Nordic Bakhtin Dialogue seminar in Karlstad

Quickly succeeding Per Bäckström’s arrival at the University of Karlstad in October, Nordic Bakhtin Dialogue is gathering in Sweden November 24th-26th 2010 for a seminar with the title  ”Michael Bachtins betydelse för lyrikforskningen, med tonvikt på kronotopbegreppet” – “Mikhail Bakhtin’s influence on poetry research, with emphasis on the concept of chronotope”. Per Bäckström has organized the occasion, and we are all looking forward to inspiring talks and discussions in Karlstad.

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Per Bäckström new professor at the University of Karlstad

Nordic Bakhtin Dialogue member Per Bäckström leaves the University of Tromsø, Norway after several years, and starts in his new position as professor at the University of Karlstad, Sweden October 1st 2010. We are looking forward to seeing him there!

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Atle Skaftun new vice director for the Reading Centre, UoS

Nordic Bakhtin Dialogue member Atle Skaftun has recently been employed as vice director for the Reading Centre at the University of Stavanger.  You may read more about the centre in English here, or more extensively in Norwegian here.

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