Fall 2013 Events

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Lecture and Demonstration

Viking Fighting Moves from the Sagas of Icelanders

Prof. William Short
Higgins Armory Museum

Wednesday, November 6th, 2013
4:30 p.m.
Herter Hall 227

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Lecture

Witchcraft & the Law in Medieval Scandinavia

Prof. Stephen Mitchell
Harvard University

Wednesday, October 9th, 2013
4:30 p.m.
Herter Hall 301

Spring 2013 Events

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Lecture

Give and Take:
Negotiating Cultural Politics during the Nazi Occupation of Denmark

Kerry Greaves
The City University of New York

Monday, March 25, 2013
5:30 p.m.
Herter Hall 301

Fall 2012 Events

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Lecture

Norwegian Terrorist Breivik, Music, and Ideological Affiliation:
Changes in the Sound of Scandinavian Radical Nationalism

Prof. Benjamin Teitelbaum
University of Colorado Boulder

Monday, November 19, 2012
5:30 p.m.
Herter Hall 601

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Lecture

Transformations in the Scandinavian Welfare State: Real or Imagined?

Prof. Christine Ingebritsen
University of Washington Seattle

Monday, October 22, 2012
4:30 p.m.
Herter Hall 301

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Lecture

Vengeance and Narrative in Old Scandinavian Literature and Society

Prof. John Lindow
University of California Berkeley

Monday, October 1, 2012
5:30 p.m.
Bartlett 316

Spring 2012 Events

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Reading, Discussion, and Book-Signing

Jens Lapidus
Swedish Pioneer of Nordic Noir
author of the newly translated and adapted for film Easy Møney

Tuesday, April 17, 2012
5:00 p.m.
Herter Hall 601

Lecture

The Violated Body and the State: Scandinavian "Crime Queens" Paving the Way for Stieg Larsson

Prof. Sara Kärrholm
Malmö University

Monday, March 12, 2012
5:00 p.m.
Campus Center room 803

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Lecture

The Facts and Fiction of Scandinavian Crime Fiction: Investigating and Criticizing

Prof. Andrew Nestingen
University of Washington

Thursday, February 23, 2012
5:00 p.m.
Herter Hall 301