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Curriculum vitae
Ann-Sofie Lönngren, Ph.D.
Contact information
Address: Folkungagatan 28b, 753 36 Uppsala, Sweden
Tel: 004618–402879 (home) / 0046736–256668 (cell) / 004618–4715889 (work)
E-mail: ann-sofie.lonngren@littvet.uu.se, ann-sofie.lonngren@gender.uu.se, annsofie.lonngren@lambdanordica.se
Date of birth: 1974–11–10
Homepage: http://www.littvet.uu.se/om_oss/personal/hemsidor
http://katalog.uu.se/empInfo/?id=N2-1690
Education
University studies
Studies in literature, history, French etc., Uppsala university 1994–2001; master degree in
history and literature fulfilled in 2001
Introductory course in Russian, Gävle University College 1996
Exchange student in history, S:t Patricks College, Maynooth, Ireland, spring 2000
Doctoral studies, Department of Literature, Uppsala university, 030101–070924.
Supervisors: prof. Torsten Pettersson and prof. Björn Sundberg.
This education encompassed advanced courses in theories and methods applied within
literary scholarship, as well as performativity-theory and historical classes in ancient
literature, literature during the middle ages and modernism/realism.
Other education
General course with creative writing, Wiks’ folkhögskola 1993–1994
Introductory course in Russian, Russian Educational Centre, Moscow, Russia, summer
1993
General course with language-profile, Forsa folkhögskola 1994–1995
Course in Russian, Russian Educational Centre, Moscow, Russia, summer 1994
Course in French, Avignon, France, September-November 2002
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Degrees
Licentiate degree 041216. Title of dissertation: Vi dansar på vulkanens rand. En
queerteoretisk analys av erotiska trianglar i Strindbergs författarskap 1887–1892 (not
published).
Supervisors: prof. Torsten Pettersson and prof. Björn Sundberg, Uppsala university.
Opponent: ass. prof. Eva Borgström, Gothenburg university.
Doctoral degree 080124; disputation 080109. Title of dissertation: Att röra en värld. En
queerteoretisk analys av erotiska trianglar i sex verk av August Strindberg (Lund, 2007;
see below List of publications).
Supervisors: prof. Torsten Pettersson and prof. Björn Sundberg.
Opponent: prof. Ulf Olsson, Stockholm university.
Affiliations and positions
Previous
2003–2007: employed as a Ph.D.-student at Department of Literature, Uppsala university
(including some teaching).
2005: employed as a lecturer at Center of Gender Research, Uppsala university.
2008: employed as a lecturer at Department of Literature and Center of Gender Research,
Uppsala university. Active as a researcher for 3 months financed by Södermalms
arbetarinstituts forskarstipendium.
2009–2011: employed as a lecturer at Department of Literature and Center of Gender
Research, Uppsala university. Partly active as a researcher financed with a research
scholarship from Kungliga Humanistiska Vetenskapssamfundet i Uppsala.
2011–2012: employed as a lecturer at Department of Literature, and as a researcher at the
Hugo Valentin Center, Uppsala university.
Current and future
During 2012–2016 employed as a researcher at the Center of Gender Research, Uppsala
university (financed by the National Research Council).
During 2012–2014 also employed as researcher at the Department of Literature, Uppsala
university (financed by the Markus & Amalia Wallenberg’s foundation).
During the period of October 2013-may 2014 affiliated and financed as a researcher at
The Pufendorf Collegium for Advanced Studies, Lund university.
