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Circle 8: NSU — My bridge to the academic world

Circle 8: NSU — My bridge to the academic world

Ever since I joined the NSU, I have gradually come to feel like a member of an open, supportive environment where I can develop and test out ideas with academics, non-academics, and students on different levels. It is a unique and warm atmosphere with a multitude of friendly people, who are sharing project ideas, research results, chats, memories, and good laughs throughout the sessions. My impression is that here is where people can develop new, creative ideas and projects in…

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Circle 10: Workshop “Preserved Bloom In Blue”

Circle 10: Workshop “Preserved Bloom In Blue”

The word cyanotype was derived from the Greek word “cyan”, meaning “dark-blue impression”. Cyanotypes are one of the oldest photographic printing processes in the history of photography. The distinctive feature of the print is its shade of cyan blue, which results from its exposure to ultraviolet light.  The workshop was meant to create a tangible trace of the nature around the Summer School 2022 spot — Oslo, Rønningen folkehøgskole — using a creative technique.  Key questions of the workshop: What…

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Welcome to Nordic Summer University Summer Session 2022

Welcome to Nordic Summer University Summer Session 2022

Welcome to Rønningen folkehøgskole for NSU’s summer session 2022! We look forward to see all our participants in Oslo. We have summarised some practical information below. Location Myrerskogveien 540495 Oslo, Norway Dates July 28–August 4, 2022 Organisation A team of volunteers is here to answer any query or question about the organisation of the summer session. The committee can be contacted with any questions or queries at arrkom@nsuweb.org. A typical day at the summer session 2022 07:30 – 09:00 Breakfast 09:00…

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Circle 7 SUMMER SYMPOSIUM 2022 OPEN CALL

Circle 7 SUMMER SYMPOSIUM 2022 OPEN CALL

Circle 7 is comprised of international researchers working in the fields of art and artistic research, and it was developed within the Nordic and Baltic framework of the Nordic Summer University. Its primary aim is to provide a forum for experimentation and cross-disciplinary collaboration, welcoming members from inside and outside academia.  The Circle 7 2022-2024 cycle is called ‘The experiential in artistic practice: methods, knowledges and reflective processes’. Throughout its series of symposia, Circle 7 will document research and findings,…

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Volunteers wanted for 2022 Summer Session Oslo

Volunteers wanted for 2022 Summer Session Oslo

Nordic Summer University is looking for some more volunteers to team up to prepare an in-person (!!!) summer session, where all eleven (!) study circles will host a symposium during one week in Oslo, Norway. Expenses paid, fun guaranteed. Interested? Email: arrkom@nsuweb.org

Save the Date!

Save the Date!

This summer… we will meet again in person! (Unless Covid-restrictions forbid us…) So please save the date… the NSU Summer Session will take place from 28 July – 4 August 2022. (Arrival day is 28 July, departure day is 4 August 2022.) We will stay at Rønningen Folkehøgskole, just outside of Oslo, Norway.

Keynote Silvia Frederici now online

Keynote Silvia Frederici now online

During the October Session 2021, many were present to listen to the keynote by Prof. Silvia Frederici. But for those who missed it, the full keynote can now be viewed online: Silvia Federici is an Italian and American scholar, teacher, and activist from the radical autonomist feminist Marxist and anarchist tradition. The keynote was invited by circle 4 on ‘Narrative and Violence’, which investigates narrativisations of violence within social, political, cultural, and scientific discourses. In so doing, they aim to…

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NSU October “Summer” Session Information!

NSU October “Summer” Session Information!

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, and… of course also the General Assembly of the Nordic Summer University. (For dates and details… see the list below.) Please invite friends, colleagues, those people…

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Announcement Summer Session 2021!

Announcement Summer Session 2021!

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 very hard to predict what the opportunities are coming summer, but it is very probable that it will be hard to travel between countries. Even if…

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