The Cork Historical and Archaeological Society is very pleased to announce details of our 2021 conference
The Vikings and Cork:
raiding, trading, and the development of the town
Saturday 19 June 2021, online via Zoom webinar
Booking for this event will open on 1 June 2021
Programme
10am: Conference Opens and Welcome
Morning Session: Chair – Ciara Brett, Cork City Archaeologist
10:05, Clare Downham (University of Liverpool) – Viking raiding and early settlement in the Cork region
10:40, David Griffiths (Oxford University) – The Vikings, Towns and the Irish Sea
11:15, Discussion
11:25, Break
11:40, Howard Clarke (University College Dublin) – Viking Cork: a new cartographical perspective
12:15, Rebecca Boyd (University College Cork) – Living in a Viking House – what it was like to live in Cork in the 11th century
12:50, Discussion
1:00, Lunch break
Afternoon Session: Chair – Maeve Sikora, National Museum of Ireland
2:00, John Sheehan (University College Cork) – Viking Cork: a silver lining?
2:35, Griffin Murray (University College Cork) – Late Viking Art in Co. Cork: the evidence from church metalwork
3:10, Tom Birkett (University College Cork) – From Pillagers to Pin-ups: Perspectives on the Vikings in the 21st Century
3:45, Discussion
4:00, Closing Remarks Dr John Herbert (President CHAS)
4:10, Conference Close
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