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Report of the President: the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study.(Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study)(Conference news)
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Scandinavian Studies
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December 22, 2007
- Author:
- Brantly, Susan C.
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THE 97TH ANNUAL MEETING of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study was held 26-28 April 2007, in Davenport, Iowa. The local organizer was Prof. Larry Scott of Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois and the academic program was overseen by Prof. Jason Lavery of Oklahoma State University. Iceland was our Nordic government host this year and the keynote address, "Education in a Modern Multicultural Iceland" was delivered Thursday evening by Anna Bjartmarsdottir Sveinbjornsson, Nordic Studies Librarian at the University of Washington.
As is traditional, the officers of the Society and the Advisory Council met on Thursday afternoon, 26 April, and the business ...