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Department of Romance Studies and Classics

Late application autumn semester 2025

Are you interested in taking a course with us in the autumn but failed to apply on time? Then there may still be a chance to make a late application.

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Centre for Canadian Studies

How Mark Carney and King Charles understand the power of performance

As Mark Carney prepares to welcome King Charles to read the Speech from the Throne in Canadian Parliament this week, it’s clear Canada’s newly elected prime minister understands the power of symbolism in the face of geopolitical tensions - New Article from Christophe Premat in the Conversation

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Språkstudion Language Learning Resource Centre

Language Cafes

Språkstudion organises Language Cafe sessions where you get the opportunity to practise languages in an informal setting, together with other students and native-level speakers. Welcome!

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Department of Romance Studies and Classics

Celebrating the Month of the Portuguese Language

Throughout May, a series of cultural events are taking place in Stockholm to celebrate the Month of the Portuguese Language. This initiative is a collaboration between the Camões Institute, Stockholm University, and the Embassies of Angola, Brazil, Mozambique, and Portugal, along with the Honorary Consulate of Cape Verde.

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Department of Romance Studies and Classics

La PUCV recibió a Fanny Forsberg Lundell

La Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso recibió a Fanny Forsberg Lundell, quien presentó la conferencia «Adquisición de segundas lenguas en adultos: Teorías y estado actual de la cuestión».

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Department of Romance Studies and Classics

L’érosion de l’influence française

Quel bilan tirer du XIXe Sommet de la Francophonie, qui s’est tenu début octobre en France, pour la première fois depuis 33 ans ? Malgré une union de façade des pays de l’Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) réunis sous la bannière de la célébration de la langue française, cet événement a mis en lumière les tensions entre certains gouvernements africains et l’érosion de l’influence de Paris en Afrique.

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Nordic Institute of Latin American Studies

Open lecture at NILAS, ‘Climate Change and Water Challenges in Latin America’

On September 3rd, a seminar titled "Climate Change and Water Challenges in Latin America" was held at the library of the Nordic Institute of Latin American Studies. The event addressed critical water issues in Latin America, such as the lack of infrastructure, insufficient support from the international community, and the risks involved in planning across the region.

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Department of Romance Studies and Classics

New Book Release: "Comparing the Place of Experts during the First Waves of the COVID-19 Pandemic"

The editors of the book, Christophe Premat, Jean-Michel De Waele, and Michel Perottino, bring together contributions from researchers exploring how experts were mobilized to justify difficult political decisions.

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Department of Romance Studies and Classics

Students’ working environment and equal terms

At Stockholm University, there is zero tolerance for discrimination, harassment, sexual harassment and abusive discrimination. Students and staff must treat each other in a respectful manner.

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Nordic Institute of Latin American Studies

Participation of Hungarian guest teacher at NILAS’ course "Latin America in a Global World"

Last week, the Nordic Institute of Latin American Studies - NILAS, Stockholm University, we received an Erasmus guest scholar, Dr. Mónika Szente-Varga, Ass. Prof. at the Faculty of Military Science and Officer Training at the Department of International Security Studies at the Ludovika University of Public Service, in Hungary.

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Department of Romance Studies and Classics

Alice Duhan, Romklass, awarded Swedish Research Council grant

Alice Duhan, currently postdoctoral research fellow at Romklass, has been awarded research funding from the Swedish Research Council in the annual call for humanities and social sciences. Her three-year project, "Translingual Writing post-1945 and the Multilingual Spaces of French Fiction", examines literary texts written by second language authors in French and asks how this literature can contribute to a re-reading of recent French literary history from the vantage point of multilingualism.

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Angolan writer José Eduardo Agualusa visits Sweden with Camões I.P. support

Program with Angolan writer José Eduardo Agualusa, both in The Gothenburg Book Fair (the 29th of September) and in Stockholm (1st of October), as part of the cultural activities plan of the Embassy of Portugal/leitorado Camões I.P. in Sweden (at Stockholm University) with the support of Camões I.P.

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Nordic Institute of Latin American Studies

2nd EU-LAC Forum of Journalists

The EU-LAC Foundation, with the support of the Nordic Institute of Latin American Studies of the Stockholm University and the Instituto Prensa y Sociedad, will organise the II EU-LAC Forum of Journalists with media workers from the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Nobel Prize laureate Annie Ernaux visited Stockholm University

Literature laureate Annie Ernaux visited Stockholm University on Friday to meet students and researchers. She candidly answered questions from the visitors who, among other things, wondered if she thinks we can escape our heritage and asked for her view of society's harsh treatment of the elderly. The conversation can be viewed digitally in French and Swedish in this article.

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Nobel laureates lecture at Stockholm University

18 Nobel laureates visit Stockholm University during this year's Nobel Week. Listen to this year's Nobel laureates in the Aula Magna on Thursday December 8 at KVA's official Nobel lectures.

Department of Romance Studies and Classics

The puzzle of literary margins

A series of keynote speakers from Spanish and Latin American Studies will discuss in this series of online lectures key questions regarding the most contemporary authors, genres and works. First lecture: 10th Nov. at 4pm. Full information in Spanish and free registration below

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ACCESS Forum 2022

Preparatory meeting with Stockholm Univesity's research delegation at the Nordic Institute of Latin American Studies (NILAS), October 26, 2022

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Centre for Canadian Studies

New fellowships for Canada

The Sweden American Foundation announces fellowships that can be used for a research stay in Canada.

Nordic Institute of Latin American Studies

Workshop: Geopolitics, climate change and the search for justice:

The workshop’s aim was to facilitate the sharing of ideas about sustainability and justice related to energy use in a new geopolitical context. Its purpose was to contribute to further academic, economic and political engagement between Latin America and the Nordic countries. Oslo, May 9, 2022.

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Centre for Canadian Studies

Annual report of the Centre for Canadian Studies (2021)

This document is a summary of the activities of the Centre for Canadian Studies for the year 2021. The Centre is administrated by a board of five members who meet three times a year.

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Department of Romance Studies and Classics

Conferment ceremony of the LAGLOBE programme

The first conferment ceremony of the Master's Degrees of the LAGLOBE (Latin America and Europe in a Global World) programme was held at Université Sorbonne

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