Í tilefni af 200 ára afmæli Jóns Árnasonar þjóðsagnasafnara stendur Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum fyrir alþjóðlegri ráðstefnu um þjóðsögur í samstarfi við Háskóla Íslands.  Ráðstefnan fer fram í Norræna húsinu dagana 17. og 18. október. Ráðstefnan fer fram á ensku.

9:00–09:15 Rósa tells a wonder tale

09:15–10:15 Plenary
Chair: Gísli Sigurðsson
Maria Tatar: Enchantments, Spells, and Curses: The Sorcery of Stories and the Magic in Them

10:15–10:45 Coffee

Wonder Tales and Storytelling
Chair: Gísli Sigurðsson
10:45–11:25 Rósa Þorsteinsdóttir: ‘So is All the World a Story’: Storytellers and their Tales
11:25–12:05 Pauline Greenhill: Transgressive Tales Revisited: “Hans My Hedgehog” and Queer Transbiology

12:05–13:15 Lunch

Wonder Tales and Literature
Chair: Kristinn Schram
13:15–13:55 Aðalheiður Guðmundsdóttir: Old Norse literature, Icelandic fairy tales, and different systems of signification
13:55–14:35 Cristina Bacchilega: At the Multiple Crossroads of Wonder Tales and Contemporary Fiction

14:35–15:15 Coffee

Folktales and Modern Literature
Chair: Vilborg Davíðsdóttir
15:15–16:00 Eilis Ni Dhuibhne Almqvist: Midwife to the Fairies: My life as a folklorist and creative writer in Ireland and the world
16:00–16:30 Sjón: Days in the Company of Skoffíns
16:30 Final remarks: Guðrún Nordal, director of the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies

Reception