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Takk for sist! (Thanks for the last time we were
together!) It was good to see so many of you at our
conference at Brock in May. Thanks once again to
Andrew McDonald, Harry
Lane, and Gurli Woods for putting together such a
varied, stimulating, and well-organized program.
Mads Bunch and Gurli Woods are already working
hard on next year’s conference in Ottawa, and
you will find a call for
papers in this newsletter.
I am fortunate to have a sabbatical this year, and I have just returned from attending a couple of Arctic-themed conferences in Northern Norway where
we were treated to some amazing displays of the Northern Lights. Arctic studies programs and research are receiving lots of attention these days, and
AASSC has much to gain from and offer to these areas. I made other conference attendees aware of our organization when opportunities arose,
and hopefully some of these people will join our group. I encourage all of
you to spread the word as you attend conferences and talk to colleagues who are teaching classes or doing research related to the Nordic region, or who
are just interested in learning more about this area.
I would like to note a transition and an initiative. After a decade of serving as editor of our journal, Scandinavian-Canadian Studies, John Tucker has
handed this position over to Helga Thorson in a very smooth transition process. On behalf of AASSC, I would like to thank John for his many years
of service and leadership as editor, and extend a warm welcome to Helga. At
our meetings in May, John proposed establishing annual essay and publication contests for graduate and undergraduate students, and you will
find more information below (p.6). They have been named in honour of two of our long-time members, Gurli Aagard Woods and Marna Feldt. Please
consider nominating your students for these awards, and we look forward to seeing the winning papers published in our journal.
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President’s Remarks
I N S I D E T H I S
I S S U E :
News from The
President 1
AASSC Conference
Call for Papers 2
Photos from
Congress 2014 4
Publication Awards 6
Travel Funds 7
Education
Exploration 8
Announcements 10
Fees Reminder 14
Scandinavian-
Canadian Studies 15
AASSC Info and
Addresses 16
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T H E A D V A N C E M E N T
O F S C A N D I N A V I A N
S T U D I E S I N C A N A D A
L ’ A S S O C I A T I O N P O U R
L ’ A V A N C E M E N T D E S
É T U D E S S C A N D I N A V E S
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Thanks to the members of our executive for the work they do behind the scenes throughout the year. A continued good fall to all of you, and please contact me if you
have any feedback or ideas for AASSC.
Sincerely, Ingrid Urberg
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Call for Papers
AASSC Conference, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Monday, June 1 – Thursday, June 4, 2015
The 34th annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies in Canada / L’Association pour l’avancement des études scandinaves
au Canada (AASSC/AAESC) will be held at the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario
from Monday, June 1 – Thursday, June 4, 2015 in conjunction with the Congress of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences / Fédération Canadienne
des Sciences Humaines.
The AASSC invites papers of 20 minutes duration, to be followed by an additional 10 minutes of discussion time. Papers may be given in English or French on a
Scandinavian / Nordic related topic in any discipline, including Finnish, Greenlandic, Faroese and Icelandic topics.
As stated on the Congress website, the 2015 overall Congress theme “Capital Ideas, invites us to reflect on the power of ideas: ideas captivate our hearts and minds; ideas
connect people and ignite discussions and debates; ideas create knowledge and spark discoveries. Ideas represent an invaluable currency capable of changing our lives and
our world. We thus expect Congress 2015 to be an exciting intellectual hub where ideas will be expressed, shared and implemented! The theme also relates to the location of
this year’s Congress host in the national capital. As the seat of our federal government and of several national agencies, as the home of embassies and of a large number of
international organizations, Ottawa boasts a unique environment rooted in the
confluence of people and the intersection of ideas from all over the world. This promotes a rich diversity of perspectives and research activities; one significant area of interest is
public policy, and it is our hope that Congress 2015 will generate stimulating exchanges on the links between research, policy and society” (http://congress2015.ca/about-
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congress/theme).
AASSC encourages panels (3 participants) that deal with “ideas,” or “public policy” issues, as expressed by the Federation above, in a Scandinavian/Nordic context including, for example,
public policy issues that led to women’s right to vote in Denmark in 1915, one hundred years ago next year.
Even though we advertise for panels within the above mentioned areas, papers are NOT limited
to these themes/angles, and we welcome all contributions within Scandinavian Studies. Thus, proposals for panels on other themes within Scandinavian / Nordic Studies are also invited, as
are proposals for interdisciplinary colloquia or special sessions on the level of the overall
Congress of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Let the AASSC Program Committee Chair know if you wish your panel to be a part of the overall Congress and/
or an interdisciplinary session.
