Past Event Category: Scandinavian Studies 150th Anniversary
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Nov 14Scandinavian Day at UW-Madison
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 the Nordic Unit at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, followed by a festive Scandinavian-inspired buffet dinner in the Fluno Center. Scandinavian …
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Oct 28The Danish Universal Child Care Model: Child Care for Every Child!
1418 Van Hise
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 Childhood Action Needed, National Association for Family Child Care This event is free and open to the public.
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Oct 9Reading Disability in Old Norse Literature with Dr. Natalie Van Deusen (University of Alberta)
1418 Van Hise
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.
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Oct 4Harvest Folk Festival
Allen Centennial Garden
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.