Andrew Nestingen
Associate Professor of Scandinavian Studies
Research
My research is organized around the question, How do the form and circulation of popular texts figure in the way people construct, imagine, and regulate their social worlds? I am especially interested in Scandinavian popular fiction and cinema of the late twentieth century. My book Crime and Fantasy in Scandinavia: Fiction, Film and Social Change is forthcoming from the Univeristy of Washington Press and Museum Tusculanum in spring 2008. The book discusses texts by Leena Lehtolainen, Henning Mankell, and Johanna Sinisalo as well as the films of Aki Kaurismäki, Lukas Moodysson, Nicholas Winding Refn, Erik Skjoldbjærg, Lars von Trier, and others. A book I co-edited with Trevor Elkington, Transnational Cinemas in a Global North: Nordic Cinema in Transition appeared in 2005. I am currently writing a book about Aki Kaurismäki's films titled The Contrarian Cinema of Aki Kaurismäki.
Teaching
I teach courses on Finnish literature and culture, Nordic cinema, and cultural theory.
Finnish Studies
The Finnish program at the University of Washington includes two faculty members, Karoliina Kuisma and me. While our courses focus on language, literature and culture of Finland, we are building a multidisciplinary group of scholars on campus whose research ties have connected them to Finland.
Contact Information
Dept. of Scandinavian Studies
University of Washington
Box 353420
Seattle, WA 98195-3420
USA
Tel + 1-206-543-0643
Fax + 1-206-685-9173
Office: Raitt Hall 305P
Email: akn@u.washington.edu
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