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Conferences and symposiums
Invited speaker; symposiums
Strindbergs Theater im Lichte neuerer Methodendiskussionen, Department of
Skandinavistik, Zürich university, Switzerland 2012
Strindberg in transition, Department of Skandinavistik, Groningen university,
Netherlands 2012
Strindbergs historiegestaltning, Department for Scandinavian Studies, Tartu university,
Estonia 2012
Subjectivity/subjectification/desubjectification. A Humanist Category under
Renegotiation? Department of Culture and media, and UCGS, Umeå university, Sweden
2012
Nedslag i jämställdhetens synfält, Central Equality Office, Uppsala university, Sweden
2009
Strindberg och politiken, The Strindberg Society, Svenska Vitterhetsakademin,
Stockholm, Sweden 2009
Litteratur och politik, Department of Literature (Tidskrift för litteraturvetenskap),
Gothenburg university, Sweden 2008
Invited speaker; conference-panels
Unga Strindbergs-forskare, The International Strindberg-conference, The Strindberg
Society and Stockholm university, Sweden 2012
Participant with paper
Missing Links – The Somatechnics of De-colonization, Tema Genus, Linköping
university, Sweden 2013
Ambiguities, Alterations, Alternatives – transforming Nordic literatures, DINO
(Diversity in Nordic Literatures), Department of Literature, Center for Gender Studies
and Hugo Valentin Center, Uppsala university, Sweden 2012
Non-Human, SLSA (Society for Literature, Science and the Arts), Milwaukee university,
USA 2012 (2 papers)
1800-talet och mötet med det moderna, The Association for 19th Century Studies,
Helsinki, Finland 2012
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Trans rights as human rights- the implications for trans health(care), Tema Genus,
Linköping university, Sweden 2012
The queer-day, Queerseminar at Uppsala university and the gender departments at
Södertörn University College and Stockholm university, Södertörn University College,
Sweden 2012
Fält i förvandling: Litteraturvetenskaplig genusforskning idag och i morgon, Department
of Literature, Uppsala university, Sweden 2011
Transhealth in a Nordic context, Tema Genus, Linköping university, Sweden 2011
Bodies Knowing Bodies: Interrogating Embodied Knowledges, Body/Embodiment
Research Group, Center of Gender Research, Uppsala university Sweden 2011
Feminist Methodologies, Center of Gender Research, Stockholm university, Sweden
2009
Meet Animal Meat, HumAnimal Research Group, Center of Gender Research, Uppsala
university, Sweden 2009
Re-Act Up, Center of Gender Research, Lunds university, Sweden Lund 2006
Farväl heteronormativitet, Gothenburg university, Sweden 2002
Assignments
Revising scripts for the licentiate degree
Ett slags kaos. Skeva flickor i svenskspråkig prosa 1980–2005, Maria Margareta
Österholm, 2010, Department of Literature and the Center for Gender Studies, Uppsala
university.
Commissions of trust
Representative of the doctoral students in the board of the Department of Literature,
Uppsala university 2006–2007.
Representative of the doctoral students in the Committée of Equality at the Department of
Literature, Uppsala university 2004–2007.
Accountant for The Swedish Literary Society 2007.
Member of board in the society lambda nordica, 2010-.
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Member of the board in the executive committée for The Swedish Literary Society 2009–
11.
Head of Committée of Equality at the Department of Literature, Uppsala university
2010–.
Alternate member in the board of the Department of Literature, Uppsala university 2012–
Assignments of coordination
Coordinator for the network DINO (Diversity in Nordic Literatures) 2011–2012.
Assignments as referee
Anonymous referee for NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research,
Tidskrift för litteraturvetenskap, lambda nordica, Samlaren, Kvinder, køn og forskning
Assignments as consultant and educationist
Educationist and consultant in issues regarding sexual orientation and gender identity.
Central Equality Office, Uppsala university 2009–2013.
