This session will be led by vising researcher Emily Lethbridge, University of Iceland. Emily Lethbridge is rannsóknardósent at Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum (menningarsvið). Her research areas include medieval Icelandic manuscripts and the transmission of medieval Icelandic narrative; landscape and place-name studies; reception studies (especially travel writing on Iceland) and digital humanities. Field-work has been an important part of her research practice for many years, along with digital mapping (Icelandic Saga Map). She is PI of the Kvennaspor research project. Her edition of May Morris‘s Icelandic Diaries of Travel will be published in 2025, and her exhibition about William and May Morris and Iceland (‘Mountains and plains and adventure: William & May Morris and Iceland‘) opened at Kelmscott Manor, England, in June.
The reading for this session comprises of a couple of chapters from the book Narrating Space/Spatializing Narrative: Where Narrative Theory and Geography Meet, by Marie-Laure Ryan, Kenneth Foote and Maoz Azaryahu (published 2016). Emily Lethbridge will introduce the book and open for discussion.