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News
- Pétur Valsson receives Nadia Christensen Award for Excellence in Nordic Studies, 2019-20, for Lars von Trier research (September 9, 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)
- HRH Crown Princess Mary of Denmark Visits UW (October 16, 2018)
- "Artworks of Danh Vo," Lecture by Marianne Torp, National Gallery of Denmark (February 14, 2018) (March 15, 2018)
- Jan Krogh Nielsen Advanced to Ph.D. Candidacy (February 21, 2018)
- Marianne Stecher To Deliver Keynote Lecture At H.C. Andersen and Community Conference (November 30, 2017)
- Olivia Gunn's research on Den Store Barnedåpen and The Alberta Trilogy (November 2, 2017)
- Liina-Ly Roos Awarded Nadia Christensen Award for Excellence in Nordic Studies (May 12, 2016)
- Karin Eriksson Receives Antoinette Wills Endowed Scholarship, 2016-17 (May 9, 2016)
- Anna Rühl Awarded Aurora Borealis Prize, 2016 (May 9, 2016)
- Reading Scand Guilt in Contemporary Poetry (April 18, 2016)
- Patricia Conroy Memorial Lecture, April 14th, 3:30PM, Univ of Washington Club (April 5, 2016)
- Jarkko Sipilä on Finland's Seamy Underside (March 23, 2016)
- Julianne Yang on Scandinavian Guilt (March 22, 2016)
- Evan Wright Defends Dissertation on Comparative Ecocritical Approaches to Finnish and American Literature (March 22, 2016)
- Wade Hollingshaus on Erkki Kurrenniemi at age One Hundred Seven (March 21, 2016)
- Estonian Independence and Song Festival Celebration (March 19, 2016)
- Professor Lotta Gavel Adams on Forbidden Publication (March 9, 2016)
- Danish Modern: Between Art and Design by Mark Mussari (PhD, UW Scandinavian Studies, 1999) (February 22, 2016)
- Finnish Crime Writer Jarkko Sipilä in Seattle, March 10, 2016 (February 9, 2016)
- Faculty Spotlight: Assistant Professor Olivia Gunn (February 9, 2016)
- Sweden and the Holocaust in the films of Roy Andersson (February 9, 2016)
- Finnish Consul General Juha Markkanen visits UW Finnish Program (February 1, 2016)
- Sabina Ivenäs is Kielland-Løvdal Fellow for 2016 (January 25, 2016)
- Olivia Gunn on the Tragic Quotidian in Ibsen and Maeterlinck (January 15, 2016)
- Norwegian Fulbrighter Julianne Yang at Scand Studies in Winter 2016 (January 13, 2016)
- Eero Tetrin muistolle - In Memory of Eero Tetri (January 11, 2016)
- Indigenous Sámi Culture and Connection to the Land in Arctic Europe (January 6, 2016)
- Anna Rühl Defends PhD Dissertation on Novels of Knausgård and Espedal (December 30, 2015)
- Athena Farrokhzad and Farnaz Arbabi on Sweden and White Blight (December 2, 2015)
- Göran Rosenberg on A Brief Stop on the Road from Auschwitz (November 13, 2015)
- Scandinavian Department Students and Faculty at ASTRA, 2015 (October 31, 2015)
- Finnish Program 25th Anniversary Celebration (October 27, 2015)
- Call for Papers for AASSC (September 21, 2015)
- Helena Forsås-Scott 1945–2015 (July 20, 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)
- 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)
- New Course: Swedish Literary and Cultural History - SCAND 490 B (February 26, 2015)
- PÉTUR VALSSON RECEIVES NADIA CHRISTENSEN AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN NORDIC STUDIES (January 26, 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)
- "Four Mariannes" Celebrated Together at the Annual BOGFORUM (Book Fair) in Copenhagen Nov. 8th (November 18, 2014)
- The Association for Advancement of Scandinavian Studies in Canada Announces its Annual CALL FOR PAPERS (October 21, 2014)
- POLITIKEN awards a five-heart review to book on Blixen by UW Professor of Scandinavian Studies (September 9, 2014)
- Inspired by Scholarship (July 16, 2014)
- New Ph.D. in Scandinavian Studies, Kirstine Kastbjerg (June 18, 2014)
- Barbro Osher ProSuecia Foundation upgrades Professorship in Swedish to an Endowed Chair in Swedish Studies (June 18, 2014)
- New Ph.D. in Scandinavian Studies, Ralitsa Lazarova (June 18, 2014)
- New Ph.D. in Scandinavian Studies, Maren Anderson Johnson (May 30, 2014)
- Graduate Student Liina-Ly Roos Awarded Master's Degree (May 22, 2014)
