2019 IONA Conference
Simon Fraser University - Vancouver Campus
April 11-13, 2019
IONA: Seafaring is a three-day international conference on the islands of the North Atlantic that brings together scholars of early medieval Ireland, Britain, and Scandinavia to imagine cooperative, interdisciplinary futures for the study of North Atlantic archipelagos during the early medieval period. The conference will be held at Simon Fraser University at the downtown campus in Vancouver, BC, April 11-13, 2019.
TALKS
Wednesday, April 10th 5:30-7:30pm
Joseph and Rosalie Wosk Centre for Dialogue, ICBC Salons Simon Fraser University
580 West Hastings, Vancouver BC
Matthew Hussey, English, Simon Fraser University Welcome and Introduction
Eldon Yellowhorn (Archaeology & First Nations Studies, Simon Fraser University), “Understanding Blackfoot Antiquity on the Northern Plains of North America during the Medieval Period"
Thursday, April 11th 4:00 - 5:30pm
Harbour Centre 1900, Fletcher Challenge Theatre
Siân Echard (University of British Columbia), Introduction
Elaine Treharne (Department of English, Stanford University)
“‘Yn ol cynefin gynt’: What does it mean to 'belong' in Medieval Studies?”
Friday, April 12th 4:00 - 5:30pm
Harbour Centre 1900, Fletcher Challenge Theatre
Clare Lees (School of Advanced Study, University of London), Introduction
Nicola Griffith (author of seven novels including Hild (2013), Winner of the Lambda Award, Tiptree Award, Nebula Award)
“The Personal is Political and Scholarly and Creative”
Saturday, April 13th 4:00 - 5:30pm
Harbour Centre 1900, Fletcher Challenge Theatre
Deanna Reader (First Nations Studies and Department of English, Simon Fraser University), Introduction
Abraham Anghik Ruben (Order of Canada, sculptor in stone and bronze reflecting stories, myths, and legends of Western Arctic culture)
“Ancient Inuit and Norse: Myths, Shamanism, and Consequences of Contact”
SEMINARS, LABS, & WORKSHOPS
IONA Sessions
IONA will be running three types of sessions in one hour and forty-five minute blocks. Seminars will run in two or three blocks over two or three days and invite participants to commit and contribute before the conference. Labs and workshops will mostly run for one or two blocks, mostly on a single day. Labs and workshops may also invite participants to contribute or commit beforehand, but some will not. All sessions will be open to registered conference attendees.
Seminars
The Contemporary Medieval: Critical and Creative Methods, Practices, and Environments
Organizers: Josh Davies, Clare A. Lees, Gillian R. Overing
Inclusive Pedagogies in Medieval Studies
Organizers: Marjorie Housley, Courtney Barajas
Theorizing Bodies and Minds
Organizers: Rachel Anderson, Marjorie Housley, Kristen Mills, Erin Sweany
Moving the North Atlantic Beyond IONA
Organizers: Mary Rambaran-Olm, Nahir Otaño-Gracia, Valerie M. Wilhite
From Fibre to Decorated Textiles in the Early North Atlantic: Making, Methods, Meanings (workshop/seminar)
Organizer: Alexandra Makin
We’re All Migrants: What Now? Borders and Indigeneity in the Early Middle Ages and Today
Organizers: Dongwon Esther Kim, Kathryn Maude
(Re)constructing History through Landscape and Practice
Organizers: Pamela O’Neill, Jay Johnston
Decolonizing Early Medieval Sovereignties
Organizers: Mo Pareles, Robert Rouse, Wallace Cleaves
Revisiting Archives
Organizers: Mary Kate Hurley, Jordan Zweck
LABS
Unexpected Islands
Organizer: Jeremy DeAngelo
New Materialism, Old English
Organizer: Jaqueline Fay
Re-voicing the Cross-cultural Networks of the North Atlantic Archipelagos: Modern and Contemporary Women’s Perspectives
Organizers: Fran Allfrey, Francesca Brooks, Beth Whalley
Northern Osmosis: Literary Viscosity as Material Solidarity
Organizers: Sarah-Nelle Jackson, C. Elizabeth Rosch, Scott Russell
Teaching the Middle Ages of the North Atlantic Outside the R1
Organizers: Jay Paul Gates, Brian T. O’Camb
The Affordances of Seascapes: (Re)situating Island Monasteries
Organizers: Ryan Lash, Adrian Maldonado
WORKSHOPS
What are the Best Practices for the Evolving, 21st Century Job Market?
Organizers: Georgia Henley, Joey McMullen
Celtic Pedagogies
Organizer: Matthieu Boyd
Introductory Masterclass on Old and Middle Irish for Beginners
Organizers: Joey McMullen, Georgia Henley
Introductory Masterclass on Middle Welsh for Beginners
Organizers: Georgia Henley, Joey McMullen
Decentering Whiteness in Medieval Texts, in the Field and the Classroom
Organizers: Mary Rambaran-Olm, Nahir Otaño-Gracia, Valerie M. Wilhite
Insular Latin Paleography
Organizer: Lane Springer
Inscription and Textual Objects
Organizer: Elaine Treharne