Association for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies in Canada: the Canadian interdisciplinary group for research on Scandinavian & Nordic culture
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We are saddened to hear of the passing of longtime AASSC member Birgitta Wallace.
As stated in her obituary, Birgitta was "a pioneering Swedish-Canadian archaeologist renowned for her groundbreaking work in Norse archaeology." dignitymemorial.com/en-ca/ob…
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Read more about the success of the April 2025 ENSCAN workshop on “Postcolonial Ecocriticism & Indigenous Environmental Justice. Comparative Studies in Indigenous Literatures & Creative Arts from Northern Europe and North America“ below:
enscan.net/postcolonial-ecoc…
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The William Morris Society of Canada will be holding a Symposium on Nordic Arts & Crafts at U. of Toronto, on May 10, 2025. The speakers will be discussing Scandinavian and Finnish art, craft and architecture, mostly from the late 1800s/early 1900s.
wmsc.ca/2025/03/may-2025-wms…
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The CLCS Nordic Forum at the 2026 MLA Convention is inviting abstracts on the theme “Kinships and Relations in Global/Nordic Indigenous-Settler Spaces".
Please submit your 250-word abstracts by Mon. Mar. 17, 2025 to Amanda Doxtater (CLCS Nordic Forum Chair) at doxtater@uw.edu.
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Hello everyone! We would like to share a Call for Papers for the upcoming conference 'Navigating Greenland: Written Space, Geopolitical Place.'
Deadline for submissions: Monday, 24 March 2025
Contact: Sarah M. Anderson, Princeton U (sma@princeton.edu )
mla.confex.com/mla/2026/webp…
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We are excited to share that registration for the upcoming SASS Conference featuring AASSC Panels from April 24 - 26, 2025 is now open! Please register at the link below. Conference program will be shared soon.
register.oxfordabstracts.com…
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New publication! Edited by wonderful CfSS alum and colleagues and a fantastic outcome from the Performing Magic conference series.
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'Performing Magic in the Pre-Modern North' provides a comprehensive review of the rapidly expanding field of European magic and specifically discusses performances of magic in the pre-modern north. bit.ly/49os48z
ALT Performing Magic in the Pre-Modern North
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The deadline for abstract submissions for the upcoming AASSC and @SAScandStudy 2025 conference in April 2025 has been extended to Tuesday January 7, 2025! Abstracts should be 250 words and can be submitted through SASS' website.
scandinavianstudy.org/annual…
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We are pleased to announce the launch of the latest edition of Scandinavian-Canadian Studies, published by the Association for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies in Canada (@AASSC_ )
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For our 2025 annual conference, the AASSC will be hosting a stream of several panels in the conference programming of the @SAScandStudy 2025 conference in Minneapolis!
For more details (including the CfP), please see:
scandinavianstudy.org/annual…
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We are pleased to share the Call for Papers for this online, transatlantic workshop of the Ecocritical Network for Scandinavian Studies (ENSCAN), taking place April 3 to 5, 2025
Further details are included below, as well as on the ENSCAN website at enscan.net/postcolonial-ecoc…
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Thank you so much to everyone who attended our conference last week! On Day 2, we saw some wonderful presentations from Kristina Tolinsson Ting, Juliane Egerer, Hanna Mattila, John Lingard, and Eva-Charlotte Mebius.
Thank you very much, and we hope to see you next year!
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Day 1 of our conference is finished! Thank you so much to our Keynote Speaker Penelope (Penny) Farfan, & our presenters Erin McGuire, Tom Birkett, Dustin Geeraert, Brynjarr Þór Eyjólfsson/Perry Mendoza, Ingrid Urberg, and Karin Filipsson.
We hope to see you tomorrow for Day 2!
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Please reach out to us via X message or email aassccommunications@gmail.com if you are interested in the link to our upcoming virtual conference May 23-24, and we will send it to you.
We hope to see you there!
#Scandinavia #Nordic #academicconference
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The AASSC 42nd Annual Virtual Conference is taking place May 23 - 24, 2024! We're happy to share our conference program, and we hope you will consider joining us!
It is free to attend, and we will share a Zoom link in the coming weeks.
#scandinavianstudies #nordicstudies
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