Nordic Exceptionalism: Workshop 2

The NOS-HS-funded project ‘Nordic Exceptionalism – Perspectives from Outside’ will hold the second of three workshops at Lund University.

Theme: Representing the North – Progressive or Backward Societies?

The workshop will feature discussions of our theme and methodologies, and we will plan publication activities. The event is an opportunity to meet and exchange ideas with other researchers from across Scandinavia. If you are interested in the network, you can contact Robert Rix.

Programme

Wednesday 31 January

Time Activity
12:30 Registration and Lunch
13:15 Opening remarks
13:30 Keynote lecture: Prof. Peter Fjågesund (U. of South-Eastern Norway): ‘Folk Culture and the Pedigree of Nordic Exceptionalism’
14:45 Curated group discussion of Nordic exceptionalism
16:00 Fika
16:15 Jorunn Joiner (Lund) and Mari Komnæs (Lund), ‘Mapping the North as an Exceptional Space with GIS’
17:15 Free time (hotel check-in, drinks, etc.)
18:30 Meet at the main lobby, Grand Hotel, Lund
18:45 Dinner at Grand Hotel, Lund

Thursday 1 February

09:00 Coffee and croissants 
09:30 Robert Rix (Copenhagen) and Cian Duffy (Lund), ‘Reflections on Nordic Exceptionalism’
10:15 Cecilia Wadsö Lecaros (Lund), ‘Adapting British social-reform texts to Swedish minds: Exceptionalism and translation strategies in nineteenth-century Sweden’
10:45 Break
11:00 Group discussion of chapter abstracts, project volume, and other outputs
12:30 Lunch

If you have any queries, please contact Darren.