Dr. Liina-Ly Roos, Dr. Ida Moen Johnson, and Dr. Mary Hennessy
Madsen Room (1312 Van Hise) @ 12:00 pm CST
The discussion will focus on Liina-Ly Roos’s recent publication, The Not-Quite Child (University of Washington Press, 2025). The event will take the form of a conversation among three of our wonderful GNS colleagues: Dr. Liina-Ly Roos, Dr. …
Scandinavian Day at UW-Madison Celebrating 150 Years of Scandinavian Studies November 14th, 2025 For more information and registration, please go to: 150th Anniversary Celebration Join us for a day of seminars, tours, and performances celebrating …
1418 Van Hise @ 6:00 pm CDT - 7:30 pm CDT
Kathy Pomer, M.A. President & CEO GatherRound; Kate MacCrimmon, Ph.D. CEO & Founder Early Educators Exchange; Corrine Hendrickson Co-Founder, Wisconsin Early Childhood Action Needed Sponsors: Nordic (from GNS), European Studies, GatherRound, Mother Forward, Wisconsin Early …
1418 Van Hise @ 4:00 pm CDT - 5:00 pm CDT
Through a presentation of interrelated examples from a variety of Old Norse texts, this lecture focuses on the importance of reading across traditionally defined Old Norse genre boundaries in order to better understand how physical, sensory, and mental difference was named, experienced, and treated in medieval Iceland.
Allen Centennial Garden @ 12:00 pm CDT - 6:00 pm CDT
In partnership with Allen Centennial Garden, Norden Haus students will be raising a may pole, assisting with a flower-crown making workshop, and teaching (and learning) Scandinavian dances with music performed by Ph.D. student Cait Vitale-Sullivan. Cait will also be presenting Swedish herding music on stage.
A Room of One's Own Bookstore @ 2:00 pm CDT - 3:30 pm CDT
A conversation between Danish MP, Pelle Dragsted, and author of the book, Nordic Socialism: The Path Toward a Democratic Economy, and Dean Krouk, Professor of German, Nordic, and Slavic+ at UW-Madison. This event is presented …