Anyone who can make to Laugavatn on the 21st and 22nd of October is welcome to attend the Sigfús Blöndal Memorial Conference on Varangian Studies.
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University of Iceland, Laugarvatn, 21-22 October of 2021
Day one (21 October)
Session 1 (12.45-15)
Chair: Sverrir Jakobsson
Þórir Jónsson Hraundal, Varangians in Arabic sources
Tonicha Upham, Naming, Defining, and Describing Women in the Arabic and Persian Sources on the Rūs
Csete Katona, “They die when he dies”. The king of the Volga Rus’ and his comitatus
Session 2 (15.45-17.15)
Chair: Daria Segal
Ildar Garipzanov, The Concept of “Varangian Christianity” Revisited
Monica White, The Rhythm of Byzantine-Rus Relations
Day two (22 October)
Session 3 (10-11.15)
Chair: Þórir Jónsson Hraundal
Sverrir Jakobsson, The Making of the Varangians
Ryan Fenster, The West on The North in The East: Western images of the Norse and the Rus’, 800-1250 AD
Session 4 (12.30-14)
Chair: Sverrir Jakobsson
Roland Scheel, Deconstructing Væringjasaga: Byzantine and Old Norse Perspectives on the Varangians
Daria Segal, Discursive Strategies Concerning Scandinavian Presence on the Territories of Rus’ in Old Church-Slavonic Sources.
Session 5 (14.45-15.45)
Chair: Daria Segal
Kjartan Jakobsson Richter, Nordic Missionaries
Valur Gunnarsson, The Ancient Rus and the Ukraine-Russia Crisis
Session 6 (16-17.00): Final discussion, the upcoming book project