There are two deadlines again this year: If you must hand in your application for funding to your institution already this fall, you may submit your proposal by October 20, 2014, and the
Program Committee will give you an answer by the end of October. In all other cases, the deadline for submission of proposals for panels/abstracts is January 15, 2015, through e-mail
only. Submissions should include title of paper, abstract (150-250 words), and the author’s
name, affiliation, a very brief bio, and contact information. Please also indicate whether audio/visual equipment is required.
Please email your submission to the Chair of the AASSC Program Committee at
Thanks, Dr. Gurli Woods, Associate Professor
Pauline Jewett Institute of Women’s and Gender Studies
And Co-VP / Program Chair, AASSC Also cross-appointed to the Institute of Comparative Studies in Literature, Art and Culture and
the Institute of African Studies, DT 1401 Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1S 5B6
Phone: 613520-2600, x 2195
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This is a good place to briefly, but effectively,
describe your product or services.
June 1-4, 2015
University of Ottawa
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Scenes
from
2014 Congress
at Brock
Thank
you to Robert
Burcher for the
excellent
collection
of photos
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The AASSC Gurli Aagaard Woods Undergraduate Publication Award
The Association for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies in Canada announces the creation of
an award for the best essay written for an undergraduate course relating to Scandinavia at a Canadi-an or American university or college. The award-winning essay will be published in Scandinavian-
Canadian Studies/Études scandinaves au Canada. Instructors who teach Scandinavian-content cours-es and who are members of AASSC are invited to nominate one essay per year for consideration by
the prize jury.
Essays should be 2000 to 4000 words in length (excluding footnotes and bibliography) and in MLA
style. Nominated essays should have been written after January 1, 2014. The deadline for submis-sion is May 1, 2015.
The instructor making the nomination must remove the student’s name from the submitted essay.
Please attach a title sheet to the submission with the following information: the student’s name and contact information, the instructor’s name, institutional affiliation, and contact information, and the
title and dates of the course in which the work was produced.
The AASSC Marna Feldt Graduate Publication Award
The Association for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies in Canada announces the creation of
an award for the best essay written for a graduate course relating to Scandinavia at a Canadian or American university or college. The award-winning essay will be published in Scandinavian-Canadian
Studies/Études scandinaves au Canada. Instructors who teach Scandinavian-content courses and who are members of AASSC are invited to nominate one essay per year for consideration by the prize
jury.
Essays should be 5000 to 7000 words in length (excluding footnotes and bibliography) and in MLA
style. Nominated essays should have been written after January 1, 2014. The deadline for submis-sion is May 1, 2015.
The instructor making the nomination must remove the student’s name from the submitted essay.
Please attach a title sheet to the submission with the following information: the student’s name and contact information, the instructor’s name, institutional affiliation, and contact information, and the
title and dates of the course in which the work was produced.
NEW PUBLICATION AWARDS
BEGINNING 2015
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NORWEGIAN TRAVEL GRANTS DEADLINE MAY 1ST 2015
The Royal Norwegian Embassy offers travel grants to AASSC members (Association for the Ad-
vancement of Scandinavian Studies in Canada) who wish to travel to Norway to attend seminars, conferences, or university courses, to establish or renew academic contacts, or to do research,
gather scientific information, books, teaching material and so on.
The grants are awarded to applicants who actively work for the promotion of Norwegian studies in Canada or at individual academic institutions. Applications, including a CV and a proposal for
the use of the grant, must reach the Embassy by May 1st of each year: Royal Norwegian Embassy
Attn: Jan-Terje Storaas
150 Metcalfe Street, suite 1300 Ottawa, ON K1P 1P1 E-mail: [email protected]
Subject to final approval by the Norwegian Centre for International Coop-
eration in Higher Education (SIU)
CINS – CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR NORDIC STUDIES
FUNDS FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
Each year the Canadian Institute for Nordic Studies provides funds to help offset the cost of graduate students who are participating in the AASSC meetings at Congress. The
amount available varies yearly. Application forms will be available during all sessions at Con-gress and should be submitted to Birgitta Wallace, Treasurer, via mail, e-mail
([email protected]) or by hand no later than 12 p.m. on the last day of papers at the Congress. Please attach receipts or provide them at the Congress. A committee of three board
members (Treasurer, VP/Program Chair, and a Member-at-Large) will determine the distribution
of awards shortly thereafter.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
MAKING TRAVEL EASIER...
