Félag um átjándu aldar fræði (the Icelandic Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies) is holding a symposium under the title Praise and blame of Iceland and the Icelanders in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in Þjóðarbókhlaða, the library building at Arngrímsgata 3, in the lecture hall on the 2nd floor, on Saturday 18 October 2014.
The symposium begins at 13:30 and ends at about 16:30.
There will be four talks, as follows:
Immoral savages or learned scholars? Images of Iceland in the 18th century.
Sumarliði R. Ísleifsson, PhD in history
Light and colours in the north: Willard Fiske in Iceland, 1879
Kristín Bragadóttir, doctoral student in history
~ COFFEE BREAK ~
A grain of truth in Johann Anderson’s description of Iceland of 1746
Már Jónsson, Professor of History
Konrad Maurer: a positive critic
Baldur Hafstað, PhD in Icelandic literature
Chair: Halldór Baldursson, physician
Each talk takes about 20 minutes.
About 10 minutes are set aside for questions and discussion after each talk.
During the break, refreshments will be served outside the lecture hall on the 2nd floor.
Abstracts of the talks will be available at the symposium. They will later be published on the society’s website, http://fraedi.is/18.oldin/
Everyone welcome!