October 2, 2019 at 6:30 pm
Father Madden Hall, St Michael’s College 100 Saint Joseph Street Toronto, ON M5S 2C4
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Free public lecture; registration required
May 23, 2019 at 5:00 pm
Duke of Kent
2315 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON M4P 2C6
Navigating the Business Landscape in Canada
With a group of 25 eMBA students from Finland
FOR ENTREPRENEURS AND BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS – An informal panel discussion over snacks and drinks
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Tickets: $35 members and their guests, $40 non-members
You Will Learn
Runic inscriptions are the only original sources from the Viking world.
On runestones we meet the messages of the Vikings themselves, and this lecture will focus on particularly fascinating runic items from all over the world.
Photo credit to Mikael Wallerstedt, https://www.asimn.org/
About this Event
Runes are the letters in a set of related alphabets known as runic alphabets, which were used to write various Germanic languages before the adoption of the Latin alphabet and for specialized purposes thereafter. The earliest runic inscriptions date from around 150 AD, and they are still in use today.
Professor Henrik Williams holds the professorship in Scandinavian Languages at Uppsala University. He is primarily a philologist, teaching and doing research in runology, Old Swedish, and Old Icelandic. Professor Williams has authored numerous scholarly papers in both Swedish and English and published a variety of pieces including a book on the language in Viking age Swedish runes stones, an edition of the Old Swedish romance Haerra Ivan and major articles on the conversion of Sweden. Recently, he was awarded the Rudbeck medal for his ground-breaking work in runology.
Free public lecture but registration required as seating is limited.
Reception to follow.
Everyone welcome!
AGENDA
6.30 pm Welcome
6.45 pm Lecture
7.30 pm Q and A
Followed by reception and mingle
Wednesday, October 2nd 6pm
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Date: 2nd of October 2019
Time: 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Location: Father Madden Hall, St Michael’s College
100 Saint Joseph Street,Toronto, ON M5S 2C4
Free Public Lecture; registration required
Followed by reception and mingle
Subway: Museum
Parking: Behind Alumni Hall
(across the street, 121 St. Joseph Street)