- Mimi Nielsen Awarded Fellowship (April 25, 2014)
- Ph.D. Candidate Melissa Lucas Defends Dissertation (March 3, 2014)
- Professor Nestingen Interviewed about Nordic Lights Film Festival (January 10, 2014)
- The Department of Scandinavian Studies Summer 2013 Newsletter is now available! (July 24, 2013)
- Call for Proposals (March 21, 2013)
- Recent Nordic Literature in the News (March 13, 2013)
- Globalization and Migration: Program Theme 2013 (February 20, 2013)
- Nordic Cultural Festival at the Kennedy Center is in the news! (February 20, 2013)
- New book on Karen Blixen (February 7, 2013)
- Luciafest (December 13, 2012)
- Finland Hot at the University of Washington (December 3, 2012)
- Lecture by Dr. Kjetil Børhaug and Celebration of the Kielland-Løvdal Endowed Fellowship (May 31, 2012)
- Lecture by Lasse Horne Kjældgaard (May 21, 2012)
- Nordic Heritage Museum Annual Northern Lights Auktion (April 29, 2012)
- In Memoriam: Patricia L.Conroy (1941 - 2012) (March 6, 2012)
- Maren Anderson Johnson Wins Open Essay Competition to Attend the Nobel Peace Prize Forum (January 30, 2012)
- Heather Short Recognized with Award from Nadia Christensen Endowment for Excellence in Nordic Studies (November 2, 2011)
- AUT 2011 VPLA Course with Space Available (August 2, 2011)
- Barbro Osher Endowed Professorship in Swedish Studies infused with an additional most generous gift of $250,000 (February 15, 2011)
- Scandinavian Crime Fiction - Published and Available (February 11, 2011)
- Nadia Christensen Endowment for Excellence in Nordic Studies (December 2, 2010)
- Swedish Cultural Center Fundraiser Secures Funds for Scholarships (November 9, 2010)
- Google Books Grant (July 14, 2010)
- Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden visits Scandinavian Studies (June 21, 2010)
- Jan Sjåvik Appointed Department Chair - July 1, 2010 (May 10, 2010)
- Stephen Walton’s Journey to SASS: Sometimes It Just Takes a Little Longer (May 4, 2010)
- 2010 - 2011 ASF Dissertation Fellowship Awardee (April 13, 2010)
- Fulbright Hildeman Scholar Teaches Course on Sustainability in Contemporary Scandinavian Literature (April 5, 2010)
- Translation Prizes (January 15, 2010)
- Lucia Celebration (December 13, 2009)
- Newsletter 2009 (July 16, 2009)
- Fall 2009 Scan|Design Fellows (June 2, 2009)
- SWEA Auction Raises Funds for Swedish Studies (May 30, 2009)
- Profile of Andy Nestingen (April 26, 2009)
- Finnish Major Featured in Arts & Sciences Newsletter (April 2, 2009)
- Textual Studies Award to Osterberg (March 20, 2009)
- Washington State Senate Honors Department (March 11, 2009)
- SCC Auction Raises Funds for Swedish Scholarship (February 7, 2009)
- Bachelor of Arts in Finnish Approved (December 20, 2008)
- University Week covers department's centennial (November 8, 2008)
- Cohan's Architecture Spotlighted in Seattle Times (October 14, 2008)
- Stecher-Hansen Appointed Scan|Design Professor (November 14, 2007)
- Three New Books from New Directions in Scandinavian Studies in 2008 (October 15, 2007)
- Gavel Adams Appointed Osher Professor (October 10, 2007)
- UW Swedish Club Reinvigorated (May 15, 2007)
- Scan|Design Foundation Presents Generous Gift to Department (November 17, 2006)
- Graduation 2006 (June 9, 2006)
- Danish major Sean Hughes wins Goldwater Scholarship (March 30, 2006)
- Praise for Nunnally's Kristin Lavransdatter (February 23, 2006)
- Ingmar Bergman: A Reference Guide (December 1, 2005)
- Norway Exhibition at Suzallo Library (October 1, 2005)
- Hans Christian Andersen Exhibit at Library (May 3, 2005)
- Tiina Nunnally interviewed on KUOW (May 2, 2005)
- ASF Translation Prize to Paul Norlen (April 15, 2005)
- UK Newspapers Laud Nunnally's Andersen (December 3, 2004)
- 2004 Career Fair (May 27, 2004)
- Swedish Program Receives Top International Honors (December 3, 2003)
- Nunnally Wins Prestigious Translation Prize (April 7, 2003)
Research
- Roos, Liina-Ly. "The Child, Affective Memories of War, and Cruel Everyday in Nordic and Baltic Film and Literature." Dissertation. University of Washington, 2018. Learn more
