Presentations
2023. Organizer and moderator of “Language as Embodiment” event. Embodiment as Knowledge Translation: A Green College Leading Scholars Series. Vancouver, BC. 18 October.
2023. Panelist on “Embodied Teaching and Situated Knowledge: A Pedagogy Roundtable.” Embodiment as Knowledge Translation: A Green College Leading Scholars Series. Vancouver, BC. 27 September. https://greencollege.ubc.ca/civicrm/event/info%3Fid%3D1662%26reset%3D1
2023. Invited Speaker. “Islamicate Heritage, Reassembled: Tracing Itinerant Coins into the 21st Century.” MOA Visual + Material Culture Research Seminar Series—Spring 2023. Museum of Anthropology at UBC. Vancouver, BC. 02 February.
2022. Panelist on “The City as Art.” The Future of Islamic Art & Culture: Digital Festival. Hosted by community organization Bayt al Fann. 29 November.
2022. Panelist on “You say MENA I say SWANA: What’s in an Acronym?” Vancouver MENA Film Festival. Vancouver, BC. 27 November.
2021. Sara Ann Knutson and Caitlin Ellis. “Northern and Eastern European religious interaction with Islam along the Silk Road.” British Museum Exhibition Workshop: Scandinavia and the East in the Viking Age. London, England. 09-10 December.
2021. Sara Ann Knutson and Caitlin Ellis. “‘Conversion’ to Islam in Medieval Europe: Historical and Archaeological Perspectives on Northern European Interactions with Islam.” Centre for Research on Ancient Civilizations (CRAC) Late Antiquity Seminar Series. University of Warsaw, Poland. 29 April.
2021. “Networks and Assemblages for the Humanities and Social Sciences.” Digital Humanities Working Group at UC Berkeley. Virtual Presentation. 18 March.
2020. “The Archaeology of Islamic and Scandinavian Heritage in Viking-Age Sweden.” Swedish Women’s Educational Association (SWEA) of San Francisco. Virtual Presentation. 21 November.
2020. “Ask an Archaeologist, Episode 10: Network Analysis and Museums-Based Research in Eastern Europe and the Arab World.” UC Berkeley Archaeological Research Facility ‘Ask an Archaeologist Series.’ 24 April. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COEBCDLJqUY
2017. “From Damsels to Warriors: Viking Women in Popular Culture.” Community Lectures in Celebration of National Day of Sweden. Swedish American Hall, San Francisco, CA. 03 June.
2017. “Bridges to Eternity: Women, Conversion, & Religion in Viking Age Sweden.” Swedish American Hall, San Francisco, CA. 14 March.
Media Appearances
Esse Magazine. 08 December 2022. “Islamic Art and Culture Digital Festival,” by Tracy Valcourt. https://esse.ca/compte-rendu/islamic-art-and-culture-digital-festival
UBC History Know your Profs Series. 06 September 2022. “Know Your Profs with Dr. Sara Ann Knutson.” https://history.ubc.ca/news/know-your-profs-with-dr-sara-ann-knutson/?fbclid=IwAR0ePjwMAxsIqwthzg59klEAMTTD_pSmDc9TvGjyav6rTyL9R-ca7_GJu3c
Bayt Al Fann. 04 August 2022. “Preserving the Past for the Future, Dr. Sara Ann Knutson.” https://www.baytalfann.com/post/preserving-the-past-for-the-future-dr-sara-ann-knutson?fbclid=IwAR3tywC0JB5P1NEXdmmuYp0T1uyeHglaRDlQQV5_bQEtofN0700ByzuCI_0
University of British Columbia, Department of History. 10 June 2022. “UBC History Welcomes Historian and Anthropological Archaeologist Sara Ann Knutson.” https://history.ubc.ca/news/ubc-history-welcomes-historian-and-anthropological-archaeologist-sara-ann-knutson/
Berkeley Graduate Division. 01 October 2021. “Sara Ann Knutson: Traditional Archaeological Interpretations vs. Contemporary Public Perspectives.” https://grad.berkeley.edu/news/profiles/sara-ann-knutson-traditional-archaeological-interpretations-vs-contemporary-public-perspectives/?fbclid=IwAR1KBBF6Fe5u-FW36qV4iW06gx1tfUb5d8HR3cqb4RSVOG2tFRLCQoqhXbI
Swedish Women’s Educational Association Blog. 16 July 2020. “SWEA San Franciscos stipendiat 2020- Sara Ann Knutson.” [Translated title from Swedish: SWEA San Francisco’s scholarship recipient 2020, Sara Ann Knutson]. https://www.sweabloggensf.com/post/swea-san-franciscos-stipendiat-2020-sara-ann-knutson
Sveriges Radio (P1). 01 June 2018. “Varför är amerikanerna så nyfikna på oss?” [Translated title from Swedish: Why are the Americans so curious about us?] https://sverigesradio.se/sida/avsnitt/1084264?programid=412
DR (Danish Broadcasting Co). 15 April 2018. “Oldnordisk, vikinger og Kierkegaard. I Californien dyrker de skandinavisk historie.” [Translated title from Danish: Old Norse, Vikings and Kierkegaard. In California, they cultivate Scandinavian History.] https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/kultur/boeger/oldnordisk-vikinger-og-kierkegaard-i-californien-dyrker-de-skandinavisk