Teaching Schedule-2009-2010

Fall semester
Norwegian 231C: Intermediate Norwegian I
Norwegian 231D: Intermediate Norwegian II

Interim
Norwegian 240: Vikings in Literature: Medieval to Modern

Spring Semester
Norwegian 112: Beginning Norwegian II
Norwegian 280: Ibsen

Study Abroad Programs in Norway

• Scandinavian Urban Studies Term (HECUA )
• University of Oslo International Summer School
• Scandinavian Studies in Telemark
• Exchange programs: University of Oslo, University of Tromsø, Stavanger University College. Telemark University College
  

Other

• Norway 2005:  A Voice of Our Own
  In 2005 Norway celebrated 100 years since the peaceful dissolution of the union with Sweden.  St. Olaf College marked this important event in a number of ways, including events on campus, adult study tours to Norway, and tours by the band, choir, and orchestra. Together with the Norwegian-American Historical Association (NAHA), St. Olaf honored our ties with contemporary Norway with a conference, Norway and the US 1905-2005:  A Friendship and its Future.  
• Peace Prize Forum Seminar, Derry Ireland, June 1999 (Click here to see photos)
• Association for Computing in the Humanities ( ACH )
• Immigration and Ethnic History Society ( IEHS )
  
• Norwegian American Historical Association ( NAHA ) Board of Directors
• Norwegian Teachers and Researchers Association of North America ( NorTANA )
• Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study ( SASS )
• Ibsen Society of America ( ISA )
• Nordmanns-Forbundet (Norse Federation) Board of Directors
• Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs ( HECUA ) Board of Directors
• Consultant on award-winning film, Letters from American: The Life and Times of O.E. Rolvaag by Tim Schwab and Christina Craton, Unity Productions.  This film may be ordered from New Day Films.
• American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
  

Sabbatical Leave 2008-09:

During my sabbatical I spent much of my time on campus in my library carrel, carrying out research on second language acquisition and creating a program of directed individual language and culture instruction. I also participated in several conferences and events. The results of my study have been passed on to the Associate Dean for Interdisciplinary and General Studies for further consideration. During July, I participated in a National Endowment for the Humanities Institute in Washington DC, on American Immigration Revisited. This Institute has helped prepare me for my upcoming three-year term as holder of the Boldt Chair in which I will focus on humanities aspects of issues related to immigration.

Sabbatical Leave 2001-2002

During my sabbatical leave I spent most of my time on campus in my library carrel, some time working at home or at my cabin, and took two brief trips to Norway. My primary project was translating and interpreting the diaries of Ellen Kravik Lokensgard and Ole Lokensgard (or Løkensgaard). These diaries were written in the 1870s and 1880s from the time Ellen was a student at Monona Academy in Madison, Wisconsin, through her marriage to Pastor Ole Lokensgard and their life together near Granite Falls, Minnesota, where he served several churches.  I have completed a draft translation of all 16 diaries, and am continuing to work on the translation as well as background research.

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