IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 706: Memory in Runes and Community
Tuesday 3 July 2018, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Memory & the Pre-Modern North Network |
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Organisers: | Simon Nygaard, Afdeling for Religionsvidenskab, Aarhus Universitet Yoav Tirosh, Faculty of Icelandic & Comparative Cultural Studies, University of Iceland, Reykjavík |
Moderator/Chair: | Simon Nygaard, Afdeling for Religionsvidenskab, Aarhus Universitet |
Paper 706-a | Beyond the Banalities of Burial-Stones: Memory Studies and Old Nordic Monuments (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Epigraphy, Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Literacy and Orality |
Paper 706-b | Thoughts of Home: A Study of Cultural Memory and Heritage among Viking Age Rus' (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Language and Literature - Slavic, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Social History |
Paper 706-c | 'All these stones': Runestone Monuments with Multiple Inscriptions (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Epigraphy, Language and Literature - Scandinavian |
Abstract | In the formation of communities, memory plays an important part. In Old Norse society complexes in which runes occupied a significant position were used in this social process. This is true in Scandinavia as well as the Scandinavian diaspora. The papers in this session will explore how different Scandinavian communities negotiated their identities and what part different societal forces (such as kingship or encounters with other cultures) had in this process. |