CSUMC is co-sponsoring an upcoming lecture by visiting scholar, Eija Stark, Docent in Folklore Studies at the Finnish Literature Society and Åbo Akademi University. Stark’s lecture, entitled “Masculine Ideals: Folklore and Narratives on Men’s Work,” …
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“Finnish Sympathies” Lecture and Concert Featuring Jimmy Träskelin and Tallari
CSUMC is co-sponsoring an exciting lecture and concert on Monday, September 23rd from 7-8:30pm in Memorial Union on the UW-Madison campus (800 Langdon St.). The evening event entitled “Displaced Sympathies: Finnish Out- and In-Migration Then …
CSUMC and Mills Music Library Awarded Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
The Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures and the Mills Music Library have been awarded $230,000 by the National Endowment for the Humanities for the digital preservation of a unique collection of historic …
CSUMC Affiliate Janet Gilmore Talks on WPR about Lutefisk
Janet Gilmore recently was featured on the Joy Cardin show talking about lutefisk. You can listen to the program here: www.wpr.org/shows/tell-joy-where-lutefisk
New Course in September 2015 from UW-Madison Continuing Studies: Europe’s Musical Heritage in the Midwest
This September, folklorist Richard March will be teaching a Continuing Studies course, “Europe’s Musical Heritage in the Midwest: Polka, Balkan, Scandinavian Traditions.” The course will start around the time March’s book on polka comes out. …