On August 4, 2017, Manon van de Water, Vilas-Phipps Distinguished Achievement Professor and Director of Theatre for Youth at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Chair of the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic received the Judith …
Assistant Prof. Dean Krouk Publishes new book
In September 2017 Dean published “Fascism and Modernist Literature in Norway” Per the publishers site: Fascism and Modernist Literature in Norway illuminates the connections between literature and politics in interwar Europe. Focusing on the works …
Scandinavian Studies on Broadway
Ibsen’s A Doll’s House (1879) is probably Scandinavia’s most famous play, having reached audiences around the world in a myriad of languages. Several attempts have been made to figure out what becomes of Nora after …
Prof. Sonja Klocke and Emeritus Prof. Marc Silberman published in “Imaginations”
Prof. Sonja Klocke and Emeritus Prof. Marc Silberman recently published articles in the Journal of Cross-Cultural Image Studies, “Imaginations”. Marc was also the Guest Editor for the Journal. The 9 articles are revised papers from …
Prof. Susan Brantly publishes new book.
Prof. Susan Brantly recently authored: The Historical Novel, Transnationalism, and the Postmodern Era. This volume explores the genre of the historical novel and the variety of ways in which writers choose to represent the past. …
Venkat Mani receives Kellett Faculty Research Award
B. Venkat Mani researches and teaches migration: of human beings and forms of refuge and exile, and migration of ideas through libraries, books, and digital media. He is the author of Cosmopolitical Claims (2007) and …
Prof. Manon van de Water selected for AATE Research Award
Manon van de Water, Professor and Chair for the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic, has been selected to receive AATE’s Judith Kase Cooper Honorary Research Award in recognition of her lifetime of significant contributions …
David Danaher Interviewed on Czech Radio
From the interview page: Sunday was the fifth anniversary of the death of Václav Havel, the Czech dissident who led the Velvet Revolution and went on to spend nearly 13 years as president. But before …
Harald Naess, Prof. Emeritus in Scandinavian Studies, dies.
Professor Emeritus Harald Naess was the guiding force of the Scandinavian Studies Department for 32 years, from 1959 until his retirement in 1991. He was the fourth Norwegian professor in the Department’s long history, succeeding …
Jim Leary, Emeritus, wins 2016 ARSC Awards for Excellence
The Association for Recorded Sound Collections gives awards to authors of books, articles or recording liner notes, recognizing those who have published outstanding work in recorded sound research.