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Scandimania! Nordic Noir in the UK since 2008
18 March 2024, 6:00 pm–8:30 pm
Exploring the transnational success of Nordic crime fiction and television drama over the past two decades, Professor Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen's inaugural lecture is free and open to all.
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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SELCS Department – UCL
Location
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Gustave Tuck Lecture TheatreUCL Main BuildingGower StreetLondonWC1E 6BT
**This lecture has been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. A new date will be advertised as soon as possible.**
In the early 2010s, Scandinavian crime fiction and Nordic noir television drama became an international publishing and media sensation, which has since then evolved into a multitude of genres, with changing locations, with versions and adaptations into several languages. This lecture will review and assess the phenomenon, the changing publishing and media landscapes that enabled its rise, and discuss how Nordic noir became a particular British (even UCL) invention and obsession.
About the Speaker
Professor Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen
Professor of Scandinavian and Comparative Literature SELCS at UCL
Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen is professor of Scandinavian and Comparative Literature. He is the author of Scandinavian Crime Fiction (Bloomsbury 2017) and co-editor of several volumes and special journal issues within Scandinavian studies and comparative literature including Introduction to Nordic Cultures (2020, with Annika Lindskog), and Translating the Literatures of Small European Nations (2019, with Chitnis, Atkin, and Milutinovic). He is Vice-Dean Education in UCL Arts & Humanities, Programme Director for Scandinavian Studies, the founding Director of the UCL Centre for Humanities Education, and was the founder of the original Nordic Noir Book Club in London in 2010.
More about Professor Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen