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Department of Scandinavian Studies

Message from the Chair Terje Leiren

Celebrating the centennial of its founding is a significant milestone for any institution, no less an academic department at a major research university. Since its establishment by an act of the State Legislature in 1909, the Department of Scandinavian Studies has grown and prospered, largely due to the dedication of its faculty and staff and the excellent character and quality of its students. To com- memorate the milestone, several celebratory events, including lectures, dinners, special programs, and conferences are being scheduled between now and the summer of 2010. Please stay in touch with us, check our departmental website, and plan to attend as many events as you can over the next two years.

Of course, at the heart of what we do in the Department is teaching and scholarship. Cutting-edge research and innovative teaching enhance and broaden our knowledge about, and appreciation of, the Nordic region. Our comprehensive language programs and wide range of course offerings focusing on the five and the three Baltic countries make the Department unique in the world. The UW is the only North American university that regularly teaches Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian. In 2009–2010, we will celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Baltic Studies program.

By its very nature, the teaching at a research university is informed by the research of its teachers. All of the faculty in the Department of Scandinavian Studies are active scholars who bring their

spring 2008 research back into the classroom, whether it be for a graduate seminar on literary theory, a discus- sion of Strindberg’s , a broad introductory course on Scandinavian culture, or an advanced undergraduate course on the cinematic expressions of Scandinavian attitudes about sexuality or crime fiction. Faculty engagement in public lectures and programs helps to bring this research to the broader community.

Like all institutions, the Department experienced several milestones over the past year, some were joyous and some were sad. It was with great sadness that we learned of the death of our wonderful colleague Associate Professor Emeritus of Swedish, Lars Gunnar Warme, who passed away after a long illness on October 4, 2007, at the age of 78. His love for teaching and respect for his students served as an example for us all. He will be missed.

The end of the 2007–2008 academic year also brings to a close the long and successful teaching career of Professor Patricia Conroy who will retire in June after serving the Department for thirty-six years. Pat has been the mainstay of our and Medieval program who also contributed regularly to instruction. She was Chair of the Department from 1990 to 1995 when

continued page 3 faculty EMERITI FACULTY

Klaus Brandl, Senior Lecturer A. Gerald Anderson, Instructor Ph.D., 1991, University of Texas, Austin; Henning Sehmsdorf, Associate Professor Foreign language pedagogy, applied linguistics, computer assisted language learning Birgitta Steene, Professor Patricia Conroy, Associate Professor Ph.D., 1974, University of California, Berkeley; ADJUNCT/AFFILIATE FACULTY Philology, Medieval literature, Old Icelandic, Danish Sarah Bryant-Bertail, Adjunct Associate Professor language and literature Ph.D., 1986, ; Dramatic Ia Dübois, Senior Lecturer criticism, semiotics, feminist theatre Ph.D., 1991, ; Swedish Peter Cohan, Adjunct Assistant Professor language and literature, Scandinavian poetry MFA, 1977, Northern University; M.Arch., 1984, Lotta Gavel Adams, Professor University of Washington, Scandinavian Architecture Ph.D., 1990, University of Washington; Katherine Hanson, Affiliate Associate Professor and literature, Strindberg, Ph.D., 1978, University of Washington; Scandinavian women’s literature 19th and 20th century , Iveta Grinberga, Visiting Lecturer Norwegian women writers Mag. Philol., 2000, University of Latvia; Latvian Jens Lund, Affiliate Assistant Professor language and literature, Latvian culture Ph.D., 1983, Indiana University; Folklore, Christine Ingebritsen, Professor American Studies Ph.D., 1993, Cornell University; International relations, Brian Magnusson, Affiliate Assistant Professor comparative politics, European studies Ph.D., 1988, University of , Madison; Karoliina Kuisma, Visiting Lecturer North European archeology, art and architecture, M.A., 1999, University of ; Finnish language Nordic-Americana in the Pacific Northwest and literature, Finnish culture Paul Norlen, Affiliate Assistant Professor Terje Leiren, Professor, Chair Ph.D., 1995, University of Washington; Ph.D., 1978, University of North Texas; Scandinavian Swedish language and literature history, immigration,

Scandinavian Studies Scandinavian Studies Tiina Nunnally, Auxilliary Faculty , M.A., 1976, University of Wisconsin; Translation, Andrew Nestingen, Associate Professor fiction writing, publishing, Scandinavian literature Ph.D., 2001, University of Washington; Steven Pfaff, Adjunct Associate Professor Finnish Language and Literature, Cultural Ph.D. 1999, New York University; Sociology, Theory, Globalization Studies, Nordic (Scandinavian) Sociology of Religion, Comparative and Historical Cinema Sociology, Social Movements Jan Krogh Nielsen, Visiting Lecturer Sven H. Rossel, Affiliate Professor Cand. Mag., 2002, University of Copenhagen; M.A., Ph.D., 1964, Copenhagen (); 2003, ; Danish language and Danish language and literature, Scandinavian literature; Danish culture ballads, comparative literature, H.C. Andersen Jan Sjåvik, Professor Ph.D. 1979, ; ADVISORY BOARD Norwegian language and literature, prose fiction, literary theory Diane Adachi Richard Lundgren A. Gerald Anderson Lars Matthiesen Guntis Šmidchens, Assistant Professor Randi Aulie Barbara Morgridge Ph.D., 1996, Folklore Institute/Indiana University; Irena Blekys Kim Nesselquist Baltic languages, literature, culture, and history Pirkko Borland Daniel Nye (Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian); folklore Dale Carlson Elvi Olsson Marianne Stecher-Hansen, Associate Professor Esther Christoffersen Rick Peterson Ph.D., 1990, University of California, Berkeley; Danish Gunnar Damström Erik Pihl language and literature, historical narrative, H.C. David Endicott Katre Raidna Andersen, Isak Dinesen Syrene Forsman Paul Raidna Anni Fuller Andris Rogainis staff Jon Marvin Jonsson Thomas A. Stang Lars Jonsson Matti Suokko Katherine McDermott, Department Administrator Olaf Kvamme Jim Vatn Victor Lapatinskas Tina Swenson, Program Assistant Margit Weingarten

Willard Larson Norman Westerberg Baltic Studies

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A Message from the Chair (continued from cover)

she stepped down to focus on her teaching, something she and research collaboration. By its support, the Scan|Design pring 2008

does with a passion for excellence. Because retirement does Foundation has become an extremely important partner in s

not mean disappearance, Pat can teach two classes a year for developing major research collaboration between Denmark |

the next five years under terms of a faculty rehire program. and the Pacific Northwest. s Other news from the Department can be found in this Two endowed professorship appointments were also made d ie this year. Professor Ann-Charlotte Gavel Adams was appointed

newsletter, but let me conclude my message on a couple of tu positive and hopeful notes. Since bringing Finnish language the Barbro Osher Endowed Professor of Swedish Studies in s

and culture instruction into the Department in 1990, we have 2008 in recognition of her work in and cul- ian sought to establish a Finnish major. It is not simply a matter ture. As the Osher Endowed Professor, Gavel Adams will have v of desire, it also involves dealing with a rigorous vetting pro- added opportunities to develop her research and to facilitate cess that all new programs at the University of Washington an increased understanding and appreciation of in

must undergo. Though there are some hurdles yet to over- America. Professor Terje Leiren was appointed as the first d ina can s come, we are optimistic that a Finnish major will be in place Sverre Arestad Endowed Professor in Norwegian Studies in in the Fall, 2008. September, 2007. Established by a major private gift in honor of the late Professor Arestad who taught at the UW for over A similarly positive development which bodes well for the forty years, the Arestad Endowed Professorship supports long-term health of the Department is the wonderful news the teaching and research of the chair holder, but it also sup- that we could make three professorship appointments this ports students and visiting scholars and artists that enhance year. As the result of three extremely generous private gifts, Norwegian studies at the UW. the Department has appointed three members of the fac- ulty to special professorships. Marianne Stecher-Hansen So, as we approach our 100th birthday, we can look back with was appointed Scan|Design Foundation Term Professor in appreciation to the faculty, staff, students and friends of the Danish Studies in recognition of her dedication to, and work Department of Scandinavian Studies. Thank you, and please for, Danish studies. Her appointment ensures and enhances don’t forget to join us over the course of the next two years as continued cooperation between the UW and several Danish we celebrate the Department’s centennial and begin the jour- educational institutions through faculty and student exchanges ney of the next 100 years.

