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  • Michael Biggins
    Baltic and Nordic Studies Librarian, University Libraries
  • Christine Ingebritsen
    Professor Emerita
  • Violeta Kelertas
    Affiliate Professor
  • Andy Meyer
    Andy Meyer
    Assistant Teaching Professor of Norwegian
  • Jan Sjåvik
    Professor Emeritus
  • Photo of Guntis Smidchens
    Guntis Šmidchens
    Kazickas Family Endowed Professor in Baltic Studies; Associate Professor of Baltic Studies; Head, Baltic Studies Program

News

  • Ian Gwin Named Nadia Christensen Scholar, 2025-6 (June 17, 2025)
  • Office Service Hours (June 21, 2022)
  • 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)
  • Assistant Teaching Professor Lauren Poyer to join new "Humanities First" initiative (May 21, 2020)
  • Jan Store - A New Future for Europe lecture (December 5, 2019)
  • Pétur Valsson receives Nadia Christensen Award for Excellence in Nordic Studies, 2019-20, for Lars von Trier research (September 9, 2019)
  • Indigenous Sámi Culture and Connection to the Land in Arctic Europe (January 6, 2016)
  • EU Ambassador To the United States Visits the Department of Scandinavian Studies (October 19, 2015)
  • Helen S. Blair  Memorial Scholarship Fund (January 29, 2013)

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Box 353420
Seattle, WA 98195-3420

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