Department of Scandinavian Studies: Thomas DuBois

I have been fortunate to receive a Vilas Associates Award from the University of Wisconsin to undertake research on a topic close to my heart: religious woodcarving in the Nordic-Baltic region from the medieval era to today. Currently I am reading and doing fieldwork on both historical and contemporary exemplars of religious woodcarving from the region. I have given two public papers on the topic so far and hope to write a monograph on the subject.

medieval painted carving of

King St. Olaf,

Skellefteå church,Sweden

“Carving Faith: A Swedish Wood Carver and Her Religious Viewpoints” Paper delivered at the conference “The Future of Folk” held in Madison, Wisconsin, 23 April 2005.

“Material Reminders of the Cult of the Saints in Medieval and Post-Reformation Scandinavia.” Paper delivered at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Folklore Society, held at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 18-21 October, 2006.

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Tom DuBois

Department of Scandinavian Studies

Main Office: 1306 Van Hise Hall 1220 Linden Drive Madison, WI 53706 Telephone: (608)262-2090 Fax: (608)262-9417 Program Assistant Judy Anderson judy@ scandinavian. wisc.edu

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Tom DuBois

Department of Scandinavian Studies

Main Office:
1306 Van Hise Hall
1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Telephone:
(608)262-2090
Fax:
(608)262-9417
Program Assistant
Judy Anderson
judy@ scandinavian. wisc.edu