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Search Announcement! Assistant Professor of Swedish or Norwegian Literature, Culture, and Society
The Department of Scandinavian at the University of California, Berkeley seeks applications for an Assistant Professor in the area of Swedish or Norwegian Literature, Culture, and Society, with an expected start date of July 1, 2025.
(more…)Welcome to Assistant Professor Asta Monsted
The faculty of the Department of Scandinavian is thrilled to welcome a new colleague, Prof. Asta Mønsted, who begins her tenure-track appointment as Assistant Professor in July 2024.
(more…)Congratulations, Prof. Linda Haverty Rugg!
After 25 years on campus, Professor Linda Rugg has retired in Summer 2024.
(more…)Announcing our 2023 Outstanding GSI, Michael Lawson
Congratulations to Scandinavian PhD Candidate Michael Lawson who, in Spring 2024, was awarded Outstanding GSI for 2023.
(more…)Carol Clover UCB Emeriti Association Legacy Project Video
In order to preserve the history and accomplishments of its distinguished faculty, the University of California Berkeley Emeriti Association (UCBEA) has begun making video recordings of interviews with individual emeriti.
(more…)Congratulations to Professor Mark Sandberg!
Professor Mark Sandberg has received a 2022 Graduate Assembly Faculty Mentor Award!
(more…)Why people believe Covid conspiracy theories: could folklore hold the answer?
Researchers use AI – and witchcraft folklore – to map the coronavirus conspiracy theories that have sprung up. Professor Timothy Tangherlini provides insight into the connection between conspiracy theories and folklore in this article in the Guardian.
In an article from USA Today, COVID conspiracy theories involving Bill Gates are compared to a with hunt.
Congratulations to Senior Lecturer Karen Møller
Karen Møller started as Lecturer and Language Program Coordinator in the UC Berkeley Department of Scandinavian in 1991 and retired July 1, 2021, exactly 30 years later.
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Professor Emeritus John Lindow receives honorary doctorate.
Our colleague John Lindow will be awarded an honorary doctorate next month by the University of Iceland “in recognition of [his] valuable contributions to folkloristic and Nordic studies, both in Iceland and on the international stage.” Bravo, John!