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News
- Assistant Teaching Professor Lauren Poyer to join new "Humanities First" initiative (May 21, 2020)
- 2019 Letter From the Chair (December 13, 2019)
- Scandinavian Studies Department renews collaboration with National Nordic Museum for Scandinavian 30 lecture series (December 13, 2019)
- Crossing North podcast continues with Season 2 (December 13, 2019)
- Jan Store - A New Future for Europe lecture (December 5, 2019)
- Prof. Andrew Nestingen awarded Finnish knighthood (December 3, 2019)
- Sons of Norway Foundation Scholarships (December 27, 2018)
- The Ibsen Society of America offers two student awards: apply in 2019! (December 11, 2018)
- New Undergraduate Adviser Kim Kraft (October 23, 2018)
- Olivia Gunn's research on Den Store Barnedåpen and The Alberta Trilogy (November 2, 2017)
- Christine Ingebritsen: Understanding Scandinavian Small States Helps Us Understand Brexit (July 25, 2016)
- Nordic Leaders Meet with President Obama (May 14, 2016)
- Alum Focus, Alison Johnston: Seattle, Stockholm, London, Corvallis (May 11, 2016)
- Voting for the Scandinavian Studies Photo Contest in now open! (May 6, 2016)
- Swedish Ambassador Björn Lyrvall on Sweden in a Changing Europe (April 6, 2016)
- Patricia Conroy Memorial Lecture, April 14th, 3:30PM, Univ of Washington Club (April 5, 2016)
- Finnish Consul General Juha Markkanen visits UW Finnish Program (February 1, 2016)
- Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowships (FLAS) available to undergraduate, graduate and professional students (November 13, 2015)
- Scandinavian Studies at the UW Study Abroad Fair (November 10, 2015)
- Scandinavian Department Students and Faculty at ASTRA, 2015 (October 31, 2015)
- Trgyve Ugland on Migration and Europe (October 30, 2015)
- Finnish Program 25th Anniversary Celebration (October 27, 2015)
- EU Ambassador To the United States Visits the Department of Scandinavian Studies (October 19, 2015)
- Call for Papers for AASSC (September 21, 2015)
- Congratulations Wade Hollinghaus (July 20, 2015)
- New Class- SCAND 479/ JSIS A EURO 429 - Eco- Capitalism (June 23, 2015)
- Faculty Spotlight (June 23, 2015)
- Congratulations to Britt Lewis (June 19, 2015)
- Congratulations to Kevin Jenson! (June 10, 2015)
- Marianne Stecher invited Keynote Speaker for AASSC at Congress 2015 for the Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Ottawa, June 2nd. (June 8, 2015)
- Norwegian Literature and Culture- Fall Course 2015- NORW 312 (April 23, 2015)
- Queen Margrethe II of Denmark's Birthday Celebration at the Nothwest Danish Association's Harmony Hall (April 22, 2015)
- Sofia Oksanen: ‘We know about British colonialism. Russian colonialism is not well known.’ (April 21, 2015)
- New Course: SCAND 462 A- Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen) & Modern Nordic Women: Public Intellectuals, Pundits, and Writers (March 12, 2015)
- New Course: Typological and Historical Perspectives on Finnish Language - SCAND 342 A (March 9, 2015)
- ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY HONORS PROFESSOR ANN-CHARLOTTE GAVEL ADAMS (March 9, 2015)
- New Course: Swedish Literary and Cultural History - SCAND 490 B (February 26, 2015)
- Bergen Exchange Visitor Julie Ane Ødegaard Researches Civic Education (February 3, 2015)
- DANA (Danish Academic Network in America) Launches its New Website and Membership Drive. (February 3, 2015)
- PÉTUR VALSSON RECEIVES NADIA CHRISTENSEN AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN NORDIC STUDIES (January 26, 2015)
- Former Visiting Scholar Publishes Book on Small States (January 13, 2015)
- From AIDS Crisis to Assimilation: Representations of Male Homosexuality in Swedish Literature (December 15, 2014)
- Graduate Student Liina-Ly Roos Published in Baltic Screen Media Review (December 9, 2014)
- The Association for Advancement of Scandinavian Studies in Canada Announces its Annual CALL FOR PAPERS (October 21, 2014)
- Estonian Artist Turns Ancient Instruments into Heavy Metal (October 16, 2014)
- Summer Quarter Courses (June 6, 2014)
- Upcoming Conference Explores "Scandinavians in the Old West" (January 16, 2014)
- Christine Ingebritsen in TIME Magazine (January 14, 2014)
- Small States Studies Program in Iceland, Applications are Due Feb. 1st, 2014 (October 16, 2013)
- New book from Professor Christine Ingebritsen out now! (August 8, 2013)
- Congratulations to Kim Kraft who earned her MA in Scandinavian Studies in June of 2013. She just landed a job in international education. (July 31, 2013)
- The Department of Scandinavian Studies Summer 2013 Newsletter is now available! (July 24, 2013)
