The Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study (SASS) is a scholarly society that aims to advance the study, teaching and research in America of the languages, literature, history, culture and society of the Scandinavian or Nordic countries and to foster closer relationships between people interested in the field of

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History

The Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study (SASS) was founded in 1911.

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served as the first President. In the same year, the first SASS conference was held at the

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. No annual meeting was held in 1933 or between 1943 and 1945."SASS 2011 - A Century of Scholarship: Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study, Conference Program", 28–30 April 2011. In 2003, the society was admitted as a member of the American Council of Learned Societies.

Publications

The society publishes the quarterly journal ''

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'' (ISSN 0036-5637), which has been published by

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, and since 2013 by the

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, professor of Scandinavian Literature at the

is the current editor."UI Press , Journals , Scandinavian Studies"
Retrieved 25 April 2013. The society also publishes an internal newsletter, ''SASS News and Notes'' (ISSN 0891-7477) and arranges an annual conference.

Current officers

* President:

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(2015–2017) * Vice President: Tim Tangherlini (2015–2017) * SASS Advisory Committee Representative for the language and literature field:

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(2013–2017) * SASS Advisory Committee Representative for history and the social sciences: Peter Leonard (2013–2017)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Society For The Advancement Of Scandinavian Study Learned societies of the United States Scandinavian studies Scandinavian-American culture Member organizations of the American Council of Learned Societies Nordic organizations Organizations established in 1911 1911 establishments in the United States

History

Publications

Current officers

See also

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