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Vacancy: Lecturer (Teaching) in Norwegian Language & Comparative Literature (EN)
University College London (UCL) is seeking a full-time, permanent Lecturer (Teaching) in Norwegian Language and Comparative Literature within the School of European Languages, Culture and Society – Centre for Multidisciplinary and Intercultural Inquiry (SELCS-CMII). Applications are open until 7 July 2025.

Vacancy: Part-time (60%) research assistant in Nordic Studies at the University of Basel (CH)
The Department of Linguistics and Literature at the University of Basel is looking for a part-time (60%) research assistant in Nordic Studies, commencing 01-03-2024 or by arrangement. Application…

Call for Papers: Small Languages, Big Ideas: the smaller Germanic languages from a theoretical, general and comparative perspective
The Department of Scandinavian Languages at Uppsala University, with the external participation of the Virtual Institute for Afrikaans (South Africa), organizes the third edition of the conference…

New Publication: Video recordings from CSS conference "Nordic Humour in the World" (2022)
Video recordings from the "Nordic Humour in the World" conference (2022) is now available here on CSS and on our Youtube channel.

Vacancy: Ten part-time (65%) Doctoral Researcher positions at the University of Greifswald's interdisciplinary International Research Training Group
Ten part-time (65%) Doctoral Researcher positions are available at the University of Greifswald's interdisciplinary International Research Training Group "Baltic Peripeties. Narratives of…

Call for Papers: The 15th International Ibsen Conference on “The Intermedial Ibsen” (CN)
The 15th International Ibsen Conference on “The Intermedial Ibsen” which will be held in Nanjing, China on June 24-26, 2024. Deadline for submitting abstracts is 01-01-2024.

Call for Papers: The 2024 Háskóli Íslands Student Conference on the Medieval North
Háskóli Íslands / University of Iceland calls for papers for the 2024 Háskóli Íslands Student Conference on the Medieval North. The conference will be held as a hybrid event on April 11-13th 2024…

Vacancy: PhD Fellowship as part of the research project "Danish-German Cultures (1773-1864): Conflict and Cohesion" (DK)
The Department of English, Germanic, and Romance Studies at the University of Copenhagen is offering a fully funded 3-year PhD scholarship commencing 1 February 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter.…

Vacancy: Doctoral Research Fellowship in Scandinavian Studies at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
As of 1 December 2023, or by agreement, a part-time (65%) PhD position in Scandinavian Studies/Northern European Studies is to be filled at the Faculty of Linguistics and Literary Studies at…

New publication: Memory and Remembrance in Scandinavian Cultures
The anthology Memory and Remembrance in Scandinavian Cultures (3 vols.) based on papers from the 2021 IASS conference is available ahead of print.

Vacancy: Assistant Professor of Old Norse Studies at the University of Washington (US)
The Department of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle, seeks a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Old Norse studies to begin September 2024 and will have a…