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WINTER 2023
Evil Flowers — Book Talk With Gunnhild Øyehaug & Catherine Lacey
On The Arctic Edge — Panel Discussion
Climate Change And The New Polar Aesthetics Book Talk With Lisa E. Bloom
Music on Park Avenue with Per Tengstrand — Franz Schubert Introduction & Performance
Collected Works: Book Talk With Lydia Sandgren & Emily Temple
FALL 2022
Lundahl & Seitl: In Conversation With Barbara London
The Reindeer Hunters — Book Talk with Lars Mytting & Maren Johnson
Nordic Security In Insecure Europe — Eric Einhorn, Katja Creutz, August Danielson, Hans Mouritzen
Afro-Sweden Book Talk With Ryan Thomas Skinner & Cresa Pugh
The Swedish Theory of Love — with Lars Trägårdh & Anna Kirstine Schirrer
As in Heaven — Film Q&A with Tea Lindeburg
“Looking For The Hidden Folk” & “The Seer And The Unseen” with Nancy Marie Brown & Sara Dosa
W.: A Novel — Book Talk With Steve Sem-Sandberg & Saskia Vogel
The Viking Heart: Virtual Book Talk with Arthur Herman
SUMMER 2022
Jostein Gulbrandsen Trio — Nordic Summer Jazz 2022
“A Postcard for Annie” with Ida Jessen, Martin Aitken & Désirée Ohrbeck —Nordic Lit In Translation
SPRING 2022
Salka Valka by Halldór Laxness: Philip Roughton & Doug Mcintyre
The Border — Book Talk with Erika Fatland & Jessica Case
Secrets of the Sprakkar with First Lady of Iceland Eliza Reid: Curtis L. Carlson Lecture & Book Talk
Tractatus Philosophico-Poeticus: Book Talk w/ Signe Gjessing, Denise Newman & Rosie Ellison-Balaam
Down Иorth | Иorður Og Niður | Ner Till Иorr: North Atlantic Triennial Virtual Program
Nordic Literature in Translation: Damascus, Atlantis
The Sixteen Trees of the Somme with Lars Mytting & Paul Russell Garrett
Glacier Elegies With Jaanika Peerna, Riitta Ikonen, Annette Solakoglu & Zoë Foster
Screenshot — Book Talk with Bergur Ebbi
The Photography of Edvard Munch with Patricia G. Berman, MaryClaire Pappas, & Edward Gallagher
FALL/WINTER 2021
Helene: Trailer + Film Talk with Laura Birn & Antti J. Jokinen
For the Love of Cod — Book Talk with Eric Dregni
Nordic Literature In Translation: The Land of Short Sentences with Stine Pilgaard & Hunter Simpson
Nordic Literature In Translation with Randi Ward & Kim Simonsen
Duodji Reader: Sámi Book Talk with Irene Snarby, Gunvor Guttorm, Tonje Kjellevold, & Harald Gaski
Music on Park Avenue with Per Tengstrand & Katie Liu — Bach, Mozart and Schubert
River Kings: A New History of the Vikings — Talk with Dr. Cat Jarman
Grassroots Resettlement — Refugee Support & Community Creation in Scandinavia House
The Familiar & The Absurd: Literature from Copenhagen — Virtual Panel
Present Tense Machine — Book Talk with Gunnhild Øyehaug & Jennifer Offill
Friluftsliv – Lost in the Mountains: Nature Literature from Norway with Torbjørn Ekelund & Are Kalvø
Young Children & Teachers’ Experiences During Covid — Perspectives from the U.S. & Scandinavia
Repatriation & Restitution In The Nordic Countries — Panel Discussion
The Book Of Reykjavík — Virtual Book Talk
Twilight Man — Book Talk with Liz Brown & Justine Kurland
The Pastor — Virtual Book Talk with Hanne Ørstavik & Rebecca Dinerstein Knight
Louis Kahn As Teacher: A Conversation with Charles E. Dagit
Dog Park — Virtual Book Talk with Sofi Oksanen & Bethanne Patrick
SPRING/SUMMER 2021
Awake — Virtual Book Talk with Harald Voetmann, Johanne Sorgenfri Ottosen, & Denise Rose Hansen
