Activities Fall 2016
The schedule is continually updated and subject to change. Last updated 2016-12-15.ÌýSeminar materials are normally distributed via the KuFo and ISLI mailing lists. Anyone not reached by these lists should feel free toÌý.
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August
Tue 16/8, 12.15: ThesisÌýSpikning.ÌýMorten Feldtfos Thomsen nails his PhD dissertation to the board by the main entrance/university library, and at the department.
Wed 31/8, 13.15-15, Minerva: KuFo.Ìý"Lost in Space: Mapping the Cartographic Uncanny 'After' Postmodernism." Guest lecture by Karen S. Jacobs, Associate Professor, University of Colorado Boulder.
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September
Thu 1/9, 13-15, 12A138: Thesis defense.ÌýMorten Feldtfos Thomsen defends his PhD dissertation, entitledÌýScenes of Writing, Scenes of Looking: Don DeLillo, Claus Beck-Nielsen, and the Politics of the Novel. Opponent Karen S. Jacobs, Associate Professor, University of Colorado Boulder.
Tue 20/9, 10.15-12, Minerva: PhD seminar.ÌýSophia (Liu Fei) Ìýpresents a chapter on English education in China from her dissertation work in progress, discussant Andreas Nyström.
Tue 27/9, 10.15-12, 11B252: PhD seminar.ÌýKari Løvaas presents dissertation work in progress, discussant Fredrik Svensson.
Tue 27/9, 13.15-15, 3A340: Midway seminar.ÌýDjamila Fatheddine defends her dissertation in progress. Opponent Professor Johan Elmfeldt, Malmö Högskola.Ìý
Wed 28/9, 13.15-15.00, Minerva: KuFo.Ìý"Borders, Boundaries, Bare Life: States of Exception in/and Contemporary American Culture". Seminar with Birgit Spengler, Interim Professor of American Studies, Goethe Universität, Frankfurt.ÌýSee the content note in the margin to the right.
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October
Tue 4/10, 9-17, Minerva: KuFo workshop.ÌýKuFo's senior researchers present and discuss ongoing research projects. Participants should submit their texts toÌýMariaÌýno later than 12 noon on Fri 23/9.
Tue 11/10, 10.15-12, 11B252: PhD seminar.ÌýAlexander Kofod-Jensen presents his dissertation project proposal, discussant Peter Wikström.
Tue 11/10, 13.15-16.00, 3A340: Mock defense.ÌýMarinette Grimbeek defends a preliminary draft of her full PhD dissertation, provisionally entitledÌýApocalyptic Environmentalism and Beyond in Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam Trilogy. Opponent Erik van Ooijen, guest researcher, ¹û¶³´«Ã½.
Wed 12/10, 14.00-15.00, 3A340: KuFo meeting.ÌýNadja Neumann and Inga-Lill Nilsson from the university library visit KuFo to talk about effective use of DiVa and strategies forÌýKulturvetenskapliga skriftserien.
Tue 25/10, 10.15-12, 3B425: PhD seminar.ÌýFredrik Svensson presents dissertation work in progress, discussant Kari Løvaas.
Tue 25/10, 13.15-15, 12B545: PhD seminar.ÌýPeter Wikström presents a draft article, "Say it with a .gif: Twitter's affordances for animation of reported speech", discussant Sophia (Liu Fei).
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November
Wed 16/11, 9-17, Gunnerud: KuFo workshop.ÌýKuFo's senior researchers present and discuss ongoing research projects. Participants should submit their texts toÌýMariaÌýno later than 12 noon on Mon 7/11.
Tue 29/11, 10.15-12, 3A340: PhD seminar.ÌýAndreas Nyström presents dissertation work in progress, discussant Alexander Kofod-Jensen.
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December
Wed 7/12, 9-17, 11B252: KuFo workshop.ÌýKuFo's senior researchers present and discuss ongoing research projects. Participants should submit their texts toÌýMariaÌýno later than 12 noon on Mon 28/11.
Thu 8/12, 13.15-15, 12B545: English linguistics.ÌýBrainstorming session. We discuss plans and ideas for Sebastian Malinowski's new PhD project in English linguistics.
Mon 12/12, 15.15-17, 1B306: KuFo open lecture.ÌýKuFo's guest professor Malte Hagener presents a talk entitled "Splitscreen as a Symbolic Form".Ìý.
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January
Thu 12/1, 13.00-16.00, 12B545: KuFo workshop.ÌýExtra RJ application workshop. Participants should submit their texts to Maria no later than 12 noon on Mon 9/1.
Tue 24/1, 13.15-15, 3A340: PhD seminar.ÌýTheory seminar on a text chosen by Kari Løvaas. No assigned reader.
Wed 25/1, 13.15-15, Minerva (12C608): Geomedia open lecture.ÌýKuFo guest professor Malte Hagener presents a talk entitled "Kubrick, Expo, the Beatles. The Intersection of Nation State and Avant-garde at the World Exposition in Montréal 1967".
Thu 26/1, 13.00-15, 12B545: English linguistics.ÌýPeter Wikström presents a draft article on "Twitter's affordances for animation of reported speech", a case study from his dissertation project.