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The Hvalsey Conference 2008 |
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| A conference held in Qaqortoq, Greenland with field trips to the Hvalsey Fjord farm and church, Brattahlíð and Garðar 12. – 18. September 2008 (preliminary). In 1408, on the Sunday after exaltation of the Cross (Exaltatio S. Crucis), Sigríður Björnsdóttir and Þorsteinn Ólafsson were married in Hvalsey Fjord Church in the Norse Eastern Settlement in South Greenland. The exaltation of the Cross always falls on September 14th in 1408 the following Sunday was September 16th. Documents testifying to this event were later drawn up in Iceland, containing the last written evidence for life in the Norse settlement in Greenland. In 2008 we will celebrate the 600 years’ anniversary of the wedding in Hvalsey. We want to mark this with a seven-day conference in Qaqortoq in the heart of the Norse Eastern Settlement and with field trips to Erik the Red’s Brattahlið, the bishop’s see Garðar and, of course to the remarkably well preserved ruins at Qaqortukulooq, which is the modern Greenlandic name for the site of the medieval Hvalsey fjord farm and church. Session themes With reference to the Hvalsey Fjord site the proposed sessions for the symposium will be: 1. The Hvalsey fjord church and farm 2. Settlement structure and central places in the North Atlantic 3. Church organization in the North Atlantic 4. Contacts and communication in the North Atlantic The themes will be open for discussion in a general North European and North Atlantic perspective, and we hope to attract students and scholars of all disciplines relevant to the themes. Preliminary programme The final dates will depend on flight timetables. 12. September Arrival in Narsarsuaq Lunch in Narsarsuaq Boat trip to Qassiarsuk - Brattahlíð Dinner in Narsarsuaq Overnight stay in Narsarsuaq (Hotel or Youth Hostel) 13. September Depart Narsarsuaq for Itelleq. Walk from Itelleq to Igaliku, the Bishop’s See Garðar. It will be possible to arrange transport for those who do not wish to walk. Lunch in Igaliku The ruins of Garðar The ruins at Ø48 (ca. 20 minutes walk from Igaliku) Depart Igaliku Arrive in Qaqortoq Accommodation and dinner in Qaqortoq 14. September First day of the symposium 15. September Second day of the symposium / poster session 16 September Field trip to the Hvalsey fjord farm and church. 17. September Third day of the symposium Banquet 18. September Leave Greenland/Narsarsuaq Steering Committee Jette Arneborg, The Danish National Museum – Danish Middle Ages and Renaissance & SILA, The Greenland Research centre. Georg Nyegaard, Qaqortoq Museum & The Greenland National Museum Orrí Vésteinsson, University of Iceland & Institute of Archaeology, Iceland. Costs Air tickets to Greenland are expensive as is internal travel and accommodation in Greenland. We will try to apply for as much funding as possible to reduce the expenses. Call for papers and posters Papers or posters should fit into the suggested themes for the symposium and we ask for short abstracts of proposed contributions before 1st January 2007 Please mail you abstract to one of the three members of the steering committee: Jette Arneborg: Georg Nyegaard: Orri Vésteinsson: More information www.sila.dk |
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