Part of the ”Expert-group for inclusive education”, Department for Pedagogical
Development, Uppsala university 2012-
Lectures
”Transgressions and transformations between primates and humans in Nordic literature”,
Simian Speculations, Humanimal Research Group, Center of Gender Research, Uppsala
university 2013
”Strindbergsbildens förvandlingar”, panelconversation with Rikard Schönström and
Astrid Regnell at LSL (Literary society of Lund) 2012
”Strindberg, kvinnofrågan och sexualiteten”, Stockholm’s improvisation-theatre,
Stockholm 2012
”Strindberg och svartsjukan – i liv och text”, Fyrisgården, Uppsala 2012
”Vad har Strindberg med Gottsunda att göra?”, Gottsunda Dance and Theatre, Uppsala
2012
”Att bli ett djur. Kön, etnicitet och sexualitet i transformationer människa-djur i Nordisk
skönlitteratur efter 1880”, Center of Gender Research, Uppsala university 2011
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”Djur, apor och litteratur”, conversation with literary author Maj-Britt Wiggh at Café
Copacabana, CLT (Copacabana’s literary association), Stockholm 2011
”Fyra punkter för att förankras som forskare”, Student Society SIV, Uppsala university,
2010
”Vad är queer?”, Royal Institute of Drama, Stockholm, 2010
”Att queera den svenska litterära kanon – exemplet Strindberg”, Queer Sundsvall,
Sundsvall, 2010
”HBTQ på universitetet”, Student-society Laboremus, Uppsala university, 2010
”’Så älskar jag honom som en bror, en syster, en hustru’ – om svartsjukedramernas
homoerotiska potential i Strindbergs författarskap”, Uppsala city library, 2009
”Att röra en värld. En queerteoretisk analys av erotiska trianglar i sex verk av August
Strindberg”, The Gender Seminar, Södertörn University College 2009
”Att röra en värld. En queerteoretisk analys av erotiska trianglar i sex verk av August
Strindberg. Presentation av ett avslutat avhandlingsprojekt”, Center for Gender Studies,
Uppsala university 2008
”Hot och lockelse. Homoerotiska motiv i 1700- och 1800-talets litteratur”, together with
ph.d. Annie Mattsson, Litteraterna (The Student Society at the Department of Literature),
Uppsala university 2008
”Att queera den svenska litterära kanon – om erotiska trianglar i Strindbergs
författarskap”, Department of Literature, IKK, Linköping university 2008
”Strindberg goes queer”, Litteraterna (The Student Society at the Department of
Literature), Uppsala university 2007
”Monstruösa gestalter och dolda begär: queera ögonblick i film och litteratur”, Center for
Gender Studies, Uppsala university 2006
”Tillämpad queerteori – möjligheter och begränsningar. Exemplet Strindberg”, within the
lecture series Sexuality and identity, Center for Gender Studies Uppsala university, 2005
”Att gjutas i en annan form – en queerteoretisk analys av homosociala begär i Strindbergs
drama Brott och brott”, Strindberg Muséum, Stockholm 2004
”’Break the narrative’ – om icke-heteronormativa litteraturtolkningar. Exemplet.
Strindberg”, Humanist Days, Uppsala university 2004
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”’Så älskar jag honom som en bror, en syster, en hustru’ – om manligt homosocialt begär
i de erotiska triangeldramerna i Strindbergs författarskap”, Equality Day, Department of
Comparative Literature, Uppsala university 2002
”Illusionen av en kvinna – en queerteoretisk analys av det homosexuella tabut i En dåres
försvarstal”, Women’s Student Society, Uppsala university 2002
”’Sannerligen de är allesammans fruntimmer’ – om den homosexuella motivkretsen i
Strindbergs författarskap”, Center for Gender Studies, Uppsala university 2001
”’De perversa’ – queerteoretiska perspektiv på Strindbergs författarskap”, Queerseminar,
Center for Gender Studies, Stockholm university 2001
List of publications
Monographies
Att röra en värld: en queerteoretisk analys av erotiska trianglar i sex verk av August
Strindberg (ellerströms, Lund 2007), diss., 304 p.
Articles in journals; peer-reviewed
IN PRINT: “Swelling, Leaking, Merging – a material feminist reading of Strindberg’s A
Madman’s Manifesto”, NORA – Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research, 2013
“Triangular, homosocial, lesbian: a queer approach to desire in August Strindberg’s novel
A Madman’s Manifesto”, Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis, and Culture, 2012, s.
205–230 (25 p.)
”Från diagnostisering till intersektionalitet. Tendenser inom Strindbergsforskningen
1963–2011, Tidskrift för litteraturvetenskap, 2011: 3–4, p. 5–21 (16 p.)
”Mellan metafor och litterär materialisering – heteronormer och djurblivande i Monika
Fagerholms novell ’Patricia Kanin’ (1990)”, lambda nordica 2011:4, p. 53–84 (31 p.)
