Mark your calendars for another great performance and dance featuring Foot-Notes of Decorah, Iowa, and the ScandiAm Jam of Madison, Wisconsin! Dance to the tunes of the Scandinavian-Americans who settled in the Driftless Area. Expect …
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‘МОСТ’ WANTED”: Intergenerational Bridge-Building in Bulgarian Village Revitalization
Lecture by Sarah Craycraft, PhD Head Tutor and Lecturer, Folklore & Mythology Harvard University 1418 Van Hise Hall February 2, 2026 @ 4:00 pm CST – 5:00 pm CST How are generations entangled differently in …
Bowery Dance and Allen Centennial Gardens Harvest Folk Festival!
The Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures, the Nordic Folklife project, and Allen Centennial Garden are joining forces to host another Bowery Dance this fall – and this time it’s coinciding with Allen …
CSUMC Postdoc Spotlight at WI Humanities
CSUMC is proud to share a recent Wisconsin Humanities Spotlight feature on Postdoc Dr. Sallie Anna Pisera! Over the past two years, Dr. Pisera has been conducting fieldwork and organizing public productions for her project, …
Wisconsin Folksong Collection Added to the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry
The Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures (CSUMC), University of Wisconsin- Madison’s Mills Music Library and the Wisconsin Historical Society are thrilled to announce that the Library of Congress, following advice from the …
Mapping Early Sounds of a Czech Singer in the USA
By Filip Šír Friday, February 9, 2024 4:00-5:00 p.m. Memorial Library, Room 126, 728 State St Free and Open to the Public The Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures is excited to …
CSUMC Welcomes Folk Artist-in-Residence Liesl Chatman
As part of the Nordic Folklife project, the Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures welcomes Folk Artist-in-Residence Liesl Chatman to campus for the Fall 2023 term. Liesl Chatman is a spoon carver and …
Old-time Barn Dance!
The Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures is hosting another great performance and dance featuring former Musician-in-Residence Beth Hoven Rotto, Jon Rotto, and the Scandinavian-American Old-time Dance Music Ensemble! Beth, Jon, and the …
Old-time Barn Dance!
Mark your calendars for a fun and exciting dance featuring CSUMC’s Musician-in-Residence Beth Hoven Rotto and the Scandinavian-American Old-time Dance Music Ensemble! Coming off the heels of a fantastic debut performance in the Great Hall …
Upcoming Talk! Dr. Camille Moreddu and French Music Collections from the Midwest
CSUMC is very excited to be sponsoring a talk by French cultural historian, Dr. Camille Moreddu, the John W. Kluge Center’s 2022 Jon B. Lovelace Fellow for the Study of the Alan Lomax Collection at …