Nordic Research

2009-2010

Details of the 2009-2010 series of Northern Scholars Lectures.

Jógvan i Lon Jacobsen: 'Attitudes to English import words in Faroese'

Lecture title: Attitudes to English import words in Faroese.

Thursday 4 March 2010, 5.00pm

Room 3.10, Dugald Stewart Building, Charles Street, Edinburgh

Professor Fredrik Skott: 'Masks and Mumming in Contemporary Scandinavia'

Lecture title: Masks and Mumming in Contemporary Scandinavia

Thursday 19 November 2009, 6.15pm

Conference Room, 27 George Square, Edinburgh

Read the abstract for Professor Skott's lecture

Professor Sara Danius: 'Joyce's scissors; or, Modernism and the Dissolution of the Event'

Lecture title: Joyce's scissors; or, Modernism and the Dissolution of the Event

Thursday 12 November 2009, 6.15pm

Faculty Room North, David Hume Tower, George Square, Edinburgh

Professor Jon Kvist: 'Transforming the Nordic Welfare Model: Development or Dismantlement?'

Lecture title: Transforming the Nordic Welfare Model: Development or Dismantlement?

Tuesday 27 October 2009, 6.30pm

Seminar Room 1, Chrystal Macmillan Building, George Square, Edinburgh