”Förvandlingar – politiska implikationer av litterära transformationer människa-(o)djur”,
Tidskrift för litteraturvetenskap, 2008: 3–4, p. 87–96 (9 p.)
”Ordens skapande kraft – Den Okändes queera maskuliniteter i Till Damaskus I–III”.
lambda nordica, 2008:4, p. 60–73 (13 p.)
In journals; reviewed by the editorial board
”Gästredaktörens förord”, lambda nordica, 2011:4, p. 10–12 (2 p.)
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”Reflektioner över en nyutgiven klassiker – Radclyffe Halls Ensamhetens brunn”,
Tidskrift för litteraturvetenskap, 2005:3, p. 108–116 (8 p.)
”Att gjutas i en annan form – en queerteoretisk analys av homosociala begär i Strindbergs
drama Brott och brott”, Tidskrift för litteraturvetenskap, 2004:1, p. 25–43 (17 p.)
”Illusionen av en kvinna – en queerteoretisk analys av det homosexuella tabut i En dåres
försvarstal”, lambda nordica, 2002:1, p. 6–21 (15 p.)
Articles in anthologies/collections; reviewed by the editorial board
IN PRINT: ”Butler, performativitet och transgender studies”, Retorisk kritik, red. Otto
Fischer, Patrik Mehrens & Jon Viklund (Retorikförlaget, Ödåkra 2013)
”Flickan och fjärilen – en transteoretisk läsning av en novell av Birgitta Trotzig”, Fält i
förvandling. Genusvetenskaplig litteraturforskning, red. Eva Heggestad, Anna Williams
& Ann Öhrberg (Gidlunds, Hedemora 2013), p. 115–130 (15 p.)
”Förord”, with Katri Kivilaakso & Rita Paqvalén, Queera läsningar – litteraturvetenskap
möter queerteori, ed. Katri Kivilaakso, Ann-Sofie Lönngren & Rita Paqvalén (Rosenlarv,
Stockholm 2012), p. 8–16 (8 p.)
”Queer ekokritik. Exemplet Strindberg”, Queera läsningar – litteraturvetenskap möter
queerteori, ed. Katri Kivilaakso, Ann-Sofie Lönngren & Rita Paqvalén (Rosenlarv,
Stockholm 2012), p. 202–225 (23 p.)
”Förord”, Queera intersektioner: Queerseminariet vid Uppsala universitet 2008–2010,
main ed. Ann-Sofie Lönngren, other eds. Malin Ekström & Maria Margareta Österholm
(Uppsala university, Uppsala 2011), p. 7–11 (4 p.)
”Promiskuösa bögar och fula flator – könsbundna föreställningar om sexualitet och
sexuell läggning”, Vad händer med jämställdheten?, ed. Paulina de los Reyes (Uppsala
university, Uppsala 2011), p. 83–97 (14 p.)
”Strindbergs erotiska trianglar – om att se det vi inte förväntas att se”, Om Strindberg, ed.
Lena Einhorn (Norstedts, Stockholm 2010), p. 158–165 (7 p.)
”Strindberg och heteronormativiteten – om de erotiska trianglarnas subversiva potential”,
Strindbergiana, tjugofemte samlingen utgiven av Strindbergssällskapet (Atlantis,
Stockholm 2010), p. 51–67 (16 p.)
”Har du aldrig tillförne märkt något moln, som du funnit likna en panter eller varg eller
ock en kentaur?”, Moln: konst, väder och vetenskap. Uppsala universitets
konstsamlingar, ed. Margareta Nisser-Dalman (Uppsala university, Uppsala 2008), p. 52–
57 (5 p.)
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Essay about the novel The Wall by Marlen Haushofer, En bok och en dagens tack!
Lästips från en lunchbokcirkel, ed. Eva Heggestad & Åsa Johansson (En bok för alla,
Stockholm 2007), p. 13–19 (6 p.)
”Att skapa i ’de tre dimensionerna’ – en performativ analys av dramat Fordringsägare”,
Det gäckande könet: Strindberg och genusteori, ed. Anna Cavallin & Anna Westerståhl
Stenport (Symposion, Stockholm/Stehag 2006), p. 81–102 (21 p.)
