Swedish Institute for North American Studies (SINAS)
We conduct research, offer courses and promote the study of North America
News
Events
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SINAS Research Seminar: “Borderlands of Scandinavian-Indigenous Encounters. Swedes and American Indians in North America, 1840s-1930s"
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Research Seminar: "The Death of Beowulf and Its Medieval Germanic Analogues"
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The Uses and Misuses of the American Past
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Work-in-Progress Seminar
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SINAS Research Seminar: “'Awakened by a Worthy and Attractive Object': Anatomy, Minstrelsy and the First Anatomically Explicit Sex Education Book for Children"
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Talking American Literature at Uppsala: "On editing Love, Joe: The Selected Letters of Joe Brainard"
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Talking American Literature at Uppsala: “Thoreau’s Dictionary of the Indian Languages”
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The Instagram Archipelago, book release party and conversation
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Work-in-Progress Seminar
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SINAS Research Seminar: “Second-Class Waves for Second-Class Surfers: The Modern Roots of Sexism in Surf Culture”
Fulbright Professor 2022/23
SINAS welcomes Scott Laderman, Fulbright Chair in American Studies.
The Swedish Institute for North American Studies (SINAS) conducts research, offers courses and promotes the study of North America. It is the only institute of its kind in Sweden. Founded in 1985, we are a section within the Department of English and work closely with our colleagues in American literature at the department. We offer a number of courses in American Studies.
We also serve as a resource for the larger community of scholars at Uppsala University interested in North America, and cooperate with scholars in education, the humanities, law, social sciences, and theology.
