Scandinavian Languages and Literatures
Graduate
Application Deadline for Fall 2005 Admission:
January 3,
2005
On-line
application available early September.
Paper Application
forms available mid-September.
Please send application materials and questions to:
Graduate Assistant, Mei Griebenow
Department of Scandinavian
6303 Dwinelle Hall #2690
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-2690
Phone: (510) 642-9051
fax: (510) 642-6220
issag@berkeley.edu
Chair: Mark Sandberg (sandberg@socrates.berkeley.edu; 510.642-0927)
Graduate Advisor: Linda Rugg (rugg@socrates.berkeley.edu; 510.642.5355)
Scandinavian web page: http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/scandinavian
Celtic Studies web page: http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/celtic/
Finnish Studies web page: http://ies.berkeley.edu/fsp/
U.C. Berkeley website: http://www.berkeley.edu
U.C. Berkeley Graduate Division website: http://www.grad.berkeley.edu/
Graduate Admissions (on-line application)
(510) 642-7405
http://www.grad.berkeley.edu/prospective/
Services for International Students and Scholars (SISS)
(510) 642-2818
http://www.ias.berkeley.edu/siss/
DEPARTMENT OF SCANDINAVIAN
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
Introduction
Although, taken singly, the Scandinavian countries are relatively small in population (Sweden at 8.5 million; Denmark at 5 million; Norway at 4 million; Iceland at 250,000), they form as a whole a common linguistic and cultural community of some size. With the exception of Icelandic (a "frozen" language perhaps more like Anglo-Saxon than the other modern Scandinavian languages) the Scandinavian languages are similar and mutually comprehensible. Knowledge of Norwegian brings with it a fair understanding of Danish and Swedish, and so on. To learn one is thus to gain access to Scandinavia in general.
Historically, Scandinavia has alternated between periods of "cultural borrowing" and "cultural lending". The latter include the Viking Age, the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (an era of military and scientific preeminence), the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries (a period of literary preeminence, especially in theater), and the mid-twentieth century (social ideology, in particular the design of "Welfare State" and, in the case of Sweden, the pursuit of political neutrality). The Department serves many students whose primary field of study is in areas in which Scandinavia is of comparative interest or has made a major contribution: history and literature (especially in fields such as drama or medieval studies that have been influenced by Scandinavia during the "lending periods"), folklore, architecture, public policy, linguistics, international studies, peace studies, political science, film, economics, or environmental studies.
Though Old Norse was taught on the Berkeley campus (in the English Department) as early as 1892, a proposal for the instruction of modern Scandinavian languages was not put forth until 1937. In 1944 the California Chapter of the American Scandinavian Foundation undertook to raise funds sufficient to finance a program of study in Scandinavian languages and literatures. It is thanks to the efforts of Professor Goodspeed (President of the Chapter), Dean Voorhies, and Chief Accounting Officer Lundberg (all of UC Berkeley) and to the financial contributions of Carl M. Friden, President of Friden Calculating Machine Company and Fritz O. Fernstrom, President of Fernstrom Paper Mills, that $15,000.00 was raised. It was enough to fund a Scandinavian program on an experimental basis for three years.
After an extensive search, Dr. Assar Gotrik Janzιn, docent of Scandinavian Languages at the University of Lund, was appointed Visiting Professor of Scandinavian beginning in September 1946. By 1949 the "experiment" was deemed a success and Dr. Janzιn was named the first full professor of Scandinavian Languages and Literatures in 1949.
The Berkeley Department is one of only four full Scandinavian departments in the United States. It has from the beginning enjoyed the support of local Scandinavian communities and individuals. It is to such generosity of its earliest supporters that it owes (among other things) its Olof Lundberg Memorial Library and the Fernstrom Traveling Fellowship. Recent donations have funded graduate student fellowships and research stipends.
The Olof Lundberg Memorial Library: The Library, located in 6337B Dwinelle Hall, is open to the public at certain times during the day which are determined at the beginning of each semester. It houses an extensive collection of over 13,000 volumes, ranging from medieval to modern history and literature. The Department receives a daily or weekly newspaper from all three of the mainland Scandinavian Countries.