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EDUCATION EXPLORATION
ADVENTURES IN TEACHING SCANDINAVIAN STUDIES
Last spring we featured a short article from Dr Shannon Lewis-Simpson at Memorial University
about Experiential Learning. After positive feedback from several readers, we’re going to try to create a regular feature about teaching Scandinavian topics. This time, we have another on ex-
periential learning and Vikings because that’s what I teach. But, if you have any ideas, experi-ences, or adventures to share about teaching any topic relating to Scandinavian Studies,
please send me a note. We would love to be able to feature stories ranging from field schools to tactics for teaching conversational language skills, sagas to crime fiction, anything that you
think might be of interest. Drop me an email at [email protected]
Vikings in Victoria About a year and a half ago, I was contacted by
the Royal BC Museum (RBCM) in Victoria. They wanted to let me know that there was a major new
Viking exhibition (Vikings: Lives beyond the Legends) coming to town and to invite me to work
with them on finding ways to collaborate around education. Ultimately, this led to a very busy but
very productive year for me. Beginning in Septem-
ber 2013, I ran my usual Viking Archaeology course (Anth398), but with a twist. Students were
asked to develop experimental archaeology pro-jects with the museum in mind. Over 3 months, they worked in small groups on self-determined
projects, experimenting with food, glass-working, metal-working, and so on. At the end of the course, students put on a research fair, attended by members of both the university com-
munity and staff from the RBCM. When the exhibition opened in May 2014, many of those stu-dents found volunteer opportunities, teaching museum docents, designed and took part in ac-
tivities for visitors to the museum, and worked with children.
In June, we ran a modified version of Anth398. The course was based in one of the lecture
rooms at the museum and students had full access to the exhibition for a two week period. The students were a mix of traditional UVic students and community members who registered via
the museum. During the course, students and community members engaged in lectures, object explorations, exhibition analyses, and hands-on activities. Some of the highlights included mock
graves set up for analysis using high quality cast skeletons, archaeological artefacts, and repli-cas of Viking objects and a textile workshop looking at everything from raw materials to woven
textiles (flax/linen, wool, and silk), where students learned to spin, weave, and nålbind. The
final course project involved a poster session at the museum, where students showcased re-search projects to any and all museum visitors and staff who came to see them. For three hours
they engaged with the public sharing their knowledge and communicating ideas and passion.
It was a long process and as the exhibition draws to a close next month, I find myself reflecting
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on both the gains and the demands. I have been busi-
er than usual and my approach to this course had to be extremely flexible, but I feel that students were
able to take away a lot more than they usually might have. The same course ran two very different ways in
two semesters, and while the learning outcomes var-ied, I think that both groups of students came away
feeling like they had taken part in something of value. I know that I have. Opportunities like this are rare,
but when they do appear, they are worth grasping on-
to with both hands.
Dr Erin McGuire Department of Anthropology, University of Victoria
You really know that you have made it
when your picture appears on the door
to the bathroom stall in your local
museum…
Thanks to Alexandrine Boudreault-
Fournier for the photo!
SIDE NOTE:
S C A N D I N A V I A N S T U D I E S A T T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F B R I T I S H C O L U M B I A
The Scandinavian Studies program in the Department of Central, Eastern and Northern
European Studies (CENES) at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver remains vibrant. As of September 2014, our Scandinavian, Swedish, and Danish courses for winter 2014 have
enrolled a total of 402 students, one of our highest enrolment numbers on record. One of the
highlights was a sizeable increase (up 43%) in the number of students studying Danish.
Lena Karlström, our Swedish Lecturer, was recognized by the Dean of the Faculty of Arts for being in the top 5% of all instructors in the Faculty according to students’ course evaluations.
Jens Monrad, our Danish Lecturer, has been reappointed to another three-year term at UBC, continuing the Danish government’s support of the only Danish language program in Canada.
Our undergraduate offerings continue to evolve. Two new courses, “The World of the Sagas” and
“Scandinavian Cinema,” have been proposed and are on their way toward Faculty and Senate
approval. Our Minor in Scandinavian Studies graduated its first cohort of five students in the spring. As of the fall term, we are pleased to have 10 students declared in the minor program.
Kyle Frackman
Scandinavian Advisor
Glimpses into the work done
by students in the Viking
Archaeology courses.
