{"id":4379,"date":"2018-12-12T15:51:03","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T20:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mhc\/?page_id=4379"},"modified":"2025-07-27T11:57:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T15:57:13","slug":"past-symposia-2016-2017","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mhc\/events-programs\/mhc-symposium\/past-symposia-2016-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Symposia: 2016-2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4379_97aa0a-3f, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4379_97aa0a-3f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4379_97aa0a-3f\"]{font-style:normal;color:#79bde8;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4379_97aa0a-3f mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4379_97aa0a-3f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4379_97aa0a-3f\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4379_97aa0a-3f img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4379_97aa0a-3f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4379_97aa0a-3f\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading4379_97aa0a-3f wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4379_97aa0a-3f\"><strong>2016-2017 Symposium<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-4379_967678-80 .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-4379_967678-80 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#082e58;width:100%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-4379_967678-80\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Saga and Story: An Interdisciplinary Exploration from the&nbsp;Vikings to Our Time<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Organized by Sarah &nbsp;Harlan-Haughey (English\/Honors) and Joel&nbsp;Anderson (History), this year-long symposium investigated and&nbsp;analyzed the importance of medieval narratives in historical context as&nbsp;well as in contemporary fiction. There have been lectures by Harvard&nbsp;scholars Joseph Harris and Stephen Mitchell, a graduate student&nbsp;conference and a reading group, as well as several course offerings connected to the symposium\u2019s theme. In March Svanhildur&nbsp;\u00d3skarsd\u00f3ttir from The \u00c1rni Magn\u00fasson Institute for Icelandic Studies&nbsp;spoke on Njal\u2019s Saga, and in April the symposium concluded with a gala&nbsp;event: a two-day conference on the Icelandic writer Halld\u00f2r Laxness.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery .kb-gallery-type-grid.kb-gallery-id-4379_69bb35-19{margin:-5px;}.kb-gallery-type-grid.kb-gallery-id-4379_69bb35-19 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item{padding:5px;}.kb-gallery-id-4379_69bb35-19 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kb-gal-image-radius, .kb-gallery-id-4379_69bb35-19 .kb-slide-item .kb-gal-image-radius img{border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;;}<\/style><div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-4379_69bb35-19 alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-grid kb-gallery-id-4379_69bb35-19 kb-gallery-caption-style-bottom-hover kb-gallery-filter-none\" data-image-filter=\"none\" 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