Activities Spring 2023

JANUARY

Thu 19/1, Minerva, KuFo workshop. Work-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers, with a focus on RJ applications. Upload application texts in designated folder in Box (or send texts to Maria) no later than 16/1 (noon).

Mon 23/1, 15.15, Karlstad University library, opening of exhibition: Swedish feminist comics and cartoons from the 1960s until today will be opened in the Karlstad University Library at 3.15 pm on Monday, 23 January, 2023. On this occasion, the exhibition will be introduced by the researchers Anna Nordenstam (left), University of Gothenburg, and Margareta Wallin Wictorin (right), Karlstad University, who have produced it in collaboration with Birgitta Andreasson, Sanna Hellgren, and Karin Henning (librarians at Kvinnsam, Gothenburg University Library), as well as Kerstin Brodén and Emelie Uggla Waldenström (librarians at Linnæus University). The exhibition will remain open to the public until 19 February, 2023.

Tue 31/1, 13.15-15.00, 1B309 Sjöströmsalen, PhD defense. Tim Roberts defends his doctoral thesis, Language practices in Swedish-English families. Opponent: Elizabeth Lanza, Professor Emerita in Linguistics, University of Oslo.

FEBRUARY

Tue 14/2, 15.15–17.00, 12A225 Humlan, KuFo PhD and ECR seminar on publishing. The seminar focuses on experiences of as well as tips and advice on publishing books, articles, and more. It is foremost intended to benefit PhD students and early career researchers, but all are welcome.

Thu 16/2, 9.00–17.00, 12A225 Humlan, KuFo workshop. Work-in-progress workshop (VR applications and other texts) with KuFo researchers.

Tue 21/2, 12A225 Humlan, ISLI and History, PhD student day.

MARCH

Tue 21/3, 13.15–16.00, 12A225 Humlan, ISLI PhD seminar. Double seminar: Judith Kiros presents work from her dissertation project (readers Jonas Hoeck & Saga Bokne, senior reader Anna Swärdh). Saga Bokne presents work from her dissertation project (readers Jakob Olsson & Rickard Nilsson, senior reader Nicklas Hållén). Chair Maria Holmgren Troy.

APRIL

Tue 18/4, 13.45–16.30, 12A225 Humlan, ISLI PhD seminar. Double seminar: Rickard Nilsson presents work from his dissertation project (readers Liliann Byman Frisén & Jonas Hoeck, senior reader Erica Sandlund). Liliann Byman Frisén presents work from her dissertation project (readers Rickard Nilsson & Jessica Sundin, senior reader Ying Wang). Chair Andrea Schalley.

MAY

Tue 9/5, 13.15–15.00, 12A225 Humlan, ISLI PhD seminar. Jakob Olsson presents work from his dissertation project (readers Jessika Sundin & Sofia Oldin Cederwall, senior reader Alfred Sjödin). Chair Christina Olin-Scheller.

Tue-Wed 16–17/5, 12A225 Humlan, KuFo symposium. More-than-Human Studies.

Tue 23/5, 13.15–16.00, 12A225 Humlan, ISLIs doktorandseminarium. Double seminar: Jessika Sundin presents work from her dissertation project (readers Judith Kiros & Liliann Byman Frisén, senior reader Erik van Ooijen). Sofia Oldin Cederwall presents work from her dissertation project (readers Saga Bokne & Judith Kiros, senior reader Peter Wikström). Chair Anna Forssberg.

JUNE

Thursday 8/6, 10.15–11.45, 1B 306 Fryxellsalen, KuFo guest lecture: "Sacrifice in African ecofeminist films: an exploration of Pumzi (2009, Kenya) and This is not a Burial, it’s a resurrection (2017, Lesotho)," Oulia Makkonen, Uppsala university.

Thu 8/6, 12A225 Humlan, KuFo workshop: Work-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers.