A symposium in the lecture hall of the National and University Library of Iceland, Þjóðarbókhlaða, the library building at Arngrímsgata 3, on 14 January, 12:30–17:00.
Programme:
12:30–12:45 Presentation of the research project “Íslenzkar þjóðsögur og ævintýri (Icelandic Folk Tales and Fairy Tales):
Origins, context and collecting 1864–2014″
12:45–13:15 Terry Gunnell: The purpose of Jón Árnason’s folk tale collecting
13:15–13:45 Rósa Þorsteinsdóttir: Who is whose and whose is what?
Collectors, recorders and storytellers
13:45–14:15 Örn Hrafnkelsson: Jón Árnason and the digital humanities
14:15–14:45 Aðalheiður Guðmundsdóttir: The search for the fire
14:45–15:15 Coffee break
15:15–15:45 Romina Werth: Konrad Maurer: his letters, friendships and depression
15:45–16:15 Elsa Ósk Alfreðsdóttir: Pen friends at home and abroad
16:15–16:45 Júlíana Þóra Magnúsdóttir: Jón Árnason! Where are the women?
The symposium is chaired by Halldóra Kristinsdóttir.
The research project “Íslenzkar þjóðsögur og ævintýri: Origins, context and collecting 1864–2014” is a cooperation between staff of the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, the University of Iceland and the National and University Library of Iceland, and is funded by RANNÍS.
Félag þjóðfræðinga á Íslandi (the Icelandic Folklore Society) is also an organiser of the symposium.
Abstracts (PDF, in Icelandic)