sponsored a successful session at the International Medieval Congress at Kalamazoo. Next year we are hoping to organize a session in collaboration with St Louis University, and I am writing to invite offers of papers on any area of Old Norse studies. The dates of the Congress are May 7-10, 2009. The deadline for submission of the session is imminent, so proposals should reach me by next Friday – 12th September. No abstract needed in the first instance – just a title (and a few lines of expanation if the
title is not self-explanatory).

As usual, the Viking Society will also sponsor and organize one or more sessions at the International Medieval Congress in Leeds (13-16 July 2009). For once I am hoping to meet the deadline of 30th September, so please send any proposals (again, a title is sufficient) by 25th September. Unfortunately the term ‘sponsor’ does not imply that the Society is able to pay expenses. Graduate students and others in need of support may note that the conferences themselves offer limited bursaries to participants in need.

You can contact Alison for further information or to submit a paper title at: a.finlay[at]bbk.ac.uk