Essays

Author/Title Research Type Related Fields
Kristīne Motivāne,  V. Ernstsone, Dz.Hirša, D.Joma, G.Kļava, D.Liepa, J.Valdmanis, I.Druviete. State Language Law: History and Current Situation. Riga: Zinātne: 2008. 400pp. Publications, Essays Baltic Studies, Latvian
Kristīne Motivāne, G. Kjava. "Proficiency and Usage of Latvian Language in the Institutions of Higher Education. Results of Educational Reform." State Language Agency of Latvia:,2008. Publications, Essays Baltic Studies, Latvian, Language Pedagogy
Guntis Šmidchens. "National Heroic Narratives in the Baltics as a Source for Non-Violent Political Action." Slavic Review: Interdisciplinary Quarterly of Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies 66.3 (2007): 484-508. Publications, Essays Baltic Studies, Law and Political Thought
Aija Elg. "Suomen kielen ja kulttuurin lähde." Helsinki (Finnish as a foreign language course book for upper secondary schools). 2006. Publications, Essays Scandinavian Literature and Culture, Finnish, Language Pedagogy, Second Language Acquisition
Guntis Šmidchens. "Notes on the Latvian National Epic Hero, Lacplesis." Journal of Folklore Research 43.3 (2006): 271-280. Publications, Essays Baltic Studies, Latvian, Folklore and Mythology
Terje I. Leiren. ""Kong Karl eller 'President Konow.' Norway's Form of Government and the Pamphlet Debate in 1905." Scandinavians in Old and New Lands: Essays in Honor of H. Arnold Barton. Chicago: Swedish-American Historical Association, 2004. 71-82. Publications, Essays Scandinavian Area Studies, Norwegian, 20th Century, History
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. Publications, Essays Scandinavian Literature and Culture, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
Guntis Šmidchens. "Why Study Baltic Languages?" Newsnet: News of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. 2003. 25-27. Publications, Essays Baltic Studies, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian
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. Publications, Essays Scandinavian Literature and Culture, 20th Century, Film/Cinema
Andrew K. Nestingen. "Nostalgias and Their Publics: The Finnish Film Boom, 1999-2001." Scandinavian Studies 75.4 (2003): 539-566. Publications, Essays Scandinavian Literature and Culture, Film/Cinema
Andrew K. Nestingen. "Leaving Home: Global Circulation and Kaurismäki’s Ariel." Journal of Finnish Studies 6/1-2 (2002): 5-26. Publications, Essays Scandinavian Literature and Culture, Finnish
Ia Dübois. "Lars Gustafsson." Twentieth-Century Swedish Writers, Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol 257. Detroit: Gale Group, 2002. 115-130. Publications, Essays Swedish, 20th Century
Ia Dübois. "Katarina Frostenson." Twentieth-Century Swedish Writers, Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol 257. Detroit: Gale Group, 2002. 90-97. Publications, Essays Swedish, 20th Century
Christine Ingebritsen. "Europeanization and Cultural Identity: Two Worlds of Eco-Capitalism." Scandinavian Studies 73 (2001): 63-76. Publications, Essays Scandinavian Literature and Culture
Terje I. Leiren. "Pilgrimage and Propaganda: An American Newspapermen's Tour of Norway, 1927." Norwegian-American Studies, vol.35. Norwegian-American Historical Association: 2000. 197-216. Publications, Essays Scandinavian Area Studies, 20th Century, History
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. Publications, Essays Scandinavian Literature and Culture, Finnish, Language Pedagogy
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. Publications, Essays Scandinavian Literature and Culture, Language Pedagogy
Jan Sjåvik. "Reading Arne Garborg's Irony: Bondestudentar, Trætte mænd, Fred." Scandinavian Studies 27 (2000). Publications, Essays Scandinavian Literature and Culture
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. Publications, Essays Scandinavian Literature and Culture, Scandinavian Area Studies, Norwegian, 19th Century, Drama, History
Terje I. Leiren. "Catalysts to Disunion: Sigurd Ibsen and Ringeren, 1898-1899." Scandinavian Studies (1999): 297-310. Publications, Essays Scandinavian Area Studies, Norwegian, 19th Century, History
Ann-Charlotte Gavel Adams. "Guldmakaren och Ockultisten." Strindberg: Diktare och mångfrestare (ed. Margareta Brundin). Stockholm: Kungliga Biblioteket, 1999. 137-146. Publications, Essays Scandinavian Literature and Culture, Swedish
Terje I. Leiren. "The Land They Left Behind: Norway at the Time of Emigration." Family Sagas: Stories of Scandinavian Immigrants. Seattle: Scandinavian Language Institute, 1997. 201-210. Publications, Essays Scandinavian Area Studies, Norwegian, Race and Ethnicity, History
Terje I. Leiren. "Becoming Norwegian: Sigurd Ibsen in America, 1886-1888." Scandinavian Studies (1996): 188-202. Publications, Essays Scandinavian Area Studies, Norwegian, 19th Century, History
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. Publications, Essays Scandinavian Literature and Culture, Novel/Prose Fiction
Ia Dübois. "In Search of an Identity: The Heroic Quest in Lars Gustfsson's Fiction." Scandinavian Studies. 1995. Publications, Essays Scandinavian Literature and Culture, Novel/Prose Fiction