The conference: Scandinavia and the Wider World marks the accession of St Olaf, king of Norway, and of Cnut’s invasion of England in the late summer of 1015

The Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic at Cambridge University, has organised a series of three interrelated conferences of commemoration under the general theme of, ‘Writing History: Battles and the Shaping of the North Atlantic World’. The first conference ‘Ireland and the Wider World’ took place in December 2014. The last conference will take place in

The second conference in the series will focus on Scandinavia and the Wider World, marking the accession of St Olaf, king of Norway, and of Cnut’s invasion of England in the late summer of 1015. Speakers will include Judith Jesch and Niels Lund, as well as Haki Antonsson, Clare Downham, Paul Gazzoli and Rory Naismith.

1015, Scandinavia and the Wider World
Faculty of English, Room G-R 06/07, 9 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP
18.09.2015 – 19.09.2015

Programme

• Professor Judith Jesch, Writing Cnut in Scandinavia
• Dr Rory Naismith, King’s College, London, Thesauri Britannici: English Silver and the Northern Lands in the Age of Cnut
• Dr Paul Gazzoli, ASNC, University of Cambridge, Cnut’s Rule between Scandinavia and the Continent
• Dr Haki Antonsson, University College London, King Cnut and King Sveinn Úlfsson in Old Norse Literature: a Comparison?
• Dr Clare Downham, Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool, A Tale of Two Conquerors: Cnut and William in Medieval Historiography
• Professor Emeritus, University of Copenhagen, Niels Lund, From Maldon to Ashingdon

Communication and Cultural Contacts in the North Atlantic World

• Dr Colmán Etchingham, Department of History, National University of Ireland, Maynooth
• Dr Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, ASNC, University of Cambridge
• Dr Alex Woolf, Department of Medieval History, University of St Andrew’s
• Professor Jón Víðar Sigurdsson, School of History and Archaeology, University of Oslo
• Dr Elizabeth Ashman Rowe, ASNC, University of Cambridge

Professor Brendan Simms, University of Cambridge, Writing History, a Modern Perspective: the Battle of Waterloo as a European Victory (Continuing the modern dimension established in the first conference, Professor Brendan Simms will speak on writing history in the context of the anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, 1815.)

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Battle of Maldon in AD 991 took place near Northey Island. Source: Britishisles.blogspot.co.uk