Scandinavian Area Studies
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Professor; Director, Center for West European Studies; Chair, Hellenic Studies Program
Professor of Scandinavian Studies, Sverre Arestad Endowed Chair in Norwegian Studies
Former Department Administrator
Administrator
News
- Alum Focus, Alison Johnston: Seattle, Stockholm, London, Corvallis
- Bergen Exchange Visitor Julie Ane Ødegaard Researches Civic Education
- Call for Papers for AASSC
- Christine Ingebritsen in TIME Magazine
- Christine Ingebritsen: Understanding Scandinavian Small States Helps Us Understand Brexit
- Congratulations to Britt Lewis
- Congratulations to Kevin Jenson!
- Congratulations to Kim Kraft who earned her MA in Scandinavian Studies in June of 2013. She just landed a job in international education.
- Congratulations Wade Hollinghaus
- DANA (Danish Academic Network in America) Launches its New Website and Membership Drive.
- Estonian Artist Turns Ancient Instruments into Heavy Metal
- EU Ambassador To the United States Visits the Department of Scandinavian Studies
- Faculty Spotlight
- Finland Hot at the University of Washington
- Finnish Consul General Juha Markkanen visits UW Finnish Program
- Finnish Program 25th Anniversary Celebration
- Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowships (FLAS) available to undergraduate, graduate and professional students
- Former Visiting Scholar Publishes Book on Small States
- From AIDS Crisis to Assimilation: Representations of Male Homosexuality in Swedish Literature
- Globalization and Migration: Program Theme 2013
- Graduate Student Liina-Ly Roos Published in Baltic Screen Media Review
- Graduation 2013
- Gytel Scholarships for Study in Denmark-Deadline May 1st
- Kielland-Løvdal Fellowship Awarded to Maren Anderson Johnson
- Luciafest
- Maren Anderson Johnson Appointed Nadia Christensen Scholar
- Marianne Stecher invited Keynote Speaker for AASSC at Congress 2015 for the Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Ottawa, June 2nd.
- New book from Professor Christine Ingebritsen out now!
- New Class- SCAND 479/ JSIS A EURO 429 - Eco- Capitalism
- New Course: Introduction to LITHUANIAN Cultural and Literary History
- New Course: SCAND 462 A- Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen) & Modern Nordic Women: Public Intellectuals, Pundits, and Writers
- New Course: Swedish Literary and Cultural History - SCAND 490 B
- New Course: Typological and Historical Perspectives on Finnish Language - SCAND 342 A
- Nordic Hertiage Museum Announces their Summer Programs and Events
- Nordic Leaders Meet with President Obama
- Norwegian American Weekly: Special Education Issue
- Norwegian Literature and Culture- Fall Course 2015- NORW 312
- Our scholarship and award applications are due March 31, 2013.
- Patricia Conroy Memorial Lecture, April 14th, 3:30PM, Univ of Washington Club
- PÉTUR VALSSON NAMED NADIA CHRISTENSEN SCHOLAR
- Queen Margrethe II of Denmark's Birthday Celebration at the Nothwest Danish Association's Harmony Hall
- ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY HONORS PROFESSOR ANN-CHARLOTTE GAVEL ADAMS
- SAGA Sustainability Trainee Program in Sweden for Americans-Application Deadline July 14.
- Scandinavian Department Students and Faculty at ASTRA, 2015
- Scandinavian Studies at the UW Study Abroad Fair
- Should America try to be like Scandinavia?
- Small States Studies Program in Iceland, Applications are Due Feb. 1st, 2014
- Sofia Oksanen: ‘We know about British colonialism. Russian colonialism is not well known.’
- Summer Quarter Courses
- Swedish Ambassador Björn Lyrvall on Sweden in a Changing Europe
- The Association for Advancement of Scandinavian Studies in Canada Announces its Annual CALL FOR PAPERS
- The Department of Scandinavian Studies Summer 2013 Newsletter is now available!
- To Really Understand Hevibändi, It Helps to Know the Language (Wall Steet Journal)
- Trgyve Ugland on Migration and Europe
- Upcoming Conference Explores "Scandinavians in the Old West"
- Voting for the Scandinavian Studies Photo Contest in now open!
