If you want to pursue a thesis related to our topics, enroll in our Master (MA) elective courses, join our teaching events (such as writing workshops or book hacks), or get involved in our MA network. We also have an open repository of digital teaching materials which we use in our courses.
Elective MA courses
We provide students consultation on which courses from the electives would be suitable to develop their interest at the beginning of their master's studies. For these interdisciplinary projects, a pool of expert supervisors and examiners are available.
Spring 2023 courses
The LCE Teaching Programme is suspended for spring 2023.
Autumn 2022 courses
The LCE Teaching Programme is suspended in autumn 2022.
Spring 2022 courses
- PSY4115 - Current Topics in Social Psychology
- LIT4360A - Litteraturteoretisk studium I
- LIT4360B - Litteraturteoretisk studium II
Autumn 2021 courses
- KIN4650 – Research topics in Chinese Culture and Society II
- LIT4300 A/B– Litteraturteoretisk studium I
- LIT4380 – Verdenslitteratur
Spring 2021 courses
EUS4310 – Cognitive Poetics
- PSY4115 – Current Topics in Social Psychology
- MES4210 – Topics in Arabic Studies I (good knowledge of Arabic required)
Autumn 2020 courses
- SLAV4103 Slavisk diskursanalyse (Norwegian)
- LIT4340A/B Litterær tekststudium: Transformative Books
Spring 2020 courses
- SLAV4000 Kulturell erindring i Sentral-Europa og på Balkan: Den kontroversielle fortiden (Norwegian)
- LIT4310A/B Litteraturteoretisk studium II - Cognitive Literary Study
- PSY4115 Current Topics in Social Psychology
Teaching Events
Whether you are writing a term paper, working on your thesis, or wish to pursue work related to LCE's topics, we offer support and guidance at our teaching events.
LCE hosts Teaching Events for MA students throughout the academic year. These include:
- Writing workshops on the practices and difficulties of writing a master thesis.
- Innovation labs where the relationship between literature and new digital formats is explored.
- Master classes where students can present the topic of their theses and get feedback from speakers of the LCE Annual Lecture in the spring term.
2022 events
Book Hack: Extended reading - extended listening?
22. March, 10:00 am -13:30 pm.
In this workshop, we will look at the embodied nature of the printed book as physical artefact - and at the same time challenge the dominant focus on print reading within literary studies - by addressing the audiobook as crucial contemporary literary medium.
2021 events
LCE Writing Workshop
15 November 2021 (10 am – 2 pm) at NT 12th floor.
During a 4-hour workshop, we will explore questions related to writing in an academic context. How important is style and how do I judge it? What is my academic voice? Which tools can help me become a better and more productive writer? How do I overcome writer's block?
Bring pen and paper, or a computer, and thoughts about a project you are currently working on.
The workshop will be particularly helpful for M.A. students working on a thesis related to literature.
Organizer: Alexandra Effe
2020 events
Book Hack. BookTube & Co: Digital Reading Culture
6 November 2020, 12:00 AM–3:00 PM, Zoom
We follow the success of last years Book Hack event with a workshop on reading in the age of youtube with Dorothee Birke (NTNU).
We often hear that in the age of the digitalization, people no longer read books. What this juxtaposition of 'online culture' and “book culture” ignores, however, is the fact that there is a growing group of readers who combine 'old' and 'new' media practices and use social media to structure and communicate their lives as book afficionados.
In this workshop, we will take a closer look at this 'bookish' online culture. We will situate it in a larger media-ecological framework and discuss the opportunities and limitations of its typical engagements with books and reading. Moreover, we will share and discuss their own experiences with the impact digitalization and social media have on their own reading practices.
Workshop: Writing in an Academic Context
22 September 2020, 10 AM–2:00 PM, Niels Treschows hus, 12. etasje
Writing in an academic context is far from obvious. How important is style and how do I judge it? What is my academic voice? Which tools can help me become a better and more productive writer? How do I overcome writer’s block? Which strategies can I use for writing more productively? Can techniques from creative writing help?
We will explore these questions, and related ones, during a 4-hour writing workshop, including hands-on writing exercises. The workshop will be particularly helpful for MA students working on a thesis related to literature.
Teacher: Alexandra Effe
First MA Network meeting for the autumn 2020 semester
17 September 2020, 2:15 PM–3:00.
The LCE MA Network has its first meeting for the autumn semester. We welcome master’s students interested in how literature, cognition and emotions interact. The group meets regularly to explore various literary, psychological and linguistic perspectives, and support each other through the challenging and exciting process of writing term papers and theses. Get in touch with Andrea Dale Wefring if you wish to participate.
MA Study Group
The LCE Study Group is an offer for master students who want to exchange thoughts, ideas, and literary experiences with fellow students.
MA Network
The MA Network welcomes master's students with an interest in how literature, cognition and emotions interact. Are you in the process of writing, or perhaps you are planning to write, a paper relating to LCE's topics? We meet every other week to explore various literary, psychological and linguistic perspectives, and support each other through the challenging and exciting process of writing term papers and theses.
MA Stipends
We offer stipends to students writing their master’s thesis on a topic related to LCE. We make regular announcements for stipends in our News feed and Facebook group.
What students say about LCE courses
"My experience with this course was eye-opening. (…) Reading certain parts of the curriculum resembled the reading of one’s favourite philosophers all anew, creating a completely new perspective of how the arts might be perceived."
– Matias Keyson Buestad about the LIT4310 course by Alexandra Effe and Olivia Fialho.