Educational Sciences and Mathematics
Literary Studies Seminar
The Literary Studies Seminar is an inclusive forum for literary scholarship and criticism at MDU.
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The Literary Studies Seminar is a broad meeting-place for research on literature and gathers scholars from the subjects of English and Comparative Literature.
Research Areas
- American Literary Naturalism
- Animal Studies
- Autofiction
- Classical Reception Studies
- Digital Humanities
- Ecocriticism
- Literary Didactics
- Literary Criticism
- Migration Literature
- Modernism Studies
- Narrative Identity
- Narrative Theory
- World Literature
Program Spring 2026
February 10 13:15-15:00
Research Applications
We discuss application plans at all stages, from vague ideas to applications ready for submission. Please notify niclas.johansson@mdu.se if you have an idea you would like to present or a draft application to share, or if you would like to participate in the seminar and read the texts.
Join via Teams Länk till annan webbplats. External link.
March 10 13:15-17:00
Nature and Literature – Half-Day Symposium
Contact Niclas Johansson at niclas.johansson@mdu.se for the program and registration.
Västerås: R2-151
14 april 13:15-15:00
The Literary History of Animals
Karin Molander Danielsson will present a text for The Literary History of Animals. Contact niclas.johansson@mdu.se to receive the text.
Join via Teams Länk till annan webbplats. External link.
May 12 13:15-15:00
Deindustrialization: Depictions of Factory Work in Nordic Picture Books, 1970–2024”
Gustav Borsgård will present an article manuscript. Contact niclas.johansson@mdu.se to receive the text.
Join via TeamsLänk till annan webbplats. External link.
8 juni 13:00-17:00
“From Words to Numbers” and “Language, Novel Form, and Ecocide in Ann Leckie’s The Raven Tower”
Joint event organized by DOLL and the Literature Seminar. Elin Sundström Sjödin will present her ongoing project, and Maria Damkjaer will present an article manuscript.
Contact niclas.johansson@mdu.se to receive the text.
Post-seminar gathering!