Snapshots
Anth 398
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Forthcoming Bergman, Kerstin, ed. 2014. Deckarnas svenska landskap: Från Skåne till Lappland. Gothenburg/Stockholm: Makadam. It is a collection of texts about the 25 Swedish regions and their crime authors, focusing particularly on the depiction and use of nature and the landscape. The writers are a number of Swedish crime fiction experts, academics as well as literary critics and passionate enthusiasts.
Still Ruins, Moving Stones
AASSC member Jessica Auer is pleased to announce the premiere screening of her film Still
Ruins, Moving Stones, a short experimental documentary about the restoration of Norse ruins in
Greenland. The film will be featured at the Antimatter media arts festival in Victoria B.C. on
October 22nd at 7pm as part of the program of short films titled In Common at Deluge
Contemporary Art, 636 Yates Street.
An upcoming solo exhibition titled A New World will open in November at Sporobole Centre en
art actuel in Sherbrooke, QC. The exhibition will also feature the film and a selection of large-
scale photographs. The vernissage is on November 7th at 5pm at 66 rue Albert, Sherbrooke.
Following these Canadian presentations, Jessica’s project will travel to Sweden, where a large
number of works will be exhibited under the title Before History at the Gotlands Konstmuseum
in Visby. The exhibition will run from February 7th to April 26th, 2015. The artist will be present
for the opening.
Jessica wishes to thank the
AASSC for their part in the
development and dissemination
of the project. She is grateful to
have been able to share her
research and progress
throughout the last few years!
ANNOUNCEMENTS NEW BOOKS, CONFERENCES, ETC
The Polar Bear is in the news again (CBC News Canada Feb 27 2014; Saskatoon researcher
Douglas Clark wants to depoliticize the polar bear) with new observations and analysis, coming to light; the polar bear remains a powerful symbol of the North.
Based on a generous research travel grant from the Royal Norwegian Embassy in 2009, I observed
the pervasiveness of representations of the polar bear in museums, shops and graphics. The polar bear taxidermy and skins that I photographed in Northern Norway remain central to the imagery of
my paintings and installations.
My work now is to
bring the natural world into the
domestic decorative space,
to collapse the nature culture
binary. The painted
photographs that I
am currently working on are
planned to be part of large wall
installations.
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THE UBIQUITOUS ISBJØRN
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Between May 16 – Nov 11, 2014, the Royal British Columbia Museum is hosting “Vikings: Lives beyond the Legends” – a travelling exhibition from the Swedish Historical Museum.
This is an exhibition dedicated to breaking the stereotype of the infamous and vicious Vi-king by educating the public on the normative lifestyle of those that resided in Scandina-
via in the 8th-10th centuries.
If you are going to visit the exhibit, go mid-week, as the crowds will generally be at a minimum, thus giving you the chance to fully experience the exhibition. My first visit to
the RBCM’s Vikings exhibit was on a Thursday afternoon leaving me with freedom to fully
immerse myself in the educational toys and artifacts on display. Firstly, one may attune to the highly noticeable ambience when first entering the exhibit. There is a deep bass
undertone played through the speakers that sets the serious mood of the area you are entering. Most people who enter immediately quiet down if they were speaking due to
the heavy bass and become committed to looking at the artifacts located near the en-trance.
The first layout of the exhibition is of great interest because it is set up similar to an in-
ternet website. The layouts, in general, are highly contemporary pieces, designed with
bold beauty and short snippets of information that can be understood by most people. The museum patrons are entertained and constantly moving through a high degree of
photos and/or artifacts and interactive games that give loads of information in a short period of time. The layout was easy to navigate, bright, contemporary, fun and loaded
with information that was easy to consume. Most of the sections of the exhibit house in-teractive devices that are quick, educational and highly entertaining tools for speedy re-
search about as Norse mythology, Viking clothes, ship burials and archaeological excava-tions. Passing through the exhibit is much like navigating your way through a hands-on,
living, website.
The exhibition begins with a bold, white, curved table that houses some re-produced and some original artifacts from the Viking Era. As if viewing these artifacts from a web
screen, they are resting inside the table placed on black fabric, gently illuminated. To the left hand side of the table is a legend with photos of the artifacts you are viewing, what
they were used for and whether or not each artifact is an original or replica. The table leads the visitors in a circular motion to a hands-on learning section of typical Viking at-
tire. The section quizzes the guests on gendered and age normative styles during the era and then invites the viewer to press a button which will in turn illuminate each of the typ-
ical Viking outfits that hang on the wall. There is also a small table located next to the
clothing where cow and sheep hide are available for one to feel the thickness of the ma-terial and help imagine how certain textures would feel to those wearing them. This Vi-
king exhibit is already introducing an easy and effective format of learning. I’ve noticed that, with the large emphasis on interaction and attractiveness, there does seem to be a
shortage of typical information that one would expect to find in a museum, such as dates
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associated with the artifacts, however, I believe the overall objective of the exhibit was
to make the museum accessible to everyone, despite age and education level, so, that being said, this is a shift away from the traditional museum.