Graduate Program in Celtic Studies: Berkeley has no organized graduate program in Celtic Studies. (Harvard has the only such program in the U.S.) However, the Berkeley campus has a varied and high-quality set of resources in the area of Celtic Studies, focused around our undergraduate Celtic Studies Program. Many graduate students take advantage of these resources while earning graduate degrees in departments such as English, Linguistics, History, Comparative Literature, or Anthropology (our Anthropology Department has a Folklore Program). For example, you could do a Comparative Literature degree with one or more Celtic Languages among your chosen language areas; you could do an Anthropology or Linguistics degree with your chosen area being a Celtic culture or language(s); and so on. You would naturally have access to our Celtic language and culture courses in making up your curriculum in one of these departments. Members of the Celtic Studies faculty could serve on your doctoral dissertation committee in one of these departments. It is also possible to combine a Ph.D. program in any of these departments with Medieval Studies to obtain a joint degree. (For more information contact the Chair, Medieval Studies Program, Department of History, 3229 Dwinelle #2550, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-2550.)
The Graduate Program
The graduate program in Scandinavian is designed for future scholars and teachers in the fields of Scandinavian language, literature, and cultural history. The Department's strengths lie in the areas of the modern literatures and film (Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish), and in Old Norse, folklore, and intellectual and cultural history. Prospective graduate students should have a strong knowledge of one Scandinavian language, a good reading ability in at least one other Scandinavian language, and knowledge of the broad outline of Scandinavian literary, cultural, and intellectual history. The Department is ready to entertain programs from students with special interests in areas such as art and history. Prospective applicants interested in such areas may consult the graduate adviser or other faculty members and should submit detailed written proposals for their programs with the application for admission.
The M.A. in Scandinavian: The
curriculum for the M.A. is intended to give broad coverage of a major field
(e.g. Danish literature, Old Norse) and less extensive coverage of a second
field (e.g. Danish novel, Romanticism, saga). Please note that the Department does not accept applications for the
M.A. as a terminal degree; it is anticipated that all admitted students,
subject to satisfactory performance in the M.A. program, will proceed to the
Ph.D. program.
Requirements: The program encompasses 24 units of course work, of which at least 12 must be at the graduate level.
Examinations: The M.A. Exam is in two parts. A written exam consisting of four questions of two hours each (three on the major field and one on the minor field) is undertaken first. Upon successful completion, it will be followed by an oral examination.
The Ph.D. in Scandinavian: An M.A. in Scandinavian or equivalent preparation is prerequisite. Students are expected both to broaden and sharpen their training; for example, students in literature may study literary theory and criticism; those specializing in Old Norse may study Old English or other Medieval topics. Requirements: Students must complete two semesters of Old Norse, ordinarily 201A-B. One year of teaching a Scandinavian language is normally required as well. A reading knowledge of two foreign languages, generally German and French (German and Latin for students majoring in Medieval literature) must be demonstrated before the student attempts the Qualifying Examination. Three field papers must be submitted to the Graduate Adviser to demonstrate the student's ability to do good scholarly work as a prerequisite for admission to the Ph.D. Qualifying Examination.
Examinations: The written component of the Qualifying Examination consists of four questions: two on the major field, and one each on the minor fields. The oral portion of the examination covers the three subject areas.
The Dissertation: Before entering on research leading to the doctoral dissertation, the candidate must present a brief prospectus to the graduate adviser and discuss the projected dissertation with a committee appointed for that purpose. In the dissertation the candidate is expected to make a substantial and original contribution to knowledge in the field of Scandinavian languages or literature.
Graduate Courses: Applicants who would like a copy of our full course descriptions can request a copy from the Graduate Assistant, or can view this same information, plus further expanded descriptions for the current and upcoming semesters at: http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/scandinavian.
Introduction to Graduate Study
Old Norse
Norse Literature
Medieval Scandinavian Literature
Studies in Philology and Linguistics
Early Scandinavian Literature
Early Scandinavian History and Culture
Reformation through the 18th Century
Studies in Romanticism
Modern and Contemporary Scandinavian Literature
Graduate Studies
Seminar in Scandinavian Literature
Special Study
Dissertation Writing
Methods of Teaching Scandinavian Languages
Individual Study for MA Candidates
Individual Study for Ph.D. Candidates
Application Procedure
Beginning in early September, the application forms can be accessed on the Internet at http://www.grad.berkeley.edu, which can be downloaded, completed and mailed to the department, or submitted electronically. We encourage you to utilize the information and applications available on-line. If you are unable to access the on-line applications, and need us to send you a paper application packet, please contact the Graduate Assistant after mid-September when the application/information packets will be available (see inside cover page of this booklet for Graduate Assistant contact information and application deadlines).
