We are excited to share information about an upcoming conference taking place in 2026 in Toronto, Ontario! The CLCS Nordic Forum at the 2026 MLA Convention is inviting abstracts on the theme “Kinships and Relations in Global/Nordic Indigenous-Settler Spaces" due on Monday March 17, 2025.
This forum exists in relation to this particular neoimperialist moment of renewed U.S. interest in militaristic colonization: “taking over” sovereign Kalaallit lands, forcibly “relocating” Palestinians, and “annexing” the settler-colonial nation of Canada.Given the rise of neoimperialist and colonial ambitions, and the MLA 2026 presidential theme, “Family Resemblances,” this panel solicits paper proposals that explore, theorize, and connect notions of kinship and relationality, particularly as they exist across the Indigenous-settler divide. What divides Indigenous and settler notions of kinship? What tensions emerge within relations, as Indigenous people and settlers work together toward shared goals? What promises does the notion of kinship have in moving beyond virtue signaling, and actually mounting resistance against a rising autocratic world order, or creating a more just, equitable, and sustainable world?
They particularly welcome papers involving Nordic colonialisms, kinship, and coming into relations in Norden (including Greenland and Sápmi) and abroad (including on Turtle Island)—especially as they are impacted by other neoimperialist efforts of our current moment.
The AASSC Executive would like to share the 2024 program for our upcoming virtual conference, taking place May 23 - 24, 2024. Please see the attached program here, or visit our webpage for more details.
We will send out a Zoom link in the coming weeks. Looking forward to hearing everyone's insightful presentations!
The AASSC Call for Papers deadline for our upcoming 42nd annual virtual conference has been EXTENDED to Friday March 29, 2024!
If you would like to submit a paper for the conference happening May 23 - 25, 2024, please submit your paper by the deadline. We invite submissions on any Scandinavian-/Nordic-related topic in any discipline. In recent years, our conferences have included research from the fields of anthropology, archaeology, business studies, folkloristics, geography, history, Indigenous studies, linguistics, literary studies, medieval studies, philosophy, political science, religious studies, and sociology, among others.
Please see conference and submission details below:
https://www.aassc.com/AASSC-2024-Conference
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We are excited to announce that the AASSC 42nd Annual Conference will be taking place virtually from May 23 - 25, 2024! We are also now accepting papers/proposals for this upcoming conference; see this page for more details.
The deadline to submit proposals is February 15, 2024. We hope you will consider submitting a paper for our conference!
We would like to share a new online course opportunity! DanmarksHistorien.dk is offering a free online course ”A History of Denmark from the Viking Age to the 21st Century”, and it is available translated into English at https://danmarkshistorien.dk/en/open-online-course.
The course has been produced by researchers from Aarhus University, and it is suitable for anyone who is interested in the history of Denmark. It begins with the emergence of the Danish kingdom during the Viking age, and focuses on the history of Denmark as a political entity from the 8th century to the modern day!
The course consists of a general introduction and nine modules, all of which include a mixture of text and short films featuring the authors. We hope you enjoy!
SASS 2024 will take place in Seattle, Washington at the Renaissance Seattle hotel, hosted by the University of Washington from May 9-11th, 2024. Some members of the AASSC Executive will be in attendance, and we wanted to share information about the event for all of our members in case it is of interest!
For more information on SASS' Call for Papers for the 2024 conference, click here.
The programme for the AASSC 41st Annual Conference, taking place from Monday May 29 - Thursday June 1 at York University's Keele Campus, is available now! You can view the programme on the conference webpage. We look forward to all of the interesting and exciting papers to be presented at the conference!
If you have any questions about the upcoming conference, please contact the AASSC Executive. Thank you!
Join us on Tuesday November 15 at 3:00 PM MT as collaborators Gerd Kjustad Mortensen, Dr. Daniel Sims, and Dr. Ingrid Urberg elaborate on the process and contributions to this recent critical edition of Einar Odd Mortensen Sr.’s personal narrative detailing his time as a free trader in Oxford Lake and Pine Bluff in 1920s Manitoba in The Fur Trader: From Oslo to Oxford House.
For information on how to register, please click here!
We are pleased to announce a call for papers for the upcoming AASSC 41st Annual Conference, May 29 - June 1, 2023!
For more information on conference theme, submission guidelines, and deadlines, please see our webpage.
We are pleased to present the AASSC 40th Annual Conference Program! The Conference will be taking place online May 16 - 19, 2022, and this conference is free for all AASSC members!
Program (AASSC 2022).pdf
