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CoScan / Confederation of Scandinavian Societies

Posted 4 weeks ago

The Institutes of Scandinavian Studies in Göttingen, Tübingen and Münster are threatened!

To all persons caring about the future of Svandinavia Studies I forward an urgent e-mail from Elsiabeth Magin. Please sign the petitions

chng.it/WX96G8WcD7 and

www.openpetition.de/petition/online/schuetzen-sie-die-skandinavistik-vor-streichungen, and forward this e-mail to others!



Henrik Williams





Dear everyone,

The Institutes of Scandinavian Studies in Göttingen, Tübingen and Münster are about to be closed down, in part due to cuts occasioned by the pandemic. I don’t doubt that all of you have some connection to at least one of those institutes, so I don’t need to stress just how important it is to keep them alive; but just as a reminder, Göttingen is the institute where Klaus Düwel used to work.



We are, of course, working to prevent them being closed down, and several of you will have already seen the two petitions I am linking below; but for those of you who haven’t, please sign them, pass them on to as many people as you can think of, and if you have a Twitter account, tweet them far and wide!



If you are willing to do more than share the petition, we are also working on getting as many people as possible to write letters of protest directly to the people making the decisions. If you do not know quite what to write, please contact me at aexemm@nottingham.ac.uk, and I will be happy to provide a few pointers!



Please consider if you can spare the time to do that in addition to signing the petitions to show international support for these Institutes as well!



Best wishes and thank you for your support,

Elisabeth ... See MoreSee Less

Schützen Sie die Skandinavistik vor Streichungen! - Online-Petition

*Erhalt der Skandinavistik* * an der Universität Göttingen * an der Universität Tübingen

CoScan / Confederation of Scandinavian Societies

Posted 1 month ago

Virtual tour at Kulturhuset in Stockholm: 'Ten artists in our time' ... See MoreSee Less

Future Watch | Kulturhusetstadsteatern

Möt det nya årtiondets unga konstnärer i utställningen Future Watch! Här får du uppleva det senaste inom samtidskonst presenterat genom skulptur, video, måleri och installation. INFORMATION PLA...

CoScan / Confederation of Scandinavian Societies

Posted 1 month ago

Norwegian Scottish Association

Tuesday 4 May

ROMAN SCOTLAND

The Roman invasion of Scotland started from 70AD. From 142 to 162 AD, the Antonine Wall, crossing the Central Belt was the Northern Frontier of the Roman Empire. The Roman presence in Scotland is often forgotten but the Wall and the camps have left their marks in the landscape for those who can spot them. The Antonine Wall was inscribed as a World heritage Site in 2008. In this talk we will look at the history of the wall and the people who lived there and left their names for us to discover. We will also look at the work if the Rediscovering the Antonine Wall project and what it offers to visitors.
Heritage expert Séverine Peyrichou is Project Development Officer with Rediscovering the Antonine Wall, the first pan-Antonine Wall project designed to increase awareness and understanding of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site.

To register: bitly.ws/d7gy ... See MoreSee Less

Rediscovering the Antonine Wall

New insights on Scotland's largest and most important Roman monument by Séverine Peyrichou of the Rediscovering the Antonine Wall Project.

CoScan / Confederation of Scandinavian Societies

Posted 2 months ago

The Norwegian Scottish Association

We are delighted to welcome members and friends to our first NSA virtual event on Tuesday 27 April at 7:30pm (BST) when Dr Alan Macniven of the University of Edinburgh will give us a talk on The Norwegian origins of Danish Greenland.

The island nation of Greenland is famous for many things – its icecap, its polar bears, and its huge mineral wealth, which piqued the interest of US president Donald Trump in 2019. While its indigenous population is, of course, Inuit, Greenland’s status as an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark also makes it the last substantial European territory in North America. The Danish colonisation of Greenland, may have begun more than 300 years ago, but even this is recent compared to the island’s initial colonisation from Iceland some seven centuries earlier. What is less well known, however, is that the prime movers in both of these developments were Norwegian.

Dr Alan Macniven is Senior Lecturer and Head of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Edinburgh, where he teaches on a range of courses covering the language, literature and culture of modern and medieval Scandinavia.

To register (free):
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-norwegian-origins-of-danish-greenland-tickets-151621318445?utm_campaig... ... See MoreSee Less

The Norwegian Origins of Danish Greenland

Join us for a talk by Dr Alan Macniven on the Norwegian role in the European discovery, rediscovery and colonisation of Greenland.

CoScan / Confederation of Scandinavian Societies

Posted 2 months ago

kulturnattstockholm.se

’Kulturnatt Stockholm 2021 will take place on the 24th of April, 18:00 – 24:00, and brings all of Stockholm’s cultural life to you, wherever you are.

For the second time in history, Kulturnatten will take digital form. Do you prefer watching programs of your own choosing on Kulturnatt Stockholm Play, or do you prefer following the livestreams on Kulturnatts-TV? Your experience can be adjusted to your likings this year – together or alone, to your known taste or with the hope of finding something new. Either way, we will take a large part of Stockholm’s cultural life to you, all free of charge.

Kulturnatt Stockholm Play will remain available until May 1st.’ ... See MoreSee Less

Kulturnatt Stockholm 2021

Lördagen den 24 april 2021 mellan klockan 18:00 – 24:00 utspelar sig Kulturnatt Stockholm på valfri skärm.