Details of the 2019-2020 series of Northern Scholars Lectures. Nov 10 2018 17.00 - 17.45 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. Further information Jan 23 2019 16.00 - 17.30 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). Further information Mar 06 2019 17.15 - 18.30 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). Further information May 30 2019 17.15 - 19.30 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). Further information Oct 23 2019 17.00 - 18.00 The Northern Scholars Lectures: Hallgrímur Helgason 'The Icelandic Tradition of Silence'. A free public lecture by Icelandic author and visiting Northern Scholar Hallgrímur Helgason. Further information Jan 29 2020 13.00 - 14.00 The Northern Scholars Lectures: Emily Lethbridge 'Place-names, narratives and the environmental history of Iceland'. A free public lecture by Dr Emily Lethbridge (Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Research). Further information Feb 10 2021 16.00 - 18.00 The Northern Scholars Lectures: Anders Mortensen 'C.B. Wadström, S.T. Coleridge and the importance of radical Swedish-British networks in the 1790s'. A free public lecture by Anders Mortensen (Lund University). Further information Mar 24 2021 16.00 - 18.00 The Northern Scholars Lectures: Dr Maria Esipova 'Facts and Feelings: A Cross-Channel Typology of Affective Content'. A free public lecture by Dr Maria Esipova (University of Oslo). Further information This article was published on 2025-07-22