The area that introduces Norse Mythology through an interactive device, listening tools,
and artifacts is my favourite. The interactive device is a clean cut, white, circular table which is lined with descriptions, photographs and artifacts of the many Norse Gods and
Goddesses. In association with the contemporary architecturally pleasing display there rests a touch-screen device, which acts as an efficient and fun professor. The touch-
screen is responsible for the introduction of “The Tree of Life” which encircles and houses
all the Gods and Goddesses and their areas of ruling. Using the device is fun and simple and it seems as though everyone is drawn to experiencing it. Though I really enjoyed this
area of the exhibit, I was curious about one of the decisions that had been incorporated to the listening area. The listening area is a short seated section which rests behind the
interactive touch-screen, in which one can seat themselves and listen to three different Norse myths through the speakers. The Norse myths are delightful to experience and
help immerse you even further into the understanding of the Viking culture; however, they are read by someone with a British accent. This may be my own biases/
expectations, but I was jarred by the British accent especially because on the historical
timeline on my journey through this exhibition, Christian conversion had not yet oc-curred. However, maybe the British accent was a sneak peak to the next area which was
the introduction to conversion of Christianity.
The rest of the exhibit was a blast. I had the opportunity to join others on a touch-screen
archaeological excavation of a Viking ship burial as well as lift a sword. It seemed as
though all participants were enjoying the different array of learning methods introduced
by the exhibit. I would not hesitate to give the RBCM’s Viking exhibit a high rating even if
the information concerning many artifacts was limited. The overall inclusion level was the
best I’ve seen to date, with the exhibit’s use of beautifully interactive systems, which re-
moved the intimating and classist aura of the museum. The exhibit was fun and most
people stayed willingly for at least forty-five minutes. If you get the opportunity I would
highly suggest checking it out and taking part in the fun activities, if nothing else, you’ll
be entertained by the fossilized feces! The exhibition leaves Victoria next month, heading
first for Chicago and then eventually to Ottawa (end of 2015).
teaching youth how to do nålbinding, a
type of single needle knitting popular in
the Viking Age.
UVic student Amina Chergui
Viking knitting
FACEBO OK GRO UP FOR S CANDI NAVIA N SCHOLA RS
Our Facebook group is called "Scandinavian Scholars" and is: "For scholars in-
terested in Scandinavian Studies. The group is for knowledge sharing, job
postings, call for papers, search for collaborators, announcement of confer-
ences and seminars, translation questions etc" The group currently is up to
1699 members and is very good if you want updates with regard to confer-ences, call for papers, Scandinavian literary events, knowledge sharing, etc.
Administrators are Mads Bunch (University of Copenhagen) & Anna Stenport
(University of Illinois, Urbana)
Just search for "Scandinavian Scholars" on Facebook and ask to join the group.
A New Year is approaching…
Please pay your membership dues by December 31! Pay by PayPal via our webpage, AASSC.com, or by cheque made out to AASSC and mailed to Birgitta Wallace Ferguson, Treasurer, AASSC, 7
Lady Slipper Drive, Halifax, NS, B3M 3R5, Canada. The fees, which ap-ply to both Canadian and US dollars, are:
Regular membership: $40
Institutional Membership: $40
Retired or Unwaged Membership: $20
Student Membership: $15
MEMBERSHIP 2015
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The most recent issue of Scandinavian-Canadian
Studies, volume 21, is now available. With Scandinavian-Canadian Studies volume 20,
we moved to a new publication system: print-on-demand. All paid-up members can write an e-mail
to ask for a copy to be printed and sent to them. The address to use for this request
is [email protected]; do not forget to include your own postal address when you write. Please be as-
sured that move to print-on-demand does not mark
a turning away from paper publication. If you are an AASSC member and want a printed copy of the
journal, you should not hesitate to ask for one.
The Scandinavian-Canadian Studies Journal: View the Journal online: www.scancan.net
Editor: Helga Thorson (University of Victoria) [email protected]
Book Review Editor: Natalie van Deusen (University
of Alberta)
Twenty-one volumes of Scandinavian-Canadian Studies have now been published since the founda-
tion of the association in 1982. From volume 15 on, it is available in both digital and print formats. Ac-
cess to the digital version is open, and the data-base is searchable, but we encourage you to be-
come a member if its content is of interest to you.
