Nordic Research Network
Lìonradh Rannsachaidh Lochlannaich
Lìonradh Rannsachaidh Lochlannaich
Conference for Postgraduate Students and Early-Career Researchers
The University of Edinburgh
Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann
Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann
23-24 February 2012
23-24 an Gearran 2012
Announcement and invitation
Discussion event at the Scottish Parliament
Registration
The organising committee
Contact details
Programme
Announcement and invitation
Scandinavian Studies at the University of Edinburgh invites participants to the Nordic Research Network 2012. This two-day interdisciplinary conference on 23-24 February 2012 will bring together postgraduate students and early-career researchers from Edinburgh and the rest of the UK currently researching topics relating to the Nordic area. The event will also incorporate a knowledge exchange workshop on communicating the developing role of lesser-taught languages in the university sector and a discussion event to be held at the Scottish Parliament, hosted by Alison Johnstone MSP and with refreshments sponsored by the Royal Norwegian Consulate General.
Following on from the successful first Nordic Research Network symposium held at University College London in 2010, students and early-career researchers will present the objectives or results of their current research. Through presentations, discussions, socialising activities and workshops, the conference will offer an ideal platform for the sharing of ideas and for dialogue with like-minded peers, as well as an opportunity to explore the significance of studying the Nordic area in the UK research environment.
Discussion event at the Scottish Parliament, 24 February
We are delighted to announce that, in connection with the NRN, a discussion event will be held at the Scottish Parliament on the evening of Friday 24 February, kindly hosted by Alison Johnstone MSP and with refreshments sponsored by the Royal Norwegian Consulate General. This extra event, entitled 'Building Cabins and Building Character: Using the Outdoors in Britain and Norway' will feature Ellen Rees (Scandinavian Studies, University of Oslo), Ralf Westphal and Peter Higgins (both of the Outdoor Education programme at the University of Edinburgh), and will be chaired by Dominic Hinde (Scandinavian Studies, University of Edinburgh).
More details about the Scottish Parliament event are available through this link.
Registration
Space is unfortunately limited - to register for the Nordic Research Network, please write to nordicedinburgh@gmail.com to request a registration form, which must be returned to us by Thursday 16 February. Booking is also required for the event at the Scottish Parliament. If you have not already requested a place as part of your main conference registration, please write to g.puzey@ed.ac.uk to book for the Parliament event.
The organising committee
Ersev Ersoy – Dominic Hinde – Guy Puzey
Contact details
E-mail: nordicedinburgh@gmail.com
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Draft programme
(updated 16 February 2012)
Day 1 / Latha 1
Thursday 23 February / Diardaoin 23 an Gearran
David Hume Tower Conference Room
Thursday 23 February / Diardaoin 23 an Gearran
David Hume Tower Conference Room
08:00-09:00 Registration | |
09:00-09:20 Welcome and Introduction | |
09:20-10:40 | Session 1: William Frost, University of the Highlands and Adam Grimshaw, Anglo-Norwegian Trade in the 17th Century John Mitchinson, Othering the Other: Decolonisation in the Björn Nordgren, The Second Swedish Phase of the Thirty Years War: 1635-1643 |
10:40-11:10 Break | |
