African-American History and the American Dilemma

INVITATION TO A SEMINAR IN AMERICAN STUDIES

Jørn Brøndal
University of Southern Denmark, Odense
?African-American History and the American Dilemma?
Thursday, January 26, 14.15
Engelska Parken, Uppsala University,
Room 7-0043

Jørn Brøndal is the director of the Center for American Studies at the University
of Southern Denmark and has published widely in the fields of American
ethnicity and politics. His Ethnic Leadership and Midwestern Politics:
Scandinavian Americans and the Progressive Movement in Wisconsin, 1890-
1914 received the Wisconsin Historical Society Book Award of Merit in 2005.
His massive Det sorte USA. Fra Uafhængighedserklæringen til Barack Obama
(Black America. From the Declaration of Independence to Barack Obama)
appeared in 2016 and is one of the finalists for the Berlingske Tidene/Danish
Library Association 2017 Readers Book Award. Brøndal is also a leading
commentator in Danish media on American politics and society.

Arranged by the Swedish Institute for North American Studies (SINAS),
Uppsala University & the Swedish Association for American Studies
(SAAS).

WELCOME!