Meet Our Staff

Katherine McDermott Tina Swenson Department Administrator Program Assistant Katherine has served as the Scandinavian Department’s Tina recently joined the department as Program Assistant after Administrator for the past two years. Katherine’s introduction receiving her BA in Swedish from the University of Washington. to came at an early age when her father used to Tina’s parents emigrated from Sweden in the mid-1960s and tell “Herr Per” stories, which were tales about a Norwegian troll settled in Ballard. She grew up speaking Swedish and, for a who was transformed into a man by the love of a good woman. short time, attended a school for Swedish-speaking children on She spent her senior year of high school in Lund, Sweden at Saturdays. Traditions such as hunting for chanterelle mushrooms, which time she learned to speak Swedish, despite the excel- cross country skiing, and celebrating midsummer all became a lent English spoken by almost every Swede she met. In college, regular part of her life along with celebrating American tradi- Katherine studied mathematics and Chinese and later became tions such as the 4th of July and Halloween. In 1988, Tina lived in

Baltic Studies a high school math teacher. After several other detours, includ- while working in the human resources department ing a Masters in Public Administration and six months teaching at Postterminalen Stockholm Klara (the main mail terminal in English in Northern Iraq (2004), she is now happily ensconced in Stockholm). Tina has enjoyed getting to know the faculty, gradu- Raitt Hall, home to the Department of Scandinavian Studies. ate students and undergraduate students and is glad to be working with such wonderful people. 4 event

Dr. Hans Blix Delivers a Serious Message on Arms Buildup and Receives a Rock Star Welcome at the UW

pring 2008 B y L o t t a G a v e l a D a m s s

| It is a rare occurrence when rock star status is accorded Kofi Annan, a friend and former U.N. Secretary General who

s to a diplomat, especially one who is famous for his said that “the U.N. will not be able to take us to heaven, but

d ie forthrightness, his unswerving honesty, his integrity, hopefully it will help prevent us from going to hell.”

tu and his determination to fight for arms control and non-

s In addition to the public lecture and the graduate seminar, Dr. proliferation. But that was the case with Dr. Hans Blix, who Blix addressed the World Affairs Council Fellows at a breakfast th

ian ian visited campus on October 18 2007, at the invitation of

v meeting and gave a radio interview to the local NPR affili- the Department of Scandinavian Studies. The public lec- ate, KUOW. Dr. Blix was accompanied during the Seattle visit ture entitled “From a Cold War to a Cold Peace: Time for a by his wife, Eva Kettis, former Ambassador for Arctic Affairs Revival of Disarmament” was presented in recognition of in Sweden. The Blix visit to Seattle concluded with a din- d ina can the newly established Barbro Osher Endowed Professorship s ner cruise, which was hosted by Swedish Honorary Consul in Swedish Studies. Barbro and her husband, Bernard Osher, Lars Jonsson and attended by President Mark Emmert and were in attendance at the events surrounding the Blix visit. other dignitaries. It was not a surprise to us that Dr. Hans Blix was widely admired in the Scandinavian community and beyond, but the response to the lecture was overwhelming. The largest room in Kane Hall, which holds 700 people, sold out a month before the lecture. An adjacent 300-seat lecture hall where the audience could watch a simultaneous projection of the lecture served as a back-up for enthusiastic fans.

Dr. Blix earned his fame as the Executive Chairman of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission for Iraq from 2000 to 2003. In that capacity, he announced that his team had found no signs of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq – and that they had looked at every possible site (700 in all).

Dr. Blix’s message at his University of Washington lecture was strong and clear: There are no longer any significant ideological or territorial conflicts between the superpowers of the world that warrant a continued nuclear arms buildup. “We are sleepwalking into a new arms race,” said Blix. He argued for increased faith and reliance on the United Nations as our best hope for peace in the world. He quoted

Image provided courtesy of the UW Alumni Association and conversation he enjoyed so much. much. so enjoyed he conversation and company whose and enriched lives he whose world the around students former and many the friends and U.S., the and cousins inSweden several Warme Vargön, of Sweden, Shelagh and sister-in-law, and Olof by his brother is survived Lars his home. P-Patch near inthe countless hours spent he inretirement and Lars, for passion abiding an remained Gardening cook. gourmet and collector art an was Lars interests, to his scholarly addition In Walter Johnson Visiting Lectureship Fund. Lectureship Visiting Walter Johnson the and Professorship Endowed Sverre by the Arestad sponsored was Lecture Alumni Distinguished The Alaska. inAnchorage, Study Scandinavian of Advancement the for Society the of meeting annual ninety-eighth in the his participation Flatin’s included system. to Seattle visit education higher Norwegian the of parts for reforms organizational and policy educational national anew outlining Flatin Report” “the authored which Education Higher on commission Norwegian anational headed He Education. International for Association European the of establishment mover inthe prime the was and Education and Research Development, for Program Norwegian of the member founding He is a affairs. student and administration ineducational career a long began he School, Summer International the of Director as the of University at the aposition accepted UW. as well the of 1978, In Flatin University at the taught his graduation, Following he when work. and his life on navian studies Scandi of influence the of spoke he inwhich teacher, and alecture administrator presented education renowned internationally an Oslo,, of Flatin, and Washington of aresident inMarch. University Flatin (Ph.D., 1971),Kjetil the visited Lecturer, Alumni Distinguished 2008 Department’s the chosen Flatin, AlumniKjetil Lecturer Distinguished mentored by him as they wrote dissertations and established careers. His own publications include include publications own His careers. established and dissertations by wrote himas they mentored were students Many former classroom. the beyond far extended his teaching but Sciences, and Arts of College the from Writer (1984) the North of Swedish of AHistory and Literature In MemoriamIn A gifted and compassionate educator, Lars received an Excellence inTeaching Excellence an received educator, award compassionate and Lars A gifted Studiesin1976. Scandinavian of Department UW at the faculty the joining before years inVancouver Columbia two British for of PhD, University at the taught he his completing Berkeley. After California, of University at the 40 at age school graduate beginning Francisco inSan before School Cathedral at the taught and travel industry in1957 U.S. to the teacher, came year. Lars one for inthe to stay intending worked He school secondary as a certification at Lundand studies university Warme. After 12, October Svea of son 1928 the Joab born and Sweden, Småland, inOrrabäck, 4,2007. away October Washington, of passed was University atLars the Literature Comparative and Scandinavian of Emeritus Professor Warme, Associate Gunnar Lars (1928-2007) (1996), which he edited for University of Nebraska Press. Press. (1996), Nebraska of University for edited he which —

Lars G. Warme G. Lars Per Olof Sundman:Per Olof ­- 5 scandinavian studies | spring 2008 6 jonsson exchange

Report from Jonsson Exchange Student

Andrea MacPherson pring 2008 s This exchange means a great deal to me on both a personal I am currently taking business classes that will teach me the

| and academic level. Two years ago, during my third year of business and leadership skills needed for starting a non-

s studies at the University of Washington, I was diagnosed with profit organization. These classes include: Process View Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, which is cancer of the lymph on Management as well as Leadership and Culture. Also, d ie

tu nodes. I had to immediately put school on hold in order to since I am very interested in climate change, I am also tak- s go through treatment which included both chemotherapy ing the courses entitled Environmental Law and Economics

ian ian and radiation. At this point in my life, I had always thought and Flora och Fauna i ett klimat i förändring. I decided that v that studying abroad might be something I would like to do. instead of continuing Swedish Language courses while I am However, after my battle with cancer, I made a promise to here, that I would jump right in and take a class that is taught myself that as soon as I was healthy, I would go to Sweden. in Swedish. It has been a challenge for me, but I am loving

d ina can Now that I am here in Linköping, I feel that I have come every minute of it! s full circle. Studying here is also helping me accomplish the research needed in order to complete my Senior Thesis, which is about the programs and assistance available to cancer sur- vivors in the compared to in Sweden. This is very important for my future because I want to work in this field and improve the quality of life for other survivors like myself. Learning about this newly developed field on an international level really helps expand my horizons and allows me to make many more contacts in the cancer field, both in Sweden as well as other European countries.

