Norwegian-American Historical Association, Norwegian Chapter 

Norwegian-American Seminar  VIII:
"Norwegian Americans in a Nation of Nations"

 at
the University of Bergen, Bergen
and
the Western Norway Emigration Center at Sletta, Radøy 

25 June - 28 June, 2003 

When no other venue is noted, events are in Auditorium A, Sydneshaugen skole (the yellow building behind the large, redbrick Johanneskirken. 

Wednesday 25 June

12.00-14.00       Registration (at the Department of English, HF-Bygget, a grey concrete building behind Johanneskirken)

14.00-1430            Opening of the NAHA-Norway Seminar

                        Organizing committee: Orm Øverland

                        NAHA-Norway: Dina Tolfsby

                        University of Bergen: Rector or Rector's 
                       representative

                        NAHA: Todd W. Nichol

15.30-16.00       Lecture: Jon Gjerde: Freedom and the Immigrant Myth: European Immigrants in the United States

Chair: Dina Tolfsby

            Break

16.00-18.00            SESSION I: Becoming American (1)

Chair: Øyvind Gulliksen

David Mauk, Norskdommens Høydepunkt: 1880-1914, the Golden Age of the Norwegian Immigrant Community in Minneapolis-St. Paul.

Åse Elin Langeland, Adjusting to America: The Journal Kvinden og Hjemmet

Kristin A. Risley, "Hope Chest of Books": Augsburg Publishing House and the Production of Class, Culture, and Citizenship

                        Charles H. Russel, How Texas Land Policy in 1848 Shaped the Marriage of Elise Tvede and Wilhelm Wærenskjold

19.00                Welcome Reception at Christie's gate 18. 

Thursday 26 June

08.30                Bus from Bergen to the West Norway Emigration Center at Sletta, Radøy  (Transportation is included in the registration fee; place of departure to be announced) 

09.30-10.45     The Emigrant Church and the collections of the Western Norwegian Emigration Center. Video and introduction: Asbjørn Ystebø. Guided tour.

                        In the Emigrant Church 

11.00-12.30     SESSION II: Norwegian Americans and Others

Chair: Knut Djupedal

                        Betty Bergland, Wisconsin Tribes and Norwegian Immigrants at the Bethany Indian Mission, 1883-1955

                        Dag Blanck, Friends and Neighbors? On the Relationship between Swedish and Norwegian Americans

                        Dorothy Skårdal, Why are Swedish-American and Norwegian-American Literatures Different?

                        In the Emigrant Church 

12.30-13.45              Lunch, Samfunnshuset, Sletta. Transportation provided (the lunch is included in the registration fee) 

13.45-14.45              Lecture by Todd Nichol: Wedding Customs among Norwegian-Americans

Chair: Orm Øverland

                        In the Emigrant Church 

14.45-15.00     Break 

15.00-17.00       SESSION III: From Norwegian to American Lutherans

                        Chair: Veslemøy Omenaas

                        Kari Førre, "Is not a sin in one place a sin in another place?"

                        Camilla Haugen Cai, From Psalm Book to Yankee Song: Religious Music as a Reflection of Cultural Change in Norwegian America.

                        Paul Hasvold, Erik Ellefsen: Norwegian Pioneer in Illinois, Iowa, and Dakota Territory

                        Warren Berg, Luther College a Quality Survivor: Why and How

                        In the Emigrant Church 

18.00-20.30              Rømmegrøt and More

                        Samfunnshuset, Sletta, hosted by Radøy kommune

 20.30                Bus to Bergen  

Friday 27 June 

09.00-10.00       Lecture by Knut Kjeldstadli: Some Reflections on Ethnic Minorities in Norway before WWII

                        Chair: David Mauk 

10.00-10.15       Break 

10.15-12.15       SESSION IV: Migrations

Chair: Terje Leiren

Knut Djupedal, "I see things in a different way": World View and Emigration

Terje Mikael Hasle Joranger, The Migration of Traditions

Nils Olav Østrem, Utvandrarkultur - eit forsøk på å finna fram til "den psykologiske faktoren" i norsk utvandringshistorie

Lew Linde, Chief Justice Douglas K. Amdahl: Minnesota's Judicial Giant 1981-1989

 12.15-14.00       Lunch (on your own) 

14.00-16.00       SESSION V: Becoming American (2)

                        Chair: Harry T. Cleven

                        Ann M. Legreid, "Take care of my children...": Norwegian-American Responses to the Influenza Epidemic of 1918

Øyvind Gulliksen, I Jon Norstogs bibliotek

                        Carol Colburn and Laurann Gilbertson, At Work: Study of Norwegian Immigrants and their Work Clothing

                        Susan Nevin, Norwegian-American Bookbindings: A Subset of American Publishers' Bindings, 1875-1930

 16.00-16.15       Break

 16.15-17.45       SESSION VI: Immigrant Expression (1)

                        Chair: Ingeborg Kongslien

                        Solveig Zempel, Major Themes in the Diaries of Ellen and Ole Lokensgaard

                        Marvin G. Slind, Building an Idealized Image: "Creative Translation" of the Linka Preus Diary

                        Jerome Coffee, Adventures in Montana in the 1880s: Report on a Translation Project                                        

19.00                Dinner: Schøtstuene, Øvregaten 50 

Saturday 28 June

09.00-11.00       SESSION VII: Immigrant Expression (2)

                        Chair: Sigrid Brevik Wangsness

                        Carol Hasvold, Through Women's Eyes: Fine Arts among Norwegian-American Women Artists

                        Cynthia Elyce Rubin, O. S. Leeland's American Vision

                        Ingeborg Kongslien, Emigration as Existential Quest and Utopian Aspiration: Fiction by Alfred Hauge, Halldor Laxness and Vilhelm Moberg

                        Dina Tolfsby, Jonas Lie: Norwegian-American Painter

11.00-11.15       Break 

11.15-12.30              Business Meeting and Conclusions.

Chair: Dina Tolfsby 

12.30                DISPERSAL