Lena Norrman

German, Nordic, Slavic & Dutch

320K Folwell Hall

9 Pleasant St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

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Educational Background & Specialties

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Educational Background

PhD: Germanic Languages and Literatures, Scandinavian Studies, Medieval Studies, Harvard University, 2006
MA: History and Nordic Languages, Uppsala University, 1998
BA: History, Uppsala University, 1997

Publications

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"Viking Women: The Narrative Role in Woven Tapestries." Cambria Press, 2008.
“Visual and Verbal Art: Weaving and Poetry in Classical Greek and Old Norse Narratives," in Cosmos, Vol. 20, 2006. Pp. 121-151.
“Visual Poetry: Weaving meaning in Old Norse Poetry,“ in Viking and Medieval Scandinavia 1 (2005). Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols. Pp. 137-162.
Review of Sigurd Bergmann. I begynnelsen är bilden. En befriande bild-konst-kultur-teologi (Stockholm: Proprius Förlag AB, 2003), in Religion and the Arts 9-1/2 (2005). Pp. 141-142.

Awards

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Outstanding Service Award, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, 2008
SWEA (Swedish Women in Education Association) Scholarship in Literature, 2005
Harvard Extension School. Acknowledgement of Distinction in Teaching, 2000-2005
The Bernhard Blume Award. Departmental Prize for excellence in graduate work. Harvard University, 2001
Harvard University, Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, 2000-2001
Borgrí¤ttsfonderna, Sverige-Amerika Stiftelsen. For a year of study at Harvard University, 1998

Courses

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The Vikings; Saga, History, and Lore
Viking, Knights, and Reformers; German and European Culture and Controversies to 1700
Swe 1001/4001 - Beginning Swedish I
Swe 1002/4002 - Beginning Swedish II
Swe 1003/4003 - Intermediate Swedish I
Swe 1004/4004 - Intermediate Swedish II
Scandinavian 3011 - Readings, conversation and composition. Advanced language course
A Survey of Modern Scandinavian Literature
Scandinavian Folklore
Modern Sweden: The Consctruction of a Culture
Great Literary Works of Scandinavia
Emigration, Immigration, and Integration; The Nordic Experience