Only at an academic conference at UW-Madison would you find a scholarâ??s paper called “Ode to a Norwegian Urn” â?? one of more than 250 parts of an explosion of Scandinavian esoterica that will be assembled here Friday and Saturday.
Nearly 300 scholars are arriving to participate in the annual meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study. UW-Madisonâ??s Scandinavian studies department is the oldest in the country, so its host position â?? once a decade or so â?? is both an honor and a duty.