- A Difficult Death: The Life and Work of Jens Peter Jacobsen by Morten Høi Jensen Learn more
- “Other Mothers and the Limits of Bohemia in Alberte og friheten and Bare Alberte.”Scandinavian Studies 88:4 (Winter 2016) Learn more
- Ruhl, Anna. "Selvgeografi: Placing the Works of Karl Ove Kausgard and Tomas Espedel." Diss., U of Washington, 2016. Learn more
- Marianne T. Stecher. Review of Hans Christian Andersen: European Witness. By Paul Binding. Comparative Literature Studies, vol. 54, no. 4, 2016: 794 - 798. Learn more
- Warburton, Timothy. "From AIDS to Assimilation: Male Homosexuality in Swedish Literature (1968-2013)." Doctor of Philosophy University of Washington, 2015. Learn more
- “Post-Soviet Trauma in the Nordic Imagination: Occupation and Sex Trafficking in Purge and Lilya 4-ever” Baltic Screen Media Review 2, December, 2014. Learn more
- Terje I. Leiren, "In the Shadow of the Great Powers: Norway and the Napoleonic Wars" / "I skyggen av stormaktene: Norge og napoleonskrigene," in 1814 - 2014 - Rødt, Hvitt, Blått: Norsk Grunnlov, Amerikansk inspirasjon. Gudleiv Forr, editor (Oslo: ArtPro forlag a/s, 2014): 52-62. Learn more
- Marianne Stecher, "Modernity, Technology, and Tourism -- Hans Christian Andersen's Futuristic Tales" in More Than Just Fairy Tales, edited by Julie Allen (Cognella). Learn more
- Maren Anderson Johnson. "Post-national Genius: Hans Christian Andersen and Henrik Ibsen." Diss., in progress. Learn more
- Melissa Lucas. Digital Literary Arts -- Scandinavian E-Texts: Criticism, Theory, and Practice. Ph.D. Dissertation. Learn more
- Dearinger, Pamela. "Extreme Norwegians: Black Metal as the Good Norwegian's Evil Twin." M.A. Thesis. University of Washington, 2013. Learn more
- Andrew Nestingen. The Cinema of Aki Kaurismäki: Contrarian Stories. New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 2013. Pp. viii + 174. Learn more
- Kirstine Kastbjerg. Reading the Surface: The Danish Gothic of B.S. Ingemann, H.C. Andersen, and Karen Blixen. Learn more
- Osterberg, Renessa. "Literary Anxiety in Contemporary Norwegian Metafiction: Hanne Ørstavik, Lars Saabye Christenen, and Dag Solstad." PhD Dissertation. University of Washington, 2012. Learn more
- Korynta, Kyle. "Jon Fosse in the Light and Shadow of Ibsen: Writing Styles, Affect, and Reception." PhD Dissertation. University of Washington, 2012. Learn more
- Wright, Evan P. "Symbolic Ecologies and Intertexual Conservation: An ecocritical analysis of inter-symbolic relationships in Finno-Karelian oral and literary traditions." MA Thesis. University of Washington, 2011. Learn more
- Warburton, Timothy. "Queered Bodies That Matter: Non-normative Bodies in Selected Paintings by Odd Nerdrum and 'Ecce Homo' by Elisabeth Ohlson Wallin." MA Thesis. University of Washington, 2011. Learn more
- Hughes, Sean. "Danishness and Otherness: Representations of Muslims and Jews in Danish Literature." MA Thesis. University of Washington, 2011. Learn more
- Anderson, Maren. "Questioning the genius: Postmodern literary interpretations of Norwegian national literary geniuses Henrik Ibsen and Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson" MA Thesis. University of Washington, 2011. Learn more
- Andrew K. Nestingen, Paula Arvas, eds. Scandinavian Crime Fiction. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2011. 200 pp. Learn more
- Marianne Stecher. "Karen Blixen on Feminism and Womanliness - 'En Baaltale med 14 Aaars Fosinkelse'." Scandinavian Studies 82.2 (2011): 191-232. Learn more
- Marianne Stecher. "Soldier’s Daughter: Karen Blixen and Nazism – ‘Breve fra et Land i Krig'." Scandinavian Studies 82.1 (2010): 53-95. Learn more
- Dancus, Adriana Margareta. "Screening the Norwegian Heart: The Cultural Politics and Aesthetics of the Emotions in Norwegian Cinema, 2000-2008." PhD Dissertation. University of Washington, 2009. Learn more
- Andrew K. Nestingen. Crime and Fantasy in Scandinavia: Fiction, Film and Social Change. Seattle: University of Washington, 2008. Learn more
