CALL FOR PAPERS - NAHA-NORWAY 2009

Cultural Inventions, Transplantations and Transnationalisms
in Norwegian America

The Norwegian Emigrant Museum
Ottestad, Norway

June 26-28, 2009

The tenth seminar of the Norwegian-American Historical Association, Norway Chapter, entitled “Cultural Inventions, Transplantations and Transnationalisms in Norwegian America” will be held on June 26-28, 2009, at The Norwegian Emigrant Museum, Ottestad near Hamar, Norway. As its theme title suggests, the seminar organizers welcome a wide range of paper topics within Norwegian-American studies. The seminar both emphasizes the study of the entire migration process and different approaches to the adaptation process among Norwegian immigrants and their descendants in America. We are particularly interested in papers on subjects related to migration across national frontiers and different aspects of Norwegian-American history, culture, and ethnicity in a multicultural context.

NAHA-Norway encourages seminar contributions based on many academic traditions. Topics related to literary, linguistic, and religious studies, to history, social science, fine and folk arts, and cultural studies - as well as multi- and interdisciplinary approaches - are appropriate. NAHA-Norway also emphasizes the need to see Norwegian-American Studies in the context of international migration and ethnic studies in general. Presentations may be delivered in English or Norwegian and, except for invited lecturers, should not exceed twenty minutes.

Prospective speakers are invited to submit a half-page proposal and a one-page CV to NAHA-Norway Chairperson Knut Djupedal, The Norwegian Emigrant Museum, 2312 Ottestad, Norway (knut.djupedal@emigrantmuseum.no) by November 1, 2008. For further information please contact Knut Djupedal (knut.djupedal@emigrantmuseum.no), Deputy Chair Terje Hasle Joranger (tmh-jora@online.no), or Recording Secretary David C. Mauk (d.c.mauk@ilos.uio.no).

Those who wish to attend the seminar without giving a paper should also notify NAHA-Norway or The Norwegian Emigrant Museum at the above address to receive information (program, accommodations, registration).