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 Scandinavian studies.
society, advancement, scandinavian, study, sass, scholarly, society, that, aims, advance, study, teaching, research, america, languages, literature, history, culture, society, scandinavian, nordic, countries, foster, closer, relationships, between, people, int. 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 Scandinavian studies Contents 1 History 2 Publications 3 Current officers 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThe Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study SASS was founded in 1911 Julius E Olson from the University of Wisconsin Madison served as the first President In the same year the first SASS conference was held at the University of Chicago in Chicago Illinois No annual meeting was held in 1933 or between 1943 and 1945 1 In 2003 the society was admitted as a member of the American Council of Learned Societies 2 Publications editThe society publishes the quarterly journal Scandinavian Studies ISSN 0036 5637 which has been published by Brigham Young University and since 2013 by the University of Illinois Press Susan Brantly professor of Scandinavian Literature at the University of Wisconsin Madison is the current editor 3 The society also publishes an internal newsletter SASS News and Notes ISSN 0891 7477 and arranges an annual conference Current officers editPresident Margaret Hayford O Leary 2015 2017 Vice President Tim Tangherlini 2015 2017 SASS Advisory Committee Representative for the language and literature field Chip Oscarson 2013 2017 SASS Advisory Committee Representative for history and the social sciences Peter Leonard 2013 2017 See also editList of annual meetings of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study List of presidents of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian StudyReferences edit SASS 2011 A Century of Scholarship Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study Conference Program 28 30 April 2011 Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study Retrieved 25 May 2013 UI Press Journals Scandinavian Studies Retrieved 25 April 2013 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study amp oldid 962197669 Publications, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
