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Seminar materialsÌýare normally distributed via the KuFo and ISLI mailing lists. Anyone not reached by these lists should feel free to contact us – our seminars and other events areÌýopen to anyone who is interested!

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SEPTEMBER

Tue 21/9, 13.15–15.00, ISLI PhD student seminar. New PhD student Denny Jansson presents preliminary research plans for his dissertation project. Alexander Kofod Jensen gives a presentation placing his research in a societal context.

Fri 24/9,Ìý10.15-12.00, Zoom,ÌýPhD defense.ÌýGrace Zhu Yuanyuan defends her doctoral thesis on biblical allusions in works by Charles Dickens. Opponent Dominic Rainsford, Professor of Literature in English, Aarhus University.

Thu 30/9, 13.15–16.00, Mock defense. Seminar on Alexander Kofod Jensen's PhD thesis-in-progress. Opponent Markus Huss, German Studies, Stockholm University.

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OCTOBER

Fri 8/10, 9.15–11.00, Mock defense. Seminar on Sophia Liu Fei PhD thesis-in-progress on teacher motivation. Opponent: Mehmet Sercan Uztosun, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University/¹û¶³´«Ã½.

Thu 12/10, 15.15–17.00, Minerva. KuFo seminar with Nadja Neumann (±è³Ü²ú±ô¾±³¦±ð°ù¾±²Ô²µ²õ²õ³Ùö»å) and Inga-Lill Nilsson (library) on publishing, research resources, and new developments.

Thu 14/10, 9.00–17.00, Minerva. KuFo workshop.ÌýWork-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers. Submit texts to Maria no later than 5/10, noon.

Tue 19/10, 13.15–16.00, Zoom, ISLI PhD student seminar. Double seminar: Judith Kiros presents work from her dissertation projectÌý(reader Jakob Olsson, senior readers Anna Linzie & Peter Wikström). Zdravka Katinic presents work from her dissertation project (reader Liliann Byman Frisén, senior readers Christina Olin-Scheller & Kristian Petrov). Chair Nicklas HÃ¥llén.

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NOVEMBER

Tue 9/11, 13.15–15.00, 9B330, ISLI PhD student seminar. POSTPONED UNTIL SPRING 2022.

Tue 11/11, 9.00–17.00, Minerva, KuFo workshop.ÌýWork-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers. Submit texts to Maria no later than 2/11, noon.

Thu 18/11, 15.15–17.00, Minerva, KuFo guest seminar: Henrik Christensen will talk on the topic of his dissertation We Call upon the Author: Contemporary Biofiction and Fyodor Dostoevsky (Stockholm University); see the dissertation and more information .

Wed 24/11, 13.15–16.00, 3C512, ISLI PhD student seminar. Double seminar: Saga Bokne presents work from her dissertation projectÌý(reader Zdravka Katinic, senior readers Sofia Wijkmark & Nicklas HÃ¥llén). Sebastian Malinowski gives a presentation placing his research in a societal context. Chair Johan Wijkmark.

Thu 25/11, 9.00–17.00, Minerva, KuFo workshop.ÌýWork-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers. Submit texts to Maria no later than 16/11, noon.

Fri-Sat 26-27/11: EVL symposium (En värmländsk litteraturhistoria), lunch–lunch including an open program in Frödingsalen 15.15–17.00 on Friday afternoon and a public event at Värmlands museum on Saturday before lunch. For more information, see the PDF program attached to this page or contact Helene Blomqvist.

• See the PDF program for the celebratory activities in the right-hand column of this page for information about time and place (mobile view: bottom of the page).

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DECEMBER

Wed–Fri 1-3/12: Specfic 2021: Time and History is the first conference organized by the Swedish Network for Speculative Fiction. The conference takes place in ¹û¶³´«Ã½ on 1–3 December, 2021. Information about the conference can be found here.

Mon 6/12, 15.15–17.00, Fryxell (1B306) and Zoom: Open lecture. Professor Brenda Schmahmann, University of Johannesburg, visiting scholar at KuFo and Intercultural Studies, gives an open lecture with the title "When life hangs by a thread: Representations of Covid-19 by the Mapula Embrodery Project". The lecture is open to the public – all are welcome!

Thu 9/12, 10.15–12.00, KuFo PhD student seminar on internationalization. Seminar for PhD students and early career researchers – but all are welcome – on experiences of and issues relating to internationalization. Topics covered include research stays at University of Glasgow and the British Library, Fulbright scholarships, and participation in an EU-funded project (TRANSPEER).

Fri 10/12, 10.00–17.30, Minerva och Zoom: Intercultural Studies symposium. Photographs in Conversation, a symposium on photography and visual culture. Contact Staffan Löfving for more information.

Tue 14/12, 13.15–15.00, Zoom, ISLI PhD student seminar. Jakob Olsson presents work from his dissertation project (reader Jonas Hoeck, senior readers Anna Swärdh & Erica Sandlund). Chair Sofia Wijkmark – contact Sofia Wijkmark for a link to the Zoom meeting.

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