LAMPS Conference 2017 - Death & the Supernatural Schedule at a Glance 16 June 2017 9:00-9:30- Registration 9:30-9:45- Welcome 9:45-11:15- Session One: Cross-Cultural Connections, chaired by Rebecca Wrightson Katia Fernández Mayo, University of Edinburgh. 'Interactions between Viking-Age Scandinavia and the Islamic World: Cultural Transmission and Religious Impacts.' Lorenza Gay, The Warburg Institute. 'Deos Homines Fuisse? Illuminations of the Pagan Gods in French Medieval Manuscripts.' Aparna Andhare, University of Edinburgh. 'Reincarnation/Annihilation/Reunion: Glimpses of Death in (mostly) Medieval Indian Art.' 11:15-11:30- Coffee 11:30-13:00- Session Two: Monsters and the Monstrous, chaired by Vaughn Sturdevan Feuer Minjie Su, Linacre College. 'Winter, Werewolf, and a Psychic Vampire: Reading Úlfhams rímur in Light of Seasonal Change.' Ryan Denson, University of Edinburgh. ‘The Waters Underneath the Earth’ - Folkloric Traditions of Evil Arising from the Sea.' Joanna Witkowska, University of Edinburgh. ‘Should Women Eat Their Offspring, the Children They Have Borne?’ - Cannibalism in John Mirk's 'Festial' as a Curse and a Blessing.' 13:00-14:00- Lunch 14:00-15:30- Session Three: Beyond the Grave, chaired by Sarah Hutcheson Maria Gordusenko, University of Edinburgh. 'Literal and Metaphorical Pilgrimage of Artists in Medieval Christian Art: from Self-Representation to Self-Commemoration.' Elizabeth Skuthorpe, Unaffiliated Scholar. 'Voices of the Dead: Speech acts in Old Norse narratives.' Maud Bouvattier, University of Edinburgh. “'From her to Eternity’; music and the lover’s death in the prose Tristan.' 15:30-15:45- Coffee 15:45-16:45- Keynote Lecture, Dr. Debra Strickland, University of Glasgow. 'Medieval Ghosts: Death, Monstrosity and the Apocalyptic Supernatural in the Painting of Hieronymus Bosch.' 16:45- Wine Reception Document HCA LAMPS 2017 conference programme (651.58 KB / PDF) Jun 16 2017 09.00 - 16.45 LAMPS Conference 2017 - Death & the Supernatural The third annual Late Antique and Medieval Postgraduate Society Conference will take place on 16 June 2017. (Published 30 May 2017) Project Room 50 George Square Edinburgh EH8 9JU Find the venue Register
LAMPS Conference 2017 - Death & the Supernatural Schedule at a Glance 16 June 2017 9:00-9:30- Registration 9:30-9:45- Welcome 9:45-11:15- Session One: Cross-Cultural Connections, chaired by Rebecca Wrightson Katia Fernández Mayo, University of Edinburgh. 'Interactions between Viking-Age Scandinavia and the Islamic World: Cultural Transmission and Religious Impacts.' Lorenza Gay, The Warburg Institute. 'Deos Homines Fuisse? Illuminations of the Pagan Gods in French Medieval Manuscripts.' Aparna Andhare, University of Edinburgh. 'Reincarnation/Annihilation/Reunion: Glimpses of Death in (mostly) Medieval Indian Art.' 11:15-11:30- Coffee 11:30-13:00- Session Two: Monsters and the Monstrous, chaired by Vaughn Sturdevan Feuer Minjie Su, Linacre College. 'Winter, Werewolf, and a Psychic Vampire: Reading Úlfhams rímur in Light of Seasonal Change.' Ryan Denson, University of Edinburgh. ‘The Waters Underneath the Earth’ - Folkloric Traditions of Evil Arising from the Sea.' Joanna Witkowska, University of Edinburgh. ‘Should Women Eat Their Offspring, the Children They Have Borne?’ - Cannibalism in John Mirk's 'Festial' as a Curse and a Blessing.' 13:00-14:00- Lunch 14:00-15:30- Session Three: Beyond the Grave, chaired by Sarah Hutcheson Maria Gordusenko, University of Edinburgh. 'Literal and Metaphorical Pilgrimage of Artists in Medieval Christian Art: from Self-Representation to Self-Commemoration.' Elizabeth Skuthorpe, Unaffiliated Scholar. 'Voices of the Dead: Speech acts in Old Norse narratives.' Maud Bouvattier, University of Edinburgh. “'From her to Eternity’; music and the lover’s death in the prose Tristan.' 15:30-15:45- Coffee 15:45-16:45- Keynote Lecture, Dr. Debra Strickland, University of Glasgow. 'Medieval Ghosts: Death, Monstrosity and the Apocalyptic Supernatural in the Painting of Hieronymus Bosch.' 16:45- Wine Reception Document HCA LAMPS 2017 conference programme (651.58 KB / PDF) Jun 16 2017 09.00 - 16.45 LAMPS Conference 2017 - Death & the Supernatural The third annual Late Antique and Medieval Postgraduate Society Conference will take place on 16 June 2017. (Published 30 May 2017) Project Room 50 George Square Edinburgh EH8 9JU Find the venue Register
Jun 16 2017 09.00 - 16.45 LAMPS Conference 2017 - Death & the Supernatural The third annual Late Antique and Medieval Postgraduate Society Conference will take place on 16 June 2017. (Published 30 May 2017)
