Scandinavian Studies Newsletter, Spring 2025
IN THIS ISSUE:
– The 150th Anniversary of Scandinavian Studies
– A Timeline of Scandinavian Studies at UW-Madison
– Major Figures in the History of Scandinavian Studies at UW-Madison
– Interviews with UW-Madison Scandinavian Studies Emeriti
– A Collage of Photos from the Photo Archives of the Scandinavian Department
Mitteilungen aus Madison, 2024
IN THIS ISSUE:
– Great Opportunity for Graduate Students in Fall 2024: Ulrike Draesner on Campus as Max Kade Writer in Residence in the German Program
– In Memoriam: Robert DiDonato (1945–2024)
– Jost Hermand’s legacy: new audio files of interviews made available online
– In Memoriam: Joan Leffler (1949–2023)
– GDGSA Conference
– Spotlight on the Classroom: “Asiatische Diaspora”
– Spotlight on the Classroom: In return to Germany, Jewish refugee’s daughter confronts past, pushes for remembrance
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Scandinavian Studies Newsletter, Fall 2024
IN THIS ISSUE:
– The 150th Anniversary of Scandinavian Studies
– Talk Given at Conference in Lillehammer, September 2024
– Announcement of Degree Earners in December 2024
– Visit from Silje Solheim Karlsen
– Visit from Dr. Juliane Egerer
– New Article On Sea Fiction to Appear in Edda
– Recently Published: 24 Hours in the Viking World
– Fieldnotes: Holly McArthur in Iceland
– FINNFEST 2024
– Summer trip to Norwegian and Swedish sides of Sápmi with Ojibwe artists
– OUR SHARED WATERS
– Kolrosing artist Liesl Chapman’s visit to UW Madison
– American Folklore Society Annual Meeting
– HARVEST FESTIVAL
– Sámi Language Revitalization Brown Bag Lunch and Talk
– Project post-docs
– Interview with Scott Mellor, President of SASS
– Interview with alumnus of the program, Charles Frary
– Watch Cait Vitale-Sullivan demonstrating kulning at Fermentation Fest, 2021
Plus: see some of our favorite Nordic paintings, and faculty, staff, and graduate student updates!
Scandinavian Studies Newsletter, Spring 2024
IN THIS ISSUE:
– Dinner with Liesl Chatman, Folk Artist-in-Residence
– Folklorists at the American Swedish Institute’s Midwinter Folk Fest
– Upcoming Events from the Sustaining Scandinavian Folk Arts in the Upper Midwest Project
– “Sigrid and the Sagas: Norway’s Golden Past in the Writings of Sigrid Undset”
– Wahlstrom Workshop
– Dr. Sallie Anna Pisera’s Outreach Initiatives
– SASS 2024
– Karen Keenan’s Hairwork Workshop
– New Book Release: Knausgård and the Autofictional Novel (December 2023) By Claus Elholm Andersen
– Wisconsin Folksong Collection Added to the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry
– Remembering Professor Emeritus Richard (Dick) Ringler
– Lowell Brower Now a Permanent Member of Folklore Teaching Faculty
– Abroad in Denmark
– Carrie Ann Danielson on Music, the Midwest, and Nordic Connections
Plus a congratulations to students earning certificates and degrees from our programs, as well as graduate students who received fellowships and scholarships to support their work, and faculty, grad, and staff pet updates!
Scandinavian Studies Newsletter, Fall 2023
IN THIS ISSUE:
– Indigenous Capacity-Building
– 2023 Folk Artist-in-Residence Liesl Chatman
– An Autumn Afternoon with N.F.S. Grundtvig
– Symposium on (Im)migration and Indigeneity
– Icelandic Heritage in North America: A New Book and Lecture
– Faculty and Students Visit IKEA
– Swede Home Chicago
– UW Instructors at Norway Seminar 2023: The Old and the New
– Harvest Folk Festival
– Fieldnotes
– Rasmus Bjørn Anderson: The Hub of Norwegian-American Life
Plus alumni, faculty, and graduate student updates!