UW students at Linköping University in Sweden: (L to R) Andrea MacPherson and Mary Swanson with an unidentified student

So Similar — and So Different!

Peter Andersson Senior Lecturer, Linköping University

As a Visiting Jonsson Family Lecturer during Fall quarter, I had the opportunity to teach an Economics class at the UW, generously hosted by Department of Scandinavian Studies. Teaching in Sweden and the USA is similar because science is truly global. We all have Power Point and whiteboards. Students are interested and ambi- tious — well, most of them.

As a teacher I was less regulated in the USA: curricula are not decided upon by the faculty board; teaching and assessment are left up to the teacher’s discretion.

Being an exchange teacher opened new perspectives. I found differences greater in society than at the uni- versity. Living everyday life allowed me to get below the surface and understand underlying values. I have returned to Sweden as a richer, more humble, and — maybe — more confused person. I am indeed thankful for the time at the Department of Scandinavian Studies. BALTIC stuhdeieads 7

Baltic Studies, from A to Ž pring 2008 s The Baltic Studies program has moved ahead on several ) gave two lectures on Estonian history. And in April, lively new projects. “We want to popularize Baltic literature Professors Bernd Henningsen (Humboldt University, Berlin) |

on campus and in the United States,” comments Guntis and Mai-Brith Schartau (University College of Södertörn, s Šmidchens, “and so this year we’re featuring authors from Sweden) arrived on campus for “Baltic Sea Region Information d ie

A to Ž (ž is the last letter of the alphabet in Latvian and Days.” They gave several lectures and hosted a well-attended tu Lithuanian), beginning in November with Aspazija, a fantastic information stand on the HUB lawn. In spring quarter, Vilnius s

Latvian feminist playwright, and concluding this spring with University Professor Meilutė Ramonienė visited campus to dis- ian Žemaitė, a founder of modern Lithuanian prose traditions.” cuss Lithuanian language proficiency testing, and lectured on v minority language education in . Aspazija was brought to life on campus by Dr. Baņuta Rubess, an internationally recognized playwright, director and d ina can scholar of , who lectured on the topics, “So s you want a revolution: Aspazija and her pen,” and “Fire and Erotica: Aspazija’s Silver Veil.” Rubess also participated in a screening of her newest film, “Escape from Troy,” and had Left to Right: Professors Mai-Brith Schartau (University College of Södertörn, lunch with the Seattle Latvian book club. Sweden) and Bernd Henningsen (Humboldt University, Berlin) on campus for Baltic Sea Region Information Days; Rubess promotional poster for the We have been happy to welcome a number of scholars centennial performance of Aspazija’s Silver Veil from the Baltic region this year: Mr. Silver Pramann (Estonia) was a visiting Humphrey scholar in the Evans School of Public Affairs; he was on campus this year in order to study American nongovernmental organizations. Latvian gradu- ate students Zigurds Greivulis and Aivis Grīslis came to Seattle through the Valle Exchange Program in the School of Engineering. Joerg Hackmann (University of Greifswald,

Kellogg Fellow: Translating a Lithuanian Classic

Thanks to a generous bequest by Bernice Kellogg, the Baltic Studies Program has begun a new, ambitious project: We plan to translate and publish a collection of short stories by the classic Lithuanian author, Julija Beniuševičiūtė-Žymantienė, (1845-1921), better known by her pseudonym, Žemaitė. Žemaitė is a founder of the Lithuanian prose fiction tradition, and a pivotal contributor to the emergence of feminist thought in Lithuania. Although her works are very well known in her native country, they remain largely unknown abroad.

In 2008, we proudly welcomed our first Bernice Kellogg Fellow, Professor Violeta Kelertas, Chair of Lithuanian Studies at the University of Illinois, Chicago, and author and editor of many books and articles about . She was in residence on campus during the winter and spring quarters, and presented several lectures about Lithuanian prose and problems of translation. “Ever since I translated one of Žemaitė’s short stories in my dissertation, I have always wanted to bring more of her work to the English-reading audience,” said Prof. Kelertas, “and I am very happy that this Fellowship gives me the opportunity to do so!” 8

Latvian Book Club : Books, Food, and Philanthropy pring 2008 s The Seattle Latvian Book Club was started in March of 2002,

| with the purpose of reading Latvian books and support-

s ing the Baltic Studies Program at the UW. At every meeting, each participant contributes $25 to the Baltic Program Fund. d ie

tu Donations add up: In the summer of 2007, total club contribu- s tions surpassed $10,000! Vaira Pelēķis Christopher, Baņuta Rubess, Robert Stacey (Divisional Dean, College of Arts and Sciences), Guntis Šmidchens (Assistant Professor of ian ian

v The group focuses on classical Latvian literature, and reads Baltic Studies), Molly Purrington (Associate Director of Development, about five books a year. Since some of the chosen books Humanities Division). are not readily available, a few copies have to be circulated among the members. At Christmastime, each member shares d ina can

s a favorite poem with the group.

Meetings usually take place on a Friday, from 11 am to 2 pm, in The University of Washington’s Office of Development invited other words, lunch time! Meals are related to the book they’re the group to campus in November of 2007, to celebrate the reading. Vaira Pelēķis Christopher, leader of the group, tells us club’s literary, culinary and philanthropic activities. For that that it has been fun to research and try out old Latvian recipes. meeting, they read the classic Latvian drama, “The Silver Veil.” When the book was set in 1920s Riga, for example, the table A special guest at the luncheon was Baņuta Rubess, who was set with old silverware, “fancy” open-faced sandwiches and directed the centennial anniversary performance of that play exquisite liqueur served in crystal glasses. Farm life in earlier in Riga. Professor Terje Leiren, Chair of the Department of centuries, on the other hand, was reenacted and consumed Scandinavian Studies, thanked the group and presented two with batviņi, served in a wooden bowl: Batviņi is quite easy to copies of a recent UW Press Publication, Danish Cookbooks. make in summertime: To a soup made with smoked meat and groats, add beet, sugarbeet and/or (preferably fresh) cabbage leaves, various vegetables, and chives. Serve with sour cream.

Grove Graduate Travel Fund Endowed

In the nearly eleven years since the untimely passing of Leslie Ann Grove (1960-1997), members of her family and the Scandinavian community have contributed to a memorial fund in Grove’s name. This year we are delighted to announce that this fund has been endowed by a very generous gift from Loo-Ann Grove, Leslie’s mother.

