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Dr Elettra Carbone
Lecturer in Norwegian Studies
SELCS
Faculty of Arts & Humanities
- Joined UCL
- 1st Mar 2009
Research summary
My current research focuses on the representation of Scandinavia in the items part of UCL's Special Collections and, more broadly, on the cultural relations between the UK and Scandinavia from the early nineteenth century. I have also worked extensively on representations of Italy in Nordic Literature, nineteenth-century
Norwegian literature, the cultural mobility of Thorvaldsen’s sculptures through
print culture. I have published a number of academic articles on
these topics in peer-reviewed books and journals. I have co-edited two themed
issues of the journal Scandinavica:
An International Journal of Scandinavian Studies:The Norwegian
Constitution and Independence of 1814, co-edited with Ruth Hemstad (Norvik
Press, 2015) and Nordic Publishing and Book History, co-edited with
Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen (Norvik Press, 2013). I have also co-edited three
anthologies: Sculpture and the Nordic Region, co-edited with Sara Ayres
(Routledge, 2017); Love and Modernity, co-edited with
C.Claire Thomson (Norvik Press, 2013); Lyset kommer fra Sør,
co-edited with Giuliano D'Amico (Gyldendal, 2011). My monograph Nordic Italies: Representations of
Italy in Nordic Literature from the 1830s to the 1910s was published by Nuova
Cultura (2016).
Teaching summary
I currently teach Norwegian language and supervise projects on Norwegian topics: SCAN0032– Advanced Norwegian; SCAN0034 – Advanced Project Work in Norwegian; SCAN0023 – Scandinavian Literature in Context.
I also contribute to the teaching of the following courses: SCAN0011/12 – Histories and Cultures of the Nordic Region; SCAN0044 – Nordic Landscapes; SCAN0035 – Translation from the Scandinavian Languages (Norwegian).
Since September 2017 I am Language Coordinator for the Department of Scandinavian Studies.
Education
- University College London
- Doctorate, Doctor | 2011
- University College London
- Other higher degree, Master of Arts | 2007
- University College London
- First Degree, Bachelor of Arts | 2006
Biography
Since September 2017 I am Lecturer in Norwegian Studies at the Department of Scandinavian Studies, UCL. I am also one of the Directors of Norvik Press Ltd, UCL, and a Council Member of the Anglo-Norse Society.
I
completed my PhD in Scandinavian Studies at UCL in February 2011. I hold an MA in
Comparative Literature and a BA in Scandinavian Studies with Management
Studies, both from UCL.
In 2011 I worked as
a postdoc fellow (Knowledge Transfer Associate) for UCL Advances (the UCL
Centre for Entrepreneurship and Business Interaction), examining the challenges
faced by small publishing companies specialised in the Humanities and exploring
new potential ways of cooperation between small publishing companies like
Norvik Press and the higher education sector.