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SUMMARY:The Nordic Council Literature Prize Nominees: Faroe Islands
DESCRIPTION:This fall\, join us for a virtual literary series with the nominees of this year’s Nordic Council Literature Prize! Awarded since 1962 alongside other prizes from the Nordic Council in music\, film\, and environment\, the Literature Prize is selected annually for a work of fiction (poetry\, prose\, or drama) written in one of the Nordic languages\,  Created to generated greater interest in the sense of Nordic cultural community and to recognize unique artistic endeavors\, each year’s prize is selected by the Nordic Adjudication Committee\, made up of two members from each of the Nordic nations. \nThis year’s nominee from the Faroe Islands\, Beinir Bergsson’s poetry collection Sólgarðurin (Forlagið Eksil\, 2021) follows his debut Tann lítli drongurin og beinagrindin\, which portrays the loss of a parent\, the poet-self”s father. In his follow-up collection\, the poet is now preoccupied with closeness\, intimacy and sexuality: specifically\, between the bodies of two boys. \nSet primarily in two locations\, the bed in a bedroom and the grandmother’s garden\, Sólgarðurin has been described by Bergsson as both a concrete physical space and an abstract mental space. \nIn this talk\, Bergsson will discuss the collection with translator Randi Ward\, a 2021 ASF Translation Prizewinner for her translation from Faroese of Kim Simonsen’s 2013 poetry collection Hvat hjálpir einum menniskja at vakna ein morgun hesumegin hetta áratúsundið (What good does it do for a person to wake up one morning this side of the new millennium). \nThis event will take place as a Zoom webinar; please ask questions in the chat or send them in advance to  info@amscan.org. Registration is required; please sign up at the link above. This conversation will be recorded and available later to stream on our Virtual Programming page and on our YouTube channel. \nAbout the Speakers\nBeinir Bergsson made his debut in 2017 with the poetry collection Tann lítli drongurin og beinagrindin\, which portrays\, inter alia\, the loss of a parent\, the poet-self’s father. The debut work won EBBA-virðislønin\, the annual literature prize of the Faroese Writers’ Association. The poetry collection is translated to Icelandic and Greek. In Sólgarðurin (Forlagið Eksil\, 2021)\, the poet-self is now older. From being preoccupied with absence and distance\, he is now preoccupied with closeness\, intimacy and sexuality: specifically\, between the bodies of two boys. And specifically\, by creating space for their sexuality. Beinir himself has described Sólgarðurin in the media as both a concrete physical space and an abstract mental space. The poems are set primarily in two locations: in particular\, the bed in a bedroom and the grandmother’s garden. \nRandi Ward is a poet\, translator\, lyricist\, and photographer from Belleville\, West Virginia. She earned her MA in Cultural Studies from the University of the Faroe Islands and has twice won the American-Scandinavian Foundation’s Nadia Christensen Prize. Her work has appeared in Asymptote\, Beloit Poetry Journal\, Words Without Borders\, World Literature Today and also been featured on Folk Radio UK\, NPR\, and PBS NewsHour. Ward’s translations\, writing\, and photography are used in high school and university classrooms throughout the United States and abroad. She is a recipient of Shepherd University’s Appalachian Photography Award\, and Cornell University Library established the Randi Ward Collection in its Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections in 2015.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/the-nordic-council-literature-prize-nominees-faroe-islands/
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SUMMARY:Advanced Beginner Swedish 1
DESCRIPTION:Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this fall at Scandinavia House! In this course held as remote learning\, students will continue to perfect their previous learned skills and pronunciation\, while also expanding into more complex sentence structure. Furthermore\, the students will be asked to express their opinions or beliefs in simple discussions related to Swedish life within the themes studied. The students will be required to read a literary book over the course of the semester. \nAt the end of the semester\, students will know: \n\nHow to connect main and sub-clauses\nAdverbs denoting position or destination\nThe concept of depiction\n\nStudents will be able to: \n\nTalk about people\, computers\, food and things done and wished for in the past.\n\nPrerequisite: Swedish Beginner 3 level or equivalent. This course will take place remotely via Zoom; instructions for remote learning will be emailed upon registration. For questions about language levels\, please contact Malin Tybahl. Tuition is $499 ($449.10 ASF Members); 15 hours total class time. \n**There will be no class on October 4 (Yom Kippur) or November 8 (Election Day)**
