The LCE salon explores methods, knowledge structures and research objects between disciplines in a novel way. Literary texts serve as the basis for this interdisciplinary exchange, provoking reflections on the limits of disciplinary knowledge and facilitating dialogues across these boundaries.
The first LCE salon assembles
- Stefka Eriksen, Research Professor in Old Norse literature and cultural history at Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research
- Ylva Østby Berger, Associate Professor in Neuropsychology, UiO
- Beate Seibt, Professor in Social Psychology, UiO
- Stijn Vervaet, Associate Professor in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian and Balkan Studies
- John Sutton, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia and Fellow at Paris Institute for Advanced Study
- Michael Wheeler, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Stirling
- Moderated by Karin Kukkonen, Professor in Comparative literature and convenor of LCE, UiO.
In this salon, we read
- Natalia Ginzburg, "The Little Virtues"
- Anton Chekhov, "Gooseberries"
Connected events
The salon is linked to John Sutton and Michael Wheeler’s Double-feature Lecture on 9 February.