Latest Internet resources added to Intute: Arts and Humanities Scandinavian gatewayIntute: Arts and Humanities presents the 15 most recent Web resources for education and research added to our Scandinavian gatewaySwedish ship Gtheborg, The- (Found September 17, 2008 ) The website of The Swedish Ship Gtheborg provides a very detailed account of the recreation of this eighteenth century sailing ship and her two year voyage from Sweden to China and back again, starting in 2005. It is well laid out and highly informative and would be of use to all those interested in the history of trade, sailing ships, shipbuilding and marine archaeology. The original Gtheborg was a Swedish East Indiaman which sailed on the tea route to China and sunk at the entrance to...http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=PORT984961513 Ragnar's Ragweed forge- (Found September 17, 2008 ) Ragnar's Ragweed Forge is a site devoted to information about knives, both historical and modern, blacksmithing, Vikings, Buckskinners, living history, and the SCA (Society of Creative Anachronism. Although to a large extent a commercial enterprise (Ragnar being the owner of a knife shop), the site transcends the marketplace through its sheer enthusiasm for the history and lore of traditional crafts. It includes an extensive gateway to other resources on knives and blacksmithing, but also to...http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=humbul3464 Finnish Institute- September 17, 2008 This is the UK website of The Finnish Institute in London, an organisation that promotes arts from Finland and the Aland Islands in the UK and Ireland. The website has details of the organisation and its members and partners. There are details of forthcoming events of interest, and an archive of past events back to 2000. There is a useful News page, giving details of awards, funding, and events. Given the world-class nature of contemporary Finnish photography, this website may be particularly..http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20080119-21290888 Ice, fire, and northern lights- (Found September 17, 2008 ) 'Ice, Fire and Northern Myths: Icelandic Literature at the University of Nottingham' is an online exhibition on Icelandic and Viking myth and literature, presented by Nottingham University. The University has extensive original holdings in Viking and Icelandic literature, together with a facsimile of the Flateyjarbok compliation of sagas. The 'Ice, Fire and Northern Myths' website contains a history of the collections, together with short illustrated texts on: 'Dramatic Landscapes', 'An Artist.http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20080207-1016353 Selma Lagerlf : project Runeberg- (Found September 17, 2008 ) This is the Selma Lagerlf page of Project Runeberg. It contains electronic version of a collection of the authors work. Project Runeberg was founded by the students computer club Lysator at Linkping Uniersity to collect electronic versions of classic Nordic literature. Selma Lagerlf was born 1858 and died 1940 and is the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. She is one of Swedens most well known writers and has been translated into a number of languages. The website contains,.http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20080118-14571022 Selma Lagerlf-sllskapet- (Found September 17, 2008 ) This is the website of the Selma Lagerlf-sllskapet (the Selma Lagerlf Society). Lagerlf was born 1858 and died 1940 and is the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. She is one of Swedens most well known writers and has been translated into a number of languages. The website is entirely in Swedish and contains some introductory information about Lagerlfs life and writings. There is a list of publications and contact information about scholars concerned with the study of the...http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20080118-13561177 Emigration from Iceland to America- (Found September 17, 2008 ) A large proportion of the population of Iceland emigrated to North America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and the web site "The emigration from Iceland to North America" aims to provide a comprehensive bank of online resources for family historians interested in these migrants. A database is being created to accumulate data on known settlers as well as guides to help researchers trace their ancestors. The site goes further, however, by providing additional historical material such...http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20080311-16020645 Viking Society for Northern Research Publications- (Found September 17, 2008 ) The Publications web page for the Viking Society for Northern Research (also known as "The Viking Club") provides access to a range of online documents relating to early medieval Scandinavia, and its interaction with the British Isles during the "Viking Age" (circa 800 to 1066 A.D.). In particular, there are several articles available on the Icelandic and Norwegian sagas and histories, the evidence of Scandinavian personal and place names in Britain (in a paper by Gillian Fellows-Jensen, titled.http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20080317-18261944 Nineteenth century travels in Iceland- (Found September 17, 2008 ) A collection of contemporary documents, including diaries and memoirs, photographs, paintings, drawings and maps (many of these documents being made by British travellers) are brought together on the web site "Travels in nineteenth century Iceland" by Dr Edgar Jackson of the University of Alberta. Covering the period 1750 to 1914, these early tourists provide a unique insight into the lifestyle, industry and social customs of Iceland in this period. Dr Jackson also provides an analysis of the...http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20080311-16001528 Nordark knowledge archive- (Found September 17, 2008 ) The "NordArk Project" is a comprehensive online resource bank of materials complemented by "The Knowledge Archive", a directory of web sites relating to archaeology in Europe, and particularly Scandinavia. Maintained by the Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities in Sweden, the project aims to coordinate knowledge on Nordic archaeology for students and the public. Available in both English and Swedish languages, the web site offers two forms of on-screen navigation - either via the...http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20080205-14324074 |