THIS IS A SAMPLE COURSE CALENDAR AND READING LIST FROM 2018. THE 2022 MATERIALS WILL BE SIMILAR, AND UPDATED SOON.
Course calendar is here: Scandinavia Calendar 2018.
Note that the dates below indicate that the reading is to be completed for class on that day.
5/23 – The Happy Traveler, Ch 6.
5/24 – Read about New Nordic Cuisine (particularly the 10-point manifesto)
5/25 – Grescoe: Straphanger
5/26 —
5/27 —
5/28 – Buettner: Happiness in Denmark & Modern Day Vikings, Ch. 9
5/29 – The Happy Traveler, Ch. 5.
5/30 – Schulte: Overwhelmed and WP piece on busyness
5/31 – Train day. Read MDV Ch. 5, 6, 7, 8
6/1 – Savage: Friluftsliv – The Nordic concept of getting outdoors and Keltner: Why do we feel awe?
6/2 —
6/3 – MDV, Ch. 8
6/4 – Nelson – Swedish immigration
6/5 – The Happy Traveler, Ch. 8 (just pages 198-209) and Ch. 9