American Studies in Norway: Historic Ideals and Contemporary Challenges
Because of its particular history of institutionalization, American studies in Norway has come to fill a unique role in higher education, one that requires broader recognition to secure the field a stable future. In this article, Falke connects the past of American studies in Norway to its present...
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Because of its particular history of institutionalization, American studies in Norway has come to fill a unique role in higher education, one that requires broader recognition to secure the field a stable future. In this article, Falke connects the past of American studies in Norway to its present by focusing on three founding moments. These three are: the establishment of the Fulbright Program, which she uses to discuss shifts in funding American studies; the creation of the professorship of American studies in Oslo, which clarifies differences in the goals of British and American studies; and the initiation of the Salzburg Seminar, which reveals the field´s interdisciplinary core. The article closes with three generalizations about the landscape of American studies teaching in Norway today related to America as a political imaginary, internationalization within American studies as a discipline, and the presumed relationship between American literature and lived experience of the culture.
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| spelling | doaj-art-8e2b3100c3084ce2a00f0acf0e3292c82025-01-18T15:22:53ZengCBS Open JournalsAmerican Studies in Scandinavia0044-80602024-12-0156210.22439/asca.v56i2.7373American Studies in Norway: Historic Ideals and Contemporary ChallengesCassandra Falke0UiT – The Arctic University of Norway Because of its particular history of institutionalization, American studies in Norway has come to fill a unique role in higher education, one that requires broader recognition to secure the field a stable future. In this article, Falke connects the past of American studies in Norway to its present by focusing on three founding moments. These three are: the establishment of the Fulbright Program, which she uses to discuss shifts in funding American studies; the creation of the professorship of American studies in Oslo, which clarifies differences in the goals of British and American studies; and the initiation of the Salzburg Seminar, which reveals the field´s interdisciplinary core. The article closes with three generalizations about the landscape of American studies teaching in Norway today related to America as a political imaginary, internationalization within American studies as a discipline, and the presumed relationship between American literature and lived experience of the culture. https://rauli.cbs.dk/index.php/assc/article/view/7373history of American studiesinterdisciplinarityFulbright programSigmund SkardSalzburg Seminarpolitical imaginary |
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| title | American Studies in Norway: Historic Ideals and Contemporary Challenges |
| title_full | American Studies in Norway: Historic Ideals and Contemporary Challenges |
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| title_short | American Studies in Norway: Historic Ideals and Contemporary Challenges |
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| topic | history of American studies interdisciplinarity Fulbright program Sigmund Skard Salzburg Seminar political imaginary |
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