http://oldnorsenews.org News, Announcements, Comment and Resources for Medieval Scandinavian Studies Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:18:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been asked to pass on details of a new Norse-themed play by Roland Lloyd Parry, which will premiere in London in the New Year. What's more, oldnorsenews.org readers can get tickets at the reduced price of £8 (normally £10) simply by mentioning the site when booking. About "THE SONG OF ... http://oldnorsenews.org/2008/12/the-song-of-hilde/ As part of our quest to give ever-improved functionality to our readers, oldnorsenews.org is pleased to announce the launch of our Old Norse Event Calendar. It's in the sidebar at the right of the page. When you see a date in red on this calendar, that means there's an Old ... http://oldnorsenews.org/2008/12/events-calendar/ Thanks to Máire Ní Mhaonaigh for sending details of the following conference: Between the Islands: Interaction with Vikings in Ireland and Britain in the Early Medieval Period Location: Faculty of English, University of Cambridge Friday 13 - Sunday 15 March 2009 Website: http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/567/ ‘Between the Islands' seeks to illuminate the nature of interaction between Vikings ... http://oldnorsenews.org/2008/12/between-the-islands/ Exciting news! The Viking Society for Northern Research has made the majority of its publications available online, entirely free of charge, at http://vsnrweb-publications.org.uk/ Among the highlights now available in this new open-access repository are: A complete run of Saga-Book from 1895-2005. (New editions will be added to the site two years ... http://oldnorsenews.org/2008/11/viking-society-publications-online/ The Viking World, edited by Stefan Brink with Neil Price, looks like being a very significant contribution to the field. It's a comprehensive guide to all aspects of Viking-Age history and culture with contributions from many of the field's leading experts. (Click here for full table of contents.) The publisher's ... http://oldnorsenews.org/2008/11/the-viking-world/ Further to our recent discussion of comparisons between the 'New Vikings' of the Icelandic economic boom and their medieval counterparts, I discovered that the Reykjavík Grapevine has published -- entirely mischievously -- the text of a speech given by former president Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson in 2005. Ólafur comes right out ... http://oldnorsenews.org/2008/10/more-on-the-vikings-and-icelandic-entrepreneurship/ The second week in November looks like being a busy one in the Old Norse world. The Århus myth conference takes place then, as does the Viking Society meeting in London, where Matthew Driscoll is giving a lecture. Then, on the 17-19 November, the Centre for Medieval Studies at the ... http://oldnorsenews.org/2008/10/modes-of-authorship-in-the-middle-ages/ October's Journal Round-Up concludes with Saga-Book, Northern Studies, and the latest number of JEGP. The new edition of the Viking Society's Saga-Book has just been sent out to members. (If you're not a member, might I urge you to consider joining?) Volume 32 contains three articles and no fewer than 17 ... http://oldnorsenews.org/2008/10/journal-round-up-october-2008-part-2/ After a slightly longer delay than planned, here is the second of our surveys of what is going on in recent periodical literature in the field of Medieval Scandinavian Studies. There's something of a historical slant to today's selection, which includes no fewer than three historiske tidsskrifter and the ... http://oldnorsenews.org/2008/10/journal-round-up-october-2008-part-i/ (An occasional feature devoted to our subject's appearances in the mainstream media, and what becomes of it out in the wider world...) Iceland has been in the news plenty recently, but only for rather gloomy reasons. You can revisit the old clichés (perpetuated by the new Icelanders themselves, it has to ... http://oldnorsenews.org/2008/10/norse-and-newsworthy/