YEAST FOR CHANGES

Vikings and their impact on Medieval Europe

Conference 21-22 May 2015, Wrocaw (Poland)
PROGRAMME:
1st DAY, 21of May
10.00-11.00 REGISTRATION
11.00-11.45 OPENING CEREMONY
Welcome by prof. Andrzej Buko
Welcome by prof. Sawomir Modzioch
Welcome by prof. Wadysaw Duczko
Welcome by prof. Przemysaw Wiszewski
11.45-14.00 SESSION 1
Wadysaw Duczko (Putusk): Scandinavian impact on the Viking-Age Eastern Europe
Alexander Musin (St. Petersburg) & Olga Tarabardina (Novgorod): The Scandinavian
settlements in the Eastern Europe and the rise of Novgorod
Andrzej Buko (Warsaw): Scandinavian elements on the cemetery at Bodzia
Heidi M. Sherman (Wisconsin): Staraia Ladoga and the Emporia Thesis: The Anatomy of a
Non-Place in Viking-Age Russia
Discussion
14.00-15.00 Lunch
15.00-16.30 SESSION 2
Gitte Tarnow Ingvardson (Copenhagen): The Earliest Viking Age hoard and the
Reorganisation of Trade of Bornholm (Denmark)
Zbigniew Kobyliski & Kamil Rabiega (Warsaw): Symbolic role of boats and ships in
Medieval Europe: Scandinavia and beyond

Norbert Gossler & Christoph Jahn (Berlin): Vikings at the Lower Memel? A critical look at
the material culture from the cemetery of Linkuhnen/Revskoe (Russian Federation)
Discussion
16.30-17.00 Coffee break
17.00-18.30 SESSION 3

Marek Jankowiak (Oxford): From slaves to states. The Scandinavian slave trade and the
emergence of states in Northern and Central Europe
Vladimir Zori (Palermo): Cappella Palatina paradigm of the cultural landscape in the
multi-ethnic Norman Kingdom of Sicily
Baej Stanisawski (Wrocaw): Rus quarter in Constantinople
Discussion
19.30 Welcome dinner

2nd DAY, 22 of May

10.30-12.30 SESSION 4
Karolina Czonstke (Bornholm): Early medieval slavic jewellery from Bornholm against a
Slavic-Scandinavian contacts
Mateusz Bogucki (Warsaw): Polish-Danish contacts in the late tenth century in the light of
numismatic finds
Santa Jansone & Artis bolti (Riga): Vikings before Vikings. Scandinavian expansion in
Eastern Baltic area during Late Iron Age (5th-7th centuries)
Marie Brinch (Nykbing): The Fej cups
Discussion
12.30-13.00 Coffee break
13.00-14.30 SESSION 5
Marcin Bhm (Opole): Malta as a base of fleet of Sicilian Normans between 1091 and
1194? Another voice in the discussion
Tomsz Peech (Wrocaw): "And anyone seeing him ride, would have conjectured that he was
not a Roman but had come from Normandy" interpretation of rhetorical figure from the Xth
Book of Alexiad of Anne Komnene

Remigiusz Gogosz (Rzeszw): From Vikings to Crusaders. The influence of crusading ideas
on Scandinavia at the end of the Viking Age and its impact on Crusading movements in
Europe
Discussion
14.30-15.30 Lunch
15.30-17.00 SESSION 6
Leszek Gardea (Rzeszw): Thor's hammers, miniature weapons and supernatural beings.
Scandinavian-style amulets in Poland
Felix Biermann (Gttingen): The Viking Impact in Liutician Lands
Torbjorn Brorsson (Lund): Analyses of Viking age Scandinavian and Slavonic pottery in the
Baltic region Thin section analyses and ICP-analyses
Discussion
17.00-17.15 Coffee break
17.15-18.30 SESSION 7
Jacek Mianowski (Bydgoszcz): The Stories Untold Extra-linguistic Dimension of Early
Welsh Literacy
ukasz Neubauer (Koszalin): Ne urfe we us spillan: The Anglo-Saxon Depiction of the
Vikings as Cold-Blooded Tacticians and Skilful Negotiators in The Battle of Maldon and Other
Documents Relating to the Dramatic Events of the Summer of 991
Discussion