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/advanced-beginner-swedish-1/2022-10-11/
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SUMMARY:Norwegian II—Hybrid Language Classes
DESCRIPTION:Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this fall at Scandinavia House! In course building on Norwegian I (or equivalent)\, continue to expand your vocabulary and master grammatical structures\, while enhancing your conversational abilities\, and deepening your cultural knowledge of all things Norwegian. \nYou will get to practice conversations in class which will put your grammatical structures to the test\, all the while building on your listening\, and speaking skills. A greater focus will be given to pronunciation\, Norwegian structure\, tone\, and flow. There will also be weekly at-home assignments focusing on reading\, writing\, and grammar. By the course’s end\, you should be able to conduct simple conversations in Norwegian. \nIdeal for: \n\nThose with basic knowledge of\, or previous instruction in\, Norwegian\nThose who wish to strengthen their Norwegian language skills\n\nYou will develop: \n\nGreater proficiency in Norwegian\nImproved conversational and grammatical skills\, as well as improved pronunciation in Norwegian\n\nThis hybrid class will be held both in-person and via Zoom; in-person attendance for the first four classes is highly recommended. \nPrerequisite: Norwegian I or equivalent; instructions for remote learning will be emailed upon registration. For questions about language levels\, please contact Marie-Therese Bjornerud. Tuition is $675 ($607.50 ASF Members); 20 hours total class time. \n*There will be no class on Tuesday\, October 4. \nRequired & Recommended Material\nRequired:\nTextbook: PA VEI TEKSTBOK\, ELLINGSEN\, 2012 – ISBN: 9788202340940\nWorkbook: PA VEI ARBEIDSBOK\, ELLINGSEN\, 2012 – ISBN: 9788202343163 \nHighly Recommended:\nWord List: PA VEI Norsk-Engelsk Ordliste\, ELLINGSEN\, 2012 – ISBN: 9788202372255\nCD-set: PA VEI ELEV-CD til tekstbok\, ELLINGSEN\, 2012 – ISBN: 9788202371869 \nAlso Recommended:\nOnline exercises (both oral and written) following the textbook\nNotebooks for vocabulary as well as notes\nDuolingo (Android\, Apple) and other language apps to expand vocabulary and support the learning process
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/norwegian-ii-hybrid-language-classes/2022-10-11/
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SUMMARY:Looking for the Hidden Folk
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a book talk with Nancy Marie Brown on Looking for the Hidden Folk\, a wonderfully quirky new exploration of our interaction with nature out on October 4 from Pegasus Books! In exploring how Icelanders interact with nature — and their idea that elves live among us — Brown will discuss how altering our perceptions of the environment can be a crucial first step toward saving it. \nIcelanders believe in elves. Why does that make you laugh?\, asks Nancy Marie Brown. Looking for answers in history\, science\, religion\, and art — from ancient times to today — Brown finds that each discipline defines what is real and unreal\, natural and supernatural\, demonstrated and theoretical\, alive and inert. Each has its own way of perceiving and valuing the world around us. And each discipline defines what an Icelander might call an elf. \nIlluminated by her own encounters with Iceland’s Otherworld — in ancient lava fields\, on a holy mountain\, beside a glacier or an erupting volcano\, crossing the cold desert at the island’s heart on horseback — Looking for the Hidden Folk offers an intimate conversation about how we look at and find value in nature. It reveals how the words we use and the stories we tell shape the world we see. It argues that our beliefs about the Earth will preserve — or destroy it. \n“Astonishing\, lyrical\, and thought-provoking” (Pat Shipman\, author of Our Oldest Companions) \n “Brown’s enthusiasm is infectious” (The Boston Globe) \nThis program will take place in-person at Scandinavia House; RSVP required. \nAbout the Author\nNancy Marie Brown is the author of several highly praised cultural histories\, including The Real Valkyrie\, Song of the Vikings\, and Ivory Vikings. These titles have been favorably reviewed in the New Yorker\, the New York Times\, the Economist\, the Times Literary Supplement\, the Wall Street Journal\, and many other journals. Brown has spent decades studying Icelandic literature and culture. She lives on a farm in Vermont where she keeps four Icelandic horses and an Icelandic sheepdog.
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