Anne G. Sabo

 

Norwegian Department

St. Olaf College

1520 St. Olaf Avenue

Northfield, MN 55057-1098

                                                                                   

 

EDUCATION

Colleges/Universities Attended (degrees with dates and subject):

 

University of Washington (1995-2000)

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D), June 2000. Comparative Literature w/theory and criticism.
• Master of Arts (M.A.), December 1997. Comparative Literature.
• Bachelor of Arts, June 1996. Comparative History of Ideas.

 

University of Oslo (1992-1995)

• Candidatus Magisterii (Cand.Mag.), June 1996. History of Ideas.

 

Thesis & Dissertation Titles:

• The Übermensch comes to Scandinavia: Rereading Hamsun and Dinesen in the light of Nietzsche’s philosophy (dissertation)
• William James and Friedrich Nietzsche: Revaluation of Truth and Life (thesis)

 

Areas of Expertise & Special Interests:

• Gender and sexuality studies, in particular new visual representations of gender, sexuality, and intimacy
• Contemporary Scandinavian film and literature
• Fin-de-siècle literature, in particular Scandinavian

 

EMPLOYMENT AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Institution (with dates and rank):

St. Olaf College	(2005-present)	Associate Professor
St. Olaf College	(2000-2005)	Assistant Professor
St. Olaf College	(2002-2003)	Acting Chair of Norwegian and Director of Nordic Studies
St. Olaf College	(1999-2000)	Instructor
University of Washington	(1998-1999)	Teaching Associate
University of Washington	(1997-1998)	Teaching Assistant

 

Courses Taught at St. Olaf:

Courses Taught in English:

• Women Studies 399: Third Wave Discourses on Gender
• Women Studies 398: Gender in Advertisement
• Norwegian 130: Love, Sex, and Family in Nordic Film Today (ALS-A, Media Studies, Women’s Studies)
• Norwegian 382: Ibsen (EIN, Women’s Studies)
• Norwegian 233: Nordic Literature: Medieval to Modern (ALS-L, ORC)
• Great Conversation 113, 115, 116, 217, 218: from the Greeks and Hebrews to Modern Dissenters and Defenders
• General Education 111: “The Mad Rebel” (FYW)

 

Courses Taught in Norwegian:

• Norwegian 111: Beginning Norwegian I
• Norwegian 112: Beginning Norwegian II
• Norwegian 231: Intermediate Norwegian I (FOL-N)

• Norwegian 253: Advanced Conversation and Composition: “Controversial Issues in Contemporary Culture” (ORC, FOL-N)
• Norwegian 371: Norwegian Literature from the Saga Period to 1890 (ALS-L, WRI, FOL-N)
• Norwegian 372: Norwegian Literature from 1890 to the Present (ALS-L, WRI, FOL-N)

 

Advising and Mentoring:

• Advisory Board Member of the Gender and Sexuality Center (2006-)
• Academic Advisor (2000-)
• Advisor for Studies in Norway (2001-)
• Advisor for the Ole Dancers, a student organization for female dancers (1999-2005)
• Co-Advisor for the Norwegian Club, a student organization for students interested in Norwegian and Nordic culture (2004-)
• Supervisor of student workers (1999-2002, 2003-05)

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

Refereed Articles:

“Highbrow and lowbrow pornography: Prejudice prevails against popular culture. A case study.” Forthcoming in the Journal of Popular Culture.

 “A vision of new porn: - How women are revising porn to match a time of greater gender equality.” In Generation P? Youth, Gender and Pornography. Eds. Susanne V. Knudsen, Lotta Löfgren-Mårtenson & Sven-Axel Månsson. Copenhagen: Danish University of Education Press, 2007. 221-237.

 “The Status of Sexuality, Pornography, and Morality in Norway today: Are the critics ready for Bjørneboe’s joyful inversion of Mykle’s guilt trip?” NORA -- Nordic Journal for Women’s Studies 1 (2005): 36-47.

“Ari Behn’s Bakgård (2003): The latest contribution from a bohemian tradition in Norway.” Scandinavian Studies 2 (2005): 275-86.

“Revamped Woman and the untruth of truth: Unraveling the anti-feminism of Nietzsche and Dinesen.” LIT: Literature Interpretation Theory 1 (2005): 41-73.

“Are Norwegians European? The Bohemians say so!” Journal of European Studies 3 (2004): 247-66.

