The aim of the seminar is to gather scholars across disciplines and institutions, in order to:
- map the existing milieus within the two fields of study
- discuss theoretical and methodological advancements within and entanglements between the two fields, also by inviting guest scholars
- lay the foundation for further interdisciplinary cooperation, d) discussing ongoing article/book projects.
Abstracts can be read here. Questions about the seminar may be addressed to convenor Giuliano D'Amico.
Program
Thursday 1 December
10.00–11.00 Introduction by G. D’Amico and keynote address by Simon Frost (Bournemouth University) – “Reading and Wanting. A collocation for literary studies and economics”
Pause – Coffee break
11.15–11.45 Anne Birgitte Rønning (University of Oslo) – “Robinson Crusoe in Norwegian: a classic in various appearance” (respondent: Hannah M. Strømmen)
11.45–12.15 Sissel Furuseth (University of Oslo) – “Writing Energy History Through Thick Reception Studies: U. Sinclair’s Oil! in 1920s Scandinavian Press” (respondent: H.M. Strømmen)
Pause – Lunch for registered speakers
13.30–14.00 Thorbjørn Nordbø (University of Oslo) – “Machiavelli on index – nine strategies for publishing forbidden books” (respondent: Simon Frost)
14.00–14.30 Kamilla Aslaksen (Inland Norway University College) – “Judging a book by its cover. Paratexts as a source to transnational studies of K. Hamsun’s books” (respondent: Simon Frost)
14.30–15.00 Giuliano D’Amico (University of Oslo) – “Ragna Nielsen’s séance diaries: spiritualism, book history and the Modern Breakthrough” (respondent: Simon Frost)
19.00 Dinner for registered speakers
Friday 2 December
10–11 Keynote address by Hannah M. Strømmen (Lund University) – “Overcoming Interpretosis: Directions in Biblical Reception”
Pause – Coffee break
11.15–11.45 Aina Nøding (National Library of Norway) – “Made Abroad. Producing Norwegian Literature in a Time of Rupture, 1900–1950” (respondent: Simon Frost)
11.45 –12.15 Janicke S. Kaasa – (Oslo Metropolitan University) “Sigrid Undset in the US: Return to the Future” (respondent: Simon Frost)
Pause – Lunch for registered speakers
13.30–14.00 Iris Muñiz (Østfold University College) – “Dance as reception? Reconstructing a Modernist ballet version of Peer Gynt from archival sources” (respondent: Hannah M. Strømmen)
14.00 – 14.30 Linnea Buerskogen (University of Oslo) – Analyzing shifts in affect in the English translations of A Doll’s House (respondent: Hannah M. Strømmen)
14.30–15.00 Thor Holt (University of Oslo) - Repurposing Grieg against Nazism in Fritz Lang’s M (respondent: Hannah M. Strømmen)
15.00–15.30 Concluding discussion