Renaissance conference in Snorrastofa Reykholt
Snorrastofa Reykholt
17:00 Departure from BSÍ – Reykjavík Bus Terminal
18.30–19.00: Arrival in Reykholt
19.00–21.00: Dinner
Thursday 29 September
7:00 Breakfast
7:45 Registration
8.00: The Conference Hall
Welcome by Bergur Þorgeirsson, Director of The Snorri Sturluson Research Centre Welcom by Marianne Pade, Chair of The Nordic Network for Renaissance Studies Short welcome and practical information by Gottskálk Jensson
8.30: The Conference Hall
Professor emeritus Helgi Þorláksson: Reykholt in the Time of Snorri Sturluson
9.15–10.45: Papers
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Iter septentrionale: When Renaissance humanism went north I Marianne Pade: Humanism and Philology Anders Borggaard: Paternal Princes in Lutheran Northern Europe Johann Ramminger: Measuring Scandinavian Latin |
Book itineraries Chair: Outi Merisalo Susanna Niiranen (Zoom): Benjamin Wallura (Zoom): |
Metropolitan Itineraries: Social and Textual Mobility in Early Modern London. Part 1: Moving in and around the London Stage Chair: Per Sivefors Elisabeth Lutteman: Borrowed Sounds of the City: Trajectories of an Early Modern English Stage Song Kiki Lindell Tersmeden: “With a hey, ho, the wind and the rain”: Itinerant Actors, Outdoor Conditions, and Learning |
Spiritual, Emotional, and Political Itineraries: Female Dialogues in Renaissance Italy I Chair: Gottskálk Jensson Unn Falkeid: Justified Anger: The Body Politics of Margherita Datini (1360–1423) Eleonora Capuccilli: Pastoral Missions and Invisible Travels: The Prophetic Itinerary of Caterina da Racconigi Eleonora Carinci: From Cloistered Spaces to Secular Places: |
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Seventeenth Cent. Bernd Roling (Zoom): Archives against myths: Johann Heinrich Jung and the Dukes of Bentheim |
from the Inside Metropolitan Itineraries. Part 2: Social Itineraries and Mobile Interaction in the Metropolis Chair: Raja Sarasti- Wilenius Anna Swärdh: ‘Lunden’ in ‘ängaland’: Early Modern Swedish Experiences of London |
Relationships and Movements in Felice Rasponi’s Autobiographical Dialogue |
10.45–11.15: Coffee Break
11.15–12.45: Papers
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Iter septentrionale (cont.) Chair: Marianne Pade Trine Arlund Hass: Terms of debate Johannes Isacius Pontanus’ Northern Antiquarianism Chair: Marianne Pade Giovanni Grandi: Pontanus on Curtius Rufus: Antiquarian Philology and Mistakes across Renaissance Europe Damiano Acciarino: Pontanus and Mythology: The Case of Trigla |
Spiritual, Emotional, and Political Itineraries II. Chair: Eleonora Capuccilli Clara Stella (Zoom): Authorship and Exile within the Voice of Olympia Fulvia Morata Outlooks from Iceland on the Early Modern World Chair: Bjørn Bandlien Lorenz Hindrichsen: Reading Artefacts as Meta-Commentaries on Global Encounters atÞingeyrar Church, Iceland (1470-1700) Þórunn Sigurðardóttir: Disaster at Home and Abroad: The Literary Travels of an Icelandic Poet |
Metropolitan Itineraries. Part 2: Social Itineraries and Mobile Interaction in the Metropolis Chair: Raja Sarasti- Wilenius Per Sivefors: Satirical Itineraries: The Elizabethan Road to Success – or Elsewhere Independent papers: Miryana Dimitrova: Englishmen and Turks Journeying on the Wings of the Ancients: The Image of Alexander the Great as a Meeting Point of Eastern and Western Mindsets in Thomas Goffe’s Play The Courageous Turk Dustin M. Neighbors: The Huntress’ Movements: Women and the Itinerant Nature of Hunting in Early Modern Scandinavia |
Expanding Horizons Chair: Gottskálk Jensson Mikkel-Theis Paulsen: Tragicomic Visions of Conquest in Early Modern Spain & England Randi Lisa Davenport: Gendered Itineraries: Female Characters’ Movements in the Trials of Persiles and Sigismunda, A Northern Story (1617) by Miguel de Cervantes Christian Dahl og Anne Fastrup: |
12.45–14.00: Lunch
14.00–16.00: Papers
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The North and the South Chair: Dustin M. Neighbors Astrid Nilsson: |
Libraries, Books, Texts, Language on the Move Chair: Outi Merisalo Peter Sjökvist: |
Gazing into the Beyond Chair: Unn Falkeid Unn Irene Aasdalen: Philosophical Itineraries: |
Renaissance Art and Museology I Maria Fabricius Hansen: |
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Northern Itineraries: Johannes, Olaus, and the Carta Marina (1539 Peter Zeeberg: From Hven to Prague – Tycho Brahe’s Last Journey Gottskálk Jensson: Boreal Authorities: The Icelandic Humanists’ Program of Scandinavian and North-Atlantic History Raja Sarasti-Wilenius: Between Scylla and Charybdis. Swedish Treatises on Peregrination (17th and 18th Centuries) |
Travelling Books – Literary Spoils of War from Poland in Sweden, and Beyond Grigory Vorobyev: Aristotle’s Journey from Italy to England: A Traveling Scribe and his Book Thorbjørn Nordbø: Machiavelli – Secretary Itinerant Patrizia Carmassi: Itineraries through Libraries: Philologists and their Search for Ancient Manuscripts in 17th- Century Europe |
Giovanni Pico on the Soul’s Decent Joseph William Sterrett: ‘I saw Eternity the Other Night’: Metaphysical Images of the Infinite Else Marie Lingaas: Orpheus’ Journey to the Underworld – a Renaissance Dilemma |
Travelling Imagery: Cultural exchange and temporal eclecticism in the Bolognese frescoes of Amico Aspertini Peter Gillgren: Marcus Aurelius on the Capitoline Hill Hanne Kolind Poulsen: Melchior Lorck’s Pictures og ‘the Other’ Independent paper: Bjørn Bandlien: |
16.00–16:30: Coffee Break
19.00–20.00:
Reception Sponsored by the Neo-Latin Association of Denmark (in the Show Room under the Church). Bergur Þorgeirsson: An introduction to the SSRC (Snorrastofa).
20.00–22.00 : Conference Dinner at Fosshótel Dining Hall
Friday 30 September
07.00: Breakfast
09.00–10:00: Business Meeting of the Nordic Network for Renaissance Studies (Library)
10.00–10:30: Coffee Break 11.00: Checkout from Hotel
11.30–12:20: Lunch
12.30: Departure from Reykholt to the waterfall Hraunfossar and the national park Þingvellir, the site of the Icelandic parliament from 930 to 1798.
17.00: Arrival in Reykjavík
17.00-18.00: Visit to the Arnamagnæan Institute for Icelandic Studies: Manuscript Presentation
The conference is funded by The Snorri Sturluson Centre in Reykholt, The School of Humanities, University of Iceland, and the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
Visitor’s Reception’s Opening Hours
1 May – 31 August:
every day 10 – 17
1 Sept. – 30 April:
weekdays 10 – 17
Otherwise by arrangement.