About the lectures
The lecture series showcases major international figures who have engaged with Ibsen and his works from various perspectives. These presentations are free and open to students and the general public.
Previous lecturers
2022
“A Doll’s House Reimagined”: Annual Ibsen Lecture 2022 with playwright Tanika Gupta (UK)
2021
Narve Fulsås and Tore Rem
"Imagining Ibsen".
2020
Sabiha Huq and Robert Malcolm McLaren
"Decolonizing Ibsen" Watch a video recording of the lecture here
2019
Samuel Adamson
A discussion of his play Wife (2019), inspired by A Doll’s House
2015
Joan Templeton
“Re-Reading The Quintessence of Ibsenism: The Psychological Shaw”
Based on her work on Shaw's Ibsen: A Re-Appraisal (2018)
2013
Mark Sandberg
“Henrik Ibsen’s Bastard Architecture”
Based on his work on Ibsen's Houses (2015)
2011
Narve Fulsås
“Ibsen’s Cultural Geography: Lessons for the Study of World Literature" Based on his work on Ibsen, Scandinavia and the Making of World Drama (2017, together with Tore Rem)
2010
Thomas Ostermeier
“The Henrik Ibsen Lecture at the University of Oslo”
Read the lecture in Ibsen Studies no. 2/2010 (digital access for subscribers)
2008
Erika Fischer-Lichte
"Interweaving Cultures in Performance“ / "The Concept of Performance“
2007
Terry Eagleton
“Ibsen and the Nightmare of History”
Read the lecture in Ibsen Studies no. 1/2008 (digital access for subscribers)