University of Silesia in Katowice

Sunday, 3 August 2025, 16:00-19:00

Venue: ul. Uniwersytecka 4, Katowice, room number to be announced

Speakers:

Series Editor Felix Lummer
Head of Trivent Medieval Imprint Teodora C. Artimon

Published by Trivent Publishing, “Old Norse Studies” is a new, interdisciplinary book series aimed at fostering scholarly dialogues by creating a discussion forum within Old Norse studies and adjacent scholarly fields. A selection of themes includes Old Nordic religion and mythology, comparative literature studies, the study of emotions and the senses, ecocriticism, reception studies, and studies on Eastern Vikings/Rus. We are delighted to welcome you to our Open House, where you can meet the editors of the “Old Norse Studies” series to learn more about our latest and upcoming publications and how you can publish with us.

For more information, please visit: https://trivent-publishing.eu/104-old-norse-studies

Sunday, 3 August 2025, 18:00-19:00

Venue: ul. Uniwersytecka 4, Katowice, room number to be announced

The Network of Early Career Researchers in Old Norse (NECRON) warmly invites Saga Conference delegates to a reception aimed to foster connections, learn about the network, and encourage new memberships. The reception will provide an open and inclusive environment where early career researchers can mingle with peers, learn about NECRON‘s mission and upcoming projects, and connect with the board and network members.

NECRON is an international, interdisciplinary network of PhD students, post-doctoral researchers, adjuncts, external lecturers, and employees in museums and libraries working in all areas of research on Viking Age and medieval Scandinavia. Our network serves as a vital forum for early career scholars navigating the challenges of the modern academic landscape, offering opportunities for collaboration, peer support, and professional development.

For more information, please visit: https://necronnetwork.wordpress.com/

Monday, 4 August, 18:00

Venue: Klub Rawa, ul. Bankowa 5, Katowice, room number to be announced

Speakers:

Jürg Glauser
Lena Rohrbach
Pernille Hermann
Stephen Mitchell
Lucie Korecká

This series focuses on cultural memory studies in relation to the extensive and varied Nordic cultural goods from, and since, pre-modern times. Its interdisciplinary monographs and essay collections analyze the roles of memory, remembrance, commemoration, and other forms of anamnesis in, and deriving from, the Viking Age and the Middle Ages in Scandinavia. Volumes in the series often build on and extend the work of the international research network, “Memory and the Pre-Modern North” (http://premodern-memory.org/), whose members earlier published The Handbook of Pre-Modern Nordic Memory Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches (2018).

Read more about the series ‘Memory and the Medieval North’ here: https://www.degruyter.com/serial/mmn-b/html

Tuesday, 5 August, 18:00

A guided tour of the Silesian Parliament Building.

In the interwar period, the Silesian Parliament (Sejm) was the legislative authority of the autonomous Silesian voivodeship in Poland. In the years 1925-1929, a magnificent edifice was built in Katowice, which became the seat of both the Silesian Parliament and the Voivodeship Office.

Wednesday, 6 August, 18:00
Venue: Muzeum Śląskie, ul. T. Dobrowolskiego 1, Katowice

This concert programme by FLORIPARI – Early Music Ensemble depicts the broad musical landscape of medieval Europe, starting in the windy northern regions, passing through the  central lands, and finishing in the sun-clad South of the continent.

This review concert presents both sacred and secular compositions, monodic as well as polyphonic music, with songs of court, church, and folk provenance. There is time to have fun, to dance and sing, but also to pray and ponder the fleetingness of human life. A diversity of styles, compositional techniques, and musical genres make the HOMO MEDIEVALIS programme not only of artistic, but also educational and interpretive value – it enables the audience to experience “in a nutshell” the musical culture of the Middle Ages. 

On the programme among others: 

Bryd one brere (Anonim ca.1300)

Drømde mik en Drøm i Nat (Codex Runicus, ca.1300)

Rosa rorans bonitatem (gregorian hymn to saint Bridget of Sweden)

Alleluja (Mikołaj of Radom, 15th c.)

Santa Maria Strela do dia – Alfonso X El Sabio (1221–1284)

Questa fanciull’ amor (Francesco Landini, 1335 – 1397)

FLORIPARI – an early music ensemble that has been in continuous existence since 1994, created by professional musicians specializing in historical performance.

Since the beginning of its activity, FLORIPARI has been gaining a loyal audience by actively performing at festivals in Poland and abroad, making many recordings and conducting research on unknown Polish musical pieces. The rich instrumentation of the Ensemble (including gemshorns, cornumuses, old percussion instruments, hurdy-gurdy, virginal, portative) is unique on a national scale and is the subject of many concerts and educational broadcasts.

For many years, the Ensemble was associated with the Wawel Royal Castle, where it regularly performed, restoring the musical traditions of the royal court and entertaining the guests of Wawel Hill.

FLORIPARI’s wide repertoire demands attention, covering music from the 15th – 17th centuries from Poland and the leading music centers of Europe.

Musicians:

Maria Klich – soprano, hurdy-gurdy, psaltery
Michał Jan Barański – baritone
Justyna Grabowska – portative organ
Mateusz Kowalski – medieval fiddle
Bartosz Sałdan – percussion instruments
Aleksander Tomczyk – recorder, gemshorns, cornamuse, percussion instruments and artistic direction

For further details, visit the website: https://floripari.pl/en/