Invite to a Talk by Henrik Williams (Patreon)

Dr. Henrik Williams of Uppsala University, probably the world's leading runologist, came on the channel two years ago to talk with us about some of his new ideas about solving the meaning of the enigmatic Rök runestone. He has continued to work on that research, recently publishing a new book on the runestone (in Swedish only at the present time), titled (in translation) "The Rök Stone and the End of the World."

He has confirmed with me that he'll be coming back on the channel to give you all another chance to ask him questions, though I'm going to finish reading my copy of his new book that he sent me first. In the meantime, he's also asked me to invite you to a talk he's giving (virtually) by Zoom on Thursday, January 20th at 16.15 (4:15 p.m.) Swedish time. The link for the Zoom talk is here and now I'll paste the rest of the invite from his email:

"I would also like to announce Rune Rede 110 on Thursday, January 20 at 16.15 (4.15 p.m.) local Swedish time. I will then present the new interpretation of the Rök runestone which is found in my recently published book Rökstenen och världens undergång, elaborating on and revising the scholary article "The Rök Runestone and the End of the World", published almost exactly two years ago.

"Due to the pandemic, the colloquium will probably only be given via Zoom (see invitation below) and it will be recorded for possible future dissemination, so that anyone following on Zoom is taken to accept this. I will try to keep all personal information hidden, and no interaction is allowed during the presentation. I will try to answer any questions afterwards, submitted through the chat function. (If you want to be anonymous there, you need to change your identity.)

"The colloquium will held in English and is intended for a popular, non-specialist audience."

This will be a great opportunity, so my thanks to Henrik for the heads-up and the explicit offer to invite you all!

On another note, those of you interested in the subject of last Friday's video on the names of Odin's ravens might also find interesting an excellent article by Stephen Mitchell on them. Thanks to Stella for pointing that out to me!

All the best for now, and thank you for your continued support and kindness,

Jackson Crawford

P.S. Long-time supporters will be tired of hearing about this, but Patreon messages don't work. At minimum, I  don't get notifications for them, and there's nothing on my home page to  show me when there is or isn't a message. I'm not good at checking for them manually, and though I occasionally do, I can't even always see them when I check for them manually, and you won't see it if I reply! So for new supporters especially, remember that the best ways to get in  touch are just a) to comment on posts like this, b) to post in the Community page, or c) to email my assistant Stella at [admin AT JacksonWCrawford.com]--remember the 'W' between my first and last names in that domain name.