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Happy Funding News!
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We are happy to convey the fantastic news that NSU has received yet another grant, this time from the Swedish Kungliga Vitterhetsakademien! This makes it possible for NSU to add further ad hoc circles and continue offering traveling grants and scholarships. It will also make it possible for us to continue developing on ideas…
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Grant from Swedish Academy
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Today we received some great news. The Swedish Academy (Svenska akademin) has confirmed they offer the Nordic Summer University (NSU) a grant for the year 2022. This grant will cover some of the costs towards the activities of the Nordic Summer University: the winter symposia and the summer session that combines several symposia. It…
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Nordic Feminism Reconsidered – paper published about NSU by Valgerður Pálmadóttir & Johanna Sjöstedt
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The Nordic Summer University started in 1950, as a place where people from different backgrounds could meet to explore new fields of interest. Valgerður Pálmadóttir & Johanna Sjöstedt, two coordinators of the NSU study circle on Feminist Philosophy; Time, history and the Transformation of Thought (that ran from 2017 to 2019), have researched the…
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General Assembly 2021 – are you a delegate?
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Dear members and friends of the Nordic Summer University!! What is a General Assembly? And why go to all that trouble? Why would I be interested? What can I expect when I become a delegate? Why is it important to be(come) a delegate? (And: YES! Where do I sign up?!!) What is a General…
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NSU October “Summer” Session Information!
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Dear friends and members of the Nordic Summer University, Summer is almost over, but the Summer Session of the Nordic Summer University is about to start! During the whole month of October, things will be happening (mostly online). Several symposia organised by the different study circles will take place, keynote lecture by Silvia Federici,…
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2020 Annual report
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Dear friends, We’re pleased to let you know that the 2020 NSU Annual Report, plus the Financial Annual Report, can now be found on the website: https://www.nsuweb.org/organisation/nsu-board/annual-report-2020/ Despite the worldwide crisis, NSU has had a wonderful year, connecting to a lot of new and old participants. Almost all circles were able to continue its…
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Good news for Humanities in the Nordics – and NSU?
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Ever since its start in 1950, the Nordic Summer University (NSU) has brought together people from natural sciences, humanities and social science — simply because innovation in thinking and action works best when getting inspiration from beyond your own field. NSU is not a regular university in that sense, nor does it aim to…
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Announcement Summer Session 2021!
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Even though the preparation for the Winter Symposia, which will all take place in February-March, are still going on, we can already let you know the following about the 2021 Summer Session! The Board, together with the coordinators of the study circles, looked at the possibilities in connection to the pandemic situation. It is…
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Winter Symposia 2021 – Coordinators meeting
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Last weekend the coordinators of the study circles of the Nordic Summer University met, to discuss the ongoing plans for the Winter Symposia, and to make first plans for the Summer Session this year. Also the keys of NSU were passed on from the departing 2020 Chair Inta Balode (Latvia) to the new Chair…
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‘Revolutionary Time’ Reading group finishes
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During the Summer Session 2020, study circle 3 started two reading groups. One of the groups had their last meeting this week… although it is not really their last meeting. But: the book they have been reading is finished. Eight participants together read ‘Revolutionary Time: On Time and Difference in Kristeva and Irigaray’ by…