Midlands Viking Symposium

The Universities of Birmingham, Nottingham and Leicester are proud to announce the tenth Midlands Viking Symposium, an event designed to bring together enthusiasts in Viking Studies. Talks will include: 

'Sick Vikings' - Dr Christina Lee (University of Nottingham)
How did people respond to illness and how did the sagas represent illness and disease? 

‘Did the Vikings sacrifice their slaves?’ - Dr Chris Callow (University of Birmingham) 
Have historians and archaeologists made too much (or not enough) of sensationalist reports of Viking cruelty? 

‘Resolving Viking Age Repton? New techniques on old bones’ - Cat Jarman (University of Bristol)
Presents the latest news on the scientific analysis of this well-known ‘Viking’ cemetery. 

'A glove in hood’s clothing? Hrólfs saga kraka and Beowulf, once more with humour' - Dr Philip Shaw (University of Leicester)
How did heroic traditions get transferred from Anglo-Saxon to Old Norse literary culture? 

'Grettir’s Secret Formula’ - Dr Slavica Rankovic (University of Leeds)
Looks at how the Saga of Grettir allows us to understand the saga tradition ‘The Viking Age farm’- Bernadette McCooey (University of Birmingham) How did Viking Age farmers actually manage their farms in Iceland? 

The day costs £30 per person; this includes registration, all hand outs, lunch and refreshments.