Valérie Alfvén
Contact
Name and title: Valérie Alfvén
ORCID0000-0003-2639-6042 Länk till annan webbplats.
Workplace: The Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism Länk till annan webbplats.
Visiting address Room D598Universitetsvägen 10 D
Office hours Room D598Appointment on request
Postal address Institutionen för svenska och flerspråkighet106 91 Stockholm
About me
I am a Senior Lecturer in Translation Studies, specialising in translation (sociology of translation). I have a particular interest in children's and young adult literature and in the translation of sensitive topics. I completed my PhD in French with a dissertation on the French translation of the sensitive topic of "unprovoked violence" in Swedish young adult novels.
I also hold a Master's degree in Literary Studies (on Pippi Longstocking and its French translations) from Université de Rennes II in France (2001), and I am a certified upper-secondary school teacher of French (2019). I studied Publishing Studies at Stockholm University (2004).
I am a member of the European Society for Translation Studies (EST), the International Research Society for Children's Literature (IRSCL), the Réseau nord-européen de traduction des littératures francophones, the Swedish Network for Translation Studies (SNÖ), the international network The Graphic World of Children (GWC), and the newly established international EuroChildLitNetwork.
Since spring 2026, and for a two-year period, I have served as a mentor in translation studies and children's literature within the IRSCL ECR (Early Career Researcher) Mentor-Mentee Programme.
From 2027, I will sit on the scientific committee for the first special issues (every fourth issue) dedicated exclusively to CLTS in the journal International Research in Children's Literature (IRCL).
I am also a member of the editorial committee of the Revue nordique des études francophones.
I teach e.g. translation theory and Literary translation at advanced level. I actually teach a new created course in "Translating for Children and Young People" (Spring 2023)
I also supervise bachelor's and master's theses.
Together with my colleague Ulf Norberg, I teach at the method seminars and lead the presentations of bachelor's theses during the spring semester each year.
Research topics:
- Sociological approaches in Translation Studies
- Children's literature in translation
- Translation and reception of taboo topics
- Bibliomigrancy/transnationalism
- Swedish literature in the global book market with focus on USA & UK
- Cultural transfer from to/from the periphery
- Translation and ecocriticism
- Transcreation

