International Conference “North and Magic" Naples, 30 November - 1
December - Palazzo Du Mesnil, via Chiatamone , 61/62 Napoli
Dipartimento di Studi Letterari, Linguistici e Comparati
International Conference: North and Magic
Naples, 30 November-1 December
Rettorato Università l’Orientale
Palazzo Du Mesnil, Via Chiatamone, 60-61 Napoli
Wednesday 30th November 2016
14:30 Welcome and Introduction
Chair: Maria Cristina Lombardi, University “L’Orientale”, Naples
14:45-15:10 Daniel Sävborg (University of Tartu), Trollen i norrön
tradition - trollkunniga människor och ett släkte
för sig.
15:15-15:40 Francesco Viola (Palermo), Fate, sirene ed altre “fimmine”: dal
Mare del Nord al Mere
Nostrum, tra oralità e realtà
15:45-16:10 Letizia Vezzosi (University of Florence), A Magic Thread between
Middle English and Middle Dutch
16:15 -16:45 Coffee break
Chair: Letizia Vezzosi (University of Florence)
16:45-17:10 Maria Cristina Lombardi (University “L’Orientale”, Naples),
Transformation and Shape-changing in Old Norse literature and in Folk‘Memorates’
17:15-17:40 Alessandro Palumbo (University of Uppsala), Among demons and Ave
Marias: runes and supernatural on medieval amulets
17:45-18:45 Alessandro Palumbo (University of Uppsala), Runic Laboratory
Conference Dinner 20,30
Thursday 1st December, 2016
Chair: Marcello Meli, University of Padua
10-10:25 Davide Finco (University of Genoa), Dancing with Elves, from Curses
to Literary Jokes
10:30-10:55 Agneta Ney (University of Uppsala, Sweden), Hantverkets kraft:
Om smeders magi och kunskap i myt och verklighet
11-11:25 Luca Taglianetti (Asbjørnsenselskapet, Oslo), Incantesimi e formule
magiche negli svartebøker norvegesi
11:30 -12 Coffee break
Chair: Valeria Micillo, University “L’Orientale”, Naples
12-12:25 Marcello Meli (University of Padua), Elementi magici nella
letteratura norrena
12:30-12:55 Roberta Ascarelli (University of Arezzo), Anschel ben Elieser
Chasan racconta - il Ma'asebuch di Amsterdam (1701)
13 -14:15 Light Lunch
Chair: Giusi Zanasi, University “L’Orientale”, Naples
14:15-14:40 Bruno Berni (Istituto Italiano di Studi Germanici, Roma),
Witches, Elves and Mermaids. Hans Christian Andersen and the Magic
Disappearing of the Supernatural
14:45-15:10 Franco Paris (University “L’Orientale”, Naples), Dalle witte
vrouwen olandesi alle dame bianche delle Alpi. Malefici e incantesimi tra
dune e montagne
15:15-15:40 Angela Iuliano (University “L’Orientale”, Naples), Seiðr,
kunnosta, fjölkyngi. Le parole della magia nelle prime saghe della
Heimskringla
15:45-16:30 General Conclusions
Info: prof.ssa Maria Cristina Lombardi [log in to unmask]
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