Activities Fall 2020

Seminar materials are 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 are open to anyone who is interested!

Until further notice, seminars and workshops will be in Zoom unless otherwise advertised. Contact Maria Holmgren Troy for access if you wish to attend.

SEPTEMBER

Tue 15/9, 13.15–16.00, 3A340 & Zoom: ISLI PhD seminar. Double seminar: Tim Roberts presents work from his dissertation project (reader Jonas Hoeck, senior readers Marie Tåqvist & Christina Olin-Scheller). Saga Bokne presents work from her dissertation project (reader Jakob Olsson, senior readers Sofia Wijkmark & Morten Feldtfos Thomsen). Chair Erica Sandlund.

Tue 29/9, 13.15–15.00, Zoom: Mock defense. Seminar on Andreas Nyström's PhD thesis-in-progress, provisionally titled Places of Rest in Worlds of Ruin. Opponent Jerry Määttä, Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature, Uppsala University. If you are not reached by the mailing lists, contact Peter Wikström for a Zoom link.

OCTOBER

Thu 1/10, 10.00–17.00, Zoom: KuFo workshop. Work-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers. Submit texts to Maria no later than 22/9, noon.

Tue 13/10, 13.15–16.00, 3A340 & Zoom: ISLI PhD seminar. New PhD students Liliann Byman Frisén, Sofia Oldin Cederwall, and Zdravka Katinic present preliminary plans for their respective dissertation projects. Chair Maria Holmgren Troy.

Thu 29/10, 09.00–17.00, Zoom: KuFo workshop. Work-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers. Submit texts to Maria no later than 20/10, noon.

NOVEMBER

Tue 3/11, 13.15–16.00, 3A340 & Zoom: ISLI PhD seminar. Double seminar: Sebastian Malinowski presents work from his dissertation project (reader Tim Roberts, senior readers Tobias Hübinette & Marika Kjellén). Jonas Hoeck presents work from his dissertation project (reader Judith Kiros, senior readers Helene Blomqvist & Kristian Petrov). Chair Marie Tåqvist.

Mon 9/11, 10.15–12.00, Zoom: Mock defense. Seminar on Grace Zhu Yuanyuan's PhD thesis-in-progress, tentatively titled "Biblical allusion in Three Charles Dickens Condition-of-England Novels". Discussant Stuart Robertson, Associate Professor of English Literature, Uppsala University If you are not reached by the mailing lists, contact Peter Wikström for the Zoom link.

CANCELLED 11–13 November: Specfic 2020: Time and History. Conference organized by the Swedish Network for Speculative Fiction. More information and registration here. UPDATE: The conference has been postponed until 2021, more information will be forthcoming.

Thu 19/11, 13.15–15.00, Zoom: KuFo guest seminar about Kriterium. Professor Åsa Arping, University of Gothenburg, visits KuFo to talk about Kriterium, which is an academic publishing platform that can get books in Swedish peer-reviewed and bibliometrically ranked on the Norwegian NSD list.

Tue 24/11, 13.15–16.00, Zoom: ISLI PhD seminar. Double seminar: Jakob Olsson presents work from his dissertation project (reader Saga Bokne, senior readers Maria Holmgren Troy & Johan Wijkmark). Judith Kiros presents work from her dissertation project (reader Sebastian Malinowski, senior readers Anna Swärdh & Andrea Schalley). Chair Sofia Wijkmark.

Wed 25/11, 09.00–17.00, Zoom: KuFo workshop. Work-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers. Submit texts to Maria no later than 16/11, noon.

DECEMBER

Tue 1/12, 13.15–15.00, Zoom: KuFo theory seminar. We gather to read and discuss a selected theory text relevant to the KuFo research group profile. When the text is selected it will be announced here.

Tue 15/12, 13.15–15.00, Zoom: KuFo application seminar. The seminar discusses experiences of and tips & tricks relating to funding applications. It is especially intended for PhD students and early career researchers, but all are welcome!

APRIL 2021

Fri 9/4, Time and room TBA: PhD defense. Andreas Nyström defends his doctoral thesis, Places of Rest in Worlds of Ruin: The Haven in Postapocalyptic Fiction. Opponent Mathias Clasen, Associate Professor of English, Aarhus University.