Entries tagged with ‘scandinavian studies’
Faculty Spotlight: Glenn Kranking
Glenn Kranking (History and Scandinavian Studies) was the invited speaker for the Twin Cities Estonian community’s Estonian Independence Day celebration.
Faculty Spotlight: Glenn Kranking
Glenn Kranking (History and Scandinavian Studies) taught a session of the Foreign Service Institute’s Nordic and Baltic Area Studies course for U.S. State Department employees heading to the region. His session focused on Nordic history and its contemporary significance in politics and society.
Faculty Spotlight: Glenn Kranking
Glenn Kranking (History and Scandinavian Studies) was a lecturer and expert on a Baltic Sea cruise with Smithsonian Journeys, giving lectures on Nordic and Baltic history, and answering questions on Russia and the Baltic Sea region.
Faculty Spotlight: Glenn Kranking
Glenn Kranking (History and Scandinavian Studies) was a lecturer and expert on the Great European Journey through the Rhine River Valley and Switzerland with Smithsonian Journeys.
Artist Jeannette Ehlers To Visit Gustavus
One might assume that Scandinavia has little to teach us about diversity. The Gustavus 2023 Out of Scandinavia (OOS) Artist-in-Residence, Jeanette Ehlers, has spent her career dispelling that assumption. Beginning April 24, the College will host the Copenhagen-based, Danish-Trinidadian performance artist for a week of classroom discussions, visits with students and faculty, a public lecture— […]
Faculty Spotlight: Kjerstin Moody
Kjerstin Moody (Scandinavian Studies) had her scholarly article “Situating Lukas Moodysson’s Vad gör jag här” included in a book of interviews and essays, part of the box set of six of Swedish filmmaker Lukas Moodysson’s films. The article was originally published in 2014 as part of a special edition on Moodysson’s work as a filmmaker […]
Professor Roland Thorstensson
“The Professor Emeritus and former Director Of Scandinavian Studies on one of his legacies: The Sweden Today Program.” Fifteen or so years ago, College president James Peterson asked Thorstensson to design a custom program to Sweden for Gustavus students. Thorstensson hesitated—among other reasons, he was close to retirement. Then he thought, “Why not try to […]
Faculty Spotlight: Kjerstin Moody
Kjerstin Moody (Scandinavian Studies) was invited to serve a three-year term on the National Screening Committee for the Fulbright IIE program for Sweden, beginning this academic year. This past June she attended the Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference at Middlebury College’s Bread Loaf campus in Ripton, Vermont. She was one of eight selected participants for the […]
Faculty Spotlight: Kjerstin Moody
Kjerstin Moody (Scandinavian Studies) chaired the panel “Postmodern Ecologies” at the annual Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study (SASS) conference held in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She also took part in a two-day visit to the island of St. Croix, a former colony of Denmark and current territory of the United States, facilitated and […]
Faculty Spotlight: Glenn Kranking
Glenn Kranking (History and Scandinavian Studies) participated in a roundtable discussion on “Ukraine in Conflict” at Minnesota State University, Mankato on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. The event was covered by Today Magazine (at MSU) and the MSU Reporter.