Programme of the Conference

Sunday 9th August

16.00 to 20.00 Evening registration
Registration will take place in the main building of the University of Zurich, KOL-F-102 (Kollegiengebäude), Rämistrasse 71. The registration office is open on Sunday 9 August 4 to 8 p.m. and on Monday 10 August from 8 a.m.

Monday 10th August

08.00 to 09.00 Registration
09.00 to 10.00 Opening of the conference
10.00 to 10.45 Plenary lecture
11.15 to 12.45 Thematic strands

14.15 to 15.45 Thematic strands
16.15 to 17.45 Thematic strands

18.30 to 20.00 Reception at the Kunsthaus / Art Museum, Heimplatz

Tuesday 11th August 2015

07.45 to 09.30 Transfer to Basel by coach
09.45 to 10.00 Welcome
10.00 to 10.45 Plenary lecture
11.15 to 12.45 Thematic strands

14.15 to 15.45 Thematic strands
16.15 to 17.45 Thematic strands

18.00 to 19.00 Opening Andreas Heusler Exhibition
or
18.00 to 19.30 City Walk Basel

19.30 to 20.00 Reception sponsored by the City and the Canton of Basel Stadt

20.00 to 22.00 Dinner in Basel (Safranzunft)

22.00 to 23.00 Transfer to Zurich by coach

Wednesday 12th August

09.45 to 10.45 Plenary lecture
10.15 to 10.45 Poster session
11.15 to 12.45 Thematic strands

14.15 to 15.45 Thematic strands
16.15 to 17.45 Thematic strands

18:00–18:45 Presentation of the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) and Presentation of the University Research Priority Programme (URPP)

18:45–19:30 Wine Reception. The Reception is sponsored by the German Department, Brepols Publishers and Viking and Medieval Scandinavia

Thursday 13th August

07.45 to 20.00 Excursion 1: Reichenau, St. Gallen, Konstanz
07.30 to 20.00 Excursion 2: Hiking tour Lötschental (Wallis)
10.30 to 15.30 Excursion 3: Guided city walk through Zurich
08.15 to 18.00 Excursion 4: Lucerne

Friday 14th August

09.30 to 10.15 Plenary lecture
10.15 to 10.45 Poster session
11.15 to 12.45 Thematic strands

14.15 to 15.45 Thematic strands
16.15 to 17.45 Thematic strands
16.15 to 17.45 Business meeting

19.30 to 23.00 Conference dinner Mensa University of Zurich

End of Conference

Organisation

University of Zurich
Deutsches Seminar
Abt. für Nordische Philologie
Schönberggasse 9
8001 Zurich
Switzerland

University of Basel
Seminar für Nordistik
Nadelberg 6
4051 Basel
Switzerland

Contact

sagaconference-at-unibas.ch

Jürg Glauser
Tel +41(0)44 634 25 12

Klaus Müller-Wille
Tel+41(0)44 634 25 50

Sarah Künzler
Tel +41(0)44 634 25 14

Matthias Hauck
Tel +41(0)61 267 34 38

Conference phone
+41 (0)77 401 28 70

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