Book Talk

Fall 2024 Book Talk
Join Ben Teitelbaum, the Professor and Chair of Ethnomusicology at The University of Colorado, Boulder on 6th December 2024, at 1:00 pm CST for a conversation with editor and translator William Banks as he talks about the book called "The Great Debate: Nietzsche, Culture, and the Scandinavian Welfare Society.”
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Fall 2023 Book Talk
Join Scandinavian Studies editor Dean Krouk on Tuesday December 5, 2023 at 10 am CST (17:00 CET) for a conversation with author and scholar Claus Elholm Andersen about his upcoming book Knausgård and the Autofictional Novel.
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Spring 2023 Book Talk
Menacing Environments: Ecohorror in Contemporary Nordic Cinema Ben Bigelow in conversation with Liina-Ly Roos
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Fall 2022 Book Talk
Join our guest moderator Daniela Agostinho (Aarhus University) as she discussed the book, "Virgin Capital: Race, Gender, and Financialization in the US Virgin Islands" with author and scholar Tami Navarro (Drew University).
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Spring 2022 Book Talk
Join author Tiphanie Yanique and Dr. Liina-Ly Roos (University of Wisconsin) to discuss Yanique’s critically aclaimed debut novel, Land of Love and Drowning, an epic family saga that follows three generations of Virgin Islanders begining on Transfer Day - when colonial control of what is now known as the US Virgin Islands was transfered from Denmark to the United States. Yanique will also discuss her new novel, Monster in the Middle, which discusses the complexity and challanges of romantic love.
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Nominate a book for a future book talk​

Do you have a book you would like to nominate for a future book talk? Nominations should be new or upcoming releases in the field of Scandinavian Studies. The author will, ideally, be a member in good standing of SASS. Nominations will be accepted from any SASS member, including the author themself. Please email the author’s name, contact information, book title, and a brief (200 word) description of the text to sassbooktalk@scandinavianstudy.org. Nominations will be accepted on a rolling basis.