Research

Margaret Willson
Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain; conversation with author Margaret Willson
(March 1, 2023)
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Overlooked no more: Tove Ditlevsen, Danish writer of confessional autofiction
(January 8, 2023)
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Nadia Christensen Award for Excellence in Nordic Studies is awarded to Karin Filipsson
(October 20, 2022)
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 Maxine Savage awarded the Chester Fritz International Research Fellowship for 2022-2023
(October 4, 2022)
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Maxine Savage awarded the Arlene Hunter Scholarship for 2022-2023
(June 24, 2022)
Karin Filipsson
Karin Filipsson wins Marna Feldt Graduate Publication Award
(March 2, 2022)
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Solvita Burr publishes new book Ceļvedis pilsētu tekstu izpētē (A Guide to Exploring City Texts)
(January 24, 2021)
Camille
Camille Witbeck Receives Nadia Christensen Award for Excellence in Nordic Study, 2020-2021
(December 16, 2020)
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‘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)
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Translating a Crisis
(August 17, 2020)
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UW expert: Kraken are undefeatable; few who see the beast live to tell the tale
(July 30, 2020)
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Who killed Sweden’s prime minister? 1986 assassination of Olof Palme is finally solved – maybe
(June 11, 2020)
Andy, Ella, and Willa Nestingen
2019 Letter From the Chair
(December 13, 2019)
Pétur Valsson
Pétur Valsson receives Nadia Christensen Award for Excellence in Nordic Studies, 2019-20, for Lars von Trier research
(September 9, 2019)
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Faculty Friday: Lotta Gavel Adams
(December 7, 2018)
Andrew Nestingen
Letter from the Chair
(October 17, 2018)
Finnish lecturer Hanna-Ilona Härmävaara
Hanna-Ilona Härmävaara Wins Kotikielen Seura Article Prize
(April 11, 2018)
Assistant Professor Olivia Gunn
Olivia Gunn's research on  Den Store Barnedåpen and The Alberta Trilogy
(November 2, 2017)
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What are you excited about doing in 2017-2018? Faculty Activities
(October 27, 2017)
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By Air, Sea, and Land
(October 26, 2017)
Ilmari
Lecturer Ilmari Ivaska named Researcher of the Month by The Language Bank of Finland
(May 16, 2017)
Mimi
Inspired by Scholarship: Mimi Nielsen 
(November 17, 2016)
Thomas Kovach
Thomas Kovach: Inspired by Scholarship in Uppsala
(November 15, 2016)
Professor Christine Ingebritsen
Christine Ingebritsen: Understanding Scandinavian Small States Helps Us Understand Brexit
(July 25, 2016)
Evan Wright
Evan Wright Defends Dissertation on Comparative Ecocritical Approaches to Finnish and American Literature
(March 22, 2016)
Mark Mussari
Danish Modern: Between Art and Design by Mark Mussari (PhD, UW Scandinavian Studies, 1999)
(February 22, 2016)
Assistant Professor Olivia Gunn and PhD Student Liina-Ly Roos
Faculty Spotlight: Assistant Professor Olivia Gunn
(February 9, 2016)
Olivia Gunn
Olivia Gunn on the Tragic Quotidian in Ibsen and Maeterlinck
(January 15, 2016)
Anna Ruhl
Anna Rühl  Defends PhD Dissertation on Novels of Knausgård and Espedal 
(December 30, 2015)
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Former Visiting Scholar Publishes Book on Small States
(January 13, 2015)
Graduate Student Liina-Ly Roos Published in Baltic Screen Media Review
(December 9, 2014)
POLITIKEN awards a five-heart review to book on Blixen by UW Professor of Scandinavian Studies
(September 9, 2014)
Faculty and Grad Students Contribute to New Book on Hans Christian Andersen
(March 11, 2014)
Marianne Stecher Explores the Essays of Karen Blixen in New Book
(March 3, 2014)
Ph.D. Candidate Melissa Lucas Defends Dissertation
(March 3, 2014)
Guntis Šmidchens' New Book Explores "The Singing Revolution"
(December 10, 2013)
New book from Professor Christine Ingebritsen out now! 
(August 8, 2013)
Professor Andrew Nestingen's book on Aki Kaurismäki published
(June 24, 2013)
Karen Blixen
New book on Karen Blixen 
(February 7, 2013)
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16th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium
(January 17, 2013)
Maren Anderson Johnson Wins Open Essay Competition to Attend the Nobel Peace Prize Forum
(January 30, 2012)
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Scandinavian Crime Fiction - Published and Available
(February 11, 2011)
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Three New Books from New Directions in Scandinavian Studies in 2008
(October 15, 2007)
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Ingmar Bergman: A Reference Guide
(December 1, 2005)