Calendar: Fall Semester, 2009

September 2009
  • Wed., Sept. 9
Fall classes begin
  • Mon., Sept. 14
Conversation Table (6-7 pm Black Ballroom / Aarsvold, Hult, Zempel)
  • Tues., Sept. 15
 Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)
  • Wed., Sept. 16
Lecture/Film: "A Dialectic Approach to Acting in Mabou Mines Dollhouse" by Lee Breuer (3-5 pm, Viking Theater)
Internationally acclaimed director Lee Breuer will present a film of his Obie award-winning production MABOU MINES DOLLHOUSE, with accompanying talk on his work adapting Henrik Ibsen's classic A Doll's House.
  • Thurs., Sept. 17
Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)
  • Sun., Sept. 20
 Department Picnic (5-7 pm, Norwegian House)
Swanson House 1108 W. 1st St.
  • Mon., Sept. 21
 Conversation Table (6-7 pm Black Ballroom / Janus)
  • Tues., Sept. 22
Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)
  • Thurs., Sept. 24
 Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)
  • Sun., Sept. 27
Norwegian Coffee (4-6 pm, Norwegian House)
Take a study break and go to the Norwegian House for coffee and waffles, games and conversation in Norwegian.
  • Sept. 27-30
 Science Week 2009: "Discover, Innovate, Collaborate" (U. of Minn.)
The Royal Norwegian Honorary Consulate General in Minneapolis and the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Washington, D.C. are pleased to invite you to Science Week 2009 – an event in collaboration with the Univ. of Minnesota, The Research Council of Norway, Innovation Norway, and Norwegian Center for International Cooperation in Higher Education (SIU).
  • Mon., Sept. 28

Conversation Table / HECUA Programs (6-7 pm Valhalla Room / Lie)
Margareta Dancus will give a presentation on the HECUA study abroad programs in Norway.

Concert: Oslo Chamber Choir (7:30 pm, Boe Memorial Chapel)
  • Tues., Sept. 29

Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)

Film Series (8-9:30, Old Main 15)

  • Wed., Sept. 30
Science Week 2009: Tour of St. Olaf College

October 2009
  • Thurs., Oct. 1

Chapel Service: Stavern Mannskor, The Stavern Men's Choir
(11:00-11:20 am, Boe Memorial Chapel)

Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)
  • Mon. Oct. 5:

Conversation Table (6-7 pm, Black Ballroom / Lie)

Lecture: "Two Hearts, Three Eyes, and Four Ears: Sámi Theater and Heritage" (7-8 pm, Viking Theater)

Actor, director, and playwright Harriet Nordlund will talk about the
history, beliefs, way of living, culture, and language of her people,
the Sámi, a native people in Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Russia.
Drawing on her own experience, she will describe the development of
the first Sámi theater and the further growth of the two Sámi theaters
today, discussing their search to find a model of creating a story or
performance in Sámi language, built on elements from their
storytelling and way of remembering.

Harriet Nordlund is the former Artistic Director of Beaivváš Sámi
Teáhter, the Norwegian National Sámi Theatre Company, and is currently
the head of the cultural department within the council of Jokkmokk,
Sweden, the center for the native Sámi people of Lule valley.
  • Tues., Oct. 6
Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)
  • Thurs., Oct. 8
Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)
  • Sun., Oct. 11
Norwegian Coffee & Waffles (4-5 pm, Norwegian House)
Take a study break and go to the Norwegian House for coffee and waffles, games and conversation in Norwegian.
  • Mon., Oct. 12
Conversation Table / Presentation: Oslo Summer School
(6-7 pm, Black Ballroom / Homstad)
Torild Homstad and Joey Corbin will give a presentation on the Oslo International Summer School program.
  • Tues., Oct. 13
 Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)
  • Thurs., Oct. 15
 Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)
  • Oct. 15-18
Norway Seminar (University of Washington, Seattle)
  • Mon., Oct. 19
Conversation Table (6-7 pm, Black Ballroom / Aarsvold)
  • Tues., Oct. 20
Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)
  • Tues., Oct. 20
Film Series (7:30-9 pm, Old Main 15)
  • Thurs., Oct. 22
Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)
  • Oct. 24-27
Fall Break
  • Thurs., Oct. 29
 Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)
  • Fri., Oct. 30
Halloween Trick or Treats (4-6 pm, Norwegian House)

November 2009
  • Sun., Nov. 1
Norwegian Waffles & Coffee (4-5 pm, Norwegian House)
  • Mon., Nov. 2
Conversation Table (6-7 pm, Valhalla Room / Aarsvold)
  • Tues., Nov. 3
Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)
  • Thurs., Nov. 5
Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)
  • Fri., Nov. 6

Lecture: "Authentically Conceptualizing Nordic Film: Pedagogical Approaches to Teaching Film" by Kari Lie
(4-4:30 pm, Old Main 15)

Concert: Bergen Woodwind Quartet (8:15 pm, Urness Recital Hall)
  • Mon., Nov. 9

Lecture: "Representations of Irrationality in Translations and Adaptations of Knut Hamsun’s Novel Pan" by Rennesa Osterberg(4-4:30 pm, Old Main 15)

Conversation Table (6-7 pm, Black Ballroom / Lie)

Presentation: Study in Norway (7-8 pm Black Ballroom)
Students from the Norwegian Department will tell about their experiences studying in Norway.
  • Tues., Nov. 10

Norwegian Film Series (7:30-9:30 pm, Old Main 15)

Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)
  • Thurs., Nov. 12
 Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)
  • Mon., Nov. 16
 Conversation Table (6-7 pm, Black Ballroom / Aarsvold)
  • Tues., Nov. 17
Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)
  • Thurs., Nov. 19
Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)
  • Nov. 20-22
Twin Cities Nordic Lights Film Fest (Film Schedule)
(Parkway Theater, 4814 Chicago Ave. S., Minneapolis)
  • Mon., Nov. 23
No Conversation Table
  • Nov. 25-29
 Thanksgiving Break
  • Mon. Nov. 30
Conversation Table (6-7 pm Black Ballroom / Zempel)

December 2009
  • Tues., Dec. 1
Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)
  • Thurs., Dec. 3
Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)
  • Dec. 3-6
St. Olaf Christmas Festival
  • Mon., Dec. 7
Conversation Table (6-7 pm Black Ballroom / Aarsvold)
  • Tues., Dec. 8
Norwegian Christmas Chapel (11:10 am, Boe Chapel)

Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)
  • Thurs., Dec. 10
Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)
  • Mon., Dec. 14

Last Day of Class

Norwegian Department Christmas Party (7-9 pm, Norwegian House)
  • Dec. 16-21
 Final Exams