- SAGA Sustainability Trainee Program in Sweden for Americans-Application Deadline July 14. (June 26, 2013)
- Kielland-Løvdal Fellowship Awarded to Maren Anderson Johnson (June 26, 2013)
- Maren Anderson Johnson Appointed Nadia Christensen Scholar (June 26, 2013)
- Nordic Hertiage Museum Announces their Summer Programs and Events (June 24, 2013)
- Graduation 2013 (June 18, 2013)
- To Really Understand Hevibändi, It Helps to Know the Language (Wall Steet Journal) (June 7, 2013)
- New Course: Introduction to LITHUANIAN Cultural and Literary History (March 5, 2013)
- Norwegian American Weekly: Special Education Issue (February 26, 2013)
- Globalization and Migration: Program Theme 2013 (February 20, 2013)
- Our scholarship and award applications are due March 31, 2013. (January 22, 2013)
- Gytel Scholarships for Study in Denmark-Deadline May 1st (January 2, 2013)
- Should America try to be like Scandinavia? (December 17, 2012)
- Luciafest (December 13, 2012)
- Finland Hot at the University of Washington (December 3, 2012)
Research
- Terje Leiren and Jan Sjåvik, Historical Dictionary of Norway. Second Edition. Lanham, MD: Roman & Littlefield Publishers, 2019. Learn more
- Elkorghli, E. "A Qualitative Comparison of Male Somalis’ Educational Experiences in Minnesota and Norway", 9-11April 2017, Las Vegas, Nevada, National Social Science Association Proceedings, May 2017 Learn more
- Warburton, Timothy. "From AIDS to Assimilation: Male Homosexuality in Swedish Literature (1968-2013)." Doctor of Philosophy University of Washington, 2015. Learn more
- Nestingen, Andrew. "Nordic Noir: The Human Criminal," in Homer B. Pettey and Barton Palmer (eds.), International Noir, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh Press, 2014. Learn more
- Christine Ingebritsen. "Stieg Larsson and the New Globalism: Lessons from Sweden in an uncertain age." Power in a Complex Global System. Eds Louis W. Pauly and Bruce W. Jentleson. New York: Routledge, 2014. 36-45. Learn more
- Terje I. Leiren. ""Kong Karl eller 'President Konow.' Norway's Form of Government and the Pamphlet Debate in 1905." Scandinavians in Old and New Lands: Essays in Honor of H. Arnold Barton. Chicago: Swedish-American Historical Association, 2004. 71-82. Learn more
- Terje I. Leiren. "Pilgrimage and Propaganda: An American Newspapermen's Tour of Norway, 1927." Norwegian-American Studies, vol.35. Norwegian-American Historical Association: 2000. 197-216. Learn more
- Terje I. Leiren. "Dannelse fremfor alt. Marcus Thrane: A Playwright with a Purpose." Norwegian-American Essays, 1999. Oslo and Hamar: Norwegian Emigrant Museum and Norwegian-American Historical Association, 1999. 181-192. Learn more
- Terje I. Leiren. "Catalysts to Disunion: Sigurd Ibsen and Ringeren, 1898-1899." Scandinavian Studies (1999): 297-310. Learn more
- Terje I. Leiren. "The Land They Left Behind: Norway at the Time of Emigration." Family Sagas: Stories of Scandinavian Immigrants. Seattle: Scandinavian Language Institute, 1997. 201-210. Learn more
- Terje I. Leiren. "Becoming Norwegian: Sigurd Ibsen in America, 1886-1888." Scandinavian Studies (1996): 188-202. Learn more
- Terje I. Leiren. "Entertainment as Propaganda: Marcus Thrane and the Chicago Fire." Scandinavian Journal of History (1990): 239-244. Learn more
- Terje I. Leiren. "Marcus Thrane and Dagslyset." Norse Heritage - 1989 Year Book. Stavanger: Det norske utvandrersenteret, 1989. 39-51. Learn more
- Terje I. Leiren. Marcus Thrane: A Norwegian Radical in America. Norwegian-American Historical Association: 1987. Learn more
- Terje I. Leiren. "The Role of Kingship in the Monarchist-Republican Debate in Norway, 1905." The Historian: A Journal of History (1986): 268-278. Learn more
- Terje I. Leiren. "Sigurd Ibsen and the Origins of National Monarchy in Norway." Scandinavian Studies (1979): 392-412. Learn more
- Terje I. Leiren. "Norwegian Independence and British Opinion: January to August, 1814." Scandinavian Studies (1975): 364-382. Learn more
- Larson, Katherine. "Norwegian Double-Weave and the Warp-Weighted Loom: A North Gudbrandsdal Tradition" PhD Dissertation. University of Washington, 2011. Learn more
- Safstrom, Mark. "The Religious Origins of Democratic Pluralsim: Paul Peter Waldenstrom and the Politics of the Swedish Awakening, 1868-1917." PhD Dissertation. University of Washington, 2011. Learn more
- DeLong, Robert. "Escape or Rescue? The Flight of the Danish Jews to Sweden in 1943." M.A. Thesis. University of Washington, 2009. Learn more
- Bjoörklund, Jenny and Lindquist, Ursula, eds. New Dimensions of Diversity. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing Learn more