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A one-day conference to
be held at the
Institute for Advanced Studies
in the Humanities,
The University of Edinburgh
Hope Park Square
(click here for a map)
on Friday 30 January 2009
Programme:
| 9.30 am |
Registration
and Welcome |
| 9.45
am |
Session 1
Dr. Maria Leavenworth (Umeå University): "Exotic
Norths?"
and
Dr. Penny Fielding (University of Edinburgh): "North
Britain"
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| 11.15 am |
Coffee |
| 11.30 am |
Session 2
Dr. Felicia Tolentino (Umeå University): "Visualized
experience and romantic framing. Aesthetical values in 19th century
arctic narratives"
and
Mr. Peter Graves (University of Edinburgh): "MacGillivray
and Linnaeus: Two Itinerant Young Naturalists and their Notebooks" |
| 1.00 pm |
Lunch |
| 2.00 pm |
Session 3
Professor Heidi Hansson (Umeå University): "Between
Nostalgia and Modernity: The Nordic North in Late 19th century Travel
Texts"
and
Professor Colin Kidd (University of Glasgow): "The Norse
Factor in 18th and 19th century Scottish Ethnogenesis" |
| 3.30 pm |
Tea |
| 4.00 pm |
Roundtable
Discussion |
| 5.00 pm |
Reception
at the School of Scottish Studies |
Registration:
There
is no charge for participation in the conference but, as places are limited,
registration is essential.
To book a place, please email Linda Andersson Burnett: s0092360@sms.ed.ac.uk
The conference
is co-sponsored by:
The University of Edinburgh Northern Scholars Scheme
The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities
The
University of Umeå.
Links to:
IASH Homepage
/ IASH
Events / IASH
Research Themes / Northern
Scholars Scheme
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