Here is the program for the 34th ASANOR American Studies Conference, 5th ASANOR and NACS/ANEC Joint Conference which will be held in Kristiansand, 16 – 18 October, 2009
"Post-War North America in Politics, Culture,
and Literature 1950-2009"
34th ASANOR American Studies Conference,
5th ASANOR and NACS/ANEC Joint Conference
16 – 18 October, 2009
Quality Inn
Kristiansand, Norway
This conference is dedicated to the memory of Robert Baehr (1935-2009)
PROGRAM:
Sponsors:
University of Agder,
Nordic Association of Canadian Studies,
The Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT)
Friday, 16 October
1500-1800: Registration in the Foyer of Quality Inn
1800-1830: Words of Welcome:
Michael J. Prince, Associate Professor of American Studies, University of Agder
David Mauk, President of ASANOR, Professor of American Studies, University of Oslo
John Erik Fossum, Vice-President of NACS/ANEC, Professor at the Center for European Studies, University of Oslo
Sonia Noronha Mykletun, Executive Director U.S.-Norway Fulbright Foundation for Educational Exchange
Terje Tellefsen, Director of the Faculty for Humanities and Education, University of Agder.
Allan Renee Folkestad, Head of the Department of Foreign Languages and Translation, University of Agder
1830-1930: Key Note I
Associate Professor Tim Melley, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, US
"The Covert Sphere: Terrorism, Fiction, and the National Security State"
Dinner at the Quality Inn, Sørlandsstuene
Saturday, 17 October
0900-1000: Key Note II
Professor Dee Horne, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, Canada
"After the Planes"
1000-1030:
Jennifer Ladino, Fulbright Professor, University of Bergen
"Don DeLillo's Post-war Nostalgia; Or the Politics of 'Homesickness'"
1030-1045:
Presentation of the Fulbright Programs, including the Roving Scholars
1045-1115: Coffee break
1115-1145:
Dr. Ingvild Frida Forsgren, University of Agder
"The Florentine Beginnings of Jay De Feo's Rose"
1145-1215:
Dr. Alf Tomas Tønnessen, University of Oslo,
"Insecurity, Competition, Deregulation: The 1970s as a Turning Point in American Economic History"
1215-1245:
Jon Anstein Olsen, University of Oslo,
"Two Ways of Justifying Conservatism: A Philosophical Distinction Analyzed in Cultural and Historical Context"
1245-1315:
Robert Mikkelsen, Associate Professor of American Studies, Høgskolen i Østfold
"Immigration and Unions; Bane or Boone?"
1315-1430: LUNCH, Sørlandsstuene
1430-1500:
Hilde Løvdal, University of Oslo
"James Dobson, Focus on the Family, and Conservative Evangelical Womanhood in a Post-The Feminine Mystique America"
1500-1530:
David Mauk, Professor of American Studies, University of Oslo
"The Scandinavian-American Establishment of the Twin Cities Meets and Learns to Live with Minorities"
1530-1600
Lee Ann Potter, Fulbright Roving Scholar
"Dear Mr. President: Expressing Popular Protest from Vietnam to Desert Storm through Correspondence with the White House"
1600: Coffee break
1615-1700: Business Meeting ASANOR
1900: ASANOR Banquet in Designated Room; Master of Ceremonies, Robert Mikkelsen
Sunday, 18 October
1000-1100:
Professor Hartmut Lutz, Ernst Moritz Arndt University, Greifswald, Germany
Topic to Be Announced
1100-1130:
Helga Hoel, Trondheim Katedralskole
"The Use and Abuse of the American Flag"
1130-1200: Coffee Break
1200-1230
John Erik Fossum, Center of for European Studies, UiO
"Complex Diversity: the EU and Canada Compared"
1230-1300:
Wendy Glenn, Associate Professor of English Education, University of Connecticut, Fulbright Roving Scholar
"The Changing (and Changed) World of American Fiction for Teen Readers"
1300-1330:
Jeremy Jimenez, Fulbright Roving Scholar,
Topic to Be Announced
1330—Lunch, Sørlandsstuene; Conference disperses after lunch
