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Valdimar Tr. Hafstein

University of Iceland
Participates in 2 items
Valdimar Tr. Hafstein is an associate professor in the Department of Ethnology, Folklore, and Museum Studies at the University of Iceland, and current president of SIEF (International Society for Ethnology and Folklore). He has been a visiting professor at UC Berkeley, University of Gothenburg, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Georg-August Universität Göttingen, and a research fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies at New York University. Valdimar chaired the Icelandic Commission for UNESCO from 2011-2012.

Sessions in which Valdimar Tr. Hafstein participates

Saturday 4 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
11:00
11:00

Monday 6 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00
9:00

Sessions in which Valdimar Tr. Hafstein attends

Friday 3 June, 2016

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17:00
17:00
  • Opening Ceremony and Cocktail
  • Signup required
  • Concordia, Grey Nuns Motherhouse (GN) - Former Chapel
  • 17:00 - 19:30  | 2 hours 30 minutes
  • Welcome addresses and cocktail, followed by the Concordia Signature Event "The Garden of the Grey Nuns". As the opening ceremony and cocktail...
  • Cocktail
    Festive Event

Saturday 4 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
11:00
11:00
  • Religion as Heritage - Heritage as Religion?
  • UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-M320
  • 11:00 - 17:00  | 6 hours
  • Since the beginning of the 19th century religious buildings and artefacts of the West have been involved in a continuous process of musealization. ...
  • Regular session
    Changes in Heritage (New Manifestations)Notions of HeritageReligious Heritage
    Changes in heritageNew manifestations of heritageNotions of heritage
15:30
15:30
17:00
17:00
  • Smoked meat in questions
  • Bistro le Sanguinet - Bistro, étage principal et terrasse
  • 17:00 - 18:00  | 1 hour
  • This festive event will offer delegates a taste of one of the iconic dishes of Montreal, the smoked meat sandwich, imported by Jewish immigration f...
  • Cocktail
    Festive Event
18:30
18:30
  • Keynote: Is Tangible to Intangible as Formal is to Informal ? (Michael Herzfeld)
  • Signup required
  • UQAM, pavillon Judith-Jasmin (J) - Salle Alfred-Laliberté
  • 18:30 - 20:00  | 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Most of what we experience as heritage emerges into conscious recognition through a complex mixture of political and ideological filters, including...
  • Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée
    Public event
    Simultaneous translation - Traduction simultanée
Prof. Michael Herzfeld
Participant
Harvard University
Ernest E. Monrad Profess...
Prof. Laurajane Smith
Moderator
Australian National Univ...
Professor and Head of th...

Sunday 5 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00
9:00
14:00
14:00
Prof. James Count Early
Participant
Smithsonian Center for F...
Director, Cultural Herit...
Prof. Michelle L. Stefano
Moderator
University of Maryland, ...
Visiting Assistant Profe...

Monday 6 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00
9:00
13:30
13:30

Tuesday 7 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00
9:00
13:30
13:30