- Terje I. Leiren. Selected Plays of Marcus Thrane. Norwegian-American Historical Association and University of Washington Press: 2008. Learn more
- Tiina Nunnally, trans. Unseen by Mari Jungstedt (tr. from Swedish). New York: St. Martin’s, 2006. Learn more
- Aija Elg. "Suomen kielen ja kulttuurin lähde." Helsinki (Finnish as a foreign language course book for upper secondary schools). 2006. Learn more
- Jan Sjåvik. Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Literature and Theater. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press, 2006. Learn more
- Christine Ingebritsen, Iver Neumann, Sieglinde Gstohl, and Jessica Beyer, eds. Small States in International Relations. University of Washington and University of Iceland: 2006. Learn more
- Christine Ingebritsen. Scandinavia in World Politics. Rowman and Littlefield: 2006. Learn more
- Aija Elg, ed. Curriculum for Upper Secondary Education in City of Vantaa and Tikkurila Upper Secondary School, City of Vantaa, Finland. 2005. Learn more
- Andrew K. Nestingen, Trevor G. Elkington, eds. Transnational Cinema in a Global North: Nordic Cinema in Transition. Wayne State University Press: 2005. Learn more
- Marianne Stecher. Danish Writers from the Reformation to Decadence. Dictionary of Literary Biography vol. 300. Detroit: Gale Group, 2004. Learn more
- Jan Sjåvik. Reading for the Truth: Rhetorical Constructions in Norwegian Fiction. Christchurch, New Zealand: Cybereditions, 2004. Learn more
- Andrew K. Nestingen. "Timely Subjects: Leena Krohn Between Universal and Particular." Scandinavian Women's Writing: Contemporary Critical Approaches (guest ed. Ellen Rees, spec. issue of Scandinavian Studies) 76.3 (2004): 75-98. Learn more
- Andrew K. Nestingen. "Reimagining the Road Movie: Det nya landet (2000), Ariel (1988), and the Transnational Road Movie." Globalisering: Spøkelse eller visjon? (Eds. Kjersti Faldet Listhaug and Sissel Lie). Trondheim: NTNU, 2003. 51-64. Learn more
- Andrew K. Nestingen. "Nostalgias and Their Publics: The Finnish Film Boom, 1999-2001." Scandinavian Studies 75.4 (2003): 539-566. Learn more
- Andrew K. Nestingen. "Leaving Home: Global Circulation and Kaurismäki’s Ariel." Journal of Finnish Studies 6/1-2 (2002): 5-26. Learn more
- Ann-Charlotte Gavel Adams. Twentieth Century Swedish Writers, Vol. 259 in the series Dictionary of Literary Biography. Detroit: Bruccoli Clark Layman, Inc. and Gale Research, Inc., 2002. Learn more
- Christine Ingebritsen. "Europeanization and Cultural Identity: Two Worlds of Eco-Capitalism." Scandinavian Studies 73 (2001): 63-76. Learn more
- Ann-Charlotte Gavel Adams. August Strindberg's Legender. Stockholm: Norstedts, 2001. Learn more
- Aija Elg. "Use of ICT in Teaching Finnish Language at Indiana University." SASS 2000: The 90th Annual Meeting of The Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study, University of Wisconsin-Madison, US. 2000. Learn more
- Aija Elg. "Distance Learning at Indiana University." Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop for ODL Materials – Production and Delivery, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain. 2000. Learn more
- Jan Sjåvik. "Reading Arne Garborg's Irony: Bondestudentar, Trætte mænd, Fred." Scandinavian Studies 27 (2000). Learn more
- Ann-Charlotte Gavel Adams, Terje I. Leiren. Stage and Screen: Studies in Scandinavian Drama and Film. DreamPlayPress Northwest: 2000. Learn more
- Ia Dübois. Katherine Hanson, eds. Echo: Scandinavian Stories About Girls. Seattle: Women in Translation, 2000. 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
- Marianne Stecher. Twentieth-Century Danish Writers, Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol 214. Detroit: Gale Group, 1999. Learn more
- Ann-Charlotte Gavel Adams. "Guldmakaren och Ockultisten." Strindberg: Diktare och mångfrestare (ed. Margareta Brundin). Stockholm: Kungliga Biblioteket, 1999. 137-146. Learn more
- Christine Ingebritsen. The Nordic States and European Unity. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1998. Learn more