Applications for both the M.A./Ph.D. and the Ph.D. programs must be accompanied by official transcripts of all previous college work, three letters of recommendation (preferably from instructors knowledgeable concerning the applicant's experience and ability in Scandinavian studies), a writing sample, and a statement of purpose. The GRE (Graduate Records Exam) is required for all applicants whose native language is English. The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), with a minimum score of 570 for the paper test and 230 for the computer version, is required for non-native speakers of English who have not previously studied for a year or more in a U.S. institution of higher education (see the application booklet for details). Non-native speakers of English who wish to serve as Graduate Student Instructors (GSIs) at the university must also pass the Test of Spoken English (TSE) prior to application or the SPEAK test at Berkeley. Exempted from the TSE or SPEAK exams are those holding a B.A., B.S., or other bachelor's level degree from an institution in the United States. It is strongly recommended that applicants take these examinations in the fall (or before) of the application year, so that the results will be available to the Department Admissions and Fellowship Committee by early January. Please note that GRE scores need to be taken within five (5) years and TOEFL scores within two (2) years.
Students are accepted for graduate instruction at the University of California, Berkeley, only through action of the Graduate Division. Admissions are recommended by the Department of Scandinavian to the Dean of the Graduate Division and are subject to limitations on the number of annual admissions to the Department set by the Division. The Dean is ultimately responsible for approving the applicant's credentials and for determining whether or not she or he shall be admitted.
Funding
General
The Department is committed to supporting all students who perform up to departmental and university standards and make satisfactory progress toward the degree. This is of course contingent on availability of funding resources. The process of seeking support is one which is carried out jointly by the student and the Department. What follows details some, though not all, of the possibilities that can be pursued. Each student's support package on entering Berkeley is tailored specifically to him or her, thus, the support sources listed below may be more or less applicable in your individual case.
All U.S. citizens and permanent residents seeking aid from any unit of UC Berkeley are expected to submit a FAFSA form (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) to the US Department of Education. Submission of this form is now a requirement for many fellowship competitions that require a student to show financial need. While you may not want to take advantage of the student loan program, you will qualify for work-study funding that can, in some cases, benefit the Department as well as yourself.
Tuition and Fees
The largest variable in the student's funding needs is the amount to be paid for tuition and fees in any given year. The most crucial factors determining tuition and fees are the student's status as resident or non-resident of California and whether or not the student has "advanced to candidacy".
Students who enroll at Berkeley fall into three basic categories: a) legal residents of California; b) non-residents who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the U.S., who may become California residents after one year; c). international students without green card and/or who are not married to a U.S. citizen), and therefore not eligible for California residency.
California residents are required to pay in-state fees (currently about $7,500 annually). University fellowships typically cover the costs of all fees for in-state residents and teaching assistants receive partial remission for in-state fees.
Students who are not California residents are required to pay both out-of-state fees and tuition (currently about $22,400 annually). University fellowships typically cover the costs of all fees and tuition for non-residents (though it is important to note that students who are qualified to become California residents will be held responsible for non-resident tuition if they have not succeeded in becoming residents after their first year). Non-residents who are teaching assistants receive partial remission for in-state fees only. After one year, most graduate students are eligible to establish California residency, which qualifies them to pay in-state fees only. Please note: only citizens and permanent residents of the United States may establish California residency for tuition purposes.
Citizens of countries other than the U.S. or who are not U.S. permanent residents usually may not establish California residency and therefore are responsible for both non-resident fees and tuition. Students in this category typically rely on a combination of University fellowship support (which covers all fees and tuition), Departmental teaching positions, and personal funds. Non-resident students who have advanced to candidacy for the Ph.D. degree (normally, in the Department of Scandinavian this will occur between the 4th and 6th semesters of the Ph.D. program) will be eligible for a 75% reduction of their non-resident tuition for the next three years. After three years have elapsed, tuition will return to the full amount. Please note that international students without immigration status do not qualify for U.S. government sponsored need-based awards, including student loans and work study.
Teaching Positions (Graduate Student Instructors - GSIs)
Teaching positions play a significant role in Scandinavian graduate student support and are essential to the development of teaching proficiency and to preparation for the academic job market. GSIs generally teach either our Reading and Composition courses or language classes (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish or Finnish). Students who continue to make satisfactory progress through the program are eligible to teach during the fall and spring semesters. Additionally, there will be opportunity for further support and valuable teaching experience with summer teaching positions. A substantial portion of in-state fees and health insurance fees are waived for students holding GSI positions.