Leslie was an assistant professor of Norwegian language and culture at St. Olaf College and held a Ph.D. from the Department of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Washington. At the time of her passing, Leslie was married to Keith Moen and was mother to Henry and Sofia. The Leslie Ann Grove Fund for Graduate Student Travel will provide support in perpetuity for travel for Department graduate students. We are grateful to the Grove family for this opportunity to continue Leslie’s legacy of a love of language, literature, and teaching. head 9

Appointments Announced for Three New Professorships pring 2008 s Professor in Norwegian Studies in September, 2007. Ann-Charlotte Gavel Adams Appointed Barbro Osher Endowed Professor of Swedish Studies Established through a major private donation, the Sverre |

Arestad Endowed Professorship supports faculty and s Lotta Gavel Adams, Professor of Swedish studies and a special- students in the Department of Scandinavian Studies in ist on the writings of , has been appointed d ie

Norwegian studies and further serves to support important tu the Barbro Osher Endowed Professor of Swedish Studies. The s initiative that strengthen the Norwegian program. Leiren, appointment, following a formal vote by the UW Board of

appointed for a five-year term, specializes in Scandinavian ian

Regents, is for a five-year term. The Barbro Osher Endowed v and Scandinavian-American history with an emphasis on Professorship was established with a major gift from the nineteenth century Norway. His most recent publication, Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation and its President and Selected Plays of Marcus Thrane, was published in 2007 by the founder Ms. Barbro Osher. University of Washington Press and the Norwegian-American d ina can s Gavel Adams has published two well-received critical textual Historical Association. editions of Strindberg’s Inferno and Legender in the Swedish National Edition of Strindberg’s Collected Works. She is Marianne Stecher-Hansen Appointed also the editor of a Dictionary of Literary Biography edition Scan|Design Foundation Term Professor of Twentieth Century Swedish Writers, the author of several in Danish Studies scholarly articles and reviews, and a passionate advocate for Swedish studies in . Marianne Stecher-Hansen, Associate Professor of Danish and Scandinavian literature and culture, has been appointed to be Terje Leiren Appointed Sverre Arestad Scan|Design Foundation Term Professor in Danish Studies. Endowed Professor in Norwegian Studies Stecher-Hansen is the author of a critical study on the docu- mentary works of Thorkild Hansen. In addition, Following the recommendation by the Dean of the College she has edited two major volumes in the Dictionary of Literary of Arts and Sciences and a formal vote by the Board of Biography series: Danish Writers from the to Regents of the University of Washington, Professor Terje Decadence, 1550-1900 and Twentieth Century Danish Writers. Leiren was appointed the first Sverre Arestad Endowed Stecher-Hansen’s appointment to the Scan|Design Foundation Term Professorship represents a continuing com- mitment to the Department of Scandinavian Studies and the University of Washington by the Scan|Design by Inger & Jens Bruun Foundation as well as a significant strengthening of the cooperation and interchange of scholars, programs and ideas between the United States and Denmark in many criti- cal areas. Stecher- Hansen helped to establish and currently directs the highly successful Scan|Design Fellowship Program and is also the director of the Copenhagen Classroom which she coordinates on site with Jan Krogh Nielsen.

As the Scan|Design Term Professor, Stecher-Hansen directs the popular Copenhagen Classroom summer program and the semester-long exchange program with several Danish uni- versities and higher education institutions. 10 alumni pring 2008 s

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s d ie tu s ian ian v Where are they now? d ina can s Tim Raines Jim Swanson

(M.A Scandinavian Language & (B.A. Swedish, 1959) Literature, 2004) For many years I have read about people and events in the UW I just landed a job at Skyline High School in the Issaquah Scandinavian department with appreciative interest. I’m sure School District teaching European Studies. I could not there are now very few who remember me. I did have some have imagined a job where I would get to teach exactly classes with Birgitta Steene during Walter Johnson’s sabbatical the subject I am best at and most passionate about. Wow! year, and if Delores Hall is on the mailing list then there are two I threatened to turn it into a Scandinavian program during under whom I studied who are still around — and perhaps some my interview, which elicited a lot of laughter. student colleagues who studied in the Department. I served for a few years as membership director of the American Scandinavian Foundation until being drafted into the army. Then I went on for graduate work at North Park Theological Seminary and served for Elizabeth Weise 40 years in pastoral and chaplaincy positions with the Evangelical (B.A. Swedish, 1986) Covenant Church. With the older generation in that denomination of Swedish heritage the use of Swedish language and knowledge I graduated with a degree in Swedish Language and of Swedish culture often came in handy. While I’ve done a mod- Literature in 1986. I’m now a science reporter with est amount of translating my retirement projections in that area USA Today. I started out at KUOW, then moved to the are still on back-burner. A few years back my wife and I enjoyed Associated Press before hiring on at USA Today in San several weeks in Sweden, and I’ve kept touch in both Swedish and Francisco. I haven’t had many occasions to use Swedish, English with a number of friends and relatives. I’m grateful for the but every now and again I end up interviewing a experience of having been a part of the UW Scandinavian depart- researcher in one of the Scandinavian countries and then ment, and the instruction and friendship which were a part of that I take the interviews in Swedish. I do use it more than — the instruction, friendship and wise counsel of Walter Johnson the Mandarin I also studied at the UW, though I hope to above all. My last place of ministry was as Chaplain of a Covenant cover the Olympics in Beijing in 2008 as one of our ‘color’ Retirement Community in south Florida, so in retirement we sim- reporters, so I may yet have use of that as well. I now live ply moved out of the cost and congestion of the Lauderdale area in San Francisco, with my partner Lisa and our two daugh- to New Smyrna Beach in east central Florida, south of Daytona ters, Eleanor and Margaret. and NE of Orlando. Greetings to any who even know who I am – now about 50 years since being active on the UW campus.

Alumni! We would love to hear from you. Let us know where you are and what you are doing. head 11

Three New Books from New Directions in Scandinavian Studies pring 2008 s The University of Washington Press series, “New Directions and Edvard Munch. Terje I. Leiren’s Selected Plays of Marcus in Scandinavian Studies,” will publish three books this year. Thrane, presents six translated plays from the Norwegian- |

Andrew Nestingen’s Crime and Fantasy in Scandinavia: Film, American Theater of Norway’s nineteenth-century political s Fiction and Social Change explores the changing nature of radical, Marcus Thrane. This book was published with the d ie

civil society in Scandinavia through the lens of popular cul- Norwegian-American Historical Association. The co-General tu ture. Joan Templeton’s Munch’s Ibsen: A Painter’s Visions of a Editors of “New Directions in Scandinavian Studies” are s

Playwright, draws on a mass of printed and archival mate- Christine Ingebritsen and Terje Leiren, faculty members in the ian rial to provide a comprehensive account of the relationship Department of Scandinavian Studies. v between the two great Norwegian modernists, d ina can s

Graduate Student Wins Baldwin Fellowship Ph.D. student Margareta Dancus has won a prestigious fellowship to study abroad in Norway during the 2008-2009 academic year. Dancus is the recipient of a Birgit Baldwin Fellowship from the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study. Dancus is currently writing her dissertation on Norwegian popu- lar film and TV produced in the last decade. The fellowship will allow her to do archival research and conduct interviews. She will spend one semester affiliated with the Department of Social Anthropology at the and the Norwegian Film Institute. She will spend her second semester at the Department of Media Studies at the University of Bergen.

Graduate Student receives Textual Studies Award Ph.D. student Ralitsa Lazarova has received a Textual Studies Award, which is granted by the Comparative Literature Department Textual Studies Program. The grant will enable Lazarova to conduct archival and reception research in Stockholm. Lazarova is currently working on her dissertation on contemporary Swedish fiction, with the preliminary title True Stories: Fiction and Emotion in Contemporary Sweden. 12 faculty

