News from the world of Scandinavian Studies
Nordic Narratives of Nature and the Environment is the first English language anthology that presents ecocritical research on northern European literatures and cultures. The contributors examine specifically Nordic narratives of nature and the environment, with a focus on the cultures and literatures of the modern northern European countries Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, including Sápmi, which is the land traditionally inhabited by the indigenous Sami people.
Read MoreA collection of new translations of poems by the Norwegian author Tarjei Vesaas´s poems into English, by Roger Greenwald.
Read MoreThe second issue of RETHINKING SCANDINAVIA – CSS Publications Web Quarterly is now published, titled "Looking In, Watching Out". The articles are based on papers presented at the CSS Conference in Lund 2017 and deals with both “external” and “internal” images of and perspectives on Scandinavia and concepts like “Scandinavian” and “Nordic” in different cultural spheres, as well as exploring the relationships and/or conflicts that exists between the practices of ‘looking in’ and ‘watching out.’
Read MoreA new volume of the e-journal Gränsløs is now available. The articles are in Swedish and English. Gränsløs is an open journal, and as such free to read in its entirety. The theme of this volume is migration, displacement and refugees.
Read MoreCall for papers for the first edition of Scandia: Journal of Medieval Norse Studies. Theme: "Viking Age and Medieval Scandinavia".
Read MoreThis book is a comprehensive study of Nordic Noir television drama from the 1990’s until today. The authors introduce the history of contemporary Nordic Noir from the perspective of place, production and location studies.
Read MoreCSS Publications has now released the first issue of our new web journal RETHINKING SCANDINAVIA — CSS Publications Web Quarterly. The aim of the web journal is to provide an open and easy access publishing space for Scandinavian Scholars from all over the world.
Read MoreNordens litteratur är en historia som handlar om litteratur i Norden under cirka 1 200 år. Svensk, dansk, finsk, grönländsk, isländsk, färöisk, norsk och samisk litteratur ses här inte som isolerade eller statiska storheter utan som litteraturer som samspelar inbördes och utvecklas i dialog med andra litteraturer...
Read MoreDanish Modern explores the development of mid-century modernist design in Denmark from historical, analytical and theoretical perspectives. Mark Mussari explores the relationship between Danish design aesthetics and the theoretical and cultural impact of Modernism, particularly between 1930 and 1960.
Read MoreNordisk poesi er et vitenskapelig tidsskrift spesielt knyttet til lyrikk som diktart og tar for seg lyrikk fra alle de nordiske land, dvs. lyrikk skrevet på dansk, svensk, islandsk, færøysk, norsk og finsk. I Norden som region skrives det imidlertid lyrikk også på en rekke andre språk – bl.a. samisk, grønlandsk samt ulike innvandrerspråk ...
Read MoreDespite being a minor language, Danish literature is one of the world's most actively translated, and the Scandinavian country is the home of a number of significant writers. Hans Christian Andersen remains one of the most translated authors in the world, philosopher Søren Kierkegaard inspired modern Existentialism, Karen Blixen ...
Read MoreThe Danish-Mormon migration to Utah in the nineteenth century was, relative to population size, one of the largest European religious out-migrations in history. Hundreds of thousands of Americans can trace their ancestry to Danish Mormons, but few know about the social and cultural ramifications of their ancestors’ conversion to Mormonism. This book tells that exciting and complex story for the first time.
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