Activities Spring 2024
Seminar materials are distributed via the KuFo and ISLI mailing lists. Anyone not reached by these e-mails should feel free to contact us.
Our seminars and other events are open to anyone who is interested!
JANUARY
Thursday, 18/1, 8:15-12:00, 12A225 Humlan,听KuFo workshop:听Work-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers, especially for RJ applications. Send texts to Maria no later than January 15 (noon).
FEBRUARY
Thursday, 15/2, 9:00-17:00, 12A225 Humlan,听KuFo workshop:听Work-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers (VR applications and other texts). Send texts to Maria no later than February 7 (noon).
Tuesday, 20/2, 15.15鈥16.45, 12A225 Humlan, KuFo PhD seminar. James Lees presents what GIO (Grants and Innovation Office) has to offer PhD students and early career scholars, but all are welcome.
MARCH
Tuesday, 12/3, 13.15鈥16.00, 12A225 Humlan, ISLI PhD seminar.听Double seminar.听Jessika Sundin presents work from her dissertation project听(readers Sofia Oldin Cederwall & Liliann Byman Fris茅n, senior reader Anna Linzie). Liliann Byman Fris茅n presents work from her dissertation project听(readers Rickard Nilsson & Jonas Hoeck, senior reader Ying Wang). Chair Anna Forssberg.
Wednesday, 20/3, 12A225 Humlan, ISLI & History & KuFo PhD student day.
Tuesday, 26/3, 13.15鈥15.00, 12A225 Humlan, ISLI PhD seminar.听Jonas Hoeck presents work from his dissertation project听(readers Jessika Sundin & Rickard Nilsson, senior reader Christina Olin-Scheller). Chair Alfred Sj枚din.
APRIL
Wednesday, 10/4, 9.00鈥17.00, 12A225 Humlan, KuFo workshop.听Work-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers. Send texts to Maria no later than April 2 (noon).
Thursday & Friday, 18-19/4, KuFo symposium on literary value, organised by Anna Forssberg & Anna Linzie.
Tuesday, 23/4, 13.15鈥15.00, 12A225 Humlan, ISLI PhD seminar.听 Rickard Nilsson presents work from his dissertation project听(readers Liliann Byman Fris茅n & Zdravka Katinic, senior reader Erica Sandlund). Chair Andrea Schalley.
MAY
Thursday, 2/5, 9:30-11:00, 12A225 Humlan, KuFo guest lecture (with lecturer online):听"Recovering SNCC鈥檚 Narrative Culture and Building on听SNCC鈥檚 Stories.鈥澨Sharon Monteith, Distinguished Professor of American Literature and Cultural History at Nottingham Trent University.听Sharon Monteith will reflect on the different methodologies she used to recover the civil rights organisation鈥檚 internal culture in her award-winning book and discuss her current project on the personal and psychological costs of activism. Contact Peter Wikstr枚m, peter.wikstrom@kau.se, if you want to participate via Zoom
Monday, 13/5, 15:15-17:00, 12A225 Humlan, KuFo guest lecture:听"Addressing a Difficult History: Representations of Sarah Baartman by three South African artists" Brenda Schmahmann, Professor and听South African Research Chair in South African Art and Visual Culture, University of Johannesburg.
Thursday, 23/5, 9.00鈥17.00, 12A225 Humlan, KuFo workshop.听Work-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers. Send texts to Maria no later than May 15 (noon).
Thursday, 23/5, 9.00鈥10.00, 12A225 Humlan, KuFo & Religion joint guest seminar with Amrita Ghosh, Assistant Professor, South Asian Literatures, Department of English, University of Central Florida. Amrita Ghosh will present her book Kashmir鈥檚 Necropolis: Literary, Cultural, and Visual Texts (Lexington Books, 2023).
JUNE
Monday, 10/6, 9.30鈥11.30, 3A 340, KuFo, Sociology & Centre for Gender Studies joint guest seminar听on aging and Roald Dahl鈥檚 short story听鈥漈he Landlady鈥澨齱ith听Ieva Ston膷ikait臈, PhD,听Pompeu听Fabra University Barcelona, Spain
Tuesday, 11/6, 13.15鈥16.00, 12A225 Humlan, ISLI PhD seminar.听Double seminar. Zdravka Katinic presents work from her dissertation project听(readers Saga Bokne & Sofia Oldin Cederwall, senior reader Anna Sw盲rdh). Sofia Oldin Cederwall presents work from her dissertation project听(readers Zdravka Katinic & Saga Bokne, senior reader Peter Wikstr枚m).Chair Maria Holmgren Troy.
Monday, 17/6, 13:15-15:00, 12A225 Humlan, PhD mock defense (hybrid format):听Judith Kiros presents her dissertation project.听The听opponent is Nahem Yousaf, Associate Dean for Research, School of Arts and Humanities, Nottingham Trent University.听Contact Peter Wikstr枚m,听peter.wikstrom@kau.se, if you want to participate via Zoom.
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