University Funding (a partial list)
Multi-year Fellowships for entering M.A./Ph.D. or Ph.D.-only students: These usually cover tuition and living expenses for several years, in a combination of fellowship stipend and Graduate Student Instructorship (GSI) position, and are highly competitive and generally awarded on a campus- wide basis by the University's Graduate Division.
Dean's Normative Time Fellowship (DNTF): The Dean of the Graduate Division has established a new fellowship program, effective 2001-2002, to enable students in most humanities and social sciences departments as well as some professional schools to make more timely progress in completing their doctoral degree requirements. Students who are advanced within the Normative Time for passing the Qualifying Examination (for Scandinavian it is eight semesters) will receive the DNTF, currently a two-semester stipend of $15,000 plus fees (and non-resident tuition for international students ).
Dissertation-year Fellowships: All students who have completed a chapter on their dissertation are eligible to be nominated for the Chancellor's Dissertation Year Fellowship, consisting currently of a $15,000 stipend and all fees paid for one year. The Department is allowed to nominate one outstanding candidate each year for this fellowship. Additional forms of dissertation support, particularly for necessary research in Scandinavia, are available from external sources and from the Department's own funds.
International House scholarships, will sometimes be able to provide full or partial financial assistance for room and board expenses for graduate students, both international and domestic, who have completed one academic year at UC Berkeley and who demonstrate financial need.
The Vice Chancellor for Research Fund makes awards to a maximum amount of $3,000 to assist advanced to candidacy students with research expenses.
Graduate Division Grants for Travel to Conferences offer limited support, to help doctoral students with travel expenses incurred in order to present a paper at a professional conference.
Departmental Funding (a partial list)
In addition to the University fellowships, each year the Department has been able to offer several small grants to those of its new and continuing students who do not receive awards from the University or external funding, or who do, but require some supplement to those awards.
full stipends: the Department has occasionally been able to offer full fellowship support to incoming graduate students on a competitive basis
continuing student grants: for the past several years the Department has been able to award one semester-length stipend annually to a student who is in the process of preparing for the Ph.D. qualifying examination. The awards are competitive.
summer grants: for the past few years the Department has been able to award a small number of summer grants for research projects in Scandinavia.
travel to conferences: a small amount of money is available each year to support the participation of graduate students in academic conferences and events.
The Language Program
The Department of Scandinavian offers language courses in Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish. Most first year (Beginning A and B) courses are taught three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:00-10:00 am, while second year courses (Intermediate and Advanced) are usually taught on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 11:00 am-12:00 pm. Please note that Beginning A courses start every Fall semester. All language courses are 4 units. The Language Program in the Department of Scandinavian is based on a pedagogical approach that focuses on giving the students proficiency in communication and a sound cultural understanding of the target language culture. The emphasis is on teaching the spoken language in a functional way, but students will also gain an overall competence in reading, writing, and listening. A course in Old Norse is also offered.
First year courses meet three hours a week in class; students will also independently work two hours a week in the computer lab doing on-line assignments, reading news, using e-mail writing programs, etc. Culturally relevant audio-visual material will be presented in class whenever possible.
All second year courses for Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish meet on Wednesdays in one lecture class where comparative Nordic linguistic and cultural issues, text analysis, reading, writing and grammar will be covered and on Mondays and Fridays each language group will meet separately with a GSI for a discussion session and intensive speaking practice. The material covered will be used as basis for group work, pair work, presentations, and discussions in the target language. Students will also be expected to work 2 hours a week independently in the computer lab.
DANISH: (Scandinavian 4A, 4B, 100A, 100B)
NORWEGIAN (Scandinavian 3A, 3B, 100A, 100B)
SWEDISH (Scandinavian 1A, 1B, 100A, 100B)
FINNISH (Scandinavian 2A, 2B, 12, 102)
For additional information about textbooks, materials, enrollment and the language program, please contact the Language Coordinator, Karen Mψller-Irving at (510) 642-0654 or e-mail: kmoller@socrates.berkeley.edu
Extension Courses: Members of the community may enroll in language courses through UC Berkeley Extension. To register call (510) 642-4111 for information and a concurrent enrollment form. The concurrent enrollment student will receive a grade and 4 units of college credit.
Education Abroad Program: UC Berkeley students may apply to study for an academic year at one of EAP's host institutions in Denmark or Sweden. EAP also offers a short-term summer Intensive Language Program in Denmark, which can be taken independently. The EAP program offers the unique opportunity to live abroad, master a foreign language, and gain self-confidence and independenceall while progressing toward a UC degree. There are study-centers at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Lund. For further information, contact the EAP office (510-642-1356).
