Kimberly J. La Palm
800 West Avenue North, Lot #97
West Salem, WI 54669
(424) 832-4921
kjlapalm@gmail.com
www.kjlapalm.com

Education
2016
Ph.D. University of California-Los Angeles, Germanic Languages

Dissertation Title:
Uncovering Performance in Medieval Scandinavia: A Survey and Analysis of Medieval Performance in Scandinavia

Dissertation Committee:
Timothy Tangherlini (chair), Arne Lunde, James Massengale, Christine Chism

2013
C. Phil. University of California, Los Angeles, Germanic Languages
Fields: Scandinavian Drama, Modern Swedish Literature, Scandinavian Film

2010
M.A. University of California, Los Angeles, Scandinavian Section
Fields: Scandinavian Drama, Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Swedish Literature, Scandinavian Folklore

2006
B.A. University of Wisconsin-Madison
Majors: Scandinavian Studies, Theatre & Drama

Non-degree Granting Education

2013
Beginner Course in Manuscript Studies – The Arne Magnæn Institute at Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark

2013
The Swedish Institute Course in Language Pedagogy, Kållekärr, Sweden

Teaching Experience

2017
Viterbo University, La Crosse, WI, Accelerated Composition
Adjunct Instructor (2 courses, Spring Semester)

2016
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, English Composition
Associate Lecturer (Fall semester)

2015
UCLA, Intro to Scandinavian Literature – Instructor (2 Quarters)
Professor of Record: Patrick Wen

2013/14
UCLA, Beginning Swedish – Instructor/Teaching Fellow (3 Quarters)
UC San Diego, Distance course via simultaneous video conferencing
Professor of Record: Arne Lunde

2013
UCLA, Intro to Scandinavian Literature – Instructor (2 Quarters)
Professor of Record: Patrick Wen

2012/13
UCLA, Beginning Swedish – Instructor/Teaching Fellow (3 Quarters)
Professor of Record: Timothy Tangherlini

2011/12
UCLA, Intro to Scandinavian Literature – Teaching Assistant (3 Quarters)
Professors: Timothy Tangherlini, Arne Lunde, Patrick Wen

2011
UCLA, Intro to Scandinavian Literature – Instructor (3 Quarters)
Professor of Record: Patrick Wen

2010/11
UCLA, Intro to Scandinavian Literature – Teaching Assistant (3 Quarters)
Professors: Kendra Willson, Patrick Wen

2009/10
UCLA, Intro to Scandinavian Literature – Teaching Assistant (3 Quarters)
Professors: Kendra Willson, Arne Lunde, Patrick Wen

Conference Presentations

05/2017
“The Great Debate Over Thott 780 folio”
Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study Conference, Minneapolis, MN

10/2015
“The Missing History of Performance in Medieval Scandinavia”
The 43rd UBC Medieval Workshop/The 10th GIC Colloquium, Vancouver, British Columbia

12/2014
“‘De uno peccatore qui promeriut gratium’ and the International Nature of Late Medieval Religious Drama”
Austmarr IV: The Plurality of Religions and Religious Change Around the Baltic Sea, Sundsvall, Sweden

03/2014
“Uncovering Performance in Medieval Scandinavia”
Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study Conference, New Haven, CT

05/2012
“Pre-Reformation Performance in Scandinavia”
Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study Conference, Salt Lake City, UT

04/2012
Graduate Student Roundtable (participant)
Nordic Mythologies: Interpretations, Intersections and Institutions, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

05/2011
Panel Moderator
Scandinavian Crime Fiction Symposium, UCLA

04/2011
“Immigration, Identity and the Adolescent: Political and Personal Coming-of-Age in Josef Fares’ Zozo”
Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study Conference, Chicago, IL

11/2010
“The Father in Performance at Stockholm Stadsteater”
South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Atlanta, GA

04/2010
“Performing Violence: Class, Sex, and Rape in Mike Figgis’ Miss Julie”
Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study Conference, Seattle, WA

03/2010
“Folklore in Visual Media: The Depiction of the Mara in Gothic Art”
45th Annual Comparative Literature Conference, California State University, Long Beach, CA

Guest Lectures

03/2017
Augustana College, “Uncovering Performance in Medieval Scandinavia”

04/2012
UCLA, “The Kautokeino Rebellion”

03/2012
UCLA, “Josef Fares and Contemporary Swedish Film”

05/2011
UCLA, “Strindberg on Women”

05/2011
UCLA, “’Immigrant’ film in Sweden”

Publications

(forthcoming)
“The Missing History of Drama and Performance in Scandinavia” Proceedings of The 43rd UBC Medieval Workshop/The 10th GIC Colloquium

2015
“Austmarr IV: The Plurality of Religions and Religious Change Around the Baltic Sea, 500-1300: Methodological Challenges for Multidisciplinary Data.” (Conference Report) RMN Newsletter: Between Text and Practice, Methodology, Religion and Research, 10 (2015): 128–129.

Fellowships, Grants, Prizes and Honors

2015/16
UCLA Graduate Division Dissertation Year Fellowship

2015
UCLA Graduate Division Research Travel Grant

2015
UCLA Center for European and Eurasian Studies Travel Grant

2014/14
The Birgit Baldwin Fellowship in Scandinavian Studies

2013
UCLA Center for European and Eurasian Studies Dissertation Grant

2011
Swedish Women’s Educational Association of San Francisco Fellowship

2009
UCLA Center for European and Eurasian Studies Language Study Grant

2008/09
Barbro Osher Graduate Fellowship

Academic Service Experience

2016-pres.
Member at large, Executive Board, Association of Swedish Teachers and Researchers in America

Languages

Native Proficiency:
English

Advanced Proficiency:
Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, French

Beginning Proficiency:
Spanish, Old Norse, Old Swedish, Old Danish, Latin, German

Professional Memberships

Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study

Association of Swedish Teachers and Researchers in America

Modern Language Association

The Pacific Ancient Modern Language Association

South Atlantic Modern Language Association

The Gregorian Institute of Canada

Relevant Work Experience

2017
Researcher – Strategic Insight Group, Fort Worth, Texas

2014/15
Editor – Dakota Language Services, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2013/14
Translator/Research Assistant – Dr. Lois Banner, Los Angeles, California

2013/17
Freelance Translator – Swedish/Norwegian/Danish to American English

2012
Research Assistant – Dr. Jesse Byock, Los Angeles, California

2012
Dramaturg – The Cutting Ball Theater, San Francisco, California

2011
Research Assistant – Dr. Ross Shideler, Stockholm, Sweden