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Making the Most of Winter

Posted on January 7, 2020
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Are you making the most out of your winter? GNS professor Claus E. Andersen talked to NBC15 News about the idea of “hygge” and what it means to embrace the winter months instead of fighting them.

Check out the full story at https://www.nbc15.com/content/news/Making-the-most-of-winter-566742801.html

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Upcoming GNS Events

Feb
3
Wed
5:30 pm Swedish Language Table @ Zoom
Swedish Language Table @ Zoom
Feb 3 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Swedish Language Table @ Zoom
Hej och välkommen till vår svenska samtalszoom för höstterminen! Alla språknivåer är välkomna att gå med varannan vecka på onsdag kl 17:30 CT. Vi ses! Om du har frågor kan du skicka e-post till Kendall …
Feb
17
Wed
5:30 pm Swedish Language Table @ Zoom
Swedish Language Table @ Zoom
Feb 17 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Swedish Language Table @ Zoom
Hej och välkommen till vår svenska samtalszoom för höstterminen! Alla språknivåer är välkomna att gå med varannan vecka på onsdag kl 17:30 CT. Vi ses! Om du har frågor kan du skicka e-post till Kendall …
Feb
18
Thu
12:30 pm Sabine Hark (TU-Berlin): The Fut... @ Sociology of Gender Brownbag / Dept of Gender and Women's Studies (online)
Sabine Hark (TU-Berlin): The Fut... @ Sociology of Gender Brownbag / Dept of Gender and Women's Studies (online)
Feb 18 @ 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Sabine Hark is a German feminist and sociologist. She is Professor of Interdisciplinary Women and Gender Research at the Technical University of Berlin. She will discuss her recently co-authored book “Unterscheiden und Herrschen”, now available …
Feb
27
Sat
11:00 am Finnish American Music Series: R... @ Zoom
Finnish American Music Series: R... @ Zoom
Feb 27 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Finnish American Music Series: Ralph and Jaana Tuttila, with Tom DuBois and Marcus Cederström @ Zoom
Ralph and Jaana Tuttila discuss Finnish-American music and dance in the Upper Midwest and perform songs from the Songs of the Finnish Migration: A Bilingual Anthology (https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/5661.htm). Tom DuBois and Marcus Cederström, the book’s editors, offer insights …
Mar
3
Wed
12:00 pm “The Rhetoric of Racism in the N... @ Virtual Lecture
“The Rhetoric of Racism in the N... @ Virtual Lecture
Mar 3 @ 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
The speaker will be Professor Frode Helland, Dean of Humanities at the University of Oslo and author of the 2019 book Rasismens retorikk: studier i norsk offentlighet [The Rhetoric of Racism: Studies in the Norwegian …
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