Newsletters

IN THIS ISSUE:
– Dinner with Liesl Chatman, Folk Artist-in-Residence

– Folklorists at the American Swedish Institute’s Midwinter Folk Fest

– Upcoming Events from the Sustaining Scandinavian Folk Arts in the Upper Midwest Project

– “Sigrid and the Sagas: Norway’s Golden Past in the Writings of Sigrid Undset”

– Wahlstrom Workshop

– Dr. Sallie Anna Pisera’s Outreach Initiatives

– SASS 2024

– Karen Keenan’s Hairwork Workshop

– New Book Release: Knausgård and the Autofictional Novel (December 2023) By Claus Elholm Andersen

– Wisconsin Folksong Collection Added to the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry

– Remembering Professor Emeritus Richard (Dick) Ringler

– Lowell Brower Now a Permanent Member of Folklore Teaching Faculty

– Abroad in Denmark

– Carrie Ann Danielson on Music, the Midwest, and Nordic Connections

IN THIS ISSUE:
– Indigenous Capacity-Building

– 2023 Folk Artist-in-Residence Liesl Chatman

– An Autumn Afternoon with N.F.S. Grundtvig

– Symposium on (Im)migration and Indigeneity

– Icelandic Heritage in North America: A New Book and Lecture

– Faculty and Students Visit IKEA

– Swede Home Chicago

– UW Instructors at Norway Seminar 2023: The Old and the New

– Harvest Folk Festival

– Fieldnotes

– Rasmus Bjørn Anderson: The Hub of Norwegian-American Life

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Plus alumni, faculty, and graduate student updates!

– Welcoming Two New Faculty Members

– Alumni Reception in Montreal

– Graduate Conference “Environments in German and Dutch Studies”

– Art Works Donated by Jost Hermand on Exhibition at the Chazen Museum

– From Berlin to Madison: Jürgen Kuttner Brings the (Classroom) Drama

– Geschichte und Geschichten: Reading History Through the Lens of the Leo Family

– Stockwerk Deutsch

– Academic Year in Freiburg 60+3 year Anniversary Reunion

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IN THIS ISSUE:
– Indigenous Wisconsin-Sámi Sharing
– Ojibwe Winter Games at UW–Madison
– A Pair of Stimulating Talks by Henrik Berggren
– Circumnavigating Iceland with UW–Madison Alumni
– The Memory and Memorialization of World War II in Norway
– Nordic Goodies
– New Book | Pious Fictions and Pseudo-Saints in the Late Middle Ages: Selected Legends from an Icelandic Legendary
– New Book | My Father’s War: Confronting Norway’s Nazi Past
– Dissertation | Women’s Sexual Health in Late Medieval Denmark and Norway
– Dissertation | IKEA Fictions

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Plus alumni, faculty, and graduate student updates!

– Jost Hermand’s Legacy
– 52nd International Wisconsin Workshop in Honor of Marc Silberman: “Dis/Continuities: German Studies and Beyond”
– Max Kade Writer-in-Residence: Tanja Dückers, Berlin
– From Berlin to the Midwest: Welcoming Julia Goetze

– Celebrating 60+ Years of Junior Year/Academic Year in Freiburg

– Dr. Karl Oskar and Theodora Pisk Award: Aaron Greenberg

If you would like to be added to our mailing list for a hard copy of the Mitteilungen aus Madison please contact us at info@gns.wisc.edu.

IN THIS ISSUE:
– Vikings and Video Games
– Cultural Connections and Wahlstrom Workshop
– New Book | The Making of an Antifascist: Nordahl Grieg between the World Wars
– Musician-in-Residence Beth Hoven Rotto Comes to UW-Madison
– New Book | Culture Work: Folklore for the Public Good
– New Norwegian Lecturer: Ida Moen Johnson
– New Book | Vikings: An Encyclopedia of Conflict, Invasions, and Raids
– Graduate Student Abroad – Mirva Johnson
– SSFAUM Capacity-Building Grant
– National Danish Book Club & Literary Event Series
– Nordic Filmmakers: A New Course Offered by Liina-Ly Roos
– Swede Home Chicago: Lost Sounds Recovered

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Plus alumni, faculty, and graduate student updates!

