Scandinavian Sampler

February 27 & 28, 2009

Explore Scandinavian Languages and Cultures

All events held in Cramer Hall Room 171

~ Explore Scandinavian Languages and Cultures ~

Lectures combine Scandinavian Current events, history, art, music, and geography with instructions to the languages.

If you are interested in Scandinavian Languages and cultures, then we encourage you to attend any or all of this cultural weekend.

Fee:

Friday night: Free, but donations accepted.

Saturday: $10 for any and all lectures.

Students have free entrance.

Registration and payment at door on day of the event.

Parking

Free Friday night in all PSU lots.

$5.00 on Saturday, all day.

The streetcar stops at PSU. TriMet buses stop there, too.

Information

Call (503) 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.

Friday, February 27, 19:30

“Jonas Hallgrimson,

The National Poet of Iceland.”

Richard Ringler, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of English

And Scandinavian Studies, University

Of Wisconsin-Madison,

Honorary Consul for Iceland, Madison, Wi.

Saturday, February 28

Saturday’s Moderator:

Morgan Pope, Ph.D.

Associate Dean for Outreach, PSU College

Of Engineering and Computer Science,

Emeritus.

9:45-12:00

Introduction to the Danish and Swedish Languages

PSU Foreign Langs. and Lits. Instructors:
Britt-Mari Lord (Swedish)

for Tina Kreft-Tengblad

Inger M. Olsen (Danish)

9:45-10:05

”Archetypal Images in the Kalevala.”

Greg Jacob, Ph.D.

Professor, PSU

Department of English

10:10-10:30

“Iceland and Its Arctic Convoys in WW II.”

Les Swanson, M.A.JD, Lawyer

Formerly Visiting Professor

University of Oregon Law School,

Formerly Professor of Humanities in

Conflict Resolution Graduate Program, PSU,

Honorary Consul for Iceland, Portland, Or.

10:35-10:50

Coffee Break

10:55-11:15

“Iceland: A Volcanic Saga”

Martin Streck, Ph.D.

Professor

PSU Department of Geology

11:20-11:40

“The Centennial for Geirr Tveitt”

Johanna Fedde, M.A. & M.A.Ed.

Retired Norwegian Instructor, PSU

11:45-12:15

Lunch (sack lunch recommended)

12:20-13:10

“Iceland: My Other Homeland and How the Past 50 Years Have Changed It.”

Richard Ringler, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of English and

Scandinavian Studies, University of

Wisconsin-Madison,

Honorary Consul for Iceland, Madison, Wi.

13:15-13:35

Lars Nordstrom, Ph.D.

“Exploring Swedish Oregon”

Beavercreek, Or.

13:40-14:00

”Estrup, Friend of the Danish King, Enemy of the People?”

Inger M. Olsen, M.A.

Adjunct Professor, Danish, PSU

Dept. of For. Langs. and Lits.

14:05-14:25

“Small Countries Cannot Afford Big Banks: Lessons from Iceland, 2008.”

John F. Walker, Ph.D.

Professor, PSU Dept. of Economics.