[Dino] Fwd: CFP: Dimensions of Diversity in Norden

[Ann-Sofie Lönngren]

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    Datum: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:33:54 +0200
     Från: Jenny Björklund <Jenny.Bjorklund at gender.uu.se>
   Ärende: CFP: Dimensions of Diversity in Norden
     Till: Ann-Sofie Lönngren <Ann-Sofie.Lonngren at littvet.uu.se>

Hej Ann-Sofie,

Kan du vidarebefordra detta CFP till Dino? Det är för en panel stream  
på SASS 2012 i Salt Lake City. Vi har också blivit kontaktade av en  
brittisk akademisk press (Cambridge Scholars Publishing) som var  
intresserade av att publicera en antologi på temat, så det är inte  
omöjligt att det blir en sådan efter konferensen.

Allt gott,
Jenny


CFP: Dimensions of Diversity in Norden

Organizers: Jenny Björklund, Uppsala University  
(jenny.bjorklund at gender.uu.se), and Ursula Lindqvist, Harvard  
University (lindqvis at fas.harvard.edu)



Panel stream at the 2012 Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian  
Study conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, May 3–5, 2012.



While the Nordic populations historically have been more diverse than  
many recognize, this diversity has acquired visibility and some new  
dimensions since the 1960s. There is general consensus that Nordic  
countries have become more ethnically and culturally heterogeneous,  
particularly as a consequence of generous immigration policies and the  
gay rights movement; however, there is no consensus about the effects  
or value of these changes. On the one hand, mangfoldighed / mangfold /  
mångfald has become a key concept in public policy discourse in  
Denmark, Norway and Sweden, respectively; Finland has begun to  
consider the place of new minorities (as well as some very old ones,  
such as the Roma and the Sámi) in a political structure that had  
codified the rights of its Swedish minority at the nation’s founding;  
and Iceland elected the world’s first openly gay head of state in  
2009. On the other hand, politicians hostile to immigrants, ethnic  
minorities and LGBT people have been voted into parliament in several  
Nordic countries, and in July 2011 the entire region was deeply shaken  
by a terror attack in Norway by a right-wing extremist who wanted to  
“save Europe” from multiculturalism. These events have been condemned  
by many people across political, ethnic, and national divides in the  
Nordic countries and spawned many public debates.



For this session, we invite proposals from scholars of various  
disciplinary orientations that examine the multifaceted concept of  
diversity in the Nordic countries and the ways in which this concept  
is negotiated and mediated in public discourse: political, commercial,  
artistic, cultural, virtual, educational, etc. In what ways does  
diversity figure—and how do certain ideologies operate—in such  
discourse? What new popular and intellectual dimensions (e.g. social  
media, regionalism, intersexuality) are challenging our prior  
understandings of diversity and changing how it operates in Norden  
today?



To submit a proposal to this panel, please send a titled, 200-word  
abstract that includes your name, institutional affiliation, 4–5  
keywords, contact information, and any audiovisual needs, to  
sass.conference.2012 at gmail.com by December 15, 2011.

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-- 
Ann-Sofie Lönngren, Fil.Dr. (Ph.D.)
Litteraturvetenskapliga institutionen (Department of Literature)
Uppsala universitet (Uppsala university)
Box 632, 751 26 Uppsala
Tel: 018-4716188
Hemsida (homepage):  
http://www.littvet.uu.se/om_oss/personal/hemsidor_k-r/ann-sofie_lonngren/
Alternativ e-mail (alternative e-mail): ann-sofie.lonngren at lambdanordica.se
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