Consisting of four papers and a brief panel discussion, this virtual conference will highlight current cross-disciplinary research on the northern world and its wide-ranging connections.

The Hermann Pálsson Memorial Lecture, on ‘Weather as Magic and Metaphor in the Sagas of Icelanders’, will be delivered by Prof. Astrid E.J. Ogilvie (Stefansson Arctic Institute, Akureyri / UC Boulder), and speakers also include Dr Lizanne Henderson (University of Glasgow), Dr Matthew L. McDowell (University of Edinburgh), and Dr Patrick Jolicoeur (University of Toronto).

The full conference programme and registration details may be found on our event page.