Nils Holger Petersen, director of the Centre for the Study of the Cultural Heritage of Medieval Rituals, welcomes us all before yielding the floor to the first speaker, Miri Rubin

after her paper on changing images of the Virgin Mary, we listen with Miri Rubin to a chant composed by Hildegard of Bingen

coffee break: Mårten Snickare and Peter Woetmann Christoffersen

dinner in Restaurant Sult, with Martin Wangsgaard Jürgensen, Sven Havsteen, and Margrete Syrstad Andås

Gunilla Iversen, the grand lady of Sapientia studies

Edward Muir and Stephen Bann

Friday afternoon: coach trip to Roskilde
from left to right: Eyolf Østrem, Andreas Bücker, Philippe Buc, Burcht Pranger, Mette Birkedal Bruun, Nils Holger Petersen, Michael Perlt, Martin Wangsgaard Jürgensen, and Tine Reeh

conference co-organizer Michael Perlt brings coffee and Danish pastry

Martin Wangsgaard Jürgensen is our guide to the parish church of Skibby, built c.1100-1150
listening to him (from left to right): Burcht Pranger, Mette Bruun, Miri Rubin, and Edward Muir

the spectacular mural paintings in Skibby’s choir vault date from the mid-14th century

Mette Bruun and Nils Holger Petersen, the conference organizers

with my good friend Eyolf Østrem, who puts the “f” in “paradigm shift”

there’s nothing like a good time with fellow medievalists
from left to right: Tine Reeh, Biörn Tjällén, Miri Rubin, Mette Bruun, Gerhold Becker, Siglind Bruhn, Andreas Bücker, Martin Wangsgaard Jürgensen, Magnar Breivik, and Philippe Buc

boarding the M/S Sagafjord, which will take us on a three-hour dining cruise through Roskilde Fjord

Miri Rubin (flanked by Edward Muir and Eyolf Østrem) contacts the mothership

Saturday morning: Eyolf Østrem delivers his paper on Spartacus

Saturday night: Martin Wangsgaard Jürgensen and Nicolas Bell need another refill in Restaurant El tapeo

Sunday morning: Sven Havsteen opens the last session, featuring Philippe Buc and Rob Wegman

Sunday morning: Philippe Buc delivers his paper on martyrdom, Medieval and post-Medieval

Sunday lunch
on the menu: Danish “I thought they’d NEVER leave” soup
and some of the most exquisite curries I’ve ever tasted
from left to right: Biörn Tjällén, (behind him: Eyolf Østrem), Martin Wangsgaard Jürgensen, Lars Berglund, Gunilla Iversen, Peter Woetmann Christoffersen