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Are you planning to write a MA-thesis at the intersection of emotion-, environmental and literary studies during the academic year 2026/2027? The research project Eco-Emotions is awarding three MA scholarship á 15 000 NOK. The purpose of the scholarship is to encourage master students to investigate the topics mentioned above based on any type of literary/textual sources.

Welcome to the third annual Eco-Emotions conference will occur September 2.-4. The conference will thematise earth and emotion in and through literature.

This spring, the first Eco-Emotions course, on writing, nature, and eco-emotions, was offered to both BA and MA students.

Associate professor Jenna Coughlin is currently a guest researcher at the Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies at the University of Oslo as a Fulbright Scholar. In this month's Researcher in Profile, Jenna shares her research and interests related to Eco-Emotions.

Sissel Furuseth is a member of the Eco-Emotions core group. This month’s Researcher in Profile gives a glimpse into her sub-project on Anthropocene nostalgia in Nordic contemporary literature.

The third annual Eco-Emotions conference will occur September 2.-4. in Oslo. The conference will thematise earth and emotion in and through literature. Access call for papers here.

PI of the Eco-Emotions research project Stefka G. Eriksen will give a talk on “Eco-emotions and the elements in Old Norse literature” in a seminar series for Scottish Society of Northern Studies

From January to June 2026, Chen Cui will join Eco-Emotions as guest researcher. This month's Researcher in Profile features Chen and his interests related to Eco-Emotions. 

Magnus Hørnes, Essi Katariina Nuutinen and Sara Louise Gjelsvik West receive the Eco-Emotions master scholarship of 2025. Read more about the scholarship holders and their project. 

Dr Catherine-Rose Hailstone, Durham University, has written an essayistic review of the Eco-emotions Water-conference that reflects on key themes and questions discussed during the conference.

We are looking for a student assistant for the Eco-Emotions project in a position of 20%. For full announcement, see ILN homepage.

Teresa Pepe is a project member in Eco-Emotions. In this month's "Researcher in Profile", Teresa shares her research and interests related to Eco-Emotions.

In her presentation “David Jones and the Medieval Welsh Past,” Kristen Mills explored topics of Eco-Emotions in the conference Dies Medievales.

Are you planning to write a MA-thesis at the intersection of emotion, environmental and literary studies during the academic year 2025/2026? The research project Eco-emotions is awarding three MA scholarship á 15 000 NOK. The purpose of the scholarship is to encourage master students to investigate the topics mentioned above based on any type of literary/textual sources.  

In her talk "Memory, Imagination and the Stacked Ecologies of the Beach Read," Karin Kukkonen presented her work from the Eco-Emotions sub-project The Beach Read.

The second annual Eco-Emotions conference will occur September 3.-5. The conference will thematise water and emotion in and through literature.

Line Cecilie Engh is a project member in Eco-Emotions. In this month's "Researcher in Profile", Line shares her research and interests related to Eco-Emotions.

Rebecca Marcella Suter is a project member in Eco-Emotions. In this month's "Researcher in Profile", Rebecca shares her research and interests related to Eco-Emotions.

Zack Abrams is the new Postdoc candidate at Eco-Emotions. In this month's "Researcher in Profile", Zack shares his research and interests related to Eco-Emotions.

Josh Burgoyne is the new PHD candidate at Eco-Emotions. He is also the first participants in our new series "Researcher in Profile", where we explore the activities and interests of the members in Eco-Emotions. 

Eco-Emotions' second annual conference will thematize water, and occurs September 3-5^th.

Eco-Emotions first annual conference thematized air and took place November 14-15^th.

Eco-Emotions are hiring a research assistant in a 20% position. Deadline for application May 15^th, 2024. 

A Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (SKO 1352) is available at the Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies (ILN), University of Oslo. Deadline for application is August 15^th 2024.

A Doctoral Research Fellowship (SKO 1017) in medieval literary/textual studies is available at the Department of Linguistics and Nordic Studies (ILN) or Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas (IFIKK), University of Oslo. Deadline for application is August 15^th 2024.