CFP: Eddic Gods and Heroes - the Milieux and Media of their Reception, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt, Germany, June 2009

[Announcements for the AMS]

CFP: Eddic Gods and Heroes - the Milieux and Media of their Reception
International Conference 25-27 June 2009, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt

The goal of the conference is to shed light upon the conditions which lead to the utilization of eddic myths and also to identify the areas in which eddic myths have chiefly been used. The conference will examine these aspects of the problem from an international perspective using comparative and interdisciplinary methods. It will focus upon the period from the mid-19th century to the present.

The themes of the conference can be summed up in two key words:
1) Milieux in which reception occurs, 2) Media through which reception occurs

We would welcome contributions to the conference from the broadest spectrum of fields possible: study of literature, cultural studies, media studies, musicology and art history, religion, sociology and related fields. The lectures may be held in German, English, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish. Abstracts of not more than one page should be sent by June 15, 2008 to the following e-mail address: eddarezeption at em.uni-frankfurt.de.

For further information please have a look at our website:
http://www.skandinavistik.uni-frankfurt.de/rezeption/

Organizer:
DFG-Projekt "Edda-Rezeption"
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität
Institut für Skandinavistik
Grüneburgplatz 1
D-60323 Frankfurt am Main