Event Category: Nordic Events
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Oct 16Cultural Fibers: Folk Art in Conversation, Featuring Lesley Darling
Lesley Darling
L150, Conrad A. Elvehjem Building, 800 University Ave., Madison, WI 53706
Join the Nordic Folklife project for a wide-ranging conversation with celebrated fiber artist Lesley Darling, current MA candidate in Material Culture and Textile Studies at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Darling will speak about the scope and nature of her work, and answer questions about her perspectives on traditional art, sustainability, folk art pedagogy, place, and …
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Oct 16Barn Dance at The Old Barn on Capitol View
Featuring Foot-Notes of Decorah, Iowa, and the ScandiAm Jam of Madison, Wisconsin
The Old Barn, 4796 Capitol View Rd, Middleton, WI 53562
Sponsored by CSUMC, GNS+, Folklore Program, Nordic Folklife. This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided. For more information, www.folklife.wisc.edu
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Oct 27Think Blue: How Literary History Can Prepare Us For a Wetter World
Søren Frank, Professor, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
1312 Van Hise
More information to come!
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Feb 24“The Predicament of Privilege” Book Talk
Devika Sharma, Associate Professor of Modern Culture at the University of Copenhagen
TBD
Devika Sharma, Associate Professor of Modern Culture at the University of Copenhagen will be talking about her book, The Predicament of Privilege: Inequality and Ambivalence in Contemporary Scandinavian Culture(University of Washington Press, 2026). This event is co-sponsored by GNS+ and the department of European Studies. More information TBD.