- Marianne Stecher. History Revisited: Fact and Fiction in Thorkild Hansen's Documentary Works. Camden House: 1997. Learn more
- Jan Sjåvik. "Between Two Worlds: The Emigrant Novels of Ole E. Rølvaag." Places Within, Places Beyond: Norwegian Regionalism in Literature (ed. by Wendy Griswold and Fredrik Engelstad). Oslo: Institute for Social Research, 1996. 77-91. Learn more
- Ia Dübois. "In Search of an Identity: The Heroic Quest in Lars Gustfsson's Fiction." Scandinavian Studies. 1995. Learn more
- Jan Sjåvik. "Rhetorical Manipulation in Maurits Hansen’s ‘Luren’." Scandinavian Studies 66 (1994): 521-32. Learn more
- Ann-Charlotte Gavel Adams. August Strindberg's Inferno. Stockholm: Norstedts, 1994. Learn more
- Katherine Jane Hanson, Nancy Sipe, and Barbara Wilson, trans. Cecilie Høigard and Liv Finstad's Backstreets: Prostitution, Money and Love. Penn State Press: 1992. Learn more
- Katherine Jane Hanson, Judith Messick, trans. Amalie Skram's Under Observation. Seattle: Seal Press, 1992. Learn more
- Asunmaa, Elg, Kiri, Kytö, Mattila, Pylvänäinen. Guidelines for Development of Curricula for Adult Immigrant Learners. The National Board of Vocational Education, Finland: 1991. Learn more
- Aija Elg, trans. Koskinen, Lacruz, Martinez, Monforte & Montesinos. The Great Paella Cookbook for Online Learning. Helsinki University of Technology and Universidad Politecnica de Valencia: 1991. Learn more
- Katherine Jane Hanson, Judith Messick, trans. Amalie Skram's Constance Ring. Seattle: Seal Press, 1988. Learn more
- Katherine Jane Hanson, ed. and trans. An Everyday Story: Norwegian Women's Fiction. Seattle: Seal Press, 1984. Revised and expanded, 1995. Learn more
- Terje I. Leiren. "Sigurd Ibsen and the Origins of National Monarchy in Norway." Scandinavian Studies (1979): 392-412. Learn more
- Katherine Jane Hanson. "Nature and Imagery in Olav H. Hauge's Poetry." Diss., 1978. Learn more
- Terje I. Leiren. "Norwegian Independence and British Opinion: January to August, 1814." Scandinavian Studies (1975): 364-382. Learn more
- Leonard, Peter. "Imagining Themselves: National Belongings in the Post-Ethnic Nordic Literature." PhD Dissertation. University of Washington, 2011. Learn more
- Roos, Liina-Ly. "Post-Soviet Identity in Nordic Fiction: Trauma of Occupation and Sex Trafficking in Sofi Oksanen's Purge and Lukas Moodysson's Lilya 4-ever." M.A. Thesis. University of Washington, 2014. Learn more
- Lazarova, Ralista. "'True Stories' - The Plitics of Emotion in Works of Performative Realism in Recent Swedish Fiction." PhD Dissertation. University of Washington, 2014. Learn more
- Evan Wright. "Ploughshares to Processors: an ecological critique of technology in Post-War Finnish and American fiction." Learn more
- Harmon, Bradley. "Att förkroppsliga liminalitet: Poetiskt språk, världen och det liminala hos Edith Södergran och Henry Parland," Historiska och litteraturhistoriska studier 95, 2020. Learn more
- Bjoörklund, Jenny and Lindquist, Ursula, eds. New Dimensions of Diversity. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing Learn more
- Ingebritsen, Christine. The Scandinavian Way and its Legacy in Europe. Learn more
- "The Industrial Revolution of Faroese Cinema: The Development of a National Cinema within a Transnational Industry'' Learn more
- Andrew K. Nestingen. The Cinema of Aki Kaurismäki: Contrarian Stories. New York: Wallflower (Columbia University Press), 2013. Learn more
- “This is not your home”—War Memory, Compassion and the Finnish Child in Klaus Härö’s Mother of Mine” in Nordic War Stories: World War II as Fiction, Film and History, ed. Marianne Stecher. Learn more
- Andrew K. Nestingen. Violence and Crime Fiction. In progress. Learn more
- Ia Dübois. Article on Katarina Frostenson (to be titled). Female Voices of the North. Ed. by Inger Olsen and Sven H. Rossel. Vienna: Editon Praesens. In progress. Learn more
- Ia Dübois. Book on Sexuality in Scandinavia. In progress. Learn more
- "The Ecological Body in the Poetry of Katarina Frostenson." Learn more