[Gandur] Ráðstefna um Þormóð Torfason -LEIÐRÉTTING

[Gisli Sigurdsson]

Kæru félagar,

ég biðst afsökunar á því að fyrirlestur Gottskálks Jenssonar vantaði á  
dagskrána sem ég sendi ykkur um ráðstefnuna á Leirubakka 5.-7. júní  
nk. ("Saga into Monument: Torfæus’ Latin Transformations"). Ég sendi  
ykkur því dagskrána öðru sinni og geri mér vonir um að hún sé réttari.  
Glöggir lesendur hafa tekið eftir því að enska er málið. Það er gert  
til að ekkert fari á milli mála um hvert opinbert tungumál  
fyrirlestranna verður. Sem fyrr er hægt að nálgast allar upplýsingar  
um ráðstefnuna, skráningu og gistingu á http://www.leirubakki.is

með góðum kveðjum,
Gísli

In The Footsteps Of A Pioneer
Ráðstefna á Leirubakka 5.-7. júní, 2009

Conference Held by the Scholarly Center in Leirubakki and Stavanger  
University Leirubakki, 5-7 June 2009 In The Footsteps Of A Pioneer The  
European Historian Tormod Torfæus

Friday 5th June
19.00: Supper and Conference Opening:
  Torgrim Titlesstad, Professor, Stavanger University, Board of  
Directors of the Scholarly Center.
  Opening lecture:
  Jon Gunnar Jörgensen, Professor, Oslo University:
  “Overview of Tormod’s Life and Work.”

Reception at the Hekla Center at Leirubakki hosted by the Torfæus  
Foundation (Torfæus-
stiftelsen), and introduction to the foundation. Address by Sigurd  
Aase, Chairman.

Saturday 6th June
9.30–10.30:
Heritage and intellectual environment in Iceland: Icelandic studies,  
including history, literature, and natural conditions, before the days  
of Tormod— the works of Oddur Einarsson, Arngrímur the learned,  
Brynjólfur Sveinsson, and others.

  Terry Gunnell, Associate Professor, University of Iceland:
  “Folk Belief and the Understanding of Reality in the 17th Century.”
  Gunnar Harðarson, Associate Professor, University of Iceland:
  “The Intellectual Milieu in Skálholt in the 17th Century.”

11.00–12.00:
Margrét Eggertsdóttir, Research Professor, Árni Magnússon Institute of  
Icelandic Studies: “Hallgrímur Pétursson and Tormod Torfæus: Their  
Scholarly Friendship.”
Sigurður Steinþórsson, Professor, University of Iceland:
  “Conceptions of Nature in the 17th and 18th Centuries.”

Lunch

13.30-15.00:
Tormod’s works and conditions in Scandinavia: The history of Norway  
and views on the history of Iceland/the settlement of Iceland, the  
histories of the Danish kings, the Orkney islands, the Faroe islands,  
Greenland and Vinland.

  Gottskálk Jensson, Associate Professor, University of Iceland.
  Saga into Monument: Torfæus’ Latin Transformations.
  Valgerður Kr. Brynjólfsdóttir, Director, Hekla Center:  
“Fornaldarsögur as Part of the History of Norway. Tormod Torfason’s  
Retelling, Interpretation, and Search for Truth in Hrólfs saga kraka  
and other Sagas.”
  Judith Jesch, Professor, University of Nottingham: “Torfæus and the  
Historiography of Scandinavian Scotland.”

  Coffee.

15.30-17.00:
Relations to Árni Magnússon: methodology and dialogue with modernity.  
Latin learning and the reception and influence of Tormod’s works in  
Europe.

  Már Jónsson, Professor, University of Iceland: “Torfæus, Thomas  
Bartholin and the Young Arnas Magnæus.”
  Christina Lee, Lecturer, University of Nottingham: “Iduna’s Apples:  
The Torfæus Reception in Germany.”
  Han Eyvind Næss, Senior Advisor at the National Archive (formerly  
State Archivist in Rogaland): “Tormod Torfæus: European, Scientist,  
Defense Advocate, and Worldly Rogalander.”
  Björn Nicolaysen, Professor, Stavanger University: “Reception in  
France.”

19.30:
Banquet at the Hekla Center in Leirubakki.
During the banquet a short dramatic piece on Tormod Torfæus will be  
performed. Sponsored by the Norwegian Embassy in Reykjavík. Brief  
address: Margit F. Tveiten, Ambassador.

Sunday 6th June

10.00:
A sightseeing tour to the farm Klofi. Walk to Gamli-Klofi, where  
remains of the old farm and church walls can be seen (the farm was  
relocated in 1879 due to sandstorms). Klofi was the home of Torfæus´  
ancestor, Torfi the rich. Drive to Skálholt where Torfæus was a  
student 1646–1654. Guests will be met by the Suffragan Bishop,  
Sigurður Sigurðsson.

Lunch will be served in the school dining room.

  Lecture in Skálholt:
  Torgrim Titlestad, Professor, Stavanger University:
  “Silence Surrounding Tormod Torfæus in Recent Times.”

15.00: Conference closed.