Faculty News

Klaus Brandl Lotta Gavel Adams Christine Ingebritsen pring 2008

s Senior Lecturer Professor Professor

| This has been a year of many events and In Fall Quarter 2007, I helped to plan for Hans Professor Ingebritsen presented her

changes. I started the academic year spend- Blix’ visit to campus. It turned out to be an recent publications at the University of s ing fall quarter on sabbatical. I attended a exceptionally successful event, and it was an Indiana, Bloomington in a visit hosted by

d ie conference on task-based language teaching honor to receive him at the UW. In the Fall, I Scandinavian Dept. Ph.D. recipient Gergana

tu in Hawaii where I gave a talk. In November, also taught a fun and rewarding course on May. She also traveled to Oregon for a pre- s my methods book, entitled Communicative Scandinavian and Baltic Women Writers. sentation on Scandinavia in world politics Language Teaching in Action: Putting Principles In October, I gave a talk to the Daughters and the role of Scandinavian countries as ian ian

v to Work, appeared in print. Having worked on of Norway in Chimacum, Washington, on “norm entrepreneurs” in global agenda- this project for several years, this was exciting “Swedish Women in History and Literature” setting. Her new course, “Scandinavia and news. Further change involves my position focusing on Saint Birgitta, Queen Kristina, the Global Environment” focuses on the as a foreign language pedagogue. Next year, Anna Lindh, Fredrika Bremer, Selma Lagerlöf, eco-leadership of the five northern European

d ina can I will be sharing my duties equally as a TA and . In November, I gave societies; and the role of “tamed capitalism” s coordinator and as an applied linguist in the a lecture at the Women’s University Club in responding to global climate change. Department of Germanics. on Kerstin Ekman as a crime novelist and She co-edits, with Terje Leiren, the series for ecologist. I also lectured on Tove Jansson’s UW Press, “New Directions in Scandinavian Pat Conroy Moomin World at the Nordic Heritage Studies;” serves on the American- Associate Professor Museum in the series celebrating 90 years Scandinavian Foundation’s Fellowship Every once in a while I am reminded of one of Finnish Independence. For winter and and Grants committee; the Scandinavian and another student I have had in a class or spring 2008, I am happy to report that I am Fulbright Committee; and the Board of the two I have taught, and that leads to thoughts on sabbatical to dedicate myself to research Centre for Small State Studies, University of of others and still others. And so most of on August Strindberg and Paris. I started . She supervises Qualifying Papers for you have been in my thoughts during the out in my home office on Vashon, but then the Henry Jackson School of International years since we met together to investigate headed for Stockholm and Paris to dive into Studies including “Norway and the EU,” some aspect of Scandinavian literature and the archives. “Scandinavia and the Global Environment,” culture. All I can say is that I have had some and “A Cold War Solution to a Post-Cold pretty great students over the years, and “tak Iveta Grinberga War Problem.” Visiting Lecturer for samværet!” This year I am teaching Latvian Literary and Karoliina Kuisma Visiting Lecturer Ia Dübois Cultural History as well as First and Third year Senior Lecturer Latvian. It is always a pleasure to observe Karoliina Kuisma has spent most of the It has been a busy and wonderful year at the students as they begin learning Latvian academic year on leave taking care of her department. Our courses are larger than ever knowing nothing or only couple of simple newborn daughter, Kaisa. In addition to her which keeps me busy as the Undergraduate words such as labdien (good afternoon) or previous research interests, she has become Adviser. It is great to follow the students’ paldies (thank you) as they advance to read- interested in bilingualism as she is planning development and, particularly, to see so ing Latvian poetry and prose in the original. to bring Kaisa up both Finnish and English many go abroad to study in Scandinavia. For the Baltic Studies program it has been speaking. During the fall she lectured on the Our third year Swedish students have been a year focusing on Aspazija, a remarkable topic of bilingualism at the Nordic Heritage enticed by Jan Guillou’s descriptions of life in Latvian poet. Students found her creative Museum as a part of a lecture series celebrat- Sweden during the nation-formative years and controversial work outstanding and ing 90 years of Finnish Independence and around 1200. The books about the Folkung enjoyable. In June I will present a paper An gave a work shop for the West Coast Finnish Arn still inspire much discussion and research apple, a ball and early exposure to Latvian at school teachers. among these students. My presentation the Association for the Advancement Baltic entitled “The Eugenics Movement in Sweden Studies conference hosted by the University and von Krusenstjerna’s von Pahlen series,” at of Indiana. It is hard to believe that three this year’s SASS meeting at Fairbanks, repre- years have passed since I arrived from Riga sents my latest work—popular Scandinavian and started to teach Latvian at the UW. movements in the 1930s. I am eagerly await- ing summer to return to my writing desk. New Year’s was both challenging and excit- ing as I dislocated a shoulder and became a grandmother. I am happy to report that the arm works well again and the promotion to grandmother is a continued joy. 13

Terje Leiren Jan Krogh Nielsen Guntis Šmidchens pring 2008

Professor Visiting Lecturer Assistant Professor s

Back from a six-month sabbatical leave, it This year I designed and taught a new Guntis Smidchens is entering his two- | is as though I had not been away. Thanks Danish class on Danish pop/rock/rap music year term as President of the Association to Lotta for stepping in as Acting Chair. She from Steppeulvene to TV-2 and Jokeren, a for the Advancement of Baltic Studies. In s

did a wonderful job! I was able to focus class which turned out to be both interest- May, he gave the keynote address at the d ie on the manuscript of my translation of the ing and fun. I gave a talk on Hans Christian Conference on Baltic Studies, hosted this tu

Selected Plays of Marcus Thrane which has Andersen’s art (with an emphasis on his year by Indiana University. The title was s now been published cooperatively by the impressive paper cuts) at the 2007 Danish “Advancing Baltic Studies in the Association ian ian

University of Washington Press and the Cultural Conference in Oregon. In August for the Advancement of Baltic Studies: v Norwegian-American Historical Association. 2008, I will be the on-site coordinator for Interdisciplinary, Regional, Useful, and Fun.” In September, I was honored with a five- the Danish summer program, Copenhagen In April, he was invited to speak at the open- year appointment as the first Sverre Arestad Classroom, as well as teach the week that ing of the film, “Singing Revolution,” at the

Endowed Professor in Norwegian Studies. It focuses on ecocriticism and Wisconsin Film Festival. Recently he has been d ina can s has been a privilege to be a member of the in collaboration with professor Marianne studying the history of the Lithuanian parti- faculty for thirty years and an honor to serve Stecher-Hansen. san war for independence, which lasted from as Department Chair for the last one and a 1945 to 1953; he wrote the introduction to half decades. It’s great to be back in the class- Jan Sjåvik the English translation of a diary by Lionginas room working with students and continuing Professor Baliukevicius, a leader of the partisan work with several constituencies in the Jan Sjåvik has spent the year in teaching resistance. That book is due out this sum- Department and across the College in prepa- and research, as well as serving as the chair mer, published in Vilnius by the Lithuanian ration for the celebration of our centennial of the Faculty Council on Faculty Affairs, a Genocide and Resistance Centre. anniversary in 2009-2010. university-wide body that considers matters related to the UW faculty. His most recent Marianne Stecher-Hansen Andy Nestingen Associate Professor book, Historical Dictionary of Norway, has Associate Professor just been published by Scarecrow Press; its As the director of the Copenhagen Classroom, My book Crime and Fantasy in Scandinavia: format is similar to that of his earlier Historical the Scan|Design Fellowship program as well Fiction, Film, and Social Change was published Dictionary of Scandinavian Literature and as the coordinator of the Department’s in May; the book has inspired other film and Theater (2006). At the SASS conference in graduate program and Danish program, popular-culture research. Continuing the Fairbanks, Alaska, he presented a paper on Stecher-Hansen has been very busy this book’s study of filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki, I Arne Garborg’s novel Mannfolk and Knut year with administrative duties and program worked this year on The Contrarian Cinema Hamsun’s novel Sult. Hamsun is also the development. In addition to administrative of Aki Kaurismäki. The research included an subject of a new course, SCAND 482, Knut duties, Marianne taught a graduate seminar interview with the director at his office in Hamsun and Early European Modernism, which dealt with 19th-century Scandinavian Helsinki. My research interest in film also led which he will offer for the first time during short prose; an advanced undergraduate to work on another new book called New Spring Quarter, 2008. Jan’s daughter Rachel course on War and Occupation in the Nordic Nordic Cinema: The Emergence of Regional is following the example of two older broth- Region: History, Fiction, and Memoir; and Film Culture, which I am co-authoring with ers and is currently attending the UW as a popular lecture course on Hans Christian Prof. Mette Hjort. Carrying on Crime and an undergraduate, and his youngest son Andersen and the Fairy Tale. At the annual Fantasy’s research on Nordic crime fiction, Benjamin plans to become one in the fall. Scandinavian Studies conference, Stecher- Finnish colleague Paula Arvas and I are pre- Hansen contributed to a roundtable panel paring a volume of articles titled Criminal on the topic of “Nordic Colonialism and Scandinavia: Nordic Crime Fiction. Keep the Postcolonial Theory.” An article on “Romantic volume in mind, if you enjoy the work of such and Modern Metatexts” was published in luminaries as Håkan Nesser, such pleasures Hans Christian Andersen – Between Children’s as Danish TV crime series, or are intrigued Literature and Adult Literature (2007) and by such topics as “Dirty Harry in the People’s an invited review essay on Christian Home (Folkhemmet)” or “Meaningless Jungersen’s The Exception (Untagelsen) in The Icelanders” (on the novels of Arnaldur Literary Review (Spring 2008). In February Indriðason). In 2008-2009, Karen, Ella, and 2008, Marianne received the wonderful I will be in Helsinki, where I’ll be a fellow at news of her official appointment to the the ’s Collegium for Scan|Design Foundation Term Professorship in Advanced Studies. Danish Studies. 14 students

