In the Press

Marletta Iwasyk, 84, the longest-serving teacher in Seattle Public Schools (Courtesy of the Orca K-8 PTSA)

Scandinavian Studies Alum Retires from Orca K-8 as Seattle Public Schools' Longest-Serving Teacher

(June 20, 2024)

Seattle Public Schools’ longest-serving teacher retires from Orca K-8

(June 14, 2024)

Tiina Nunnally, Affiliate Faculty Member Earns Critical Acclaim

(April 5, 2024)

Crisis by Karin Boye translated by Amanda Doxtater

Fans of Young Royals discover UW professor's translation of Crisis

(December 5, 2023)

New Huskies 2023 Arts and Sciences Events

(March 3, 2023)

Assistant Teaching Professor Lauren Poyer Shares Her Knowledge Of The Kraken

(March 2, 2023)

Two Exciting New Book Publications By Scandinavian Studies Emeritus And Affiliate Faculty!

(February 10, 2023)

ArtSci Roundup: LIVE from Space, History Lecture Series, Going Public Podcast Launch, and more!

(February 3, 2023)

ArtSci Roundup: LIVE from Space, History Lecture Series, Going Public Podcast Launch, and more!

(February 2, 2023)

Overlooked no more: Tove Ditlevsen, Danish writer of confessional autofiction

(January 8, 2023)

ArtSci Roundup: Miha Sarani exhibition opening, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman conversation, and more

(October 21, 2022)

ArtSci Roundup: Miha Sarani exhibition opening, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman conversation, and more

(October 20, 2022)

Book cover of Nordic War Stories; WWII as History, Fiction, Media, and Memory. The cover depicts a single truck, carrying a coffin covered by the Norwegian flag, driving in a snowy forest landscape.

Faculty Publication

(May 18, 2022)

New Huskies 2022 Arts and Sciences Events

(March 1, 2022)

Karin Filipsson's translation of Brev till Mannen rights sold to Finnish and Korean publishing houses

(November 10, 2021)

Affiliate Assistant Professor Elise Rainer publishes book From Pariah to Priority: How LGBTI Rights Became a Pillar of American and Swedish Foreign Policy

(October 27, 2021)

Dianne Harris named dean of UW College of Arts & Sciences

(July 15, 2021)

Department Alumna Taylor Halverson awarded Jody Deering Nyquist Awards for Excellence In Undergraduate Research

(June 18, 2021)

ArtSci Roundup: Exhibitions at The Henry Art Gallery, From ‘Permit Patty’ to ‘Karen’: Black Rearticulations of Racial Humor, and More

(May 11, 2021)

ArtSci Roundup: Exhibitions at The Henry Art Gallery, From ‘Permit Patty’ to ‘Karen’: Black Rearticulations of Racial Humor, and More

(April 21, 2021)

Karin Filipsson awarded SASS 2021 Aurora Borealis Prize in Language and Literature

(April 18, 2021)

ArtSci Roundup: Joff Hanauer Honors Lecture Series, Museums on a Mission?, and More

(March 25, 2021)

ArtSci Roundup: Joff Hanauer Honors Lecture Series, Museums on a Mission?, and More

(March 17, 2021)

Affiliate Faculty Tiina Nunnally's translation of The Copenhagen Trilogy published

(February 16, 2021)

Ceļvedis pilsētu tekstu izpētē book cover

Solvita Burr publishes new book Ceļvedis pilsētu tekstu izpētē (A Guide to Exploring City Texts)

(January 24, 2021)

The Value of a Non-STEM Major, with Dean Stacey

(January 7, 2021)

Six unique majors that may not be on your radar

(January 7, 2021)

The Value of a Non-STEM Major, with Dean Stacey

(January 5, 2021)

Six unique majors that may not be on your radar

(January 5, 2021)

UW Student selected as first Queen Silvia Nursing Scholar in US

(December 23, 2020)

ArtSci Roundup: Set in Motion, Drop-in Meditation Session, and More

(December 14, 2020)

LISTEN: Norwegian concept of frifluftsliv offers insight to coping with pandemic

(November 21, 2020)

‘We belong out there’: How the Nordic concept of friluftsliv — outdoor life — could help the Pacific Northwest get through this COVID winter

(October 23, 2020)

Translating a Crisis

(August 17, 2020)

ArtSci Roundup: Re/frame Series, Seattle Deconstructed Art Fair, #BurkeFromHome Trivia Night, and More

(August 10, 2020)

Science and story behind the Kraken, mythical sea monster, namesake for Seattle’s new hockey team

(August 2, 2020)

UW expert: Kraken are undefeatable; few who see the beast live to tell the tale

(July 30, 2020)

Who killed Sweden’s prime minister? 1986 assassination of Olof Palme is finally solved – maybe

(June 11, 2020)

ArtSci Roundup: School of Art + Art History + Design graduation exhibitions, [Here/Now] interview series, and more

(June 5, 2020)

22 UW students receive Fulbright awards

(June 4, 2020)

ArtSci Roundup: Earth Day with the Department of History, Colloquia Series lecture returns online, Ask Your Farmer, and more

(April 15, 2020)

UW-created podcasts: ‘Crossing North’ by Scandinavian Studies — also College of Education, Information School’s Joe Janes, a discussion of soil health

(April 1, 2020)

Faculty/staff honors: Lithuanian state decoration; National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute award; Google research awards

(March 16, 2020)

ArtsUW Roundup: a Valentine’s Day concert with Mark and Maggie O’Connor, Money can’t buy you HYGGE Presented by Kristian Næsby, and more

(February 6, 2020)

Prof. Stecher interviewed for Danish POLITIKEN feature article

(February 5, 2020)

Professor Christine Ingebritsen consulted for US News & World Report article on Europe and climate change.

(January 21, 2020)

2019 Letter From the Chair

(December 13, 2019)

Andrew Nestingen Scandinavian Studies Lion of Finland

UW Scandinavian Studies chair honored with Finnish knighthood

(November 21, 2019)

ArtsUW Roundup: New Burke Opening, Marianne Stecher lectures for Scandinavian 30, Composite Gestures closing soon, and more

(October 3, 2019)

30 years later, the human chain that 'unshackled' the Baltic nations still matters

(August 23, 2019)