Finnish Studies (http://ies.berkeley.edu/fsp/) and Celtic Studies (http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/celtic/): Both of these language programs are administered through the Department of Scandinavian. More information on languages offered through these programs and on the undergraduate program in Celtic Studies is available from the Undergraduate Assistant, Kathi Brosnan (510) 642-4661 (kbrosnan@socrates.berkeley.edu).
The Undergraduate Program
The Department of Scandinavian offers undergraduate Majors in three Scandinavian languages - Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish - as well as a Minor in Scandinavian. Courses in Scandinavian literature and culture, ancient and modern, are taught in English.
Undergraduate Courses:
See separate listing of beginning language courses
RC5A-B Reading and Composition
12 Intermediate Finnish
24 Freshman Seminar (1 unit)
39 Freshman Seminar (3 units)
75 Scandinavian Culture and Society
100A-B Scandinavian Languages and Linguistics
102 Advanced Finnish
106 The Works of Hans Christian Andersen
C107 The Plays of Ibsen
C108 The Works of Strindberg
C114 Word and Image
115 Studies in Drama and Film
116 Studies in Prose
117 Studies in Poetry
123 Viking and Medieval Scandinavia
125 Old Norse Literature
127 Scandinavia from 1520-1800
128 Scandinavia from 1800-present
145 Senior Seminar
149 Major Studies
150 Studies in Scandinavian Literature
C160 Scandinavian Myth and Religion
165 Scandinavian Folklore
170 Arctic Folklore and Mythology in Nordic Lands
180 Special Topics in Scandinavian
198 Group Study for Advanced Undergraduates
199 Independent
Study and Research
Faculty
CAROL J. CLOVER, Class of 1936 Professor of Rhetoric & Scandinavian
Ph.D. University of California
Teaching and research interests. Early Scandinavian literature and culture. Old Icelandic language. Film history and theory (mostly through the Rhetoric Department). Emphasis in both medieval and film fields is on social-historical topics (especially sex/gender and law) and narrative history and theory (especially issues of orality/literacy and genre).
Current projects. present research includes work on law and narrative in both its film and its saga manifestations. Her book-in-progress, The People's Plot: Film, Narrative, and the Adversarial Imagination, will be published by Princeton University Press in 2003. She is also doing research into the legal origins of Icelandic saga narrative.
Selected publications.
Books:
§ Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film. Princeton Univ. Press and British Film Institute, 1992.
· Old Norse-Icelandic Literature: A Critical Guide. Ed. with John Lindow. Cornell Univ. Press, 1985.
· The Medieval Saga. Cornell Univ. Press, 1982.
Articles:
· "Dancin' in the Rain." Critical Inquiry 21 (1995).
· "Regardless of Sex: Men, Women, and Power in Early Northern Europe." Speculum: Journal of the Medieval Academy of America, 68 (1993). Rpt. In Studying Medieval Women: Sex, Gender, Feminism. Medieval Academy of America, 1993; Rpt. in Representations 44 (1993).
· "The Politics of Scarcity: On the Sex Ratio in Early Scandinavia." Scandinavian Studies 60 (1991). Rpt. in New Readings on Women in Old English Literature. Ed. Helen Damico and Alexandra Hennessey Olsen. Indiana Univ. Press).
· "Hildigunnr's Lament: Women in Bloodfeud." In Structure and Meaning. Ed. Gerd Wolfgang Weber, et al. Odense Univ. Press, 1987.
· "The Long Prose Form." Arkiv fφr nordisk filologi 101 (1986).
· "The Germanic Context of the Unferth Episode," Speculum 55 (1980).
JOHN LINDOW. Professor of Scandinavian.
Ph.D., Harvard University (Germanic Languages and Literatures).
Teaching. Medieval Scandinavian language, literature, and culture; Viking and medieval Scandinavia; Scandinavian mythology; Scandinavian, European, Arctic and Subarctic folklore. Teaching generally focuses on the interpretation of texts in social and historical context. Affiliated with Finnish Studies Program, Religious Studies Program, and the graduate degree programs in Folklore and Medieval Studies.
Research interests. Old Norse-Icelandic literature, mainly mythology and poetry; Scandinavian folklore, mainly legends; Finno-Ugric folklore.
Current projects. Various topics in medieval Scandinavian and in folklore.
