Scandinavian studies
Scandinavian studies is an interdisciplinary academic field of area studies that covers topics related to Scandinavia and the Nordic countries, including languages, literatures, histories, cultures and societies. The term Scandinavia has both narrow and broad definitions. In the field of Scandinavian studies, a broad definition typically applies, encompassing the whole Nordic region of Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Finland, Norway, and Sweden.
The field is also home to research related to the Nordic diaspora, the Sami people, as well as regions affected by Nordic colonialism. Study of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania is either considered to be under the umbrella of Scandinavian studies or is treated as a closely related field.[1][2] The broad approach prevails despite the fact that Icelandic, Faroese, the Finnic languages, the Baltic languages, and Greenlandic do not belong to the group of North Germanic languages spoken in a narrowly defined Scandinavia. In Germany, however, "Skandinavistik" is considered a subfield of Germanic languages, with accompanying literature and culture, and "Fennistik" is the separate study of Finnic languages.
Universities offering education and performing research in Scandinavian studies are located throughout North America and Europe. Learned societies within the field include the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study (SASS) with its quarterly journal Scandinavian Studies, the International Association of Scandinavian Studies (IASS), and the Association for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies in Canada (AASSC). In 2010 and 2014, SASS and the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies (AABS) held joint conferences.
The largest departments of Scandinavian studies in the United States are found at the University of Washington, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and the University of California, Berkeley. University College London and the University of Edinburgh are home to the only extant full departments of Scandinavian studies in the UK.
References
- ↑ "Scandinavian Studies | University of Washington". Scandinavian.washington.edu. 2013-07-24. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
- ↑ "Scandinavian and Baltic Studies University of British Columbia". ubc.ca. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
External links
- Fachverband Skandinavistik, Germany
- Kompetenznetzwerk Skandinavistik, Germany
- Association pour les études nordiques, France
- Department of Scandinavian Studies, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
- Department of New and classical phiolologies, Sofia University, Bulgaria
- Stockholm Institute for Scandinavian Law, University of Stockholm
- Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies, University of Oslo
- Department of Scandinavian Studies, University College London
- Centre for Scandinavian Studies, University of Aberdeen
- Centre for Scandinavian Studies - Copenhagen - Lund, Lund University and University of Copenhagen
- Scandinavian Studies, University of Edinburgh
- Centre of Scandinavian Studies, Vilnius University, Lithuania
- Department of Scandinavian Studies, Belgrade University, Serbia
- Department of Scandinavian Studies, University of Washington
- Department of Scandinavian Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
- Department of Scandinavian Studies, University of California, Berkeley
- Department of Scandinavian Studies, University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Department of Scandinavian Studies, Gustavus Adolphus College
- Scandinavian Studies, Minnesota State University, Mankato
- Scandinavian Studies, Augustana College (Illinois)
- Scandinavian Area Studies, Pacific Lutheran University
- Scandinavian Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Scandinavian and Swedish, The Ohio State University
- Swedish and Scandinavian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Norwegian and Scandinavian Studies, Concordia College (Moorhead, Minnesota)
- Department of Norwegian, St. Olaf College
- Department of German and Scandinavian, University of Oregon
- Department of German, Scandinavian & Dutch, University of Minnesota
- Department of Germanic Languages, Columbia University
- Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University
- Finnish Studies, Finlandia University
- Nordic Studies, Luther College (Iowa)
- Nordic Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
- Scandinavian Studies, University of Alberta
- Scandinavian Studies, University of Alberta Augustana Faculty
- Scandinavian and Baltic Studies, University of British Columbia