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.
Scott Mellor Collaborates on a TED-Ed Video
Are you interested in Norse mythology? Faculty Associate Scott Mellor recently contributed to an informative TED-Ed video about the myth of Thor’s journey to Utgard, the land of the giants. Click to watch the Youtube …
Prof Claus Andersen Gives Interview on Scandinavian Culture
Prof Claus Andersen was recently interviewed by Fox 6 News Milwaukee to discuss Hygge. Hygge is a Danish concept to help alleviate winter blues and Andersen defines is as “pleasant togetherness”.
Mark Louden discusses Pennsylvania Dutch with Swissinfo.ch
“For hundreds of years, Pennsylvania Dutch and Swiss German have been spoken in America by the descendants of Swiss immigrants. How do these dialects compare with those spoken in Europe today?” Click to read Mark …
German Grads, Justin Court and Lucian Rothe, set mini-seminars
Have you ever caught yourself thinking: “Never have I ever taught a language course on fascinating topics, such as ‘German protest songs since 1945’, ‘Witches, Wolves, and Wanderlust’, or ‘Northern German dialects’? Well, sentences like …