Friday  Night Lecture Series

The popular lectures are sponsored by the Scandinavian Heritage Foundation and Portland State University, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. They are at 7:30 in Room 171, Cramer Hall, Portland State University.
Lectures are free, open to the public and refreshments are served in the Finnish Room afterwards.

Next lectures:

October 1, 2010 ~ Written in Stone: Ancient Rock Carvings of Scandinavia with Susan G. Carter, Ph.D.

Over thousands of years ancient peoples in Scandinavia left a wide variety of carvings in rocks. This presentation explores various symbols which appear in Scandinavian rock art of the Tanumshede area in Sweden and possible ways they may have been created and used. Can the rock art be considered ancient futurist visions, or a vestige of ancient cultural or spiritual practices from the past?

Susan G. Carter, Ph.D., teaches in the interdisciplinary graduate programs of Marylhurst University (Portland, OR), and the California Institute of Integral Studies (San Francisco, CA). She has volunteered with the Scandinavian Prehistoric Art Society in Tanumshede.

November 5, 2010 ~ The Kantele: The Finnish National Instrument Lecture & Concert with Wilho Saari

The Kantele is considered the Finnish national instrument and is often played while reciting the Kalevala - the Finnish national epic.
Wilho Saari is the 5th generation in a kantele-playing family. He has degrees in both Sacred Music & Music Education. Wilho will play folk & traditional music on.the 36 string kantele, and several of his own compositions on both the 5 & 10 string kantele. 
 

All lectures are free and open to the public.

Missed a Lecture?

Not to worry, we have the recording. SHF members can loan the DVD from the SHF office. Please send us an email or call 503-977-0275 to find out more. See a list of our recorded lectures.