Dear Friends of the Scandinavian Program and Scandinavian Club at the U of I!
Mark your calendars for several upcoming events and courses, sponsored by or related to the Scandinavian Studies Program or the student Scandinavian Club (RSO).
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SAO-LAS: Stockholm Summer Artic Program 2015
“Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic”
SCAN 386/GLBL 386/SESE 386 – 6 credits
Program Dates: June 3 – July 5, 2015
Study Abroad Office Application Deadline: January 31, 2015
Information session: Thursday, December 11th, from 10-11 am (ISB room 101)
In this intensive five-week program – for science and humanities students – program participants will learn about issues related to climate change and human presence in the Arctic from interdisciplinary perspectives. UIUC students participate together with students from KTH-Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden and will spend two weeks in the Arctic. This year’s field sites will be located in Northern Sweden, with time spent in Kiruna, followed a stay in the Swedish mountains at the Tarfala Research Station, and ending with a stay at the Abisko Research Station near Lake Torne Träsk. Applicants should have junior status (for Fall 2015) or consent of the instructor.
Program contacts:
For questions regarding the application process, direct emails to: kmstrom2@illinois.edu Kristen Stout, Advisor for International Projects in mainland Europe.
Create an application to the program at the following address:
Sponsored by the Study Abroad Office, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Scandinavian Studies, European Union Center, Global Studies, Earth Society & Environment and INSPIRE.
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Money for Travel to Sweden – Anna Jensen Award
Application Deadline: February 6, 2015
The Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures is pleased to announce an award competition to facilitate study abroad in Sweden during summer 2015 or academic year 2015-16. The Anna Jensen Memorial Scandinavian Award is a prize in the amount of up to $1,500 to facilitate study or research in Sweden. To apply, please submit a 500-word application statement and include your most recent University of Illinois transcript (unofficial is fine). Ideal applicants are students who have been taking Scandinavian courses, or who articulate plans to do so during their time of study abroad. The statement should clearly outline:
• your reasons for applying
• how a period of study in Sweden is important to your studies and to your future career plans
• how you expect to use the award (you may include a basic budget)
• what your plans are to continue Swedish and Scandinavian Studies once you return.
You may also address in your application if there are special needs or circumstances that motivate your application. Submit all application materials to the mailbox of Dr. Mark Safstrom, 2090 Foreign Languages Building by 4:45 PM on February 6, 2015.
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Now’s the time to sign up for several courses in Scandinavian and Arctic studies!!
Scandinavian Course Offerings – Spring 2015
SCAN 102 – Beginning Swedish II (Beginning Scandinavian II)
M T W Th, 11:00-11:50 AM, 4 credit hours
This is the SECOND course in the Scandinavian language sequence (usually Swedish). Prerequisite: SCAN 101 or consent of instructor.
SCAN 104 – Intermediate Swedish II (Intermediate Scandinavian II)
M T W Th, 12:00-12:50 PM, 4 credit hours
This is the FOURTH course in the Scandinavian language sequence (usually Swedish). Prerequisite: SCAN 103 or consent of instructor.
SCAN 225 – Vikings to Volvos: Scandinavia
M W F, 10:00-10:50 AM, 3 credit hours
An introduction to the history, literature, and culture of Scandinavia and the Nordic region, from the Viking age until the modern era (700s-present). Includes discussion of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Svalbard, and Greenland. All readings in English. This course satisfies the Gen Ed Criteria for a Literature and the Arts course, and Western Comparative Culture course.
Campus Honors Program Course: SCAN 240 – Arctic Narratives
M, 12:00-2:50 PM, 3 credit hours
This is an interdisciplinary course that investigates representations of the Arctic in literature, art, cinema, media, and scientific, environmental, and geographical writing. This course satisfies the Gen Ed Criteria for a Literature and the Arts course, and Western Comparative Culture course. Same as CWL 282 / EURO 240. Restricted to Chancellor’s Scholar-CHP Honors students.
SCAN 251 – Viking Mythology
M W, 10:00-10:50 AM (Friday sessions at 10:00, 11:00, or 1:00), 3 credit hours
This course will explore the pre-Christian beliefs of the Germanic peoples of Northern Europe, primarily as reflected in medieval Icelandic prose and poetry in translation. This course satisfies the Gen Ed Criteria for a Hist. & Philosophy Perspective, and Western Comparative Culture course. Same as CWL 251 / MDVL 251 / RLST 251.
SCAN 375 – Scandinavian Sexualities
T Th, 3:30-4:50 PM, 3 credit hours
In this course we will explore the changing understanding of childhood and youth in Scandinavian literature and film with a comparative focus. Thematic concepts include the following; Psychoanalytic approaches to children’s literature; Constructions of the childhood self and the bildungsroman; Education, feminism, and social reform; Individualism and the welfare state; Political radicalism; gender, sexuality, and masculinity. Same as CWL 375 / GWS 375.
SCAN 494 – Special Topics: History of the Germanic Languages
W, 4:00-5:50 PM, 3 credit hours
In this course, we will explore the historical development of the Germanic languages, from Proto-Indo-European to the present day, with a primary focus on German and the Scandinavian languages. Meets with GER 465.
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Interested in the Scandinavian Minor or Major?
Contact the program advisor, Dr. Mark Safstrom, to set up an appointment (safstrom@illinois.edu FLB 3117). Now is also the time for currently enrolled minors and majors to schedule a time for their Spring course audit.