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A one-day seminar in teaching Vikings and Sagas in the Secondary schools led by:

Dr. Theodore M. Andersson
Professor Emeritus of Germanic Studies, Stanford University
The preeminent American scholar in medieval Icelandic literature, Professor Andersson is the author of several books and a number of articles on the vikings and their literature, among which are Law and Literature in Medieval Iceland, The Icelandic Family Saga, Legend of Brunhild, and Problem of Icelandic Family Origins. He has also directed two NEH summer seminars for secondary school teachers.

Dr. Helen Damico
Professor of English, University of New Mexico
Professor Damico is director of the Institute for Medieval studies at UNM and the author of Beowulf's Wealhtheow and the Valkyrie Tradition and articles on the sagas and mythological studies of Beowulf, she is co-editor of several anthologies among which are: New Readings on Women in Old English Literature and Heroic Poetry in the Anglo-Saxon Period; and editor of a three-volume critical biographical work: Medieval Scholarship.

Dr. Leslie A. Donovan
Assistant Professor, University Honors, University of New Mexico
Professor Donovan teaches interdisciplinary undergraduate seminars at all levels and is author of Women Saints' Lives in Old English Prose. Previous and current medieval or related courses taught include: Ancient Legacy, Legend of Arthur, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Ancient Celtic Cultures. She is also an authority on using computers in the classroom, having published on the topic in Smart and Reader: A Journal of Reader Response Theory.

Dr. Nancy L. Wicker
Associate Professor, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Professor Wicker specializes in the material culture of medieval Scandinavia. She is author of a number of articles, among which are "Infanticide in late-Iron-Age Scandinavia" and "The Organization of Crafts Production and the Social Status of the Migration Period," and is co-editor of From the Ground Up: Beyond Gender Theory in Archaeology.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1999
ON THE MAIN CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO
STUDENT UNION BUILDING ROOM 231 A AND B


Schedule

08:30 - 09:30     Lecture: "The Vikings: Elusive Facts,"
                               Professor Theodore M. Andersson
09:30 - 09:45     Break
09:45 - 10-45     Lecture: "The Vikings: Abiding Fictions,"
                               Professor Theodore M. Andersson
10:45 - 11:00     Break
11:00 - 12:00     Text: Grettir's Saga and Beowulf
                               Professor Helen Damico
12:00 - 01:30     Hosted Lunch
01:30 - 02:00     Workshop on Outreach: Peer-mentoring in the Secondary Schools
02:00 - 03:15     Slide Lecture: "Dispelling the Myths: What art and archaeology
                          can tell us about 'real' Viking Men and Women."

                               Professor Nancy L. Wicker
03:15 - 03:30     Break
03:30 - 04:30     Workshop on Navigating the Viking Web
                               Professor Leslie A. Donovan

Sponsored in part by the New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities

Institute for Medieval Studies
University of New Mexico
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