Lectures by visiting Northern Scholars Hallgrímur Helgason, Peder Gammeltoft, Andrew Newby, Felix Riede, Jens Peter Schjødt and - as part of Migration, Mobility and Momentum in the North - Anne Ring Petersen, Cristine Sarrimo and Moritz Schramm. The Northern Scholars Lectures: Peder Gammeltoft 'Where did Scotland’s Viking-Age Scandinavian settlers come from? Suggestions from the study of place-names'. A free public lecture by visiting Northern Scholar Dr Peder Gammeltoft (University of Bergen).30 May 2019, 17.15 - 19.30 The Northern Scholars Lectures: Andrew Newby 'Remembering the Great Finnish Famine of the 1860s: Comparative reflections from Ireland and the Scottish Highlands'. A free public lecture by visiting Northern Scholar Dr Andrew Newby (Tampere Institute for Advanced Social Research, Finland).6 March 2019, 17.15 - 18.30 The Northern Scholars Lectures: Felix Riede 'Moments of crisis – volcanic eruptions, environmental impacts and past societal change in the northern past'. A free public lecture by visiting Northern Scholar Professor Felix Riede (Aarhus University, Denmark).23 January 2019, 16.00 - 17.30 The Northern Scholars Lectures: Jens Peter Schjødt 'How to deal with mythological and religious boundaries in oral societies – where does Old Norse mythology end?'. A free public lecture by visiting Northern Scholar Professor Jens Peter Schjødt.10 November 2018, 17.00 - 17.45 This article was published on 2025-07-28
