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 …
Past Events Category: Scandinavian Studies 150th Anniversary
The Danish Universal Child Care Model: Child Care for Every Child!
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 …
Reading Disability in Old Norse Literature with Dr. Natalie Van Deusen (University of Alberta)
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.
Harvest Folk Festival
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.