A Danish Christmas tale from Professor Tangherlini
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News Archive
Welcome our new Professor: Timothy Tangherlini!
The Scandinavian Department is pleased to announce the appointment of Timothy Tangherlini as new professor of Danish Literature and Culture effective July 2020. (more…)
Congratulations Sarah!
Congratulations to Sarah Eriksen for winning the Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award 2019-2020!
Congratulations Tiffany!
Congratulations to Tiffany White for winning the Birgit Baldwin Fellowship 2020-21!
Congratulations Troy!
Congratulations to Troy Wellington Smith for winning the The Einar and Eva Lund Haugen Memorial Scholarship 2020!
Nordic Student Research Grants
Please note an extended deadline for the IES student research grants at Nordic universities (Uppsala and Inland Univ., Norway). New deadline is Feb. 12. (more…)
Search Announcement! Professor of Danish Literature & Culture
The Department of Scandinavian at the University of California, Berkeley seeks applications for an Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in the area of Danish Literature and Culture, with an expected start date of July 1, 2020. For more information (more…)
Congratulations Tiffany!
Congratulations to Tiffany White for receiving a Fulbright Grant for dissertation research at the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies in Reykjavík, Iceland. Additionally, she was awarded the Leifur Eiríksson Foundation Fellowship to aid her research in the academic year 2019-20. Brava Tiffany!
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.
Rue Taylor, the Art of Chainmail, and Scandinavian
Here’s an interview with graduate student Rue Taylor, and a chain mail demonstration at CalDay (April 21, 2018). (more…)
Professor Emeritus John Lindow receives honorary doctorate.
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!
More Job Market Successes!
Scandinavian Department graduate successes on the job market continue… (more…)
Academic Job Market Successes!
It has been a bumper year for graduates and associates of the Scandinavian Department on the job market. Starting new positions this summer are… (more…)
Summer Awards for Graduate Study Abroad
Two of our graduate students have won awards to study Scandinavian languages abroad this summer.
Congratulations, Celine!
Celine Vezina, double major in Scandinavian and English, has received a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (more…)
Mark Sandberg presents “Ibsen’s Houses” in New York
Mark Sandberg, Professor of Norwegian and Film and Media, recently gave a talk on his new book, Ibsen’s Houses: Architectural Metaphor and the Modern Uncanny, at Theatre for a New Audience in Brooklyn, New York.
Congratulations, Class of 2017!
On May 15, the Scandinavian Department celebrated Commencement for 2017. (more…)
2016-17 Outstanding GSI: Ida Johnson
Ida Moen Johnson is the winner of the Outstanding GSI Award for 2016 for her work in teaching Norwegian. (more…)
New DeCal! “A Danish Guide to Happiness”
Introducing a new DeCal course for Spring 2017, taught by Scandinavian major Michael Nakada.
Congratulations, Brianna Panasenco!
Brianna Panasenco, one of our Scandinavian majors, was just awarded an Undergraduate Merit Scholarship from the Institute of International Studies (more…)
Congratulations, Michael Nakada!
Michael Nakada, one of our fabulous Scandinavian undergraduate majors, was awarded the James Healy Travel Grant for travel to Denmark in Summer 2016. (more…)
In the News: Mark Sandberg
Professor Mark Sandberg was interviewed in Switzerland’s Tages-Anzeiger newspaper on his work in film studies and modern American television. Published December 7, 2015.
Read the article here: http://bit.ly/1NeaMJ0
Lecture by Troy W. Smith: “Trampled to death by geese”: Kierkegaard Caricatured in The Corsair
Troy W. Smith, graduate student in the Department of Scandinavian, will be presenting a talk at the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art, Atlanta on November 11. (more…)
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. (more…)
October 9-15, Mill Valley Film Festival: “The Girl King” dir. Mika Kaurismäki
Professor Emerita Carol Clover receives honorary doctorate.
Professor Emerita Carol J. Clover received an honorary doctorate degree in Icelandic and Cultural Studies from the University of Iceland, in a ceremony on October 2, 2015. Bravo, Carol!
