{"id":376,"date":"2025-02-27T20:47:17","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T02:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/cc2025\/?p=376"},"modified":"2025-02-27T20:49:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T02:49:12","slug":"confirmed-speaker-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/cc2025\/2025\/02\/27\/confirmed-speaker-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Confirmed speaker list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Curious who will be among the speakers at the conference?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Confirmed speakers to date:<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Do you have any corrections or updates? Feel free to email cc2025 at stolaf.edu!<\/em><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Rakel Ysteb\u00f8<\/td>\n<td>Alegre<\/td>\n<td>Norwegian School of Leadership and Theology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Annette<\/td>\n<td>Atkins<\/td>\n<td>Saint John\u2019s University\/College of Saint Benedict (Emeriti)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Eric<\/td>\n<td>Becklin<\/td>\n<td>St. Olaf College<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Remi<\/td>\n<td>Berg<\/td>\n<td>Independent Scholar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Betty<\/td>\n<td>Berglund<\/td>\n<td>University of Wisconsin-River Falls (Emeriti)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sandra<\/td>\n<td>Bestland<\/td>\n<td>Independent Scholar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Amy<\/td>\n<td>Boxrud<\/td>\n<td>Norwegian-American Historical Association<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Synneva<\/td>\n<td>Bratland<\/td>\n<td>Independent Scholar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Nordahl<\/td>\n<td>Brue<\/td>\n<td>Independent Scholar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hilde Petra<\/td>\n<td>Brungot<\/td>\n<td>Independent Scholar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kari Lie<\/td>\n<td>Dorer<\/td>\n<td>St. Olaf College<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Per Ivar H.<\/td>\n<td>Engevold<\/td>\n<td>Independent Scholar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Christine<\/td>\n<td>Ericson<\/td>\n<td>University of Alaska Anchorage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tine Berg<\/td>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>The Armed Forces Museum of Norway<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Oddgeir<\/td>\n<td>Fossli<\/td>\n<td>Independent Scholar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>B\u00e5rd<\/td>\n<td>Frydenlund<\/td>\n<td>Eidsvoll 1814, the Constitution Museum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Laurann<\/td>\n<td>Gilbertson<\/td>\n<td>Vesterheim Museum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Melissa<\/td>\n<td>Gjellstad<\/td>\n<td>University of North Dakota- Grand Forks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hans-Petter<\/td>\n<td>Grav<\/td>\n<td>NTNU<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Inga Lill<\/td>\n<td>Gr\u00f8nnerud<\/td>\n<td>Independent Scholar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Olivia<\/td>\n<td>Gunn<\/td>\n<td>University of Washington Seattle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Torgrim<\/td>\n<td>Guttormsen<\/td>\n<td>Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Liv Marit<\/td>\n<td>Haakenstad<\/td>\n<td>Independent Scholar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Helene<\/td>\n<td>Hamar<\/td>\n<td>Volda University College<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kayla<\/td>\n<td>Hanson<\/td>\n<td>University of Oslo, Center for Ibsen Studies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kari G.<\/td>\n<td>Hempel<\/td>\n<td>University of Stavanger, Norway, retired associated professor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ruth<\/td>\n<td>Hemstad<\/td>\n<td>National Library of Norway and University of Oslo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mona<\/td>\n<td>Holm<\/td>\n<td>UiO\/Anno museum Kvinnemuseet\/Norsk utvandrermuseum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Marthe<\/td>\n<td>Hommerstad<\/td>\n<td>National Library of Norway<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Karen Annexstad<\/td>\n<td>Humphrey<\/td>\n<td>Independent Scholar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dag<\/td>\n<td>Hundstad<\/td>\n<td>Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences (Rena)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jens Johan<\/td>\n<td>Hyvik<\/td>\n<td>University of Oslo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Maren<\/td>\n<td>Johnson<\/td>\n<td>Luther College<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ida Moen<\/td>\n<td>Johnson<\/td>\n<td>University of Wisconsin Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Terje<\/td>\n<td>Joranger<\/td>\n<td>Norwegian Emigrant Museum and Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Svein-Halvard<\/td>\n<td>J\u00f8rgensen<\/td>\n<td>Nord University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Marika<\/td>\n<td>Josephson<\/td>\n<td>Independent Scholar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dana<\/td>\n<td>Kelly<\/td>\n<td>Norwegian American Genealogical Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jeff<\/td>\n<td>Kindseth<\/td>\n<td>Independent Scholar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dean<\/td>\n<td>Krouk<\/td>\n<td>University of Wisconsin Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Marte<\/td>\n<td>L\u00e6greid<\/td>\n<td>VID University College (Oslo)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>L. 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Confirmed speakers to date: Do you have any corrections or updates? Feel free to email cc2025 at stolaf.edu! Rakel Ysteb\u00f8 Alegre Norwegian School of Leadership and Theology Annette Atkins Saint John\u2019s University\/College of Saint Benedict (Emeriti) Eric Becklin St. Olaf College Remi Berg Independent Scholar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":901,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/cc2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/cc2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/cc2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=376"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/cc2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":380,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/cc2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376\/revisions\/380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/cc2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/cc2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/cc2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}