Reception Studies and the History of the Book seminar (online, 21-22 Oct. 2021)
Reception Studies and the History of the Book seminar (online, 21-22 Oct. 2021)
The research group Book History and Reception at the University of Oslo, Norway is hosting the symposium Reception Studies and the History of the Book on 21–22 October 2021 (Central European Time). The event will be held in Oslo and all proceedings streamed via Zoom.
Keynote addresses:
- Simone Murray (Monash University) – “Picking Your Professor: What is Literary Studies’ Public in the Digital Age?""
- Shafquat Towheed (The Open University) – “An Examination of Bookshelves in the Age of the COVID-19 Pandemic as a Liminal Space”
The event is free but participants must register. Zoom link:
https://uio.zoom.us/j/66574896637
(password will be sent upon registration)
Please address any questions to the convenor: giuliano.damico@ibsen.uio.no
The full program is provided below.
Best regards,
Simone Murray
FULL PROGRAM
Thursday 21 October, Henrik Wergelands Hus, Seminar room 210 (all papersare held at CET) Zoom link: https://uio.zoom.us/j/66574896637 (passwordwill be sent upon registration)
9–10 Introduction by Giuliano D’Amico and keynote address by Simone Murray (Monash University) – “Picking Your Professor: What is Literary Studies’Public in the Digital Age?”
Pause
10.15–10.45 Gianina Druţă (Oslo Metropolitan University) – “When Dr.Stockmann spoke Romanian...: Petre Sturdza’s translation of An Enemy of thePeople (1907)” (respondent: Simone Murray)
10.45 –11.15 Geir Uvsløkk (University of Oslo) – “Patrick Modiano in Norway, between reception and memory studies” (respondent: Simone Murray)
11.15–11.45 Aina Nøding (National Library of Norway) – “The “Vi-queen’s” charge on Albion’s shores: Sigrid Undset on the British book market, 1920-1950” (respondent: Simone Murray)
Pause
13.00–13.30 Terje Stordalen (University of Oslo) – “Literary Canons for anOral Audience?” (respondent: Shafquat Towheed)
13.30 – 14.00 Janicke S. Kaasa (Oslo Metropolitan University) – “Sigrid Undset’s Return to the Future in a Book Historical Perspective” (respondent: Shafquat Towheed)
14.00–14.30 Ellen Krefting (University of Oslo) – “Book History and the Ocean” (respondent:Shafquat Towheed)
Friday 22 October, Harriet Holters hus, seminarrom 201 (all papers are held at CET) Zoom link: https://uio.zoom.us/j/66574896637 (password will besent upon registration)
9.30–10.30 Keynote address by Shafquat Towheed (The Open University) – “An Examination of Bookshelves in the Age of the COVID-19 Pandemic as a Liminal Space”
Pause
10.45 – 11.15 Anne Birgitte Rønning (University of Oslo) – “Robinson Crusoe in Norwegian Translation” (respondent: Simone Murray)
11.15 – 11.45 Giuliano D’Amico (University of Oslo) – “Hermetic semiosis revisited: The Fantasy of Peer Gynt” (respondent: Simone Murray)
Pause
12.45 – 13.15 Ellen Rees (University of Oslo) – “The Book History/DistantReading/Reception Studies Nexus” (respondent: Shafquat Towheed)
13.15–13.45 Álvaro Llosa Sanz (University of Oslo) – “Tina Escaja’s readingmachines: objects as books, readers as users” (respondent: Shafquat Towheed)
13.45–14.00 Conclusion