The project’s Postdoctoral Researcher, Dr Timothy Bourns, recently “went to Norway” to attend the online conference ‘Ecocriticism and Old Norse Studies’, the Fourth Workshop of the Ecocritical Network for Scandinavian Studies (ENSCAN).
Timothy’s conference paper was titled ‘Trees in the Saga Dreamscape’. In the sagas, trees in people’s dreams take a different shape according to a character’s fate and identity, and the motif is widespread; while disappearing from the Icelandic landscape, trees were growing in the saga dreamscape.
The event was hosted by the University of Agder and was held on November 26th-27th. Further details, as well as the conference program, can be found here.
