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Year: 2025

The Call of the Fiddle

Posted on September 9, 2025

My first visit to Karen’s was in 2020, right before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Seated in her living room in Madison, Wisconsin, were a collection of Hardanger fiddle players, all playing fiddles with …

Posted in NewsTagged film, Folk Art, Folk Music, Norwegian

Looking for a Nordic Folklife Postdoc!

Posted on April 2, 2025

The Nordic Folklife Project, under the auspices of the Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures (CSUMC), is looking for qualified candidates for one postdoctoral fellowship focused on public folklore and research among Nordic …

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