Architecture & Design Learning on Both Sides of the Atlantic — Panel
The Viking Heart — Virtual Book Talk with Arthur Herman
After The Sun — Virtual Book Talk With Jonas Eika, Sherilynn Hellberg & Katrine Øgaard Jensen
The Real Valkyrie — Virtual Book Talk with Nancy Marie Brown & Anna Dís Ólafsdóttir
Virtual Concert — Oskar Stenmark & Alex Pryrodny
Bolla — Virtual Book Talk with Pajtim Statovci and Bethanne Patrick
Virtual Concert — Jostein Gulbrandsen Trio
Magma – Virtual Book Talk with Thóra Hjörleifsdóttir, Meg Matich, & Larissa Kyzer
Vasa In Conversation: With Adam Davies, Fred Hocker, & Joan Wickersham
Sweden’s Response to the Coronavirus: An Update — With Lars Trägårdh
Stranger’s Guide to Scandinavia — Panel Discussion
The Employees — Virtual Book Talk with Olga Ravn & Martin Aitken
Outgoing Vessel & Sense Violence — Virtual Poetry Reading & Discussion
Indigenous Activism in the Nordic Countries — Virtual Panel
Big Heart, Strong Hands — Book Talk with Anne Helene Gjelstad & Moderator Erika Larsen
My Friend Natalia — Book Talk with Laura Linstedt & David Hackston
Fred Jüssi: The Beauty of Being — Film Talk With Jaan Tootsen & David Rothenberg
Aalto — Film Talk with Virpi Suutari & moderator Peter Reed
Capturing Sustainability in the Arctic — Panel Discussion
The Good Traitor — Film Talk with Christina Rosendahl & Ulrich Thomsen
Force of Habit — Virtual Film Talk with Reetta Aalto & Alli Happasalo
Masculinity & Culture — The Making of a Man with Lo Dagerman & Mark Greene
FALL/WINTER 2020-21
A Silenced Voice — The Life of Journalist Kim Wall: Book Talk with Ingrid & Joachim Wall
Louis Kahn 120 Celebration
Harriet Pattison, Nathaniel Kahn & William Whitaker
The Memory Theater: Book Talk with Karin Tidbeck
The Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove Ditlevsen: Literary Panel
Michael Favala Goldman, Morten Høi Jensen, Rachel Kushner & Brian Lerner
Race, Identity & Belonging in the Nordic Countries — Panel Discussion
Elizabeth Löwe Hunter, Jasmine Kelekay, Susani Mahadura with ASF Fellow Ethelene Whitmire
Race in the Colonial Past and Present: Virtual Conversation with La Vaughn Belle and Jeanette Ehlers
Jonas Mekas: Filming Independence — Lithuania and the Collapse of the USSR
The Women I Think About at Night: Book Talk with Mia Kankimäki & Heli Sirviö
Virtual Nordic Holiday Cooking & Glögg: With Morten Sohlberg & Ulrika Bengtsson
St. Lucia Celebration: Virtual Discussion & Performance with Ingrid Kullberg-Bendz
Woman at War: Film Talk with Benedikt Erlingsson & Ann Hornaday
Taste of Iceland
Polar Tales: Book Talk with Melissa Schäfer & Fredrik Granath
The 3rd Annual Sámi Film Festival: Panel Discussion
Rebecca King, Elle Sofe Sara, Silja Somby, Dr. Troy Storfjell, Ánne Mággá Wigelius with Dr. Amanda Doxtater
Monster Party Workshop with Satu Kettunen
The Blinding Sea: Virtual Film Talk with George Tombs
Policing & Police Reform in the Nordic Countries
Lars Holmberg, Kimmo Himberg, & Margrét Valdimarsdóttir, with Vaness Barker
Sweden’s Response to the Coronavirus
Equity, Inclusion, & Immigration in the Nordic Countries: Virtual Panel
Jason “Timbuktu” Diakité, Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Simon Pasternak & Marcus Samuelsson
FALL 2022 SERIES: NEW YORK BALTIC FILM FESTIVAL
Discussion with Hanna Bilobrova — New York Baltic Film Festival
u.Q. Film Talk: New York Baltic Film Festival
Burial Film Talk: New York Baltic Film Festival
