Program UiO:Nordic workshop at Berkeley 09/28-09/30.2015
Trond Petersen is hosting a reception for all workshop attendees on
Sunday September 27:
Hours 18:00-20:00
Buffet dinner
Trond Petersen
245 Alvarado Road
Berkeley, CA 94705-1412
Cell phone: 1-510-965-3441
Directions: Matrix is located on the 8th floor of Barrows Hall, on the UC Berkeley campus, near Telegraph and Bancroft Avenues, just up the hill from Sather
Gate. There are entrances at both ends of the building, but only one of the elevators on the eastern side goes directly to the 8th floor. You can alternatively
take the elevator to the 7th floor and walk up the stairs.
Monday September 28 at the Matrix
9:30-10:00
Coffee and tea
10:00-10:15
Opening (Trond Petersen, UCB and Trine Syvertsen, UiO)
10:15-11:00
“Doing research on Nordic model: from “third way” to New Nordic Cuisine” (Haldor Byrkjeflot, UiO)
11:00-12:30
"Learning in a Digital Future: technology, literacy and learning" (Ola Erstad, UiO, and Glyndia A Hull, UCB)
12:30-13:30
Light lunch buffet
13:30-15:00
Education for All - Striving for Equity and Social Justice (Jorunn Møller, UiO and Heinrich Mintrop, UCB)
15:00-15:30
Coffee and tea
15:30-16:45
Elitist Egalitarianism: Self-cultivation and meritocracy among Norwegian Elites (Jørn Ljunggren, UiO. Respondent: Ann Swidler, UCB)
16:45-17:00
Summing up and closure of the day
18:00
Dinner (Restaurant in Berkeley)
Tuesday September 29 at the Matirix
9:30-10:00
Coffee and tea
10:00-10:15
Introduction (Linda Rugg, UCB and Elisabeth Oxfeldt, UiO)
10:15-11:00
UCB)
"The Media Welfare State: Changes and Challenges for Public Service Broadcasting" (Trine Syvertsen, UiO. Respondent: Deniz Gökturk,
11:00-11:15
Short break
11:15-12:00
"Melancholy at the Crossroads: Depression in Scandinavian Fin-de-Siecle Literature" (Kjersti Bale, UiO. Respondent: Christian Gullette, UCB)
12:00-14:00
Light lunch buffet
14:00-14:15
Coffee and tea
14:15-15:00
"After Honor: From Egil Skallagrimsson to Karl Ove Knausgard" (Per Thomas Andersen, UiO. Respondent: Linda Rugg, UCB)
15:00-15:15
Short break
15:15-16:00
“Ugly Encounters between Nordic and Global Women in Contemporary Literature: Reflections on a Nordic State of Happiness” (Elisabeth
Oxfeldt, UiO. Respondent: Jeroen Dewulf, UCB)
16:00-16:30
Summing up and closure of the day
Wednesday September 30 at the Matrix
8:30-9:00
Coffee and tea
9:00-10:15
John Dewey and the American welfare state (Daniel Perlstein, UCB. Respondent: Berit Karseth, UiO)
10:15-10:30
Short break
10:30-11:45
Institutional Trust: Family Policy and Fertility in Norway (Anne Lise Ellingsæter, UiO. Respondent: Neil Gilbert, UCB)
11:45-13:15
Light lunch buffet, coffee and tea
13:15-14:30
CITIZENSHIP, WELFARE AND SOCIAL COHESION. Is there a civic turn in Norwegian public policy towards immigrants? (Grete Brochmann,
UiO. Respondent; Irene Bloemraad, UCB)
14:30-15:00
Closing of workshop
This event is hosted by the University of Oslo (UiO) and UC Berkeley, with financial support from Peder Sather Center for Advanced Study (UC Berkeley) and
the Norway House Foundation.