What are your current and future research projects? My main research project right now is a book on Alexander Pushkin. Although I had been exposed to Pushkin’s works in one way or another from an …
Alice Volkov
What is the focus of your dissertation research? I’m in my first year here at UW-Madison, but hopefully my dissertation will be focused on translation of Russian poetry from Russian into English. One of my …
Our First Filmen Fredag
Norden House’s first official Filmen Fredag took place this past week in Adams. This week’s film was A Man Called Ove, a swedish dramatic comedy based on the worldwide best-selling novel. The story follows a …
Norway Summer Abroad Video Project
Bryce Gilder, a student of Peggy Hager, created this video diary of his adventures while studying abroad in Norway in the ISS Oslo Study Program. He filmed his experiences each day and used this project …
Meet Samantha
Hej hej! My name is Samantha Erickson, and I am a first-year student at UW-Madison. I am majoring in International Studies and Scandinavian studies and living in Norden House in Adams Residence Hall. I was …
Kokko and Aurinko: A Finnish-American Juhannus Festival
John Prusynski, Nordic Graduate Student of UW-Madison, wrote this feature for a photo essay in the summer fieldwork course: Folklore 490: Field Methods and the Public Presentation of Folklore in June of 2018. He talks …
Pamela Potter Interviewed About Her New Book
Pamela M. Potter, Professor of German at UW-Madison, recently published a new book called Art of Suppression: Confronting the Nazi Past in Histories of the Visual and Performing Arts (University of California Press, 2016). To …
2018 Community-University Partnership Awards
At the 2018 Community-University Partnership Awards, in which the collaboration between several of the members in GNS (Marcus, Colin, Tim Frandy (formerly of the department) and Thomas DuBois) along with partners at Lac du Flambeau …
Busting the Myth of the Underemployed, Unhappy Humanities Graduate
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) conducted a recent study, providing a view of the life-after-graduation of humanities students in terms of employment and financial expectations. The study confirms the prospects of a …
Ian McQuistion (PhD), German literature, Awarded Fulbright
Ian McQuistion (PhD) was one of 10 UW-Madison finalists that has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant for study/research abroad.