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The Scandinavian Section

UCLA

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All Events in Royce 314 unless otherwise noted

Day 1: Thursday, December 3, 2009

Evening: Virtual Exhibit Reception—Royce 314 6:00-8:00pm

Day 2: Friday, December 4, 2009

9:00 Opening: Tim Tangherlini (UCLA)
9:15 Introduction: John Lindow (UC Berkeley)

10:00 – 12:30 Session 1 Mapping Theater
A. Mark Sandberg (UC Berkeley): “Ibsen, Elsewhere”
B. Julie Holledge (Flinders University): “Dollscapes: Reading Nora through Time Maps and Networks”
C. Jonathan Bollen (Flinders University): Mapping Performances: A demonstration
D. Discussant: Claus Elholm Andersen (UCLA)

12:30 – 2:00 Lunch

2:30 – 5:00 Session 2 Mapping Literature
A. Chip Oscarson (Brigham Young University): “Rails, Trails, and the Map of Early Swedish Cinema”
B. Ursula Lindqvist (Harvard University): “Mapping the Caribbean in Danish biographical writing”
C. Patrick Wen (UCLA): "Maps of the Dragon Tattoo: Militating in Every Airport Bookstall"
D. Discussant: Zoe Borovsky (UCLA)

Day 3: Saturday, December 5, 2009

9:00-10:00 Continental Breakfast – Royce 306 Balcony

10:00-12:00 Session 3: Mapping the Medieval World
A. Elisabeth Ward (UC Berkeley): “Mapping Uncertainty: Medieval Manuscript Production in Iceland”
B. Tereza Vachunova (University of Copenhagen): “A Prosopography of Icelandic Post-Medieval Manuscript Culture”
C. Discussant: Kendra Willson (UCLA)

12:00-1:30 Lunch

2:00 – 4:00 Session 4: Mapping Culture
A. Kirsten Thisted (University of Copenhagen): “Hybrid identities. Mapping Greenland in between the Arctic and Scandinavia”
B. Timothy Tangherlini (UCLA): “Distributed Folklore: Mapping the 19th Century Archive”
C. Discussant: John Lindow

4:00—5:00 Break

5:00—Introduction: Steven Sondrup (Brigham Young University)
5:15-6:15 Closing Keynote: Barbara Piatti (ETH Zurich): "The Geography of Fiction: First Chapters from a 'Literary Atlas of Europe'"