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Ieva Butkute Karin Hedström pring 2008

s Ieva continues to teach Lithuanian in the During my second year at the Dept. of Ingemann, H.C. Andersen and Karen Blixen.

Department of Scandinavian Studies. She Scandinavian Studies, I have enjoyed and Academic year 2007-2008 offered several | also leads weekly Lithuanian language con- accomplished much. As a second year conferences, which allowed me to present

s versation table meetings. Ieva is excited to Masters student, the year has been filled preliminary research for my dissertation be finishing her studies at the Department with teaching, research, and writing. I have and receive valuable feedback. This has also d ie of Scandinavian Studies and the School of presented at two conferences this year: at been my second year of teaching Danish at tu

s Law. Upon graduation Ieva plans to visit her the SASS conference in Fairbanks, Alaska and the University of Washington, an experience native Lithuania as well as other Baltic and at the Care, Work, and Diversity conference which continues to be greatly enriching

ian ian Scandinavian countries. In the fall, she will be here at the UW. My thesis deals with the situ- and rewarding. v joining the international law firm of Dorsey & ation of non-Nordic immigrant women in the Whitney, LLP as an associate attorney. Swedish labor market. I am grateful for all the Kyle Korynta support and direction I have received in my I am in my second year of the Master’s pro- Margareta Dancus gram in Scandinavian Literature and am d ina can masters work from the department. s I completed course work both in our depart- enjoying teaching first year Norwegian again ment and in the Program of Theory and Tom Johnson this year. I was fortunate to spend last sum- Criticism, and I am currently preparing for Tom Johnson is a PhC (that’s ABD, All But mer in Bergen and Oslo taking a language my qualifying exams. In October 2007, I Dissertation for non-specialists) in the course with Sommerkurs i Bergen and doing participated in an international workshop Department, finishing up his dissertation on independent research on Henrik Ibsen’s on Nordic visual studies in Stockholm where folk belief regarding village healers [klokfolk], Hedda Gabler. My research at the Ibsen I presented a paper. I continued teaching sorcerers [trollfolk] and witches [häxor], espe- Center has provided me with the research Second-Year Norwegian and, during the cially as illustrated by the notebooks those and material for my Master’s thesis on Hedda summer, I co-taught the Intensive Norwegian village folk owned and used to perform Gabler. My thesis focuses on Hedda and the class. In September 2007, I facilitated a semi- their arts [svartkonstböcker]. He is so close various struggles she faces with society and nar on teaching in a diverse classroom at the to finishing now that he can taste it, and will boredom. This February in Fairbanks, Alaska TA Conference. Next academic year, I have doubtless begin his worldwide speaking tour I gave a SASS conference paper entitled the privilege to have been awarded the Birgit after its defense. Call the Department Office “The Boredom Paradox and Hedda Gabler’s Baldwin Fellowship from SASS which will to inquire about a guest speaking appear- Aesthetic Responses to Boredom”. allow me to conduct research in Norway. ance near you. Ralitsa Lazarova Robert DeLong Britta Kallevang I have now completed the required course Having completed my coursework and for- This March I presented a paper titled work for the Ph.D. program in Scandinavian eign language requirements for a Master’s “Donald Davidson’s ‘triangulation’ at work in Languages and Literature and the Certificate in Area Studies, I confess to a growing, very Saarikoski, Hollo, and Trilogy” at the Nordic Program in Theory and Criticism in the premature sense of nostalgia for my time Translation Conference at University College Comparative Literature Department. My dis- as a graduate student in the Department in London. I fully enjoyed the opportunity to sertation focuses on contemporary Swedish of Scandinavian Studies. I am sure that my meet and exchange ideas with professional novels that have a special affinity to docu- thesis committee will concur that this feeling translators of the Nordic languages. Finally, mentary, biographical, and autobiographical is premature as there is much work to do on I’m extremely pleased to be awarded a FLAS narrative, such as those of P.O. Enquist. I hope my thesis, which will focus on an aspect of scholarship to study in Norway for summer to spend part of the next academic year in the escape/rescue of the Danish Jews during and academic year 2008-2009. For spring Sweden, where I will collect materials and World War II. I plan to complete my degree quarter, I will be immersing myself in texts on interview the authors I work with for my dis- requirements in the fall. I have a profound ecocrticism and environmental politics. sertation. This year I have also continued to sense of gratitude for the amazing academic serve as a Swedish instructor and Lead TA experience of the last few years. My sense Kirstine Kastbjerg for the Scandinavian Department. During of gratitude towards faculty, staff, and fel- Thanks to support from the Scandinavian Summer quarter 2007 I taught Intensive low students is almost overwhelming. I have Department, I was able to spend the summer Swedish to a group of enthusiastic and inde- learned much from all of you. of 2007 in Denmark conducting dissertation fatigable students, all of whom continued research, which I will continue in the sum- onto the 200 level Swedish class. mer of 2008 as well. My dissertation will be a broader study of the Gothic and Fantastic genres in Danish literature, focusing on B.S. 15

Peter Leonard pring 2008

I’ve been a Visiting Researcher at Uppsala presented a paper at the very first Nordic Fairbanks this year and received much posi- s

University, as part of my Fulbright fellow- Translation Conference in London and then tive feedback on her paper discussing female | ship. In November, I presented my research attended and presented a paper at the masculinity in the detective series by Finnish

