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Congratulations!

Congratulations to Sherilyn Hellberg for winning the American Scandinavian Foundation’s Leif and Inger Sjöberg Award for her translation of Danish author Caspar Eric’s work.

Congratulations to Professor Emerita Carol Clover and Professor Emeritus John Lindow for earning The Knight’s Cross of the Order of the Falcon.

On Monday (August 13th 2018) at Bessastaðir, the Icelandic president’s residence, new members of the Order of the Falcon were honored including Professor John Lindow and Professor Carol Clover.

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Rosie Taylor, the Art of Chainmail, and Scandinavian

Here’s an interview with graduate student Rosie Taylor, and her chain mail demonstration at CalDay (April 21, 2018). (more…)

Professor Emeritus John Lindow receives honorary doctorate.

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Congratulations, Ida!

Congratulations to Ida Johnson for winning this year’s Birgit Baldwin Fellowship to support her dissertation research on “The Barn and the Beast: The Queerness of Child-Animal Figurations in Scandinavian Literature and Culture.” Impressively, Ida was also slated for (but had to defer) an award from the American Scandinavian Foundation (ASF). Hjertelig tillykke!

Congratulations, Rosie!

We are happy to announce that Rosie Taylor is this year’s recipient of the Department’s Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award. Congratulations to Rosie.

Congratulations, Jenna!

Congratulations to Jenna Coughlin (PhD 2017). (more…)

Arts Research Center Fellows

Professor Karin Sanders and Scandinavian graduate student Zachary Blinkinsop have been awarded a 2018 ARC fellowship to advance interdisciplinary research in the arts at UC Berkeley!

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Sibelius 150 Jubilee in the Bay Area

In celebration of the 150th birthday of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Finlandia Foundation is co-presenting concerts and symposia, starting November 1. See the document below for a selection of events.

See the Finlandia Foundation’s website for ticketing information.

Selected Program: Sibelius 150 Jubilee in the Bay Area