Contact Information

Office: 3033 JFSB

Phone: 422-9037

E-mail: christopher_oscarson@byu.edu

Office Hours:
1:00-3:00 W

Courses Taught:
Scandinavian 377: Methods in Teaching Nordic Languages
Scandinavian 430: Scandinavian Cultural History
Swedish 311r:
Advanced Swedish Conversation
Swedish 340: Swedish Literature
Humanities 490r: Environmental Humanities

Christopher (Chip) Oscarson received a BA in History (1997) and MA in Comparative Literature (2000) from Brigham Young University and then went on to the University of Califormia, Berkeley to do a PhD (2006) in Scandinavian Languages and Literatures with a Designated Emphasis in Film. He joined the faculty at BYU in 2005 and has served since that time as the director for the BYU Scandinavian Program. His research interests are in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Scandinavian literature, silent film, and the relationship between art and the environment.

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