The Cambridge Colloquium in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic is an annual
interdisciplinary graduate conference encompassing all aspects of the
British Isles, Ireland, and Scandinavia in the Middle Ages. A selection
of the papers will be published in the departmental journal Quaestio
Insularis.
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Registration is free and open until May 7th
PROGRAMME
9.40–11.15 Session One and Opening Remarks:
Brittany Hanlon (University of Cambridge)
You’ve Got a Friend in Me: Constructions and Offers of Freondscip in Old English Lawsuits
Jasmine Jones (University of Oxford)
Loving the Lady: An Ecclesiastical Allegory in the Old English Soliloquies
Ela Sefcikova (University of Cambridge)
‘Hwa Dear Ðonne Dryhtne Deman’: Authority in Solomon and Saturn II
11.15–11.45 Break
11.45–13.15 Session Two
Finn Longman (University College Cork)
Faithful to the End: The Changing Role of Láeg mac Riangabra in The Death of Cú Chulainn
Patrick McAlary (University of Cambridge)
Alter Patricius: Imitation and Competition in the Vita Albei
Tatiana Shingurova (University of Aberdeen)
Baptising the Dead: Mog Ruith in Service to God
13.15–14.15 Lunch
14.15–15.15 Keynote Lecture
Sarah Künzler (University of Glasgow)
Landscapes of Faith in Medieval Texts
15.15–15.45 Break
15.45–16.45 Session Three
Kensa Broadhurst (University of Exeter)
Lymbo yw or’nys dhodho: Does Gwreans an Bys Reflect Post-Reformation Belief in Cornwall?
Cameron Wachowich (University of Toronto)
On Ormesta: Attestation and Etymology of an Insular Title for the Historiae of Orosius
16.45–17.15 Break
17.45–18.45 Session Four
Tristan Alphey (University of Oxford)
Landnámabók, Agnomina and Group Fidelity: A Socio-onomastic Case-study
Michael David Lawson (University of California-Berkeley)
In the Court of the Maiden-King: Figures of Fidelity in Old Norse Romance Narratives
