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Vacancy: Swedish Language Lecturer, University of Minnesota, US
The Department of German, Nordic, Slavic & Dutch is looking for a lecturer and/or teaching specialist to teach and lead the Swedish program, teaching mostly lower-division language skills courses, in…

New Publication: Old Norse-Icelandic Philology and National Identity in the Long Nineteenth Century
This 28th volume of the National Cultivation of Culture delves into the vital role that medieval manuscripts have played in the self-image of the Icelandic nation.

Call for Papers: Studia Scandinavica on Scandinavian linguistics, literature, history and culture
The yearly academic journal published by the Institute for Scandinavian Studies at the University of Gdansk invites both papers and book reviews for their next issue.

New publication: Nordic Media Histories of Propaganda and Persuasion
Read this open access publication edited by Fredrik Norén, Claire Thomson and Emil Stjernholm online.

Call for Papers: Health and Happiness in Nordic Literature and Culture, Tromsø, 2-5 August 2023
UiT – The Arctic University of Norway is hosting the 34th conference of the International Association for Scandinavian Studies.

Online Author Panel: Bringing Scandinavian Children’s Voices into English
Contemporary Scandinavian children’s and young-adult literature is full of stories that combine a playful joy of storytelling with important socio-cultural themes, but how does this translate?

Call for Papers: “Cultural Representations of the Region in Transnational Contexts, c. 1840-1940,” Radboud University, 11-13 January 2023
The interdisciplinary conference “Cultural Representations of the Region in Transnational Contexts, c. 1840-1940” will take place at Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands, from 11 to 13…