“The Norwegian Intellectual: A Wannabe European.” Delivered as paper at the 11^th Annual Conference of the Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery (SISSI), co-hosted by the Society and the University of Southern Colorado, March 15-17, 2001. Published as article in The Image of Europe: Proceedings-2001 Conference. Ed. Will Wright and Steven Kaplan. Pueblo: The Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery, 2001. 2-7.

“Knut Hamsun in Paa gjengrodde stier: Joker, Übermensch, or Sagacious Madman?” Scandinavian Studies 4 (1999): 453-74.

“The Madman as Sage: Hamsun enacts Nietzsche’s Riddle.” “Delivered at the 33^rd Annual Comparative Literature Conference, hosted by California State University, April 2 - 3, 1998. Published in genre: An International Journal of Literature and the Arts 19 (1998): 49-57.

“Munker og mirakler i et postmoderne språkunivers: Uløste mysterier signert Umberto Eco og Jan Wiese.” Kirke og Kultur 1 (1998): 57-66.

 

Refereed Papers:

“What’s this thing called sex? Screening Sex in Scandinavia.” Delivered at the 123^rd Annual Convention of the Modern Language Association (MLA), hosted in Chicago, December 27-30, 2007.

“What’s love got to do with it? Hardcore porn in Scandinavia” Delivered at the 97^th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies (SASS), hosted by Augustana College, April 26-28, 2007.

“Adolescent angst and sexuality in Bare Bea.” Delivered at the 95^th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies (SASS), hosted by Portland State University, May 5-7, 2005.

“Ari Askeladden: The significance of wanderlust and the exotic “other” in Ari Behn’s narratives.” Delivered at the 25^th Biannual meeting of The International Association for Scandinavian Studies (IASS), hosted by the University of Vienna, August 2-7, 2004. Published in Der Norden im Ausland – das Ausland imi Norden: Formung und Transformation von Konzepten und Bildern des Anderen vom Mittelalter bis heute. WSS 15. Hg. Rossel, Sven. Wien: Praesens Verlag, 2006. 548-55.

“Pornographic Subjects: An Oxymoron?” Delivered at the interdisciplinary conference on “The Gendered Body, Aesthetics and Experience,” hosted by Agder University College, June 3-6, 2004.

“Crisscrossing the continents: Norwegian vagabonds and American beat poets – the latest chapter.” Delivered at the 94^th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies (SASS), co-hosted by the Berkeley and Los Angeles Scandinavian programs of the University of California, April 15-17, 2004.

“The Strands of Hamsun’s Religiosity” Delivered at the 93^rd Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies (SASS), hosted by University of Minnesota, May 1-3, 2003.

“Dinesen and Nietzsche: The story of an Anti-feminist and a Misogynist?” Delivered at the 118^th Annual Convention of the Modern Language Association (MLA), hosted in New York City, December 27-30, 2002.

“Pornography, authority, and gender balances.” Delivered at the interdisciplinary conference Gender, power, text: Scandinavian Culture in the Twentieth Century, hosted by University College London, June 13-14, 2002.

“Axel Jensen: A Bohemian rebel?” Delivered at the 92^nd Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies (SASS), hosted by Brigham Young University, May 2-4, 2002.

“Dinesen’s feminine Übermensch.” Delivered at the 91^st Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies (SASS), hosted by North Park University, April 25-28, 2001.

“Isak Dinesen’s Flirtation with Hitler.” Delivered at the 90^th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies (SASS), hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, May 4 - 6, 2000.

“The Truth of the Fantastic in Hamsun and Dinesen’s Narratives.” Delivered at the 89^th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies (SASS), hosted by the University of Washington, April 29 - May 1, 1999.

 “Prisoner in disguise: Knut Hamsun as a Nietzschean Übermensch in Paa gjengrodde stier.” Delivered at the 88^th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies (SASS), hosted by Arizona State University, April 30 - May 2, 1998.

“Du Bois and Ellison: Vindicating Art and Education as Democratic Implements.” Delivered at the 5^th Annual Conference of the American Studies Colloquium, hosted by at the University of Washington, May 28 - 30, 1997.

“An allegorical entrance through Nietzsche to stories told by Moa Martinson and Isak Dinesen.” Delivered at the 87^th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies (SASS), hosted by the University of Illinois, April 24 - 27, 1997.

