Swenson Center
November 1, 7pm: 2024 Ander Lecture
Speaker: Dr. Kim Khavar Fahlstedt Title: "Warner Oland: Sweden's Forgotten Movie Star" Friday, November 1, 7pm Location: Augustana's...
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Lucas Henry
Dec 12, 2023
Swenson Center part of digitization project
A major grant from the Swedish foundation Riksbankens jubileumsfond in Stockholm has been awarded to a group of trans-Atlantic libraries...
Lisa Huntsha
Dec 8, 2022
Augustana's joint course with Sweden
This fall, Augustana College and Uppsala University students piloted the first joint course between the two schools.
Lisa Huntsha
Aug 16, 2022
A Summer Intern's Reflection
Jack Beemsterboer, an Augustana College senior from Towanda, Illinois, just finished his summer internship at the Center. As a history...
Lisa Huntsha
Jul 21, 2022
Faculty Research Stipend Recipient
Dr. Mike Scarlett (Associate Professor, Education Department, Augustana College) just finished his week-long visit combing through the Cente
Lisa Huntsha
Jul 13, 2022
Meet our Summer Intern
Meet our summer intern, Jack! From Towanda, Illinois, Jack is a history major going into his senior year at Augie. He is exploring history-r
Lisa Huntsha
May 17, 2022
40th Anniversary Celebration a Smashing Success!
The weekend of May 7th saw the Swenson Center's 40th Anniversary celebration. We opened our doors in September 1981, and have since...
Lisa Huntsha
May 16, 2022
Dag Blanck named Honorary Professor
On May 6th, Dr. Dag Blanck, Director of the Swenson Center, was named Augustana Honorary Professor of Swedish-American Studies to...
Dag Blanck
Feb 22, 2022
40th Anniversary Celebration
The Swenson Center Turns 40! The Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center opened its doors in September 1981 and has since become the...
Lisa Huntsha
Aug 19, 2021
Faculty Research in "Whole Person Health"
Dr. Lena Hann, Assistant Professor in the Public Health Program at Augustana College was the 2021 recipient of our Faculty Research...
Lisa Huntsha
Aug 17, 2021
NWO Fellow Completes Visit
This article was written by Benjamin R. Grignon, our 2021 NWO Visiting Scholar Award recipient. Grignon is working on his Doctorate of...
Swenson Center
Aug 9, 2021
Director writes new book "Swedish-American Borderlands"
University of Minnesota Press publishes new book co-edited by Swenson Center director Dag Blanck
Lisa Huntsha
Jul 14, 2021
Announcing: Recipient of the Nils William Olsson Visiting Scholar Award
Benjamin Grignon is a teacher of traditional Menominee arts, he represents the Menominee Nation, and approaches culturally-responsive...
Lisa Huntsha
Jun 16, 2021
Announcing: Faculty Research Stipend Recipient
Dr. Lena Hann, Assistant Professor in the Public Health Program, has been awarded the 2021 Faculty Research Stipend. Hann will spend one...
Lisa Huntsha
Mar 12, 2021
New article from Center research
A new article in Scandinavian Journal of History was written by our 2018 Dagmar and Nils William Olsson Visiting Scholar Award recipient...
Kimberly La Palm
Jan 6, 2021
Lunchtime Lecture Series
We've organized a Lunchtime Lecture Series highlighting the work being done by scholars using materials in the Swenson Center library and...
Lisa Huntsha
Nov 9, 2020
Ander lecture available on YouTube
In case you missed it live, this year's O. Fritiof Ander Lecture in Immigration History was presented by Dr. Hélène Ohlsson under the...
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