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Instructor and Librarian Emeritus
Master of Arts, Spring 2012
Master of Arts (MA)
Professor Emerita and Barbro Osher Endowed Chair of Swedish Studies
Affiliate Associate Professor
Professor; Director, Center for West European Studies; Chair, Hellenic Studies Program
Master of Arts, Spring 2010
Graduate Student, On Leave
Graduate Student, Finnish TA
Associate Professor Emeritus
Professor Emerita
Graduate Student, On Leave
News
- "Four Mariannes" Celebrated Together at the Annual BOGFORUM (Book Fair) in Copenhagen Nov. 8th
- 2004 Career Fair
- 2010 - 2011 ASF Dissertation Fellowship Awardee
- Anna Rühl Defends PhD Dissertation on Novels of Knausgård and Espedal
- Anna Rühl Awarded Aurora Borealis Prize, 2016
- ASF Translation Prize to Paul Norlen
- Athena Farrokhzad and Farnaz Arbabi on Sweden and White Blight
- AUT 2011 VPLA Course with Space Available
- Bachelor of Arts in Finnish Approved
- Barbro Osher Endowed Professorship in Swedish Studies infused with an additional most generous gift of $250,000
- Barbro Osher ProSuecia Foundation upgrades Professorship in Swedish to an Endowed Chair in Swedish Studies
- Call for Papers for AASSC
- Call for Proposals
- Cohan's Architecture Spotlighted in Seattle Times
- Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden visits Scandinavian Studies
- Danish major Sean Hughes wins Goldwater Scholarship
- Danish Modern: Between Art and Design by Mark Mussari (PhD, UW Scandinavian Studies, 1999)
- Eero Tetrin muistolle - In Memory of Eero Tetri
- Estonian Independence and Song Festival Celebration
- Evan Wright Defends Dissertation on Comparative Ecocritical Approaches to Finnish and American Literature
- Faculty Spotlight: Assistant Professor Olivia Gunn
- Fall 2009 Scan|Design Fellows
- Finland Hot at the University of Washington
- Finnish Consul General Juha Markkanen visits UW Finnish Program
- Finnish Crime Writer Jarkko Sipilä in Seattle, March 10, 2016
- Finnish Major Featured in Arts & Sciences Newsletter
- Finnish Program 25th Anniversary Celebration
- From AIDS Crisis to Assimilation: Representations of Male Homosexuality in Swedish Literature
- Fulbright Hildeman Scholar Teaches Course on Sustainability in Contemporary Scandinavian Literature
- Gavel Adams Appointed Osher Professor
- Globalization and Migration: Program Theme 2013
- Google Books Grant
- Göran Rosenberg on A Brief Stop on the Road from Auschwitz
- Graduate Student Liina-Ly Roos Awarded Master's Degree
- Graduate Student Liina-Ly Roos Published in Baltic Screen Media Review
- Graduation 2006
- Hans Christian Andersen Exhibit at Library
- Heather Short Named Nadia Christensen Scholar
- Helena Forsås-Scott 1945–2015
- In Memoriam: Patricia L.Conroy (1941 - 2012)
- Indigenous Sámi Culture and Connection to the Land in Arctic Europe
- Ingmar Bergman: A Reference Guide
- Inspired by Scholarship
- Jan Sjåvik Appointed Department Chair - July 1, 2010
- Jarkko Sipilä on Finland's Seamy Underside
- Julianne Yang on Scandinavian Guilt
- Karin Eriksson Receives Antoinette Wills Endowed Scholarship, 2016-17
- Lecture by Dr. Kjetil Børhaug and Celebration of the Kielland-Løvdal Endowed Fellowship
- Lecture by Lasse Horne Kjældgaard
- Liina-Ly Roos Awarded Nadia Christensen Award for Excellence in Nordic Studies
- Lucia Celebration
- Luciafest
- Maren Anderson Johnson Wins Open Essay Competition to Attend the Nobel Peace Prize Forum
- Marianne Stecher invited Keynote Speaker for AASSC at Congress 2015 for the Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Ottawa, June 2nd.