at the International Migration & Ethnic annual SASS conference in Fairbanks, Alaska. writer Leena Lehtolainen. Mia is looking s Relations conference in Bergen. I’ve trav- I plan to spend the summer in Seattle prepar- forward to returning to Seattle in June and d ie eled often to Copenhagen and Malmö to ing for my qualifying exams and researching plans to finish her dissertation and graduate tu partake in literary seminars and confer- for my dissertation. in June 2009. s ences. I have agreed to write an article for the journal of the Centre for Multiethnic Mark Säfström Anne Line Andersen: ian v Research on second-generation Danish I am currently in the initial phases of dis- visiting graduate student and Swedish literary trends. I have also sertation research. With the generous As a visiting graduate student from the completed a book review for Scandinavian assistance of a fellowship from the American- University of Aarhus, Denmark, I have Scandinavian Foundation, I will be spending the amazing opportunity to study at the Studies, which was published in Fall 2007. d ina can I was also gratified to find out I had been three months in Stockholm, Sweden this Department of Scandinavian Studies this s awarded the Aurora Borealis prize for best summer. During this time I will be conduct- academic year. This has given me the unique graduate student paper in literature for ing research at the National Archives. The opportunity to study the literature and cul- my presentation at the SASS conference subject for my dissertation is the life and ture of my region, Scandinavia, from new in 2007. career of Swedish clergyman and politician and interesting angles. Through my classes Paul Peter Waldenström, and will focus on I have worked with Scandinavian poetry Melissa Lucas his turn-of-the-century travel accounts of and prose, and I have been able to cast a I have been back from Denmark now for a North America. In addition, I have very much feministic angle on my studies through the year, and have been putting my newly honed enjoyed teaching first-year Swedish this year, classes “Scandinavian Women Writers” and language skills to work as a TA for beginning and I look forward to another good group of “Women in Cinema”. This quarter I am taking Danish. Thanks to generous support from students next year. “Sexuality in Scandinavia” and expanding my Scan|Design, we have been able to offer interdisciplinary skills in “Opera and Film”. beginning Danish classes in the mornings Heather Short and also in the evenings. I’ve just finished I joined the department in the fall as an Anu Karjalainen: two quarters of teaching, and am excited to MA student in Norwegian Language and F u lb r i g h t F i n n i s h L a n g u a g e teach again next year. This (spring) quarter Literature, after having spent two years Teaching Assistant I am a TA for Ia Dubois’ class on Sexuality in teaching elementary and middle school and Last year, Fulbright launched a new Scandinavia and I am continuing on with one year studying and living in Norway. I was program: Finnish Language and Culture Old Icelandic, which has been great fun. This ready to jump back into academic life, how- Teaching Assistants. I was chosen to teach quarter and in the summer I will be work- ever, and have spent this year as a Research the first year Finnish class and study as a ing on my thesis and preparing for exams Assistant in the department, and working visiting gratuate student at the UW dur- in December this year. Between teaching hard in my classes. I also presented a paper at ing the academic year 2007-08. So far the and studying, I’m staying very busy, which SASS this year, which was a great experience. year has been great. It’s been challenging is great! I am still in the preliminary stages of research, to get to know the American university but my thesis will address multi-culturalism system and fun to work with my students. Rennesa Osterberg and the intersection of Norwegian culture Besides the teaching, I have had excellent I have enjoyed a very busy second year in with newer immigrant cultures. opportunities to concentrate on my Ph.D. the PhD program. Thanks to generous sup- research. I am investigating what kind of port from the Scandinavian Department, I Mia Spangenberg resources multilingualism provides to Finnish was able to travel to Scandinavia over the Mia Spangenberg is spending a stimulating Americans in Seattle. summer of 2007 to attend the Sommerkurs year in Finland as a Birgit Baldwin Fellow i Bergen and then the Copenhagen conducting research for her dissertation “It’s Classroom. This academic year, I have Raining Men! Masculinities in Contemporary enjoyed teaching a classroom of enthusiastic Fiction and Film.” She has also been par- students Beginning Norwegian. In October ticipating in various graduate seminars 2007, I gave a paper at the Aesthetics and and has been able to share her research in (Self) Deception Conference at University various fora. She enjoyed meeting up with of Washington. In March I attended and the department for the SASS conference in 16 scandinavian studies | spring 2008 librarian, ostracized by the other women and The colleagues. to inscrutable criminals war suspicion quickly shifts from dangerous center), the of survival the negotiating where, else meetings in usually is director (the male place work the of atmosphere poisonous increasingly and However, suffocating the in suspected. immediately is website, DCIG the ofject some of Iben’s articles published on sub the criminal, war address). ASerbian the [email protected] (don’t try server: anonymized an from email ening threat a receives Iben when page first the action of the novel is launched already on The lives. private and past her guarding women, each forty-something reserved are librarian, the Lise, Anne and secretary, the Camilla, journalist); leftist well-known young women forvying the same man (a sexy smart, manager, are project the Malene, officer, and information the Iben, office: tives of the four women who staff theDCIG perspec distinct the from spun is plot The age. information desensitized a in idealism political and choices ethical trait of modern individuals who grapple with Exception The time same At the modernism. literary psychological realism, documentarism, and mind), to comes Carré le (John fiction crime conventional novel, but a masterful blend of no is This pedantry. academic or clichés novel intomystery falling without reader the Jungersen’s novel engages and entertains ment, and the psychology of evil, but harass work-place genocide, timely): (albeit grim is matter subject research). his The of some conducted Jungersen where Studies Genocide and Holocaust for Center Danish to the enough close but place, (not areal Genocide on Information for Center Danish atthe work who women Copenhagen four this level of suspense: the relationships of The setting and plot may seem unlikely for pace. ataheady along moves it pages, at 500 thriller.Even psychological intelligent keenly Christian Jungersen’s graduate students. and faculty by Department reviews book more In subsequent newsletters we hope to present re Reviewed by Marianne Stecher-Hansen by Marianne Reviewed Translated by Paterson. Anna York: New Talese/Doubleday. A. 2006. Nan review: Book Christian Jungersen’s view delivers a searing existential por existential asearing delivers is a a is Exception The ------Exception Exception The it. on homework his done has Jungersen historians and novelists, and it is clear that The question has long fascinated modern children? to their stories bedtime to read enables them to return home in the evening participate in genocidal purges by day and to people ordinary convinces What inquiry. to intellectual commitment authentic and passionate author’s the of evidence is ders) disor personality and studies, genocide murder, mass of psychology the chology, psy social in study extensive (his method The documentary aspect of Jungersen’s memorable of Jungersen’s complex heroines. Copenhagen. She is the most intriguing and bicycling through the rain-soaked streets of while leg to her strapped aknife carries Iben self), by another (haunted paranoid and Unstable Kenya. in organization aid an for ing experience as a hostage, while working aharrow of by nightmares troubled is Iben friend, cunning and colleague, dedicated intellectual, sharp arazor as Depicted evil.” of “psychology the with dealing by Iben posed com articles of aseries with interspersed is raison d’etre Center’s Danish the are which rampages genocidal century 20th- the of microcosm asubtle not women, for homicide—abound in this little society of Strindberg called it)—and, not least, motives (as August murder’ ‘psychic for potential the mind Faulkner’s experiments). Madness and to brings which subjectivity in exercise an “Anne “Camilla,” or Lise,” “Malene,” “Iben,” headed, are novel the of (the parts events unusual of accounts divergent in engaged constantly is reader the perspective, ential experi own her from narrated is existence daily tortured and woman’s frantic each As outsider. by an or by colleagues perpetrated are attacks the whether nor real, or imagined are attacks the whether sure entirely never is narrative construction is such that the reader her career. Thankfully, Jungersen’s skillful destroy her mental health, her family, and to threaten which harassment work-place of forms vicious of victim the as emerge Lise Anne sees then reader The asuspect. as targeted is walls, library the within insulated plays out a number of responses responses of anumber out plays TheException . The narrative narrative . The - - - - - tent English translation. English tent into a compe wayimmediately its find will it awaited—hopefully, eagerly is novel next the subject matter of his writing. Jungersen’s of outside material reading from abstinence and research of years involving tions, produc arduous are books York. His New now divides his time between Dublin and Theyear forty-six old Christian Jungersen techniques. documentary and fiction crime with realism psychological buster in this hybrid genre which combines (1993) Snow of block Danish recent amore is Smilla’s Sense best-seller international Høeg’s Jungersen’s literary antecedents. Peter doppelganger tale about a learned man whose shadow (or Christian Andersen’s Shadow”“The (1847)—a Or Either/ Kierkegaard’s Søren of interrogations ethical The literature. to world a back-water hardly is Copenhagen Yet native Jungersen’s English. in available yet not is but Denmark and was an award-winning best-seller in Krat first, the Undtagelsen as Danish Exception The writer; Danish alittle from unexpected be might amasterpiece Such English. in as French, German, Norwegian, Swedish as well Finnish, Dutch, in appeared have already Translations world. the around countries has been sold for publication in seventeen Exception The psychology. mass of rules the title) to the (hence “exception” an is it world, murderous this in rare is behavior sacrificing Self- humankind. of enigma dark to this The Review, Literary Volume 51,No. 4. Printed from withpermission Spring2008issueof (1843) and the dark pessimism of Hans (1843) Hans of pessimism dark the and . (originally published in 2004 in (Thickets) appeared in 1999 in appeared (Thickets) , already a European best-seller, best-seller, aEuropean , already ) turns on him—are among ) is his second novel; novel; second his ) is - - - hheaeadd 17