Selected Publications
Books:
§ Handbook of Norse Mythology. Santa Barbara, Denver and London: ABC-Clio, 2001.
§ Medieval Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs. Ed. Carl Lindahl, John McNamara, and John Lindow. Santa Barbara, Denver and Oxford: ABC-Clio, 2000.
§ Murder and Vengeance among the Gods: Baldr in Scandinavian Mythology. FF Communications, 262. Helsinki: Akademia Scientiarum Fennica,1997. Scandinavian Mythology: An Annotated Bibliography, Garland Publishing, 1988.
§ Old Norse-Icelandic Literature: A Critical Guide. Ed. with Carol Clover. Cornell Univ. Press, 1985.
§ Swedish Legends and Folktales, UC Press, 1978.
§ Comitatus Individual and Honor: Studies in North Germanic Institutional Vocabulary, UC Press, 1976.
Articles (last five years):
· "Interpreting Myth." Svensk religionshistorisk εrsskrift 9 (2000): 64-80.
· "Thor's Visit to ΪtgarΆaloki." Oral Tradition 15 (2000): 160-79.
§ "Billings mζr." In Gudar pε jorden: Festskrift Lars Lφnnroth, ed. Stina Hansson and Mats Malm (Gφteborg: Gummertz, 2000), 57-66.
· "Skald Sagas in Their Literary Context 1: Related Icelandic Genres." In Skaldsagas: Text, Vocation, and Desire in the Icelandic Sagas of Poets, ed. Russell Poole (Berlin and New York: W. de Gruyter, 2000), 218-31.
· "Kidnapping, Infanticide, Cannibalism: A Legend from Swedish Finland." Western Folklore 57 (1998): 103-17.
· "Νslendingabσk and Myth." Scandinavian Studies 69 (1997): 454-64.
· "Baldr and Lemminkδinen." Journal of Finnish Studies 1, no. 2 (1997): 37-47.
· "Irish Poetry and Norse drσttkvζtt." [Co-author with Gary B. Holland]. In A Celtic Florilegium: Studies in Memory of Brendan O Hehir, ed. Kathryn A. Klar, Eve E. Sweetser, and Claire Thomas. Malden, MA: Celtic Studies Publications (1996), 54-62.
· "Thor's Battle with Hrungnir." alvνssmαl: Forschungen zur mittelalterlichen Kultur Skandinaviens 6 (1996), 3-18.
KAREN MΨLLER, Lecturer & Language Coordinator, Dept. of Scandinavian
Cand. Phil., University of Copenhagen
Teaching and research interests. Foreign language acquisition, especially Scandinavian languages. Foreign language teacher pedagogy. Issues within the area of the less commonly taught languages (LCTL), theoretical, political and pedagogical. Modern Scandinavian history and culture. Scandinavian immigration to the USA and Danish-American literature.
Current projects. Developing a course in cross-Scandinavian communication.
Selected publications
§ Karen Mψller Irving, Nelleke Van Deusen-Scholl and Linda von Hoene. "The Professionalization of Language Teachers: A Case Study of the Professional Development Needs of Lecturers at the University of California, Berkeley." AAUSC Research Issues and Language Program Direction, ed. L. Kathy Heilenman, Boston: Heinle & Heinle Publishers. 245-265.
§ Contributor to Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, article: "Scandinavian Languages", 1999.
§ Review of CD-ROM "Study Denmark" published 1996 by Waves Information Technology, Sψborg, Denmark. Published in Kulturbrev 9, Undervisningsministeriet, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 1996.
§ "Hvis jeg mε-kunne du sε..." FORUM-Tidsskrift for kψn og kultur, vol. 14, no. 4 Journal published by KVINFO, Copenhagen, Denmark, December 1994.
§ "'The Way to Danish' goes on-line", in Kulturbrev 7, published by the Ministry of Education, Copenhagen, Denmark.
§ Review of : Norsk i Sammenheng by Margaret Hayford O'Leary and Frankie Schackelford, New Yrok: McGraw-Hill, 1993. Published in Norwegian Teachers' Newsletter, February 1993.
§ "Danish-Language/30" series. Published by Educational Services Corporation, Washington, DC, 1995.
§ Karen Mψller and Grethe Vangkilde: "Survival Danish." Denmark's International Study Program, Copenhagen, Denmark.
§
Cand. Phil. Dissertation at the University of
Copenhagen. "Writing One's Own Destiny: Patterns of Dual Identity in Enok
Mortensen's Authorship: (On Danish-American Literature.)
