Last day for registration is the 10th of April and the link to the registration website is: https://onlinepayments.it.helsinki.fi/product/nordisk-litteratursociologi-2025/
The registration fee for the conference is 45 euro. (Please note that you have to choose the option "conference fee" under product variations on the registration website.) One lunch and coffee/tea during the breaks are included in the conference fee. Conference dinner takes place on the 12th of June and will need to be purchased additionally for the fee of 67 euro. There will be a reception on the 11th of June and you can register for the reception on the registration website as well. The reception is free but registration is mandatory.
Keynote speakers at this symposium are emeritus professor Erkki Sevänen and senior lecturer Sara Tanderup Linkis (Lund University). Both keynote lectures will be held in English. Under the topic "Keynote-föreläsare" you can find more information about the keynote lectures.
Call for papers
The literary field has been in a state of constant change – both nowadays and in the past. Major transformations have occurred, and the audiobook boom is just one of the latest examples. As the main topic of Nordisk litteratursociologi (NOLS) 2025 indicates, this symposium focuses on changes in the literary field. It will look at change from many different angles and with examples taken from historical documents and processes as well as contemporary developments.
Changes in literature and society have always been popular subjects in the sociology of literature. One could perhaps even argue that change is the main aspect which runs through and connects studies throughout the whole discipline.
Actors, genres, and media have changed the inner and outer conditions of literature both historically and in the present day. Production, distribution, and reception of literature are and have always been in constant change. Many theories used in the sociology of literature explicitly address change (for example Hartmut Rosa) or define their central concepts based on change (for example in Bruno Latour’s actor-network-theory (ANT)). At the same time, literary sociology, as the multidisciplinary field it has always been, changes constantly as well. It is influenced by and draws theoretically and methodologically from many different subjects.
The goal of this symposium is to highlight the role of change, in the broadest sense, in studies of the sociology of literature.
We welcome papers on the following or related topics:
Papers can be presented in Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, or English. The presentations will be of 20 minutes length.
Abstracts of 300 words (max) + bio of 150 words (max) in Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, or English can be sent to: nols2025@helsinki.fi
Deadline for abstract submission is 15 January 2025.
Submitters will be informed of acceptance in March 2025.