2020: 43rd ASANOR Conference
UiT- The Artic University, September 24-26
Theme: Truths, Facts, Fictions and Falsehood in American Studies
Organizers: Cassandra Falke and Laura Castor
(2019: 26th Biennial Conference NAAS. University of Bergen, April 25-27 2019)
2018: 42nd ASANOR Conference
University of Agder, October 11-13
Theme: Past and Future of Cosmopolitanism
Organizer: Stephen Doughtery
(2017: NAAS Conference Odense, May 22-24)
2016: 41st ASANOR Conference
Helsfyr Hotel Oslo, October 28-30
Theme: Fear and Friendliness in the United States
Organizers: Hilde L. Stephens, Alf Tomas Tønnessen
2015: 40th ASANOR Conference
University of Stavanger, October 23-25
Theme: The Machine in the Garden: Energy, Industry & Technology in American Culture
Organizers: Jena Habegger-Conti, Eric Rasmussen, Arne Neset
2014: 39th ASANOR/NACS Conference
Alta, September 19-21
Theme: Connections and Exchanges: America in an Intercontinental North
Organizers: Laura Castor, Werner Bigell
2013: 38th ASANOR/NACS Conference
Helsfyr Hotel, Oslo, October 25-27
Theme: Constitutive Texts in North American Studies
Organizers: Ida Jahr, Hilde L. Stephens, Alf Tomas Tønnessen
2012: 37th ASANOR Conference
Halden, October 19-21
Theme: Crossroads: American Directions
Organizer: Robert Mikkelsen
2011: 36th ASANOR Conference
Drammen, October 28-30
Theme: Contemporary Challenges in the US and the UK
Organizers: Alf Tomas Tønnessen (ASANOR) and Øivind Bratberg (British Politics Society)
2010: 35th ASANOR/NACS/ANECS Conference
Kaunas Lithuania, September 23-26.
With the English Department of Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania.
Theme: Cultures, Identities, and Languages in North American Contexts
Organizer: Željka Švrljuga
2009: 34th ASANOR/NACS/ANECS Conference
Kristiansand, October 16-18
Theme: Post-War North America in Politics, Culture and Literature
Organizer: Mike Prince
2008: 33rd ASANOR/NACS/ANECS Conference
Bergen, October 31 – November 2
Theme: Atlantic Connections: Europe and Aspects of the Americas
Organizer: Željka Švrljuga
2007: 32nd ASANOR/NACS/ANECS Conference
Drammen, October 26 – 28
Theme: North-American Contexts: Studying the USA, Canada and Latin America
Organizer: David Mauk
2006: 31st ASANOR Conference
Universitet i Oslo, October 27 – 29
Theme: North American Contexts: Studying the US and Canada
Organizer: Per Winther
2005: 30th ASANOR Conference
Universitet i Oslo, October 28– 30
Theme: North American Contexts: Studying the USA and Canada
Organizer: Per Winther
2004: 29th ASANOR Conference
Universitet i Oslo, September 24 –26
Theme: The USA Today
Organizer: Per Winther
2003: 28th ASANOR Conference
Utvandrermuseet Hamar, October 17 – 19
Theme: Migration and Immigration Studies; Quo Vadis?
Organizer: Robert Mikkelsen
2002: 27th ASANOR/SAAS Conference
Høgskolen i Østfold Fredrikstad, September 20-22
Theme: America At Home and Abroad
Organizer: Robert Mikkelsen
2001: 26th ASANOR Conference
Universitet i Bergen, September 21 – 24
Theme: Trends in American Studies: Theories and Practices
Organizers: Øyunn Hestetun and Zeljka Svrljuga
2000: 25th ASANOR Conference
Høgskolen i Telemark Bø, September 22 – 24
Organizers: Judith McGuiness Torvik and Øyvind Gulliksen
1999: 24th ASANOR Conference
Universitet i Oslo, September 17 – 19
Organizer: Ole O. Moen
1998: 23rd ASANOR Conference
Høgskolen i Stavanger, September 11 – 13
Theme: Post Cold War USA
Organizer: Arne Neset
1997: 22nd ASANOR Conference
Norwegian Emigrant Museum Hamar, October 3 – 5
Theme: Norway – America Today: Points of Departure
Organizer: Arne Neset
1996: 21st ASANOR Conference
Høgskolen i Adger Grimstad, September 6 – 8
Theme: American Images at Home and Abroad
Organizer: Robert Baehr
1995: 20th ASANOR Conference
Høgskolen i Østfold Fredrikstad, September 29 – October 1
Theme: Presenting America
Organizer: Robert Mikkelsen
1994: 19th ASANOR Conference
Høgskolen i Stavanger, September 16 – 18
Theme: Multiculturalism and Literature
Organizer: Arne Neset
1993: 18th ASANOR Conference
Gabelshus Oslo, October 1 – 3.
Theme: Regional Differences in the US
Organizer: Robert Baehr
The American Studies Association of Norway
ASANOR founded in Kristiansand on May 8, 1993
1993: 17th American Studies Seminar
Kristiansand, May 7 – 9
Theme: USA Looking East, Looking West
Organizer: Robert Baehr
1991: 16th American Studies Seminar
Sørmarka, November 1 – 3
Theme: Native American Literature and Culture
1990: 15th American Studies Seminar
Leangkollen, October 5 – 7
Theme: Contemporary Literature and Criticism in the US
1989: 14th American Studies Seminar
Sørmarka, September 8 – 10
Theme: Culture and Media in the US
1988: 13th American Studies Seminar
Sørmarka, September 9 – 11
1987: 12th American Studies Seminar
Sørmarka, September 11 – 13
Theme: The Bicentennial of the US Constitution
1986: 11th American Studies Seminar
Leangkollen, August 29 – 31
1985: 10th American Studies Seminar
Leangkollen, September 13 – 15
1984: 9th American Studies Seminar
Oslo, August 31 – September 2
1983: 8th American Studies Seminar
Oslo, September 9 – 11
1982: 7th American Studies Seminar
Oslo, September 3 – 5
1981: 6th American Studies Seminar
Oslo, August 28 – 30
1980: 5th American Studies Seminar
Oslo, September 26 – 29
1979: 4th American Studies Seminar
Kristiansand, September 7 – 9
Organizer: Robert Baehr
1978: 3rd American Studies Seminar
Oslo, November 17 – 19
1978: 2nd American Studies Seminar
Oslo, March 31 – April 2
1977: 1st American Studies Seminar
Trondheim
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From 1977 to 1993 the seminars were known as American Studies Seminars. On May 8, 1993 ASANOR was founded in Kristiansand and the seminars have since been known as ASANOR Conferences.
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Cultural attachés and PAOs at the USIA, 1976-98:
William van Buskirk, 1976-79
Thomas Spooner, 1979-82
Terrence Kneebone (Judith Perry Holst), 1982-85
Lois Knoll (Judith Perry Holst), 1985-88
Victor Sidabras (Judith Perry Holst), 1990-95
William Zavis (Judith Perry Holst) 1993- Victor Sidabras returned for a short spell.
Michael Scanlin (Irene Wæstberg), 1995-98
Neil Klopfensetin PAO c. 1998 – 2002
Andrew J. Schilling: 2002 – 2005
Patricia O. Attkisson 2005 – 2007
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Our great thanks to Arne Neset for creating this list and preserving the history of ASANOR. (Robert Baehr)
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