Short, snappy, entertaining: Scandinavian 30 is a series of free, thirty-minute talks by UW Scandinavian Studies faculty the second Thursday of every month at 7:00PM at the Nordic Museum. The talks will tell you what you really need to know about Scandinavia to understand it. UW Scandinavian Professors share their insight and cutting-edge ideas in Academia in an informal setting at the Nordic Museum. Drinks available for purchase in the bar. Wise words from past generations to the present: A new look at North European proverbs in America
“Whatever you have in your head, nobody can take from you," is one traditional proverb passed on by a Latvian immigrant to his American-born grandson. Proverbs are a rich form of oral poetry, carrying memories and worldview from generation to generation,
across time and great distances, and yet they are also embedded in an individual person's identity. What are the proverbs and wisdom that Nordic and Baltic immigrants have passed on, and what do they tell us about these cultures? RSVP at:
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