 

Invited Scholarly Lectures:

“The Perils and Potential of Porn from a Gender Equality Perspective.” Keynote talk delivered at the International Conference titled “Heterosexual desire in gender equality discourse: A point of trouble?” Hosted by the Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research at the University of Oslo and the Nordic Institute of Women Studies and Gender Research. University of Oslo, June 15-17, 2006.

“Hvorfor porno?” Høyskolen i Agder, Kristiansand, May 10, 2006.

“Pornografi: kvinneundertrykkende eller kvinnefrigjørende?” Universitetet i Oslo, March 9, 2006.

 

Invited Lectures

“Nye kvalitetskriterier for pornografi.” Medietilsynet, Feb. 28, 2006.

“The Annabel Chong Story.” Asker Filmklubb, Feb. 9, 2006.

 

Panel Participation:

“Peeling Peer’s Onion in the Undergraduate Classroom: A Powerpoint Panel.” Delivered at the Tenth International Ibsen Conference, hosted by Long Island University, June 1-8, 2003.

 

Invited Scholarly Articles:

“Syklisk tid og panteistisk rom i Hamsuns religionssyn.” Delivered at the Third International Hamsun Conference, hosted by Tromsø University, September 25-27, 2003. Published in Hamsun i Tromsø II. Eds. Even Arntzen and Henning H. Wærp. Hamarøy: Hamsun-Selskapet, 2003. 29-52.

“Axel Jensen.” In Twentieth-Century Norwegian Writers. Ed. Tanya Thresher. Dictionary of Literary Biography vol. 297. A Bruccoli Clark Layman Book. Farmington Hills: Gale, 2004. 202-12.

“Literature: Germanic: Norwegian.” In 2006 Britannica Book of the Year: Events of 2005. 229.

“Literature: Germanic: Norwegian.” In 2005 Britannica Book of the Year: Events of 2004. Ed. Karen Sparks. Chicaco: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2005. 230.

“Literature: Germanic: Norwegian.” In 2004 Britannica Book of the Year: Events of 2003. Ed. Karen Sparks. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2004. 229.

“Literature: Germanic: Norwegian.” In 2003 Britannica Book of the Year: Events of 2002. Ed. Karen Sparks. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2003. 251.

“Literature: Germanic: Norwegian.” In 2002 Britannica Book of the Year: Events of 2001. Ed. Charles P. Trumbull. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2002. 249-50.

“Literature: Germanic: Norwegian.” In 2001 Britannica Book of the Year: Events of 2000. Ed. Charles P. Trumbull. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2001. 249.

 

Invited Articles:

“Snakk om sex!” Fett 2.06: 37-39.

“Humanistisk porno.” Morgenbladet 9.-15. juni: 16-17.

“Fokus på pornoens verdi for kvinner.” Bulletine 1-06: 9-10.

Articles and reviews for Cupido http://www.cupido.no/archive.cfm?id=12849

 

Reviews:

“Review of Hamsuns kvinner. Ed. Arntzen, Even. Hamarøy: Hamsun-Selskapet, 2004. Published in Scandinavian Studies 1 (2006): 86-88.

“Review of Rosmersholm.” Co-authored with Frankie Shackelford. Published in Ibsen News and Comment vol. 23 (2003) & vol. 24 (2004): 16-18.

“Norsk Litteratur-vitenskapelig Tidsskrift.” Published in Norwegian Teachers Newsletter (spring 2001): 12-14.

“Florentine laughter in Moment of Freedom.” Published in Norwegian Teachers Newsletter (fall 1999): 14.

 

Translations:

Drewsen, Jette. “The Little Disciple.” Trans. Anne G. Sabo. In ECHO: Stories about Girls from Scandinavia. Ed. Katherine Hanson and Ia Dubois. Seattle: Women in Translation, 2000. 256-64.

Trier Mørch, Dea. “Grandma in the Painting Room.” Trans. Anne G. Sabo. In ECHO: Stories about Girls from Scandinavia. Ed. Katherine Hanson and Ia Dubois. Seattle: Women in Translation, 2000. 106-14.

 

Honors, Awards, Grants:

• Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Travel Grant, summer 2008.
• St. Olaf College Film Task Force workshop summer grant, summer 2007.
• Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Travel Grant, summer 2006.
• American-Scandinavian Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 2005-06.
• Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Travel Grant, summer 2004.
• St Olaf College Presidential Study Grant for the 2002-03 academic year.
• St. Olaf College Technology Across Languages and Cultures (TALC) workshop summer grant, summer 2001.
• Norwegian Commercial Club Seattle grant, 1998.
• “The Leif Eie Scholarship,” Seattle Chapter of the Norwegian-American Chamber of Commerce, 1998.
• “The King Olav V Norwegian-American Heritage Scholarship,” Sons of Norway Foundation, 1998.
• Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies (SASS) Presidential Grant, 1997.

