SASS Conference 2013 in San Francisco

The Scandinavian Department at the University of California, Berkeley, welcomed the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study to San Francisco for its 103rd annual meeting, held from May 2-4, 2013 in the San Francisco Hilton/Financial District. We had a lively exchange of ideas, with thematic streams (see program link, below), diverse paper formats, a discussion on the state of the profession, and a spotlight focus on contemporary literature of the Nordic countries. This was the first time SASS has met in San Francisco.

The SASS Team
The SASS organizers from UC-Berkeley

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Endless nametags

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View from the San Francisco Hilton, the conference venue

Sjón
The Icelandic author Sjón

Sem-Sandberg and Olsson
Steve Sem-Sandberg in conversation with Ulf Olsson

Ørstavik
The Norwegian author Hanne Ørstavik

Sanders and Aidt
Anne-Marie Aidt in conversation with Karin Sanders

SASS 2013 final program