Article in The Conversation: Bonfires, Maypoles and a saint’s day: How Europe celebrates the longest day of the year
Thomas DuBois recently published an article in The Conversation. You can read it here:
Thomas DuBois recently published an article in The Conversation. You can read it here:
November 11, 2019 Cross Section Essay, Non-Fiction No Comments By Jonathan Chang University of California, Los Angeles Heroes are subjective. According to scholar of epics Dean Miller, “the word ‘hero’ projects to us a kind of spurious solidity, so that we use it, and hear it used, as if it actually referred to a single cognitive …
November 11, 2019 Cross Section Essay, Non-Fiction No Comments By Michelle Peterson University of Wisconsin–Madison Published in 1969, Freezing Down introduces readers to the unique and futuristic life of a fiction editor named Bruno. Living in a time with technological advancements, individuals can choose to be “frozen down,” a process in which their lives are essentially frozen in …
November 11, 2019 Cross Section Essay, Non-Fiction No Comments By Jennifer Lien University of Wisconsin–Madison The immigration of the Viking pioneers to the North Atlantic islands was a period of expansive exploration, settlement, and colonization. Primary sources such as the King’s Mirror and Erik the Red’s Saga inform us about the lifestyles and the journeys of the Norse into the …
November 11, 2019 Cross Section Essay, Non-Fiction No Comments By Kourtney Juhl Minnesota State University, Mankato After finally gaining independence in 1905,[1] Norway had been a nation intent on building a national identity and relishing their freedom. The Norwegian Kingdom had successfully lived in peace, maintained neutrality through World War I, and hoped to remain neutral from …
November 11, 2019 Cross Section Essay, Non-Fiction No Comments By Ellen Robison University of Wisconsin–Madison Author and scholar Reza Aslan argues that “literature offers not just a window into the culture of diverse regions, but also the society, the politics; it’s the only place where we can keep track of ideas.”[1] Though Aslan lives and writes in …
Professor Thomas DuBois, Professor of Scandinavian Studies, Folklore, and Religious Studies, has published an article in The Conversation: “Scandinavia has its own dark history of assimilating Indigenous people, and churches played a role – but are apologizing”. The article is available to read here.
As she wraps up her senior year at UW–Madison, Cat Carroll is preparing for a journey unlike any other: a year-long global trek across seven countries to explore the human stories behind migration. Cat, a Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellow and IRIS NRC FLAS awardee, was recently named as the College of Letters & Science Wolff Fellow for 2025. The Wolff …
Graduating senior Catherine “Cat” Carroll (majors in journalism and mass communication, international studies and German with certificates in public policy, European studies, Middle East studies and Arabic language and culture) has been awarded a 2025 Reporting Fellowship by the Pulitzer Center. Carroll’s project “Critical Care: Two Nations, One Crisis, and the Race for Healthcare Workers” …
Following the 2025 Wisconsin Slavic Conference, the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus hosted another major Slavic event: a symposium on Polish literature and culture under the theme Beyond the Horizon. The symposium brought together Polish cultural scholars from across the United States and Canada—at various stages of their careers—who both engaged with established cultural models and …