- Mimi Nielsen Awarded Fellowship
- Nadia Christensen Endowment for Excellence in Nordic Studies
- New book on Karen Blixen
- 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
- New Ph.D. in Scandinavian Studies, Maren Anderson Johnson
- New Ph.D. in Scandinavian Studies, Ralitsa Lazarova
- New Ph.D. in Scandinavian Studies, Kirstine Kastbjerg
- Newsletter 2009
- Nordic Heritage Museum Annual Northern Lights Auktion
- Norway Exhibition at Suzallo Library
- Norwegian Fulbrighter Julianne Yang at Scand Studies in Winter 2016
- Norwegian Literature and Culture- Fall Course 2015- NORW 312
- Nunnally Wins Prestigious Translation Prize
- Olivia Gunn on the Tragic Quotidian in Ibsen and Maeterlinck
- Patricia Conroy Memorial Lecture, April 14th, 3:30PM, Univ of Washington Club
- PÉTUR VALSSON NAMED NADIA CHRISTENSEN SCHOLAR
- Ph.D. Candidate Melissa Lucas Defends Dissertation
- POLITIKEN awards a five-heart review to book on Blixen by UW Professor of Scandinavian Studies
- Praise for Nunnally's Kristin Lavransdatter
- Professor Lotta Gavel Adams on Forbidden Publication
- Professor Nestingen Interviewed about Nordic Lights Film Festival
- Profile of Andy Nestingen
- Reading Scand Guilt in Contemporary Poetry
- Recent Nordic Literature in the News
- Sabina Ivenäs is Kielland-Løvdal Fellow for 2016
- Scandinavian Crime Fiction - Published and Available
- Scandinavian Department Students and Faculty at ASTRA, 2015
- Scan|Design Foundation Presents Generous Gift to Department
- SCC Auction Raises Funds for Swedish Scholarship
- Stecher-Hansen Appointed Scan|Design Professor
- Stephen Walton’s Journey to SASS: Sometimes It Just Takes a Little Longer
- SWEA Auction Raises Funds for Swedish Studies
- Sweden and the Holocaust in the films of Roy Andersson
- Swedish Cultural Center Fundraiser Secures Funds for Scholarships
- Swedish Program Receives Top International Honors
- Textual Studies Award to Osterberg
- 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!
- Three New Books from New Directions in Scandinavian Studies in 2008
- Tiina Nunnally interviewed on KUOW
- Translation Prizes
- UK Newspapers Laud Nunnally's Andersen
- University Week covers department's centennial
- UW Swedish Club Reinvigorated
- Wade Hollingshaus on Erkki Kurrenniemi at age One Hundred Seven
- Washington State Senate Honors Department
- Nordic Cultural Festival at the Kennedy Center is in the news!
Research
Events
| Title | Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ugland Departmental lecture | Oct 29 | 3:30pm to 5:00pm | |
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“Problems in Mythological Reconstruction: Thor, Thrym, and the Story of the Hammer over the Course of Time” Professor Aurelijus Vijūnas |
Jun 9 | 9:00am to 11:10am | Raitt Hall 314 |
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The Patricia L. Conroy Memorial Lecture: Wise Women, Witches and Giantesses Jóhanna Katrin Friðriksdottir |
May 21 | 12:30pm to 1:20pm | 301 Gowen Hall |
| Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study Annual Meeting | May 6 to May 9 | Columbus, Ohio | |
| Southern California's 41st Scandinavian Festival | Apr 18 to Apr 19 | 10:00am to 5:00pm | CLU Campus, Thousand Oaks, CA |
| Title | Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scandinavian Studies Summer Celebration | Jun 7 | 9:30am to 11:20am | Haggett Hall Cascade Room |
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The Arctic Imagined: Film and the Nordic Far Far North Professor Anna Westerståhl Stenport |
May 9 | 4:00pm | Thomson Hall Room 101 |
| Reception to celebrate the 73rd birthday of Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark | Apr 16 | 5:00pm | University of Washington Club |
| Cold Recall Poster Exhibit | Apr 4 to Apr 30 | Allen Library Lobby | |
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Panel Discussion with Contemporary Danish Authors Henriette E. Møller and Morten Brask |
Mar 6 | 12:30pm | PCAR 395 |
| Mostly Nordic Chamber Music Series and Smörgåsbord | Feb 10 to Jun 2 | The Nordic Heritage Museum |
| Title | Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
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Talk by Former Graduate Student and Current Visiting Lecturer, Kyle Korynta Kyle Korynta, Visiting Lecturer |
Oct 24 | 3:30pm to 4:15pm | Raitt Hall, Room 116 |
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August Strindberg and Women Eivor Martinus |
Oct 9 | 3:30pm to 5:00pm | Raitt Hall, Room 314 |
| Vikings Invade Ballard! | Aug 18 | 9:00am | Nordic Heritage Museum (in Ballard) |
| Title | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study and the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies | Apr 22 to Apr 24 |
| Title | Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nordic-Baltic Oak Grove Ceremonial Planting | Sep 26 | 12:00pm | Parrington Lawn, University of Washington Seattle Campus |
| Title | Date | Time |
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| University of Washington Alumni Association Baltic Sea Cruise | Jul 8 to Jul 20 |