LINDA HAVERTY RUGG, Associate Professor of Scandinavian
Ph.D. Harvard
University 1989
Teaching and research interests: Swedish literature and culture, 1870 to the present; August Strindberg; Ingmar Bergman; autobiography, including visual autobiography; literature and the visual arts; ecology and culture; the use of scars as a metaphor in literature; Comparative Literature; German literature and culture; American literature and culture.
Selected publications
Book:
§ Picturing Ourselves: Photography and Autobiography. University of Chicago Press, 1997. 286 pages, 38 illustrations.
Articles:
§ "Herzog's Kinski and Bergman's Liv: Cinematic Auteurism and the Shadowof the Vampire," Comunicaciσn y Sociedad (forthcoming December 2001).
§ "Writing on the Body: Scars as Metaphor for the Break between Analog and Digital Representation," Sensuality and Power in Visual Culture, (forthcoming Fall 2001).
§ "Carefully I touched the faces of my parents': Bergman's Autobiographical Image," Biography 24.1 (Winter 2001), 72-84.
§ "Revenge of the Rats: The Cartesian Body in Kerstin Ekman's Rφvarna i Skuleskogen." Scandinavian Studies 70:4 (Winter 1998) : 425-440.
§ "A Self at Large in the Hall of Mirrors: Rilke's Malte Laurids Brigge as Autobiographical Act." Seminar 29 (1993) : 43-54.
§ "Strindbergman: The Problem of Filming Autobiography in Bergman's Fanny and Alexander." Literature/Film Quarterly 16 (1988) : 174-180.
Book in progress:
§ The Auteur's Autograph: Cinematic Auteurism and Autobiography
MARK SANDBERG, Associate Professor of Scandinavian
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley (Scandinavian)
Teaching: Scandinavian film history; Ibsen; Norwegian literature; Scandinavian drama; 19th-century Scandinavian cultural history. Approach to material emphasizes historical methodologies and interdisciplinary approaches to literature and visual media.
Research Interests. The visual and cultural history of turn-of-the-century Scandinavia, including fields of early film history, museology, media studies, and theater history.
Current projects. Metaphors of housing in Ibsen's prose plays and the silent films of Carl Theodore Dreyer; Space, time, and display in turn-of-the-century visual culture.
Selected publications
Book:
§ Living Pictures, Missing Persons: Mannequins, Museums, and Modernity. Princeton: Princeton University Press, forthcoming 2002.
Articles:
§ "Pocket Movies: Souvenir Cinema Programs and the Danish Silent Cinema," Film History 13.1 (Fall 2001).
§ "Ibsen and the Mimetic Home of Modernity." Ibsen Studies 2 (Spring 2001).
§ "Maternal Gesture and Photography in Victor Sjφstrφm's Ingeborg Holm." Ann-Charlotte Gavel Adams and Terje I. Leiren, eds. Stage and Screen: Studies in Scandinavian Drama and Film. Essays in Honor of Birgitta Steene. Seattle: Dream Play Press Northwest, 2000.
§ "Writing on the Wall: The Language of Advertising in Knut Hamsun's Sult."
§ Scandinavian Studies 71.3 (Fall 1999): 265-296.
§ "Tracking Out: The 'Bergman Film' in Retrospect." Review Essay. Scandinavian Studies 69.3 (Summer 1997): 357-376.
§ "Effigy and Narrative: Looking into the Nineteenth-Century Folk Museum." In Cinema and the Invention of Modern Life. Eds. Leo Charney and Vanessa Schwartz. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995, 320-361.
§ "Rewriting God's Plot: Ingmar Bergman and Feminine Narrative." Scandinavian Studies 63.1 (Winter 1991): 1-29.
KARIN SANDERS, Associate Professor of Scandinavian.
Cand. Mag. University of Copenhagen
Teaching and research interests. 19th century Scandinavian literature, visual arts, and theater; Danish literature (particularly Hans Christian Andersen, Sψren Kierkegaard, Isak Dinesen); word and image (particularly theories on ekphrasis and interart representations of death); literary theory; feminist theory.
Current projects. Remarkable Remains; Bog-Bodies in Archaeological and Poetical Discourse.
Selected publications
Books:
§ Konturer: skulptur-og dψdsbilleder fra Guldalderlitteraturen. [Contours: Images of Sculpture and Death from the Golden Age Literature.] Museum Tusculanum Press. (Copenhagen University Press). 269 pp., 1997.
