Professor Emerita and Barbro Osher Endowed Chair of Swedish Studies
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Fields of Interest
Biography
Ph.D., University of Washington, 1990
Dr. Gavel Adams is also Adjunct Professor of Women's Studies and member of the faculty of the European Studies Program.
Teaching:
- Scandinavian Drama
- Swedish literature
- Strindberg and European Cultural History
- Scandinavian Women Writers
- Advanced Swedish language
Research
Selected Research
- 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.
- Ann-Charlotte Gavel Adams. August Strindberg's Legender. Stockholm: Norstedts, 2001.
- Ann-Charlotte Gavel Adams, Terje I. Leiren. Stage and Screen: Studies in Scandinavian Drama and Film. DreamPlayPress Northwest: 2000.
- Ann-Charlotte Gavel Adams. "Guldmakaren och Ockultisten." Strindberg: Diktare och mångfrestare (ed. Margareta Brundin). Stockholm: Kungliga Biblioteket, 1999. 137-146.
- Ann-Charlotte Gavel Adams. August Strindberg's Inferno. Stockholm: Norstedts, 1994.
Research Advised: Graduate Dissertations
- Warburton, Timothy. "From AIDS to Assimilation: Male Homosexuality in Swedish Literature (1968-2013)." Doctor of Philosophy University of Washington, 2015.
- Leonard, Peter. "Imagining Themselves: National Belongings in the Post-Ethnic Nordic Literature." PhD Dissertation. University of Washington, 2011.
- Lazarova, Ralista. "'True Stories' - The Plitics of Emotion in Works of Performative Realism in Recent Swedish Fiction." PhD Dissertation. University of Washington, 2014.
Courses Taught
Winter 2020
Winter 2019
Spring 2018
Winter 2018
Winter 2017
Autumn 2016
Spring 2016
Autumn 2015
Spring 2015
Autumn 2014
Winter 2014
Autumn 2013
Spring 2013
Winter 2013
Autumn 2012
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Affiliations
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News & Events
Related News
- Two Exciting New Book Publications By Scandinavian Studies Emeritus And Affiliate Faculty! - February 10, 2023
- Scandinavian 30 Renews Relationship With Nordic Museum - October 25, 2018
- By Air, Sea, and Land - October 26, 2017
- Alum Focus, Alison Johnston: Seattle, Stockholm, London, Corvallis - May 11, 2016
- Swedish Ambassador Björn Lyrvall on Sweden in a Changing Europe - April 6, 2016
- Professor Lotta Gavel Adams on Forbidden Publication - March 9, 2016
- 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
- ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY HONORS PROFESSOR ANN-CHARLOTTE GAVEL ADAMS - March 9, 2015
- Scandinavian Studies Announcements - September 24, 2014
- Faculty Spotlight - September 13, 2014
- Students and Faculty Attend Swedish Club's Annual Event - October 29, 2013
- 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
- Gavel Adams Appointed Osher Professor - October 10, 2007