Scandinavian Sampler May 11
& 12, 2007
Explore Scandinavian Languages and Cultures
A workshop combining Scandinavian current
events, history, literature, art, music and geography with introductions to the
Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish languages. If you are interested in Scandinavian
languages and cultures we encourage you to attend any or all of this cultural
weekend.
Fee
Friday night: Free, but donations are
accepted.
Saturday: $10 for any or all lectures. Students have free entrance.
Registration and payment of fees at door on
the day of the event.
Parking
Free on Friday night in all PSU lots, $3.00
on Saturday all day.
Information
Call 725-3522, PSU Department of Foreign
Languages and Literatures.
All lectures are held at Portland State
University in
Cramer Hall Room 171, 1721 SW Broadway.
PROGRAM
Friday May 11
19:30
“New Sweden Colony in Delaware, circa 1638;
Finns and Swedes in Early American History.”
Christine Perala Gardiner, Ph.D.
WaterCycle Inc.
Watershed Management Planning for Ecosystem
Integrity
Refreshments will be served immediately after
in the Finnish Room, 124 Cramer Hall.
Saturday, May 12
Saturday’s Moderator:
Lars Nordstrom, Ph.D.
9:45-12:00
Introductions to the Danish, Finnish,
Norwegian and Swedish Languages
PSU Foreign Langs. and Lits. Instructors:
Thomas Birnie, Ph.D. (Norwegian)
Britt-Mari Lord
(Swedish)
Marjo Northup (Finnish)
Inger M. Olsen
(Danish)
9:45-10:05
“From Woodcarver to Sculptor: Bertel
Thorvaldsen, His Life and Times.”
Inger M. Olsen, MA
Adjunct Professor, Danish, PSU
Dept. of Foreign Languages and Literatures
10:10-10:30
“Union Town and Union Fish: Finns in Astoria,
Oregon.”
Greg Jacob, Ph.D.
Professor, PSU
Department of English
10:35-10:50
Coffee Break
10:55-11:15
“The Teleological Suspension of the Ethical –
Søren Kierkegaard and Plenty Coups, Chief of the Crow Nation.”
Les Swanson, M.A, JD
Adjunct Professor
PSU Graduate Program in Conflict Resolution
&
University of Oregon School of Law (Constitutional
Law)
Consul for Iceland
11:20-11:40
“Frida Hansen 1855-1931 Art Nouveau Style
Weaver from Stavanger, Norway.”
Johanna Fedde, M.A. & M.A.Ed.
Retired Norwegian Instructor, PSU
11:45-12:15
Lunch (sack lunch recommended)
12:20-13:10
“The New Sensibility: Architecture in the
Russian Empire 1801-1825.”
Sandra Freels,
Ph.D.
Professor of Russian and
Chair of Department of Foreign Languages and
Literatures,
PSU
13:15-13:35
“Modern Swedish Immigration to America.”
Lars Nordstrom, Ph.D.
13:40-14:00
“Climate Change in Denmark and Greenland:
Past-Present-Future.”
Kyle Dittmer,
M.Sc.
Hydrologist-Meteorologist, Columbia River
Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, and President, Oregon Chapter of the American
Meteorological Society.
14:05-14:25
“How Finnish Folk Became Rock’n’Roll.”
Judith Gennett, Ph.D.
KPSU, Portland, Or.
14:30-14:50
“Viking Mathematics.”
Barry Anderson, Ph.D
Professor Emeritus, PSU
Department of Psychology