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Swedish language student awarded SWEA MAME 2017 scholarship

May 19, 2017

Kelsey Ann Fuller, a second year Swedish language student and doctoral student in music ethnology, is the recipient of the SWEA MAME (Middle Americas Region) 2017 scholarship. SWEA MAME is awarding Kelsey a $2000 scholarship/travel grant to support her research on Sami music and culture, and her Swedish and Sami...

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Meet New GSLL Faculty!

May 4, 2017

We are happy to announce that GSLL successfully completed searches for the positions of Assistant Professor of Russian Studies and Instructor of Nordic Studies. Please welcome our outstanding new colleagues: Assistant Professor of Russian Studies Jillian Porter Jillian Porter holds an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literatures...

Swedish Ambassador Bjorn Lyrvall

Swedish Ambassador to the U.S. visits CU-Boulder

April 12, 2017

The Swedish Ambassador to the U.S., Björn Lyrvall, visited GSLL on March 10, 2017. The department hosted a reception for the Ambassador in the UMC 5 th Floor Terrace. Accompanying the ambassador were Andreas Ershammar, Embassy Counselor of Trade and Commercial Affairs, and Honorary Counsel Don Pedersen of the Swedish...

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SWED 3020 students write article in Swedish magazine

July 13, 2016

The students in the SWED 3020 Advanced Swedish class had a unique opportunity to use their new language skills in the Spring of 2016. They were asked to write an article for the Swedish magazine Sverigekontakt. The article describes the Swedish Program at CU, which has grown to become one...

Ben Teitelbaum

Teitelbaum writes NYT op-ed on refugee crisis in Sweden

Nov. 13, 2015

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/14/opinion/swedens-self-inflicted-nightmare.html?_r=0

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CU-Boulder becomes a source for all things Norse

Nov. 5, 2015

http://artsandsciences.colorado.edu/magazine/2015/09/cu-boulder-becomes-...

Ben Teitelbaum

Teitelbaum dissertation wins second award

April 15, 2014

Head of Nordic Studies Benjamin Teitelbaum has received the research award from Germany's Institute for the Study of Radical Movements for his 2013 dissertation 'Come Hear our Merry Song': Shifts in the Sound of Contemporary Swedish Radical Nationalism . The award seeks to recognize research "that advanced the theoretical understanding...

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