Edited Books:
§ Pε Tvζrs [Crossings] co-edited with Marianne Barlyng and Klaus P. Mortensen,. Spring Press, Copenhagen. 2000. 318 pages.
Selected Articles:
§ "Museumsdigte. Politik og digte omkring The Elgin Marbles" [Museum-poems. Politics and Poems around The Elgin Marbles] Pε Tvζrs. Spring Press, Copenhagen. 2000. Pp. 98-110.
§ "Fanget mellem ord og billede. Betragtninger over ekfraseteorier og kψn" [Caught Between Word and Image. Theories on Ekphrasis and Gender] Kultur & Klasse 88. Copenhagen, 1999. Pp. 169-183.
§ "At vζre en anden og dog sig selv. Om Johanne Luise Heibergs Et Liv gjenoplevet i Erindringen" [To Be Another, and Yet Your Own. On Johanne Luise Heiberg's A Life Relived in Memory.] Lζsninger i dansk litteratur. Ed. Povl Schmidt. Odense University Press. 1998. Pp. 169-83.
§ "Blodets uro. Om Karin Michaelis' Den Farlige Alder". [Tumultuous Blood. On Karin Michaelis' The Dangerous Age] Lζsninger i dansk litteratur. Ed. Inger-Lise Hjort-Vetlesen. Odense University Press, 1997. 114-130.
§ "Kroppens smerte. Ζstetiske diskurser omkring Laocoon og Den SεredeFiloktet". [The Pain of the Body. Aesthetic Discourses on Laocoon and The Wounded Philoctetes]. Den optiske fordring. Ed. Erik Ψsterud. Oslo, 1997. 102-118.
§ "Signatures: Spelling the Father's and Erasing the Mother's in C. L. Almqvist's Ramido Marinesco and H.C.Andersen's O.T.". Scandinavian Studies. Spring, 1993. vol 65, nr.2.
§ "Staging the Invisible. From the Scene of Theater to the Scene of Writing." Scandinavica. May, 1993. Vol 32, no.1.
§ "Nemesis of Mimesis. The Problem of Representation in H.C. Andersen's 'Psychen'." Scandinavian Studies. 64 no.1. Winter 1992.
SIRPA TUOMAINEN, Lecturer, Dept. of Scandinavian
Huk, Jyvδskylδ University
M.A. San Francisco State University
Teaching and research interests: Intercultural Communication, Second/foreign language acquisition, Integrated Curriculum, Teacher training, Bilingualism/biculturalism, Dual Identity.
Current projects. Dual identity of Finnish women living abroad, Negotiating skills in the first year of foreign language study
Selected Publications:
§ "Sinulle on Postia! Using Global E-mail to Enhance Students' Mastery of the Finnish Language." Berkeley Language Center Publication, Spring 2000.
§ "Louhen Tyttδret Maailmalla: Nuorallatanssija." Kotiliesi, October, 1997, Helsinki, Finland; Amerikan Uutiset, Florida, 1998.
§
TESOL 98: Connecting Our Global Community; "When
Israel Balderas turns six." Berkeley Language Center Publication, Fall
1998.
Visiting Scholars are in residence every year. They represent various research interests and universities from around the world, and are an important part of the academic life of the department. Recent visitors include:
§ S. Karen Sveen (Oktober forlag), 2004-05
§ Finn Hauberg Mortensen (University of Southern Denmark), Spring 2004
§ Tiina Haapakoski (Oslo University), Spring 2004
§ Poul Olaf Behrendt (University of Copenhagen), Spring 2004
§ Arne Aasen (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Fall 2003
§ Maria Larsson (Lund University), Spring 2002
§ Unni Langaas (Agder University College), 2002-03
§ Lars A Fodstdad (Theatre of Trondelag), 2001-02
§ Maarten G. Fraanje (Brill Academic Publishers), 2001-02
§ Ida Winther (Danish Pedagogical University), 2001-02
§
Lilian Munk-Rφsing (University of Copenhagen), Fall
2000
§ Anna Nordlund (Uppsala University), 1999-2000
§ Stephanie von Schnurbein (University of Gφttingen), Spring 1997
§ Pia Harritz (University of Copenhagen), Spring 1997
§
Kristin Orjasaeter (University of Oslo), 1996-97;
§ Helle-Marit Lψvset (Paderup gymnasium), 1995-96
§ Erik Ψsterud (Aarhus University), 1995-96
§ Stephanie von Schnurbein (University of Gφttingen), 1995-96