Datum/Tid
Datum: 2016-10-26
17:30 – 19:00
Plats
Swedish American Hall
Välkommen till en trevlig kväll med mingel och föredrag om “Women in the Viking Age”
Vår egen Swea Barbro Osher öppningstalar och sedan kommer Professor Williams från Uppsala Universitet att föreläsa (på engelska) om “Women in the Viking Age”
The Vikings may not have been terribly literate (or sensitive), but when women were almost forgotten in medieval literature the rune stones (and some say the most beautiful carvings thereon) made Viking women and their stories the heart of the narrative!
Mingel börjar kl 17.30, föreläsningen börjar kl 18.15.
Föreläsning och mingel är gratis, men du måste anmäla dig via epost till Leila Wozniak (leila.wozniak(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)klgates.com)
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Välkomna!
Women in the Viking Age Lecture by Professor Henrik Williams
Please join the Swedish Consul General Barbro S. Osher, SWEA, and Uppsala University’s San Francisco Alumni Chapter in welcoming one of the world’s leading experts on runic inscriptions, Professor Henrik Williams from Uppsala University.
Professor Williams will take us on a trip one thousand years back to explore Women in the Viking Age! Women of Viking and medieval times are seldom mentioned in historical documents and the archeological record, yet rune stones and other runic objects tell a different story about women from all walks of life in the Viking age.
Women of Viking and medieval times are seldom mentioned in historical documents and the archeological record, yet runestones and other runic objects tell a different story, and about women from all walks of life in the Viking age.
From Christian themes inscribed on mighty memorials, to lewd carvings on wooden sticks, Professor Williams’ explorations of runes will give you a fascinating insight into female existence a thousand years ago.