Dr. Thorir Jonsson Hraundal

Dr. Thorir Jonsson Hraundal is Founder and Director of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Iceland since 2015 where he did a post -doctorate research project entitled Eastern Vikings in Arabic sources. He is widely published with many papers and contributions including “Vikings in Arabic Sources”, which is forthcoming in the Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of […]

Dr. Sue Andrew. “Three hares: The Cross-Cultural Journey of a Medieval Motif”

Dr. Sue Andrew is an independent researcher whose studies at Edinburgh and Plymouth Universities encompassed sociology, anthropology, comparative religion, art history, and architectural conservation. Dr. Andrew presented a lecture titled: “Three hares: The cross-cultural journey of a medieval motif”. The intriguing image of three hares running in a circle, and sharing ears which form a […]