Mitteilungen aus Madison, 2023
IN THIS ISSUE:
– Welcoming Two New Faculty Members
– Alumni Reception in Montreal
– Graduate Conference “Environments in German and Dutch Studies”
– Art Works Donated by Jost Hermand on Exhibition at the Chazen Museum
– From Berlin to Madison: Jürgen Kuttner Brings the (Classroom) Drama
– Geschichte und Geschichten: Reading History Through the Lens of the Leo Family
– Stockwerk Deutsch
– Academic Year in Freiburg 60+3 year Anniversary Reunion
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Scandinavian Studies Newsletter, 2022-2023
IN THIS ISSUE:
– Indigenous Wisconsin-Sámi Sharing
– Ojibwe Winter Games at UW–Madison
– A Pair of Stimulating Talks by Henrik Berggren
– Circumnavigating Iceland with UW–Madison Alumni
– The Memory and Memorialization of World War II in Norway
– Nordic Goodies
– New Book | Pious Fictions and Pseudo-Saints in the Late Middle Ages: Selected Legends from an Icelandic Legendary
– New Book | My Father’s War: Confronting Norway’s Nazi Past
– Dissertation | Women’s Sexual Health in Late Medieval Denmark and Norway
– Dissertation | IKEA Fictions
Plus alumni, faculty, and graduate student updates!
Mitteilungen aus Madison, 2022
IN THIS ISSUE:
– Jost Hermand’s Legacy
– 52nd International Wisconsin Workshop in Honor of Marc Silberman: “Dis/Continuities: German Studies and Beyond”
– Max Kade Writer-in-Residence: Tanja Dückers, Berlin
– From Berlin to the Midwest: Welcoming Julia Goetze
– 52nd International Wisconsin Workshop in Honor of Marc Silberman: “Dis/Continuities: German Studies and Beyond”
– Max Kade Writer-in-Residence: Tanja Dückers, Berlin
– From Berlin to the Midwest: Welcoming Julia Goetze
– Celebrating 60+ Years of Junior Year/Academic Year in Freiburg
– Dr. Karl Oskar and Theodora Pisk Award: Aaron Greenberg
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Scandinavian Studies Newsletter, 2021-2022
IN THIS ISSUE:
– Vikings and Video Games
– Cultural Connections and Wahlstrom Workshop
– New Book | The Making of an Antifascist: Nordahl Grieg between the World Wars
– Musician-in-Residence Beth Hoven Rotto Comes to UW-Madison
– New Book | Culture Work: Folklore for the Public Good
– New Norwegian Lecturer: Ida Moen Johnson
– New Book | Vikings: An Encyclopedia of Conflict, Invasions, and Raids
– Graduate Student Abroad – Mirva Johnson
– SSFAUM Capacity-Building Grant
– National Danish Book Club & Literary Event Series
– Nordic Filmmakers: A New Course Offered by Liina-Ly Roos
– Swede Home Chicago: Lost Sounds Recovered
Plus alumni, faculty, and graduate student updates!
Mitteilungen aus Madison, 2021
IN THIS ISSUE:
– Defining the Discipline – Remembering Jost Hermand
– Bringing the Turkish/Kurdish Experience to German+
– “A Community of Shared Values”: Sabine Gross Receives Hilldale Award
– Library Collections Enhancement Initiative Grant
– Bringing the Turkish/Kurdish Experience to German+
– “A Community of Shared Values”: Sabine Gross Receives Hilldale Award
– Library Collections Enhancement Initiative Grant
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Scandinavian Studies Newsletter, Spring 2021
IN THIS ISSUE:
– HEAL Grant
– Congratulations Todd Michelson-Ambelang
– Nordic World Series at UW Press
– Norwegian Heritage Learning
– Sámi National Day at Nordic National Museum
– Research in 2020: The Very Edge of Fiction
– Research and Teaching in 2020: Susan Brantly
– Alumni Updates: Carrie Roy, Ph.D. and Dr. John Francis Eason III
– SSFAUM and FinnFest
– Nete Schmidt Retires
– Norwegian Literary Translations
– Saints and Their Legacies in Medieval Iceland
– Teaching During COVID-19
– Frode Helland Lecture
– An Icelandic Literary Florilegium
Mitteilungen aus Madison, 2020
IN THIS ISSUE:
– Jost Hermand at 90: A Living Legend
– Losing a Famed and Fabled Colleague
– A Student Perspective on the Pandemic
– Diversity in German
– Losing a Famed and Fabled Colleague
– A Student Perspective on the Pandemic
– Diversity in German
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Scandinavian Studies Newsletter, Fall 2020
IN THIS ISSUE:
– Research in the Time of COVID
– Updates from Norden
– Welcome Benjamin Mier-Cruz
– Welcome Liina-Ly Roos
– Notes from Our Alumni: Hilary-Joy Virtanen, Laura Jacobson Øraker, and Eva Branson
– New Grant for Scandinavian Folk Arts
– Knausgård Beyond Autofiction
– Peggy Hager Retires
– Study Abroad Year in Sweden…or What Was Supposed to be a Year
– Updates from Norden
– Welcome Benjamin Mier-Cruz
– Welcome Liina-Ly Roos
– Notes from Our Alumni: Hilary-Joy Virtanen, Laura Jacobson Øraker, and Eva Branson
– New Grant for Scandinavian Folk Arts
– Knausgård Beyond Autofiction
– Peggy Hager Retires
– Study Abroad Year in Sweden…or What Was Supposed to be a Year
We currently only offer an online version of the Scandinavian Studies Newsletter, however, if you would like a hard copy please reach out to the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic+’s main office.