 

Offices Held in Professional Organizations:

• Board of Norwegian Researchers and Teachers Association of North America (NORTANA) 2008-2011
• Executive Committee for the Discussion Group on Scandinavian Languages and Literatures for Modern Language Association of America (MLA) 2005-09
• Council of the Ibsen Society of America (ISA) 2004-08
• Executive Council of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies (SASS) 2002-06

 

Professional Memberships:

• The Ibsen Society of America (ISA)
• Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies (SASS)
• Modern Language Association of America (MLA)
• Norwegian Researchers and Teachers Association of North America (NORTANA)

 

Other Professional Activities:

Faculty Development:

• Participant in the Boldt seminar on teaching at a liberal arts college, spring 2005.
• Participant in a First Year Writing (FYW) workshop, winter 2003-04.
• Participant in a Foreign Languages Across the Curriculum (FLAC) workshop, summer 2002.
• Mentee to Dr. Nancy Thompson (Art 255: Italian Art In Context, Florence) and Dr. Bill Poehlmann (Religion 259: Religion and Culture in Rome) during their respective interim courses in Italy, January 2002.
• Participant in the Ethics and Ethical Issues and Normative Perspectives (EIN) workshop, summer 2001.
• Participant in the Boldt seminar on the history of ethics and philosophy, spring 2001.
• Participant in an Oral Communications (ORC) workshop, summer 2001.
• Participant in a week of workshops and conference sessions at the International Association for Language Learning Technology (IALL) at Rice University, Houston, summer 2001.
• Participant in a week of technology workshops at St. Olaf College sponsored by Technology Across Languages and Cultures (TALC), summer 2001.
• Participant in a weeklong summer institute on “Language Acquisition Using Technology in Language Acquisition” sponsored by Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) at the University of Minnesota, summer 2001.
• Participant in a two-day long workshop on the scholarship of teaching and learning, hosted by the Center for Innovation in the Liberal Arts (CILA) at St. Olaf College, summer 2001.

 

COLLEGE ACTIVITIES

College Committees:

• Member of the Film Task Force (2006-08)
• Member of the Curriculum Committee (2007-09)
• Member of the General Education Committee (GEC) (2006-07)
• Member of the President’s Appointed Committee on the Status of Women (2004-05)
• Member of the Associate Dean’s “Ad Hoc Appointed Humanities Facilities Group” (2003-04)
• Chair of the Conference Planning Committee for the “The Centennial Anniversary of Norway 2005” (2003-05)
• Member of the Steering Committee of “The Centennial Anniversary of Norway 2005” (2002-05)
• Member of the “Athletics Committee” (2002-04)
• Member of the “CEPC subcommittee responsible for new course proposals” (2001-04)
• Member of the “Technology Across Languages and Cultures” steering committee [TALC] (2000-04)
• Member of the “World Language Center Faculty Advisory Committee” [WLC-FAC] (1999-2005)

 

Miscellaneous College Talks and Presentations:

• Presentation titled “Porn – from a female (scholar’s) POV” delivered during the Provost’s Sabbatical Series (Oct. 25, 2006)
• Lecture titled “Porn: Friend or Foe to Women’s Sexuality? Reconsidering pornography” delivered as part of the V-Week program (Feb. 22, 2005)
• Lecture on Henrik Ibsen to the Great Conversation students (April 5, 2004)
• Presentation on using WebCT at a CILA luncheon (spring 2004)
• Presentation on teaching with ORC to an ORC workshop (summer 2002)
• Speaker at the Norwegian Christmas Service in St. Olaf Chapel December 1999, 2000, and 2001
• Moderator at the Kierkegaard conference hosted by St. Olaf College, summer 2001
• Paper titled “A new context for reading Scandinavian literature: The impact of Nietzsche’s philosophy on Hamsun and Dinesen.” Delivered to the Language and Literature colloquium, November 2, 1999.
• Facilitator of the Language and Literature colloquium (2002-03)

 

COMMUNITY SERVICE:  

• Charter Member and Student Relation Coordinator for Lakselaget, an organization for Norwegian-American professional women
• Member of Nordmanns-Forbundet