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](http://scandinavian.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/The-SASS-Team-300x224.jpeg)
The SASS organizers from UC-Berkeley
![IMG_1316](http://scandinavian.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/IMG_1316-300x224.jpg)
Endless nametags
![IMG_1318](http://scandinavian.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/IMG_1318-300x224.jpg)
View from the San Francisco Hilton, the conference venue
![Sjón](http://scandinavian.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Sjón-225x300.jpg)
The Icelandic author Sjón
![Sem-Sandberg and Olsson](http://scandinavian.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Sem-Sandberg-and-Olsson-300x225.jpg)
Steve Sem-Sandberg in conversation with Ulf Olsson
![Ørstavik](http://scandinavian.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Ørstavik-225x300.jpg)
The Norwegian author Hanne Ørstavik
![Sanders and Aidt](http://scandinavian.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Sanders-and-Aidt-300x225.jpg)
Anne-Marie Aidt in conversation with Karin Sanders
SASS 2013 final program