Gergana May Anu Karjalainen Coordinator for Norwegian Language and Culture; Lecturer Finnish Fulbright TA in Germanic Studies and West European Studies Through an agreement with the Institute of International Education Indiana University, Bloomington pring 2008 and the Fulbright Student Exchange program, the Department s

hosted Finnish Graduate Student Teaching Assistant, Anu

In Fall 2006, after earning her Ph.D. from the Depart­ment, | Karjalainen, this year. While working on her doctoral degree in

Gergana May joined the faculty of Indiana Univ­ersity in Bloomington, IN, as a Lecturer in Germanic Studies and West Finland, Anu spent the past academic year learning about America, s studying the intricacies of teaching methodology, investigating

European Studies. Her current position involves teaching begin- d ie issues of multi-lingualism among Finnish-Americans, and teach-

ning through advanced Norwegian language and Scandinavian tu literature or Scandinavian culture in English. Dr. May reports ing first-year Finnish to 13 eager students. “The UW seems to be s that her students in Norwegian have been “really talented and a great place to study,” she notes, “although I’m amazed by the amount of reading students are expected to do for each course.” ian dedicated, and most of them have decided to pursue a Minor in v Norwegian, which is now offered through the Germanic Studies Anu has also been active in her contacts with the Finnish com- department.” In her first year at Indiana, May taught a course munity in the Puget Sound region. She taught a beginning Finnish on Henrik Ibsen and, this year, developed a new culture course class for the Seattle chapter of the Finlandia Foundation and she- titled The Multiethnic North, both of which have been very joined several Finnish-American organizations. Along the way, she d ina can s popular, with enrollment reaching maximum capacity. May is says, she has gotten to know many people of different immigrant also responsible for community outreach and extra-curriculum generations and heard their stories. activities. With the help of colleagues on campus who include Anu has also had the chance to travel while in America. She par- Scandinavia in their teaching and research activities, she has ticipated in the Scandinavian Studies conference in Fairbanks, helped to start a Scandinavian Lecture Series. She currently Alaska, drove along Highway 101 from Seattle to California, and coordinates a Scandinavian events calendar, organizes a coffee attended the Fulbright student conferences in New York City and hour, Scandinavian film series, delivers lectures on Scandinavia Washington, D.C. Also, while at the UW, Anu got to meet and have for community organizations and overall trys to be a resource lunch with the Prime Minister of Finland and listen to a lecture by for anything Scandinavian on campus. In addition, her two- the Dalai Lama. “That doesn’t happen every day,” she said. year-old daughter keeps her busy at home.

Anu Karjalainen on the Seattle waterfront.

2008-09 Scholarship Recipients

Alf Kristian Aulie-Simrad Norwegian-American S c o t t N e lsk o g M e m o r i a l Scholarship Community Scholarship Scholarship Devyn Remme Kendra Wendel Lisa Wilcox

A n n - M a r i e a n d G u n n a r Peterson Scholarship Synnøve Lien Fielding Gavel Scholarship Karli Anderson Scholarship Sarah McConkey David Jessup Evan Moe Heather Short G e r t r u d e D . H o ld a l Poul O. Nielsen Scholarship Scholarship S w e d i s h C u l t u r a l C e n t e r Marie Vanderbilt-Mathews Thomas Godshalk Scholarship Ian Thompson Sonja Ostling Scholarship Emily Van der Harten Kristen Hillgren Scandinavian Exchange Kevin de Voss Dr. Werner and Margit M a r t i n a n d R u t h Weingarten Scholarship Metzon Scholarship Ingrid Hamberg Dana Ryen Kirstine Kastbjerg Margareta Dancus Nikolaj Lasbo Britta Kallevang Vidang Nguyen 18 donors

Thank you to the following donors who contributed to Scandinavian & Baltic Studies Funds from April 15, 2007 to April 15, 2008. pring 2008

s Over $200,000 Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Ness Mr. and Mrs. Dwight A. Dahl Dr. T. Christopher & Prof. V. Pelekis Ms. Dace Dalbina Anonymous Gifts-Alumni | Scan|Design Foundation by Inger & Jens Bruun Rauda Scale Models, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Davidson Scan Pacific Northwest, LLC Sean Dawson & Karoliina Kuisma

s $50,000-$199,999 Dr. B. Raphael I. Sealey Ms. Laura A. Dean Mr. Cameron Smock Ms. Rita B. Drone

d ie The Kazickas Family Foundation SWEA Mr. and Ms. Arthur T. Felzenberg The Danish Club Finlandia Foundation tu $10,000-$49,999 s Mr. and Mrs. Tor Ha Tollessen Finnish American Heritage Committee Mrs. Synnove Fielding United Way of King County Profs. Jerry and Gunilla Finrow Ms. Loo-Ann Grove Ms. Margit S. Weingarten Mr. Dale Flynn & Ms. Jeanette Mills ian ian

v Mr. and Mrs. Tom M. Napa Ms. L. Syrene Forsman $250-$499 Ms. Jeanne E. Freiburg $5,000-$9,999 Mr. A. Gerald Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Harijs R. Friss American Seafoods Group LLC Mr. and Mrs. Farid A. Chouery Ms. Gija Galins Mr. David Jones & Ms. Inta Vodopals Ms. Erika Clawson Mr. and Mrs. Peteris A. Galins d ina can Northwest Danish Foundation Mr. David Endicott Ms. Heather M. Garbes s The Amber Account (Baltic Communities) FAC Systems, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Gary R. Garrett Ms. Anni Fuller Mr. James R. Goff $2,500-$4,999 Michael Schick & Katherine Hanson Ms. Marita A. Graube Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Knudsen Ms. Ilga D. Grava Ms. Karin Z. Eiduks Mr. and Mrs. Andrejs Grislis Prof. Ann-Charlotte Gavel Adams Ms. Hailey B. Lanward Dr. and Mrs. Gary J. London Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gylys Microsoft Corporation Ms. Carrie L. Hakola Svenska Institutet Ms. Pamela C. Madden Mr. Kenneth Olsen Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hannibal Swedish Cultural Center Mr. Nick L. Herrick Mr. Scott Roberts & Ms. Anne Totoraitis Mr. H. Fredrick Peterson Mr. and Ms. Carl S. Platou Mr. and Mrs. Nick E. Hill Mr. and Mrs. Mark V. Hillman $1,000-$2,499 Ms. Kalli I. Priidik Ms. Elsie M. Rockness Mr. Ewan Thomas Hruska Anonymous Gifts-Friends Mr. John Stacy Mr. and Mrs. Don Hussong Bank of America Foundation Prof. M. Stecher-Hansen & Mr. K. Hansen Mr. and Mrs. Imanta Ikstrums Mr. Allan Johnson & Ms. Irene Blekys Ms. Andrea J. Torland Mr. Jack Ilves Pirkko Borland & J. Bradford Borland Dr. Tiina Oviir & Mr. Don Vendetti Ms. Linda Jaanson Finnish Folk Festival Ms. Janina C. Jansevics Mr. P. R. Goldman & Ms. M. J. Kongsgaard Up to $250 Mr. Kyle R. Jansson Dr. and Mrs Paul E. Kulits Ms. Susan K. Janusz Latvian Association of State Washington 3M Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Peter Jefferds Latvian Credit Union Mr. and Mrs. Adolfs F. Abele Dr. and Mrs. Glen H. Johnson Terje and Ingunn Leiren Mr. and Mrs. Aldons Abers Mr. and Mrs. David C. 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Department graduate students at the SASS conference in Fairbanks, Alaska in March 2008. Front row (L to R): Kirstine Kastbjerg, Karin Hedstrom, Heather Short. Middle row (L to R): Mia Spangenberg, Margareta Dancus, Ralitsa Lazarova. Back row (L to R): Anne Line Andersen, Kyle Korynta, Ieva Butkute, Anu Karjalainen, Mark Säfström. Not pictured: Rennesa Osterberg.

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