Monika Zagar

German, Nordic, Slavic & Dutch

Collegiate Affiliation

German, Nordic, Slavic & Dutch

Specialties

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Publications

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Publications

Zagar, Monika. Knut Hamsun: The Dark Side of Literary Brilliance. University of Washington Press, 2009.
Zagar, Monika, Patrizia McBride, Richard W. McCormick. Legacies of Modernism - Art and Politics in Northern Europe, 1890-1950. Palgrave Macmillan, June 8, 2007.
Zagar, Monika. How Knut Hamsun Imagined Juliane and Her Speech: Hamsun's Play Livet ivold. Norvick Press, 2004.

Activities

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Activities

Professional

Director of Organizing Committee for SASS 2003: Responsible for site selection, paper selections, financial planning, session organization.. Spring 2002 - June 2003
Director, Center for Scandinavian Studies: Director and Administrator of the Center; Organizer of conferences, speakers and workshops; Community outreach.. August 2001 - January 2004

Research

Race and ethnicity in Scandinavian literature and film: Analysis of texts written by transnational adoptees to Scandinavia, portrayal of transnation adoptees in Scandinavia. 2000 - ongoing
Contemporary Scandinavian Literature and Culture

Awards

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Courses

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Courses

Scandinavians and Their Art at the Turn of the Century
Scandinavian Fiction from 1890 to Present
Introduction to Scandinavia
Images of Scandinavia in Art, Film and Literature
Advanced Norwegian
Women Writers of Scandinavia