– Defining the Discipline – Remembering Jost Hermand
– Bringing the Turkish/Kurdish Experience to German+
– “A Community of Shared Values”: Sabine Gross Receives Hilldale Award
– Library Collections Enhancement Initiative Grant

If you would like to be added to our mailing list for a hard copy of the Mitteilungen aus Madison please contact us at info@gns.wisc.edu.

IN THIS ISSUE:
– HEAL Grant
– Congratulations Todd Michelson-Ambelang
– Nordic World Series at UW Press
– Norwegian Heritage Learning
– Sámi National Day at Nordic National Museum
– Research in 2020: The Very Edge of Fiction
– Research and Teaching in 2020: Susan Brantly
– Alumni Updates: Carrie Roy, Ph.D. and Dr. John Francis Eason III
– SSFAUM and FinnFest
– Nete Schmidt Retires
– Norwegian Literary Translations
– Saints and Their Legacies in Medieval Iceland
– Teaching During COVID-19
– Frode Helland Lecture
– An Icelandic Literary Florilegium

– Jost Hermand at 90: A Living Legend
– Losing a Famed and Fabled Colleague
– A Student Perspective on the Pandemic
– Diversity in German

If you would like to be added to our mailing list for a hard copy of the Mitteilungen aus Madison please contact us at info@gns.wisc.edu.

– Research in the Time of COVID
– Updates from Norden
– Welcome Benjamin Mier-Cruz
– Welcome Liina-Ly Roos
– Notes from Our Alumni: Hilary-Joy Virtanen, Laura Jacobson Øraker, and Eva Branson
– New Grant for Scandinavian Folk Arts
– Knausgård Beyond Autofiction
– Peggy Hager Retires
– Study Abroad Year in Sweden…or What Was Supposed to be a Year

We currently only offer an online version of the Scandinavian Studies Newsletter, however, if you would like a hard copy please reach out to the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic+’s main office.

– Congratulations, Dean Krouk!
– New Publication from GNS Chair Thomas A. DuBois
– Danish Author Carsten Jensen Visits Campus
– Amber Rose Cederström Joins University of Wisconsin Press Staff
– 2020 Wahlstrom Nordic Workshop
– Alumni Update: David Natvig
– Alumni Update: Lucas Annear
– Symposium on “Saints and Spirituality in Medieval and Early Modern Iceland”
– Graduate Student Abroad: Tristan  Mueller-Vollmer

We currently only offer an online version of the Scandinavian Studies Newsletter, however, if you would like a hard copy please reach out to the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic+’s main office.

– Freiburg 2–Year Reunion
– Two Distinguished Recent Emeriti
– From West Point to Madison

If you would like to be added to our mailing list for a hard copy of the Mitteilungen aus Madison please contact us at info@gns.wisc.edu.

– Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study
– Finnish Folk Band Tallari and Songs of the Finnish Migration
– Näbbeboda Fellowship for Grad Student Elliott Brandsma
– Circumnavigating Iceland with UW–Madison Alumni
– Visiting Scholar Mattias Pirholt
– UW-Madison at the Scandinavian Fest in New Berlin, Wisconsin
– Repatriating Signe’s Songs
– Danish Politicians Visit Madison
– New Research on Anti-Fascism in Norwegian Literature and Culture
– Capital Punishment in Early Modern Iceland
– Fulbright Finnish Language and Culture Teacher

We currently only offer an online version of the Scandinavian Studies Newsletter, however, if you would like a hard copy please reach out to the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic+’s main office.

– Visiting Scholars in Madison: Tobias Berglund and Elizabeth Peterson
– GRAMMY Nomination for Professor Jim Leary
– Graduate Students and Awards
– Ojibwe Winter Games
– GNS Alumni Updates
– Sustaining Scandinavian Folk Art in the Upper Midwest’s Show of Hands: Art in Education

We currently only offer an online version of the Scandinavian Studies Newsletter, however, if you would like a hard copy please reach out to the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic+’s main office.