2010-2011
Details of the 2010-2011 series of Northern Scholars Lectures.
Professor Johan Christian Keller: 'Celtic and Norse cultural synergy as a pre-condition for the colonization of the North Atlantic'
Professor Keller is from the University of Oslo in Norway. The lecture title is: "Celtic and Norse cultural synergy as a pre-condition for the colonization of the North Atlantic".
Monday 11 October 2010, 5.15pm
Room 2.13, Geography Building, Drummond Street, Edinburgh
Rósa Þorsteinsdóttir: Old lore for a new world. Opening access to the folklore archives of the Arni Magnusson Institute for Icelandic Studies
Rósa Þorsteinsdóttir is from the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, Reykjavik, Iceland. She presents two lectures: "Old lore for a new world. Opening access to the folklore archives of the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies." and “Icelandic Fairy Tales and Storytellers.”
Thursday 25 November 2010, 6.15pm
Friday 26 November 2010, 4.00pm
The Conference Room, 27 George Square, Edinburgh
Dr Fern Wickson: Realising Your Ecological Self: the Deep Ecology of Norwegian Philosopher Arne Naess
Dr Wickson is from the Genøk Centre for Biosafety in Tromsø, Norway. The lecture title is "Realising Your Ecological Self: the Deep Ecology of Norwegian Philosopher Arne Naess."
Tuesday 7 June 2011, 5.15pm
Tuesday 7 June 2011, 7.15pm
Lecture Theatre, Robson Building, George Square, Edinburgh