The so-called ‘Aarhus Old Norse Mythology Conference’ started out in 2005 as an annual conference held at Aarhus University. The conferences aimed to investigate new and interdisciplinary approaches to Old Norse mythology, and functioned as meeting places for scholars and students interested in topics related to Old Norse myths, mythologies, literature and religion. After four years the conference started to circulate between partner universities (coming back to Aarhus University in 2014 and 2023), and an important and strong network centering around these annual meetings was established. The conference is now an annual international event that brings together leading international scholars in the field along with junior scholars for fruitful discussions.
The next conference, the 20th anniversary, will be held in Berlin in November 2025.
Advisory board
Should you be interested in hosting one of the conferences kindly read the Guidelines for the Annual Old Norse Mythology Conference
For any questions contact one of the advisory board members: Mr. Frog, Researcher, University of Helsinki (mr.frog@helsinki.fi)
Pernille Hermann, Associate Professor, Scandinavian Studies, Aarhus University (norph@cc.au.dk) Simon Nygaard, Associate Professor, History of Religion, Aarhus University (sn@cas.au.dk)
Cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The conference papers are not necessarily published, as the gatherings may have an exploratory function, yet the following publications are spin-offs of the conferences:
Myth, Materiality, and Lived Religion: In Merovingian and Viking Scandinavia. Ed. Klas Wikström af Edholm, Peter Jackson Rova, Andreas Nordberg, Olof Sundqvist, and Torun Zachrisson. Stockholm Studies in Comparative Religion 40. Stockholm University Press, 2019
