At Sea with Viking Poetry Matt Townend and Alicia Maddalena
Event details
Following last year's sell-out event, Alicia Maddalena and Matt Townend of the University of York return to present another selection of Old Norse poetry from the Viking world - this time, exploring poetry about ships and the sea, sailing and journeys.
Come along and hear poetry about Viking voyages, waves and waters, and discover what really happened when the great god Thor went fishing for the world serpent.
About the speakers
Alicia Maddalena is an Associate Lecturer in Medieval Literature in the Department of English and Related Literature, and is a member of the interdisciplinary Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of York. She specialises in Old Norse language and literature, and is particularly interested in lexical approaches to Old Norse poetry.
Matt Townend is a Professor in the Department of English and Related Literature, and the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of York. He is interested in Old Norse language and literature, the history and culture of Viking Age England, and medievalism and philology in the 19th century. His publications include Viking Age Yorkshire (2014) and The Victorians and English Dialect (2024).
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