Public Outreach
Discover LCE's outreach activities in the media, and watch recordings of our public talks and events.
Talks and events
LCE at Novellember: Literature Festival
Novellas, emotions and encounters between East and West - LCE members participate in the Novellember festival.
25.11 - 27.11.2021 the first-ever Novellember festival is arranged at Kruttverket in Oslo. Behind the festival are LCE member Ylva Østby and Julia Wiedlocha.
The Festival features a "book bath" , reading of short stories and conversations. From LCE, Reiko Abe Auestad and Karin Kukkonen visit the festival with a conversation about traditions of the novella in East and West.
PROGRAMME
Torsdag 25.11.21
18:30: KJÆRLIGHET I MINNESOTA MED MATHIAS HAVEN
19:30: FUGLEKIKKING MED DORTHE NORS OG GUNNHILD ØYEHAUG
I SAMTALE MED IDA PALLIN BOSTADLØKKEN
OPPLESNINGER VED SILJE BREIVIK
Fredag 26.11.21
18:30: SISTE NEDTEGNELSER: OM KJELL ASKILDSENS NOVELLER
MED ROSKVA KORITZINSKY OG TERJE HOLTET LARSEN
I SAMTALE MED YLVA ØSTBY
20:00: «BLODBARN» - OCTAVIA BUTLER PÅ NORSK VED THARANIGA RAJAH
I SAMTALE MED JULIA WIEDLOCHA
OPPLESNINGER VED SOFIA KNUDSEN ESTIFANOS
Lørdag 27.11.21
12:30: NOVELLER I ØST OG VEST! FOREDRAG OG SAMTALE OM JAPANSK OG VESTLIG NOVELLETRADISJON VED REIKO ABE AUESTAD OG KARIN KUKKONEN
I SAMTALE MED JULIA WIEDLOCHA
OPPLESNING VED IKA KAMINKA
14:30: LØGN OG AVSPORING! LINE BAUGSTØ OG GAUTE SORTLAND
I SAMTALE MED YLVA ØSTBY
Read more about Novellember here
Å tro på en fortelling: Litteratur, lover og sannsynlighet
3 December 2020, University of Oslo Library
Karin Kukkonen invited Malcom Langford, Professor of Public Law, to a literary conversation about reading, predictions and the relationship between laws in literature and laws in the real world (in Norwegian).
Tankestrømmens tidsalder
22 September 2020, Litteraturhuset in Oslo, Forskningsdagene 2020
In this public talk at Forskningsdagene, LCE members Ylva Østby, Karin Kukkonen and Halvor Eifring talked to neuroscientist Svend Davanger about how our brains find calm and relaxation through mediation, mind wandering and literary reading (in Norwegian).
I gode og vonde blomar: Gunnhild Øyehaug
15 September 2020, Litteratur på Blå
Author Gunnhild Øyehaug (Kolon Forlag) joined LCE members Karin Kukkonen and Ylva Østby in a conversation about the fantastic and the everyday in literary texts. The event was organised in collaboration with Litteratur på Blå (external link).
Watch the video recording on Facebook (in Norwegian). The talk starts at 12 min. 50 sec.
Articles
Hva leste vi mens alt var nedstengt?
Morgenbladet, 7 June 2020
Karin Kukkonen's feature story about our reading habits during the COVID-19 pandemic was published in Morgenbladet. Read the article here (in Norwegian).
Interviews
Reading autofiction can challenge and change what feels true
ILOS Research News, 3 June 2021
Alexandra Effe talked about her research project on autofiction and how the genre can change readers' perceptions of themselves and their own lives. The interview was conducted by Mari Lilleslåtten at the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages (ILOS), University of Oslo. Read the interview here.
Les en bok og bli en annen
Klassekampen, 24 April 2021
Olivia Fialho spoke to Klassekampen journalist Sara Hegna Hammer about her research project "Transformative Reading." Read the interview in Klassekampen (in Norwegian).
Reading fiction can change your life
ILOS Research News, 7 April 2021
Olivia Fialho talked about her research project "Transformative Reading" in an interview conducted by Mari Lilleslåtten at the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages (ILOS), University of Oslo. Read the interview here.
– Litteratur gir støtte og trøst
Magasinet Psykisk Helse, 17 March 2021
Karin Kukkonen and librarian Sofie Birgitte Andersen talked about literature and mental health in an interview in Magasinet Psykisk Helse. Read the interview here (in Norwegian).
Litterær tankevandring – hvorfor det ikke er galskap å lese bøker
Tidsskriften Kritiker #53-54, 30 December 2019
Karin Kukkonen and Ylva Østby were interviewed in the magazine Kritiker issue #53-54: "Mellom fortid og fremtid" (external link). The publication was followed by a launch event at Litteratur på Blå.
Podcast
Members of the LCE group discuss how literature shapes our thoughts and feelings in the Literature, Cognition and Emotions Podcast.
LCE Annual Lecture
The LCE Annual Lecture invites guest authors, literary researchers and thinkers to hold an open talk at the University of Oslo.