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There are a total of 34 presentations spread across 9 Panels. These panels are are grouped by theme and provide 20 minutes to each individual to explain their current research, in the order in which they are listed on the program. At the end of the session (not each presentation), there is a short Q&A. For more details about each of these sessions and to find out when each is offered, visit the program<\/a><\/strong> page.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Panel I: America Letters, Revisited<\/p>\n

Panel II: Read All About it!: Representations of Norwegian Migration in Drama, Fiction, Journalism, and Biography<\/p>\n

Panel III: Marriage, Motherhood, Feminism: Norwegian-Americans and Women\u2019s Rights<\/p>\n

Panel IV: Norwegian Migration, Art, and Music<\/p>\n

Panel V: Religious Encounters: Norwegian Immigrant Faiths in Context<\/p>\n

Panel VI: Demographics, Microhistories, and More: Methods in Norwegian-American History<\/p>\n

Panel VII: Butter, Cheese, Bubble Gum, and Buildings: Transatlantic Material Cultures<\/p>\n

Panel VIII: Echoes Across the Atlantic: Historical Narratives, Identity, and Memory in the 19th and 20th centuries<\/p>\n

Panel IX: Norwegian-Americans in China: Missionaries and Transnational Identity<\/p>\n

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There are a total of 34 presentations spread across 9 Panels. These panels are are grouped by theme and provide 20 minutes to each individual to explain their current research, in the order in which they are listed on the program. At the end of the session (not each presentation), there is a short Q&A. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":901,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\n

Knut \u00d8yangen, Western Norway University<\/strong>
Landscapes in the Mind: Place and Identity<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tom Olmstead, Independent Scholar<\/strong>
Adapting to America: The Life of One Norwegian Settler Through Her Letters<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inga Lill Gr\u00f8nnerud, Independent Scholar<\/strong>
A case Study on Migration: From Vinger to the United States - Portrayed thru a Collection of Letters<\/em>

Kayla Hanson, University of Oslo
<\/strong>Henrik Ibsen and the Negotiation of Norwegian-American Identity<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jana Sverdljuk, National Library of Norway<\/strong>
Navigating Identity and Conflict: Norwegian Settlers\u2019 Encounters with Native Americans in Transnational Migration Literature<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Liv Marit Haakenstad, Independent Scholar<\/strong>
Carl S\u00f8yland: One Man\u2019s impact on a Newspaper and the Norwegian-American Society\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inger-Kristin Larsen Vie, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences (Rena)<\/strong>
Norwegian Heroes \u2013 Biographical Depictions of Famous Norwegians in Norwegian-American Reading Books<\/em>

Marika Josephson, Independent Scholar<\/strong>
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Miranda Moen, Independent Scholar<\/strong>
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Siv Ringdal, Norsk Folkemuseum<\/strong>
Bubble gum, Canned Fruit, and Readymade Fashion Mass Consumerism and Democratic Practices in Transatlantic Material Remittance from America to Norway 1900\u20131940<\/em>

Eric Becklin, St. Olaf College
<\/strong>Norwegian Americans and China Missions: Transnational and Im\/Emigration Experiences of Daniel and Anna Nelson and Their Family, 1890-1948<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

L. DeAne Lagerquist, St. Olaf College
<\/strong>A Life on Three Continents: Gertrude Sovik\u2019s Transnational Identity<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marte L\u00e6greid, VID University College (Oslo)
<\/strong>A Scandinavian American Lutheran Education Project in Central China<\/em>

Liv Marit Haakenstad, Independent Scholar<\/strong>
Onwards to Zion. The Norwegian American Mormons converts in the 1800\u2019s\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarah Anne Waters, Belhaven University<\/strong>
Frydetoner and Harpen: Two Children's Songbooks for a Changing Immigrant Community in the 1890s<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Helene Hamar, Volda<\/strong>
Norwegian Pentecostalism in Brooklyn, New York<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anna Peterson, Luther College<\/strong>
The Business of Baskets: Weaving Economic Ties Between the Bethany Indian Mission, Ho-Chunk Families, and Lutheran Ladies' Aides in the Mid-Twentieth Century Midwest<\/em>

Marthe Hommerstad, National Library of Norway<\/strong>
Emigration and Argumentation \u2013 Debates in the Norwegian parliament, 1814 to 1845<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mikael Lyngaas, University of Oslo<\/strong>
A Norwegian Socialist\u2019s Encounter with the United States: The writings of Harald Hansen 1909- 1912<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ruth Hemstad, National Library of Norway and University of Oslo<\/strong>
Scandinavian Discord and Discourses on Emigration\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hilde Petra Brungot, Independent Scholar<\/strong>
Norwegian-American Transition from Prairie Settlements to Urbanization<\/em> Dorthea Dahl (20 March 1881-11 September 1958)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Torgrim Guttormsen, Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU)<\/strong>
The Presidential Addresses on 9 October Leif Erikson Day: Histories, Memories, and Politics<\/em>

Remi Berg, Independent Scholar<\/strong>
Transatlantic Memory and Identity: The Legacy of Colonel Heg and the 15th Wisconsin in Norway and Norwegian America<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Mauk, University of Oslo<\/strong>
The Heart of the Heartland - Revisited and in Context<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daron Olson, Indiana University East<\/strong>
Hey, Don\u2019t Forget About Us: The Other 1925 Norse-American Centennial Celebrations<\/em>

Hans-Petter Grav, NTNU<\/strong>
1905: Union Dissolution and the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steven Luksan, Independent Scholar<\/strong>
Leif Erikson in Seattle: Gerard Tonning and Norwegian Opera in the New World<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jan Kokkin, University of Oslo<\/strong>
Logging in America. From Sol\u00f8r to Grays Harbor

<\/em>Marie Fongaard Siem, Norsk Folkemuseum<\/strong>
Domestic Scenery: Anders Beer Wilse\u2019s photographic visualisation of Norwegian-American Family Life<\/em>

Kari G. Hempel, University of Stavanger, Norway, retired associated professor<\/strong>
A Female Pioneer Life. An Unusual Immigrant Story<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Per Ivar Engevold, Independent Scholar<\/strong>
A Norwegian Tragedy in the U.S.: The Smuttynose Murders in a Microhistorical Perspective<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sandra Bestland, Independent Scholar<\/strong>
The Lives & Loves of Norwegian Women Immigrants: From Amsterdam to Swaziland 1825-1900<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nils Olav \u00d8strem, University of Stavanger<\/strong>
Local and Micro - How to use Migration Categories on Lowest Research Level<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caitlin Sackrison, St. Olaf College<\/strong>
Proving' Their Worth: The History of Norwegian Women Homesteaders in Brown County, Minnesota<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Olivia Gunn, University of Washington, Seattle<\/strong>
First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage? Reproduction, Settler Migration, and the Fisherman's Wife<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mona Holm, UiO\/Anno Museum Kvinnemuseet\/Norsk Utvandrermuseum<\/strong>
Migrant Feminism: Norwegian-American Women's Transnational Contributions\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lori Ann Lahlum, Minnesota State University, Mankato<\/strong>
\u201cI was [a] Natural Born Citizen\u201d: Norwegian American Women, Marriage, and Expatriation in Minnesota<\/em>

Laura Loge, Independent Scholar<\/strong>
The Women who Migrated and the Music They Made<\/em><\/p>\n","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-342","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/cc2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/cc2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/cc2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/cc2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/901"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/cc2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/cc2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1223,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/cc2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/342\/revisions\/1223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/cc2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}