Lame-Os Film Talk: New York Baltic Film Festival
Songs for a Fox Film Talk: New York Baltic Film Festival
Tree of Eternal Love Film Talk: New York Baltic Film Festival
The Sleeping Beast Film Talk: New York Baltic Film Festival
Pilgrims Film Talk: New York Baltic Film Festival 2022
Sandra Gets a Job Film Talk: New York Baltic Film Festival
Homo Sovieticus Film Panel: New York Baltic Film Festival
FALL 2022 SERIES: THE NORDIC COUNCIL LITERATURE PRIZE NOMINEES
The Nordic Council Literature Prize Nominees — Sámi Language: Mary Ailonieida Sombán Mari
The Nordic Council Literature Prize Nominees — Faroe Islands: Beinir Bergsson & Randi Ward
Nordic Council Literary Prize Nominees — Denmark: Solvej Balle, Rakel Haslund-Gjerrild & Tore Leifer
Nordic Council Literary Prize Nominees — Finland: Kaj Korkea-aho & Sara Abdollahi
FALL/WINTER 2021 SERIES: NORDIC & BALTIC OSCAR CONTENDERS
The Worst Person in the World — Film Talk with Joachim Trier & Renate Reinsve
Flee — Film Talk with director Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Radiograph of a Family: Film Q&A with Firouzeh Khosrovani & Teddy Grouya
FALL 2021 SERIES: NEW YORK BALTIC FILM FESTIVAL
In the Mirror Film Q&A: New York Baltic Film Festival
Runner Film Q&A: New York Baltic Film Festival
Gentle Warriors Film Q&A: New York Baltic Film Festival
Dawn of War Film Q&A: New York Baltic Film Festival
Goodbye Soviet Union Film Q&A: New York Baltic Film Festival
Tree Opera Film Q&A: New York Baltic Film Festival
Wild East Film Q&A — New York Baltic Film Festival
Kratt Film Q&A — New York Baltic Film Festival
Isaac Film Q&A — New York Baltic Film Festival
A Year Full of Drama Film Q&A: New York Baltic Film Festival
Emīlija — Queen of the Press Film Q&A: New York Baltic Film Festival
The Jump Film Q&A — New York Baltic Film Festival
ONGOING SERIES: VIRTUAL STUDIO VISITS
Virtual Studio Visit with Pieper Bloomquist
WINTER 2020/21 SERIES: NORDIC & BALTIC OSCAR CONTENDERS 2020
FALL 2020 SERIES: NORDIC AUTHORS YOU SHOULD KNOW
Athena Farrokhzad, Johannes Heldén, Mara Lee, Carolina Setterwall with Elizabeth Clark Wessel
Johanna Domokos & Niillas Holmberg with Harald Gaski
Jan Grue, Roy Jacobsen, Kaja Kvernbakken, Ruth Lillegraven, with Karen Havelin
Rakel Helmsdal, Carl Jóhan Jensen, Marjun Syderbø Kjælnes, with Kerri Pierce
Selja Ahava, Rosa Liksom, Johanna Sinisalo, & Antti Tuomainen, with Lola Rogers
The Imposter Poets
Shadi Angelina Bazeghi, Jonas Eika, Maja Lee Langvad, Dorthe Nors, & Ursula Andkjær Olsen, with Katrine Øgaard Jensen
FALL 2020 SERIES: NEW YORK BALTIC FILM FESTIVAL
Rain Rannu, Māris Prombergs, Paula Bērziņa, Dovilė Butnoriūtė, Tomas Vengris
Vallo Toomla, Jānis Nords, Ignas Jonynas, Maria Reinup
SPRING & SUMMER 2020
SUMMER 2020
Out Stealing Horses: Film Talk with Hans Petter Moland & Intro with Liam Neeson
The Teachers’ Protest — Film Discussion with Jon Seal & Erik Brakstad
LGBTQ Cinema in the Nordic Countries
Virtual Midsummer Celebration!
Refugees and the Coronavirus with Jan Egeland
Design Learning Workshop with Mari Savio
Norway’s Response to the Coronavirus — With Dr. Frode Forland
The Painter & The Thief Premiere Talk — With Benjamin Ree and Barbora Kysilkova
Museums From Home with Kendra Greene
Music on Park Avenue Online: Per Tengstrand Interview & Performance
Sweden’s Response to the Coronavirus — With Historian Lars Trägårdh
Iceland’s Response to the Coronavirus — With Dr. Gudrun Aspelund