2023

In her talk “The Novel as Lifeworld Technology”, Karin Kukkonen will speak about how literature extends the reach of readers’ cognition beyond the everyday.

Karin Kukkonen speaks about her research on creativity in literary writing, developing a model based on predictions and probabilities.

Joined at the opening seminar by Natasha Bell, Effe presented her paper: "Thinking (Im-)Possibilities: Probability Estimations and Cognitive Feedback Loops in Processing Autofiction".

In a recent article in Norwegian newspaper Morgenbladet, LCE member Ylva Østby Berger dives into new research on how memories and remembering affect our creative abilities.

What relation is there between being moved to tears and the creation of social bonds? In this episode, Thomas Schubert, Professor of Social Psychology, introduces his research on the feeling of 'being moved'.

What is “epic memory”, and what role does it play in our understanding of Ancient Greek literature? In this episode, Silvio Bär, Professor of Classics, presents his research on the classics through cognitive approaches. 

What do Old Norse manuscripts have to do with climate crises? Listen to this episode, in which Stefka Eriksen, Research Professor at the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research, introduces her work on manuscripts and the sagas.

LCE congratulates convener Karin Kukkonen on receiving an ERC Consolidator Grant for research on the emergence of the novel.

How do 19th-century novels let us explore the limits of our sympathy? In this episode, Tone Selboe, Professor of Comparative literature, presents her research on how feelings are conveyed and challenged in George Eliot, Dickens and Tolstoy.

What are the alternative storyworlds of the bible, developed by early Christian communities? Listen to this episode, in which Hugo Lundhaug, Professor of Biblical Reception and Early Christian Literature, introduces his work on Coptic Apocrypha.

What ideas do we have about the act of reading, and how do they differ from its actual nature? In this episode, Sarah Bro Trasmundi, Researcher at LCE and Associate Professor in Cognitive Etnography at SDU, shares her findings on the ideal reader.