Saga Literature and the Shaping of Icelandic Culture (Symposium)

[Lorna Knight <lmk22@cornell.edu>]

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> Dear Colleagues,
>
> The Library of Congress and the Cornell University Library are very 
> pleased to invite you to a symposium on Old Norse sagas, May 24 and 25, 
> 2000, at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. This symposium, Saga 
> Literature and the Shaping of Icelandic Culture, will take place in the 
> Mumford Room of the Madison Building at the Library of Congress.
>
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> The symposium coincides with the opening in Washington of a traveling 
> exhibition, Living and Reliving the Icelandic Sagas, a collaborative 
> effort of the National and University Library of Iceland, the Library of 
> Congress, the University of Manitoba Library and the Cornell University 
> Library.
>
> (More information on the exhibition is available through a link on the 
> home page of the Fiske Icelandic Collection at 
> <http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/fiske.)>http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/fiske.)
>
> The five sessions of the symposium will feature distinguished scholars in 
> the field of Old Icelandic studies from Europe, Australia and North 
> America. The sessions are:
>
> -- Sagas and the Icelandic manuscript tradition
> -- Sagas and daily life in the Icelandic Commonwealth
> -- Voyages and travel in Medieval Europe as depicted in saga literature
> -- Influence of the sagas on modern Nordic literature
> -- Saga literature and its relation to modern visual arts and music
>
> The symposium schedule (subject to modifications, additions and 
> clarifications), with names of our presenters, is available through the 
> web site of the Fiske Icelandic Collection or can be obtained by 
> contacting the Division of Rare & Manuscript Collections at (607) 255-3530 
> or e-mailing fiskeref@cornell.edu.
>
> This symposium is free and open to the public.
>
> To register by e-mail: fiskeref@cornell.edu or by telephone: Dr. Taru 
> Spiegel at the Library of Congress at (202) 707-8498.
>
> (For information about disability accommodations, please contact the 
> Library of Congress's ADA coordinator at (202) 707-7544 or (202) 707-9948.)
>
> We look forward to welcoming you to this unique symposium.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Patrick J. Stevens Curator, Fiske Icelandic Collection, Cornell University 
> Library and Taru Spiegel, Reference Librarian, European Division, Library 
> of Congress
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> Fiske Icelandic Collection
> Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
> 2B60 Kroch Library
> Cornell University Library
> Ithaca  New York 14853-5302
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> <http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/fiske>http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/fiske
>
> ***Please visit this home page for access to information about Living and 
> Reliving the Icelandic Sagas, an international traveling exhibition for 
> the millennium that opened in Iceland on 1 March 2000.
>
>      This home page also provides access to an information sheet about 
> Saga Literature and the Shaping of Icelandic Culture, an international 
> symposium to be held in May 2000 in conjunction with the Washington, DC 
> venue of Living and Reliving the Icelandic Sagas.
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> Reference queries welcome through fiskeref@cornell.edu.
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> Patrick J. Stevens, curator (and managing editor, Islandica 
> series)
> pjs3@cornell.edu or (607) 255-3530 vox or (607) 255-9524 fax
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