Scandinavian Studies Newsletter, Spring 2020
IN THIS ISSUE:
– Congratulations, Dean Krouk!
– New Publication from GNS Chair Thomas A. DuBois
– Danish Author Carsten Jensen Visits Campus
– Amber Rose Cederström Joins University of Wisconsin Press Staff
– 2020 Wahlstrom Nordic Workshop
– Alumni Update: David Natvig
– Alumni Update: Lucas Annear
– Symposium on “Saints and Spirituality in Medieval and Early Modern Iceland”
– Graduate Student Abroad: Tristan Mueller-Vollmer
– New Publication from GNS Chair Thomas A. DuBois
– Danish Author Carsten Jensen Visits Campus
– Amber Rose Cederström Joins University of Wisconsin Press Staff
– 2020 Wahlstrom Nordic Workshop
– Alumni Update: David Natvig
– Alumni Update: Lucas Annear
– Symposium on “Saints and Spirituality in Medieval and Early Modern Iceland”
– Graduate Student Abroad: Tristan Mueller-Vollmer
We currently only offer an online version of the Scandinavian Studies Newsletter, however, if you would like a hard copy please reach out to the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic+’s main office.
Mitteilungen aus Madison, 2019
IN THIS ISSUE:
– Freiburg 2–Year Reunion
– Two Distinguished Recent Emeriti
– From West Point to Madison
– Two Distinguished Recent Emeriti
– From West Point to Madison
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Scandinavian Studies Newsletter, Fall 2019
IN THIS ISSUE:
– Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study
– Finnish Folk Band Tallari and Songs of the Finnish Migration
– Näbbeboda Fellowship for Grad Student Elliott Brandsma
– Circumnavigating Iceland with UW–Madison Alumni
– Visiting Scholar Mattias Pirholt
– UW-Madison at the Scandinavian Fest in New Berlin, Wisconsin
– Repatriating Signe’s Songs
– Danish Politicians Visit Madison
– New Research on Anti-Fascism in Norwegian Literature and Culture
– Capital Punishment in Early Modern Iceland
– Fulbright Finnish Language and Culture Teacher
– Finnish Folk Band Tallari and Songs of the Finnish Migration
– Näbbeboda Fellowship for Grad Student Elliott Brandsma
– Circumnavigating Iceland with UW–Madison Alumni
– Visiting Scholar Mattias Pirholt
– UW-Madison at the Scandinavian Fest in New Berlin, Wisconsin
– Repatriating Signe’s Songs
– Danish Politicians Visit Madison
– New Research on Anti-Fascism in Norwegian Literature and Culture
– Capital Punishment in Early Modern Iceland
– Fulbright Finnish Language and Culture Teacher
We currently only offer an online version of the Scandinavian Studies Newsletter, however, if you would like a hard copy please reach out to the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic+’s main office.
Scandinavian Studies Newsletter, Spring 2019
IN THIS ISSUE:
– Visiting Scholars in Madison: Tobias Berglund and Elizabeth Peterson
– GRAMMY Nomination for Professor Jim Leary
– Graduate Students and Awards
– Ojibwe Winter Games
– GNS Alumni Updates
– Sustaining Scandinavian Folk Art in the Upper Midwest’s Show of Hands: Art in Education
– GRAMMY Nomination for Professor Jim Leary
– Graduate Students and Awards
– Ojibwe Winter Games
– GNS Alumni Updates
– Sustaining Scandinavian Folk Art in the Upper Midwest’s Show of Hands: Art in Education
We currently only offer an online version of the Scandinavian Studies Newsletter, however, if you would like a hard copy please reach out to the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic+’s main office.
Past Newsletters
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Scandinavian Studies 2018
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Scandinavian Studies 2017
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Scandinavian Studies 2016
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Scandinavian Studies 2015
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Scandinavian Studies 2014
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Scandinavian Studies 2013
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Scandinavian Studies 2012
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Scandinavian Studies 2011
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