Celebrating 150 Years!

 

November 14th, 2025

8:30am - Noon Class Visit, Open House & Campus Tour
1:00pm - 5:00pm Afternoon Sessions
5:00pm - 9:30pm Reception and Dinner

 

Join us for a day of seminars, tours, and performances celebrating the
Nordic Unit of the Department of German, Nordic and Slavic+ at UW-Madison
followed by a festive Scandinavian-inspired buffet dinner. 

 

Fluno Center

601 University Ave, Madison, WI 53715


 

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conferences@union.wisc.edu | 702 Langdon Street | Madison, WI 53706 | (608) 265-6534

 

Morning Celebration Events

Please select the complimentary morning programs you would like to attend. 

 

Paid parking is available at the Fluno Center, Lot 46, and City of Madison parking garage 430 North Francis Street.

Lecture by Professor Claus E. Andersen

8:50 am - Audit a Lecture in the Hans Christian Andersen course being taught by Professor Claus E. Andersen in the William H. Sewell Social Sciences Building.

Madsen Reading Room, Nordic Unit of the German, Nordic and Slavic+ Department

10 - noon Open House in the Madsen Reading Room, 13th floor of Van Hise Hall

Please let us know if you will need transportation from the Fluno Center.

UW Madison Campus Tour

Campus tour starts at 11:00am

 

Website Hosted by UW Conferences & Events

conferences@union.wisc.edu | 702 Langdon Street | Madison, WI 53706 | (608) 265-6534

 

Afternoon Programming

There is a $40 fee to attend one or all of the afternoon seminars, which will be held in the Fluno Center and Memorial Union. Below is a detailed description of each seminar. Once you have selected yes to purchase, you will have the opportunity to indicate which seminars you would like to attend. You must select either yes or no for each seminar and a maximum of one per session.

  

1:00-2:00

Dealing with Disney: Ensuring Quality Representation of Sámi Culture in Disney's Frozen II.  Thomas A. DuBois. Thomas A. DuBois is the head of the Folklore Unit and a professor of Folklore and Scandinavian Studies.

How Thor Got His Hammer – An introduction to Nordic Mythology. Scott A. Mellor. Scott Mellor is a teaching professor in the Nordic Unit who has been at the University of Wisconsin-Madison since September 1989.

Scandinavian Art in the Chazen Museum of Art. Berit Ness. The collection at UW’s Chazen Museum of Art includes light-sensitive Scandinavian works on paper not currently on view by artists such as Edvard Munch and Olle Baertling.  A small selection of works from these works will be made accessible in a pop-up viewing in the Chazen’s object study room. A Chazen staff member will be on hand to engage with attendees and answer questions. Limited to 20 people.

2:30-3:30

My Viking longship journey: singing in Nordic languages.  Mimmi Fulmer.  Join Mimmi Fulmer as she shares her "voyage home" to her Nordic heritage through songs and discuss resources for pronunciation of Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian and Danish.  Mimmi Fulmer is Professor of Voice and Opera at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Swedish Pancakes for Breakfast?" Marcus Cederstrom. This talk explores what the foods we eat can tell us about immigration and Nordic-American life in the Upper Midwest.  Marcus Cederstrom is the Community Curator of Nordic-American Folklore at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Norwegian 101. Ida Moen Johnson. Come and refresh—or begin! —your Norwegian language study in this fun session. Ida Moen Johnson is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Department of German, Nordic and Slavic+, where she teaches courses in Norwegian language and Nordic literature and culture.

4:00-5:00

Hygge, Health, and Happiness. Claus E. Andersen. Professor Andersen will introduce the Danish concept of hygge, explain how it relates to the Scandinavian way of life, and show what Americans can learn from it. Claus E. Andersen is the head of the Nordic Unit and Birgit Baldwin and Paul and Renate Madsen Professor of Scandinavian Studies.

Rasmus B. Anderson and the First U.S. Scandinavian Studies Department.  Susan Brantley.  Learn more about the man who founded the Scan Studies Department 150 years ago – but who also was an author, editor, businessman and diplomat who brought to popular attention the fact that the Vikings were the first Europeans to arrive in the New World.  Professor Susan Brantly is a specialist in Swedish language and literature who served as the editor of the journal Scandinavian Studies for over a decade.

The Teacher’s Revolt against Nazism in Occupied Norway.  Dean Krouk. Professor Krouk explains the inspiring story of resistance to the Nazification of schools and teaching in occupied Norway, which led to the arrest and imprisonment of hundreds of teachers in 1942.  Dean Krouk is a professor in the Nordic Unit whose specialties include Nordic literature and the cultural and political history of Scandinavia.

I would like to attend the afternoon sessions.

AMOUNT
40.00
TOTAL

1:00-2:00pm: Dealing with Disney: Ensuring Quality Representation of Sámi Culture in Disney's Frozen II

1:00-2:00pm: How Thor Got His Hammer – An introduction to Nordic Mythology

1:00-2:00pm: Scandinavian Art in the Chazen Museum of Art

2:30-3:30 pm: My Viking longship journey: singing in Nordic languages

2:30-3:30pm: Swedish Pancakes for Breakfast?

2:30-3:30pm: Norwegian 101

4:00-5:00pm: Hygge, Health, and Happiness

4:00-5:00pm: Rasmus B. Anderson and the First U.S. Scandinavian Studies Department

4:00-5:00pm: The Teacher’s Revolt against Nazism in Occupied Norway

 

Website Hosted by UW Conferences & Events

conferences@union.wisc.edu | 702 Langdon Street | Madison, WI 53706 | (608) 265-6534

 

Purchase tickets to attend the Reception and Buffet at The Fluno Center.

AMOUNT
60.00
TOTAL
AMOUNT
120.00
TOTAL
AMOUNT
40.00
TOTAL
AMOUNT
500.00
TOTAL

Please let us know the name/s of your guest/s for the dinner. (Names may also be submitted later)

Please let us know if you need any special accommodations.

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Website Hosted by UW Conferences & Events

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150TH Anniversary Celebration

Terms and Conditions
Conference registrants cancelling their registration on or before November 7 will receive a refund of the conference registration fee, less a $10 administration fee. Cancellations and refunds must be requested in writing. Refunds are not provided for guests who do not attend the conference. No refunds will be issued after November 10. Substitutions are accepted at any time prior to the start of the conference at no additional cost. It is highly recommended that substitutions are completed by November 10 to ensure conference credentials will be ready upon the start of the conference.

 

Website Hosted by UW Conferences & Events

conferences@union.wisc.edu | 702 Langdon Street | Madison, WI 53706 | (608) 265-6534

 

Payment

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Conference Management – Scandinavian Studies at UW-Madison


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Conference registrants cancelling their registration on or before November 7 will receive a refund of the conference registration fee, minus a $10 administration fee. Cancellations and refunds must be requested in writing. Refunds are not provided for guests who do not attend the conference. No refunds will be issued after November 10. Substitutions are accepted at any time prior to the start of the conference at no additional cost. It is highly recommended that substitutions are completed by November 10 to ensure conference credentials will be ready upon the start of the conference.

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