11:10-12:30 | Session 2: Approaches to Literature – Chair: Ersev Ersoy Eric Cain, Innocence and the Anonymity of Evil: Two Horror Archetypes in Le Fanu’s Carmilla and Lindqvist’s Let the Right One In Seonaid Francis, University of the Highlands and Challenging Tradition: An Exegesis of the Poetry of Steinn Steinarr from the Perspectives of Existentialism and Surrealism Silke Reeploeg, University of the Highlands and Civilising the North: From ‘Sturdy Mountaineer’ to Folk Culture in Nineteenth-Century Norwegian and Scottish Literature Barbara Tesio, A Rereading of Pierre Andrezèl/Karen Blixen’s Gengældelsens Veje |
12:30-13:40 Lunch | |
13:40-15:00 | Session 3: Politics and Public Discourse – Chair: Guy Puzey Øivind Bratberg, The Nordic Model of Social Democracy Dan Heap, Activation for All? Sick and Disabled Benefit Claimants, the Institutionalisation of Activation Regimes, and Economic Downturns in the Dominic Hinde, University of Edinburgh Why Discourse Is the Right Course: Looking at Swedish Environment from a Discursive Perspective Emily St.Denny, University of Stirling The ‘modèle suédois’: The Swedish Model as a Political Resource in the Struggle over French Prostitution Policy |
15:10-15:40 Break | |
15:40-17:00 | Session 4: Translation and Literary Genres – Chair: Dominic Hinde Charlotte Berry, Aidan Chambers: Champion for Translated Children’s Literature Agnes Broome, Can Swedish Literature Succeed on the British Market? Ian Giles, Translational Issues in Translating the Opening of Tjuven by Göran Tunström Anna Hoyles, Wash Tubs and World Affairs: The Persona of Madam Andersson in the Literary Journalism of Moa Martinson |
18:30 Conference dinner Howies Restaurant, |
Day 2 / Latha 2
Friday 24 February / Dihaoine 24 an Gearran
David Hume Tower Conference Room
Friday 24 February / Dihaoine 24 an Gearran
David Hume Tower Conference Room
09:00-10:30 | Knowledge Exchange Workshop Anne Sofie Laegran, Antonella Sorace, Elettra Carbone, Norvik Press / Open discussion |
10:30-11:00 Break | |
11:00-12:20 | Session 5: Folk Tales and the Ancient North Revisited – Chair: Helena Forsås-Scott Richard Cole, The Absent Jew and the Anti-Semitic Impulse in Pre-Reformation Ersev Ersoy, Past Modes of Thought in Mythic Tradition Colin MacKenzie, The Life of the ‘Mind’ in Old Norse Victoria Ralph, The Influence of Old Norse Icelandic Literature in Drottningar i Kungahälla by |
12:20-13:20 Lunch | |
13:20-15:00 | Session 6: People and Identities – Chair: John Mitchinson Ragnhild Ljosland, University of the Highlands and The Orkney and Shetland Dialect Corpus-Based Grammar Study: A Presentation of a Project Idea Ingrid A. Medby, Social Adjustment among Norwegian Students in Nicholas Prindiville, The Ingrian Finns: A Case for Ethnic Identity in Guy Puzey, Counter-Hegemonies and Linguistic Democracy in Sophia Rautenberg, Sweden, Norway and Finland: A Comparative Study on Sámi Politics |
15:00-15:30 Break | |
15:30-17:10 | Session 7: Spaces and Places in Architecture, Art and Music – Chair: Charlotte Berry Elettra Carbone and Claire Thomson, On the Trail of ‘ Pei-Sze Chow, Up, Out, and Away: Documenting Landmark Architecture in Malmö Nichola Smalley, Repping the Margins: Swedish Rap on the Periphery and at the Centre of Creative Language Joe Stroud, För Fäderneslandet: Swedish Extreme-Right Music and the Portrayal of Swedish Exceptionalism Essi Viitanen, The Cinematic Spaces of Suburbia |
17:10-17:30 Closing remarks | |
18:30-20:00 Building Cabins and Building Character: Using the Outdoors in Committee Room One Scottish Parliament / Pàrlamaid na h-Alba This event is kindly hosted by Alison Johnstone MSP Ellen Rees, Ralf Westphal and Peter Higgins, Discussion chair: Dominic Hinde, Through the generous sponsorship of the Royal Norwegian Consulate General, refreshments will be offered prior to the discussion itself. ● N.B. – Registration for the Parliament event is separate: if you have not already booked as part of your main conference registration, please write to g.puzey@ed.ac.uk by Thursday 16 February. You must sign in at the Parliament by 18:30. |