Research
Events
| Title | Date | Time | Location |
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| Finnish Folk Fiddling Legends: Arto and Antti Järvelä in Concert | Dec 13 | 7:30pm | Phinney Neighborhood Center Community Hall |
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The AIDS crisis and Cultural Amnesia: Male Homosexuality in Swedish Literature Timothy Warburton |
Dec 10 | 10:30am | Raitt Hall 314 |
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Elevating the Ugly: Lars von Trier's Anti-Aesthetics and the Filmic Image Pétur Valsson |
Dec 8 | 10:30am | Raitt Hall, Room 107 |
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2014 Undergraduate Orientation Sessions Ia Dübois |
Nov 5 | 9:30am to 11:30am | HUB 340 |
| Study Abrod Fair | Oct 23 | 10:00am to 2:00pm | HUB Ballroom |
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Whiteness in Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki Project Associate Professor, School of Drama UW, Scott Magelssen |
Oct 22 | 1:30pm | Raitt 314 |
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Showing of Sami Daughter Joik (2007) by Swedish Filmaker Liselotte Wajstedt Professor Anna Stenport Introduces and Leads Discussion of Film |
Oct 17 | 7:00pm | SAV 260 |
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Changes in the Arctic: Old and New Debates Astrid Ogilivie |
Oct 17 | 3:30pm to 5:00pm | PCAR 192 |
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The Moo-Moo-Moomintrolls of Tove Jansson Lotta Gavel Adams |
Oct 13 | 7:00pm | Nordic Heritage Museum |
| Small States Summer School in Reykjavik 2014 | Jun 23 to Jul 5 | 8:00am to 8:00pm | |
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Excess and Asceticism in Norwegian Cabin Culture Ellen Rees |
May 27 | 3:30pm | SAV 137 |
| Milestone Syttende Mai Celebration at Nordic Heritage Museum | May 17 | 10:00am | Nordic Heritage Museum |
| Syttende Mai Music at Bergen Place | May 17 | 10:00am | |
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Ph.D. Dissertation Oral Defense Melissa M. Lucas |
Feb 27 | 1:30pm to 3:20pm | RAI 221 |
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The Scandinavian Welfare State in the Neoliberal World Per Selle |
Feb 19 | 3:30pm | 126 Communications |
| Title | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Small States Summer School in Reykjavik | Jun 22 | 9:00am |
| Nordic American Voices Symposium | Jun 6 | 2:30pm |
| The Greek Financial Crisis | Jun 3 | 4:00pm |
| Call for Papers - Nordic Translation Conference 2013 | Jun 1 | 11:00am |
| Distinguished Alumni Lecture - Professor Rochelle Wright | May 7 | 3:30pm |
| 102nd Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study | May 3 | 10:00am |
| Sara Kärrholm talks on The Violated Body and the State | Apr 11 | 4:00pm |
| Pre-Dissertation Colloquim by Melissa Lucas, Ph.D. student in Scandinavian literature | Mar 1 | 1:30pm |
| Department Scholarships Applications Due! | Feb 16 | 3:00pm |
| Nordic Lights Film Festival at SIFF | Jan 8 | 6:00pm |
| Title | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Undergraduate Orientation Fair - Kane Hall Room 225 | Nov 9 | 8:30am |
| Study Abroad Fair | Oct 19 | 10:00am |
| Lola Rogers will speak about her translation from Finnish, the novel by Sofi Oksanen, PURGE (2008) | Jun 2 | 1:30pm |
| Director Daniel Alfredson Visits Crime Scenes Class | May 25 | 11:30am |
| SASS 2011 - 101st Annual Conference in Chicago | Apr 28 | 8:00am |
| Sex in Scandinavia: A Lecture with Dr. Ia Dübois at the Nordic Heritage Museum | Mar 10 | 6:00pm |
| Title | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Dead Kings and National Myths: Why myths of founding and martyrdom are important | Nov 23 | 1:30pm |
| Student Exchange Day in Mary Gates Hall Commons | Nov 18 | 10:30am |
| Study Abroad Fair in Mary Gates Commons | Oct 27 | 10:00am |
| Gathering to Celebrate the Life of Folke Nyberg | Oct 24 | 3:15pm |
| Sustainability at Work Panel Discussion | Oct 11 | 7:00pm |
| Fall Quarter Begins | Sep 29 | 12:00pm |
| Exhibit in Suzzallo Library: Echoes of Three Woodlands | Jun 14 | 5:00pm |
| SASS/AABS 2010 Seattle | Apr 22 | 7:00pm |
| Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study and the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies | Apr 22 to Apr 24 | |
| The Helsinki Academic Male Choir Tour to USA & Canada | Mar 30 | 7:00pm |
| Title | Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Club Performs Lucia | Dec 13 | 2:00pm | |
| Nordic-Baltic Oak Grove Ceremonial Planting | Sep 26 | 12:00pm | Parrington Lawn, University of Washington Seattle Campus |
| Iceland's Path to Responsible Fisheries | Sep 10 | 6:00pm | |
| Summer Classes | Jun 22 | 12:00pm |
| Title | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Christine Ingebritsen | Nov 12 | 6:00pm |
| Title | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Hans Blix | Oct 18 | 6:15pm |
| Victoria Middleton | Feb 15 | 2:10pm |
| Title | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gunnar Lund | Nov 3 | 8:30am |
| Peter Viggo Jakobsen | Oct 13 | 12:00pm |
| Olav Orheim | May 11 | 1:30pm |
| Title | Date | Time |
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| Matti Anttonen | Apr 29 | 7:35pm |
| Title | Date | Time |
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| University of Washington Alumni Association Baltic Sea Cruise | Jul 8 to Jul 20 |