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Petra Glimåker-Socolovsky guest speaker at the ATA58

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The Nordic Division is delighted to announce Petra Glimåker-Socolovsky as our guest speaker this year. She is the chair of the Swedish School for Children in Washington, DC and a freelance contributor for Swedish Public Radio, where she covers U.S. culture, religion and politics.

At ATA58, she has two sessions: “The Swedish School: Extracurricular Language Schools in the U.S.” and “Cursing and Anachronisms: Swedish Culture Clash”.
More info on the Nordic sessions here
The complete session schedule here 

Stay and Win at the Washington Hilton

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Are you coming to ATA’s 58th Annual Conference (October 25-28, 2017) and planning to stay at the host hotel? In that case, be sure to book early – it’s not unusual for ATA’s room block to be sold out before the Conference.

But there is another reason why early booking is a good idea: Five lucky winners will receive one free night’s stay at the Washington Hilton! Room reservations made before October 23 will automatically be entered to win.

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Snorri Sturluson Icelandic Fellowships

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The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies invites applications for the Snorri Sturluson Icelandic Fellowships for 2018. The Fellowships are granted to writers, translators and scholars (not to university students) in the field of humanities from outside Iceland, to enable them to stay in Iceland for a period of at least three months, in order to improve their knowledge of the Icelandic language, culture and society.

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43 new Swedish words of 2016

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Frågestrejka, fomo and ghosta – these are all words that are now established in the Swedish language, according to Språknämnden and Språktidningen. You will find the full list here.

Alisa on her first ATA conference

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Alisa Hamilton shares her first-timer impressions from the ATA Conference in San Francisco 2016:

Alisa Hamilton with Erling Dugan (middle) and Carlos Umaña (right).

ATA57 was my very first ATA conference.  Truth be told, I had never attended a professional conference of any kind in my entire career and I had very little idea of what to expect.  And I will be honest, my first impression was one of complete and total overwhelm.  So many people rushing about, so many rooms, floors, sessions, exhibitors… and somehow I had to jump in.

Gradually I found my footing, thanks to some helpful tips from the ATA for first-time conference attendees and my wonderful Buddy (a conference mentor provided by the ATA).  I sincerely appreciated all the advice and help that the ATA provided, and thanks to these I was enjoying my first conference in no time.

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