Scandinavian-Canadian Studies is a peer-reviewed
journal. The current Editor is Helga Thorson at the University of Victoria, [email protected]. She is aid-
ed in her work by an editorial board consisting of a minimum of five members, all serving four-year
terms. Although the hard-copy volumes are pub-lished only as they are complete, individual articles
are published in digital form as they are received,
reviewed, and edited. You may also wish to submit your own work for review in the Book Review sec-
tion. Please contact Natalie van Deusen at the Uni-versity of Alberta, [email protected].
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SCANDINAVIAN-CANADIAN STUDIES
VOLUME 21
The following books are in need of
review:
Oddvar K. Høidal: Trotsky in
Norway: Exile, 1935-1937
Bruce Lincoln: Between History
and Myth: Stories of Harald
Fairhair and the Founding of the
State
Ellen Rees: Ibsen's Peer Gynt and
the Production of Meaning
Thomas Salumets: Unforced
Flourishing: Understanding Jean
Kaplinski
WANT TO DO A REVIEW?
AASSC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PRESIDENT: Ingrid Urberg, Scandinavian Studies, Augustana Faculty, University of Alberta, 4901 46
Avenue, Camrose, AB T4V 2R3, Tel. (780) 679 1573, [email protected]
Co-VICE PRESIDENT: Mads Bunch, Department of Scandinavian Studies and Linguistics, University of Copenhagen, Njalsgade 120, 22.4.53, 2300 København S, Denmark, [email protected]
Co-VICE PRESIDENT and CHAIR of the PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Gurli Woods, Pauline Jewett Institute of Women’s and Gender Studies, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Tel. (613) 520-2600, ext. 2195, [email protected]
PAST PRESIDENT: Susan Gold/ Smith, Professor Emerita, University of Windsor School of Visual Arts, 382 Askin Ave, Windsor Ontario, N9B 2X2, 519 2524887, [email protected], www.nobelpeaceproject.com, onetenpark.com
TREASURER: Birgitta Wallace, Parks Canada Agency, 7 Lady Slipper Drive, Halifax, NS B3J 1S9, Tel. (902) 443-5281, Fax (902) 443-9322, [email protected]
SECRETARY: John Nilson, Member of Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, 3270 Albert Street, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 3N9, Tel 13065377039 [email protected]
EDITOR, SCANDINAVIAN-CANADIAN STUDIES: Helga Thorson, Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies, University of Victoria, Clearihue Building, Room D254, P.O. Box 3045, Victoria, B.C. Canada V8W 3P4, [email protected]
BOOK REVIEW EDITOR, SCANDINAVIAN-CANADIAN STUDIES: Natalie Van Deusen, Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, University of Alberta, 309-D Arts & Convocation Hall, Edmonton,
AB, Canada T6G 2E6, [email protected] MEMBERS AT LARGE: Marina Allemano, 155 Ridgewood Terrace, St. Albert, AB, T8N 0E9, Canada, [email protected]
NEWSLETTER EDITOR & WEBMASTER: Erin Halstad McGuire, Department of Anthropology, University of Victoria, PO BOX 1700 STN CSC, Victoria BC V8W 2Y2, Tel. (250) 853-3894, [email protected]
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NORDIC EMBASSIES IN CANADA Royal Danish Embassy, 47 Clarence Street, Suite 450, Ottawa, ON, K1N 9K1; Tel. (613) 562 -1811; Fax: (613) 562-1812; [email protected]; http://www.ambottawa.um.dk/en
Embassy of Finland, 55 Metcalfe St., Suite 850, Ottawa, ON, K1P 6L5; Tel. (613) 288-2233; Fax: (613) 288-2244; www.finland.ca/en/; [email protected]
Embassy of Iceland, Suite 710, 360 Albert St. Ottawa, ON, K1R 7X7; Tel. (613) 482-1944; Fax: (613) 482-1945; www.iceland.org/ca
Royal Norwegian Embassy, 150 Metcalfe Street, Suite 1300, Ottawa, Ontario K2P 1P1, Tel: (613) 238-6571; Fax: (613) 238-2765; [email protected]; www.emb-norway.ca Embassy of Sweden, 377 Dalhousie St., Ottawa, ON, K1N 9N8; Tel. (613) 241-8553; Fax: (613) 241-
2277; www.swedishembassy.ca
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