Tornið á heimsins enda

Oyggjar og skaldskapur ráðstevna: Við støði í skaldsligu útsøgnum William Heinesens um Føroyar sum ein heilan heim í einum sandkorni bjóðar Norðurlandahúsið til eina stóra bókmentaráðstevnu 11.-13. mai. Tað er ókeypis at luttaka.

Norðurlandahúsið hevur boðið yrkjarum og akademikarum av smáum oyggjum og fjarskotnum økjum úr øllum heiminum at kjakast um evni sum: hvønn leiklut oyggjar og oyggjabókmentir hava í samtíðarbókmentum, sambandið við havið, oyggjar sum undandtaksstøð, spenningin ímillum tað fólksliga og tað heimsborgarliga og mangt annað.

Ráðstevnan fer m.a. at fata um fyrilestrar, pallborðskjak og rundferðir í Havn.

Les meira HER.

Rithøvundar:
Sjón (IS), Jamaica Kincaid (Antigua/US), Donna Morrissey (New Foundland/Canada), Marcello Fois (Sardinia/Italy), Minae Mizumura (Japan), Carl Jóhan Jensen (Faroe Islands), Filinto Elisío (Cap Verde), Ulla-Lena Lundberg (Åland Islands), Robert Alan Jamieson (Shetland Islands/UK), Laksmi Pamuntjak (Indonesia), Niviaq Korneliussen (GL), Yoryis Yatramanolakis (Crete).

Vísindafólk:
David Damrosch (US), Margaret Cohen (US), Delia Ungureanu (Hungary), Henk van der Liet (Netherlands), Kirsten Thisted (GL/DK), Malan Marnersdóttir (the Faroe Islands), Paulette A. Ramsay (Jamaica), Ottmar Ette (Germany), Gottskálk Jensson (Iceland), Ástraður Eysteinsson (Iceland), Pete Hay (Tasmania), Bergur Rønne Moberg (the Faroe Islands)

Programme

Thursday 11/5

10.00 Welcome                     
The Nordic House in the Faroe Islands           
Sif Gunnarsdóttir, director, The Nordic House in the Faroe Islands.
Rigmor Dam, Minister of Education,  Research and Culture. 
Annika Olsen, Mayor of Tórshavn.
Sjón, author.
Opening speech: Jamaica Kincaid, author.

11.00 -13.00  Place - First round of discussions
The Nordic House in the Faroe Islands
Keynote: Ottmar Ette, Paper: Henk van der Liet, Paper: Ástráður Eysteinsson
Panel: Ulla-Lena Lundberg, Marcello Fois, Donna Morrissey, Ottmar Ette, Henk van der Liet, Ástráður Eysteinsson Moderator: Bergur Djurhuus Hansen

14.30 – 16. 30 Memory - Second round of discussions
The Nordic House in the Faroe Islands
Keynote: Margaret Cohen, Paper: Pete Hay, Paper: Gottskálk Jensson
Panel: Yoryis Yatromanolakis, Laksmi Pamuntjak, Jamaica Kincaid, Margaret Cohen, Pete Hay, Gottskálk Jensson,  Moderator: Bergur Rønne Moberg

20.00 Readings               
Tjóðpallur Føroya – The National Theatre
Filinto Elisío, Carl Jóhan Jensen, Jamaica Kincaid, Niviaq Korneliussen. Host: Helle Thede Johansen

Friday 12/5

10.00 – 12.00 Language - Third round of discussions
The Nordic House in the Faroe Islands           
Keynote: David Damrosch, Paper: Paulette Ramsay, Paper: Kirsten Thisted
Panel: Minae Mizumura, Carl Jóhan Jensen, Robert Alan Jamieson, David Damrosch, Paulette Ramsay, Kirsten Thisted.  Moderator: Ástráður Eysteinsson

13.30 – 15.30  Power - Fourth round of discussions
The Nordic House in the Faroe Islands           
Keynote: Bergur Rønne Moberg, Paper: Delia Ungureanu, Paper: Malan Marnersdóttir
Panel: Niviaq Korneliussen, Sjón, Filinto Elisío, Bergur Rønne Moberg, Delia Ungureanu, Malan Marnersdóttir.  Moderator: Bergur Djurhuus Hansen

20.00 Readings
Tjóðpallur Føroya – The National Theatre
Ulla-Lena Lundberg, Laksmi Pamuntjak, Yoryis Yatromanolakis, Robert Alan Jamieson. Host: Vónbjørt Vang

Saturday 13/5

16.00 Readings
Tjóðpallur Føroya – The National Theatre
Minae Mizumura, Sjón, Marcello Fois, Donna Morrisey. Host: Rakel Helmsdal