SASS 2024: Seattle Schedule

Thursday May 9, 2024


10:30am

Bus departs for The Swedish Club. Meet in the hotel lobby.

11:00am-1:30pm

SAHS Lunch at The Swedish Club 
  • Stories of the Past: How Swedish Americans Shape Their Heritage
  • Jennifer Eastman Attebery

Note: The bus departs from the hotel at 10:30am and returns at roughly 2pm

11:00am-3:30pm

Meeting 
SASS Executive Council Meeting
  • SASS Executive Council members only. Lunch will be served.

Note: If you are interested in serving on the SASS Executive Council, reach out to Vice-President Olivia Noble Gunn at vice-president@scandinavianstudy.org …or find her during the conference to chat about service opportunities!

2:30pm-5:00pm

Pre-conference Excursion
  • Dambo Troll Tour
  • Join Line Liblik Larsen of the Scan Design Foundation for a guided tour of some of Seattle’s newest residents and one of their most famous!

Note: The bus departs from the hotel at 2:30pm and will bring participants directly to the National Nordic Museum at roughly 5pm

3:00pm

Bus to the National Nordic Museum
  • Arrive at NNM early and enjoy free admission to the museum for SASS attendees. 
  • Meet the bus at the hotel lobby

Note: There is a cafe at the museum as well as several restaurants within walking distance. There will be a post talk reception with light refreshments served.

4:15pm

Bus to the National Nordic Museum
  • Arrive at NNM early and enjoy free admission to the museum for SASS attendees. 
  • Meet the bus at the hotel lobby

Note: There is a cafe at the museum as well as several restaurants within walking distance. There will be a post talk reception with light refreshments served.

5:30pm

Bus to the National Nordic Museum
  • Meet the bus at the hotel lobby

6:30pm

Keynote address at the National Nordic Museum
Nordic Utopia? African Americans in the 20th Century
  • Dr. Ethelene Whitmire (University of Wisconsin-Madison) discusses her current exhibit at the National Nordic Museum