”’Break the narrative’ – litteraturvetenskap i förvandling. Om icke-heteronormativa
litteraturtolkningar: exemplet Strindberg”, Vandring och förvandling: förflyttning –
förändring – framtid, Humanist Days at Uppsala university 2004 (Uppsala university,
Uppsala 2006), p. 143–149 (6 p.)
”Illusionen av en kvinna – en queerteoretisk analys av det homosexuella tabut i En dåres
försvarstal”, (re-published) Feministiska litteraturanalyser 1972–2002, ed. Åsa Arping
& Anna Nordenstam (Studentlitteratur, Lund 2005) ), p. 261–278 (17 p.)
Book re-views in scholarly journals
Anne Lundqvist, I begjærets tjeneste. Strindberg og Lacan på scenen (Institutionen för
musik- och teatervetenskap, Stockholms universitet, Stockholm 2010) diss. Samlaren.
Tidskrift för svensk litteraturvetenskaplig forskning, 2012
Bo Elbrønd-Bek, Rifbjergs homoerotiske fascination (København; Underskoven, 2010),
Scandinavian Studies, 2011
Cristine Sarrimo, Heidenstams harem. (Stockholm/Stehag; Symposion, 2008), Samlaren.
Tidskrift för svensk litteraturvetenskaplig forskning, 2008
Lars Granild, ”Äta eller ätas! Det är frågan!”: antropologi og poetik i August
Strindbergs selvbiografiske roman En dåres försvarstal (Odense, 2006), Tidskrift för
litteraturvetenskap, 2007: 1–2
Maria Österlund, Förklädda flickor: könsöverskridning i 1980-talets svenska
ungdomsroman (Åbo, 2005), Tidskrift för litteraturvetenskap, 2005:4
Popular science, daily press, debate etc.
Forth-coming: ”I Frankensteins antropocentriska laboratorium. Reflektioner över makt,
djur, kroppar och en Skvader”, Skeppet, 2013
Forth-coming: ”Anti-Strindberg under Strindbergsåret 2012 – en historia om makt”,
Socialistisk debatt 2013
”Dagens Nyheter underblåster hatet mot feminister”, with Signe Bremer, Newsmill 2012–
09–19 (http://www.newsmill.se/node/46786)
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”Kvinnor som djur”, Feministiskt perspektiv, 2012:34
(http://feministisktperspektiv.se/2012/08/24/kvinnor-som-djur/)
Athena Farrokhzad & Linn Hansén (eed.), Ett läckande lyriskt landskap. Review of
Omslag. Queer poesi, (Stockholm; Rosenlarv förlag, 2010), Hufvudstadsbladet 12 juli
2010
Editorial experience
Anthologies
Forthcoming: Changes and Challenges. Rethinking National Literatures and the
Literary Canon in Scandinavia, ed. Heidi Grönstrand, Dag Heede, Anne Heith & AnnSofie Lönngren (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne)
Queera läsningar – litteraturvetenskap möter queerteori, ed. Katri Kivilaakso, Ann-Sofie
Lönngren & Rita Paqvalén (Rosenlarv förlag, Stockholm, 2012).
Queera intersektioner: Queerseminariet vid Uppsala universitet 2008–2011, main editor
Ann-Sofie Lönngren, other editors Malin Ekström & Maria Margareta Österholm
(Uppsala university; Uppsala 2011).
Journals
Lambda nordica, 2011:4, ”Djurstudier” (guest editor)
Lambda nordica, 2012:3, ”Inte ett Strindbergsnummer” (guest editor)
Book-editor
Lambda nordica, 2011-
Pedagogic meriting
Pedagogic education
Handledarutbildning, steg I, 31 maj-2 juni 2010, Department of Pedagogical Development,
Uppsala university
Five Lenses for Queer Pedagogy with Ph.D. Kevin Kumashiro, June 12, 2009, Department of
Pedagogical Development, Uppsala university
Utbildningsdag i retorik för universitetslärare, 12 januari 2009, Department of Literature,
Uppsala university
Pedagogical course for university teachers, 4 weeks, 2005–2006, Department of Pedagogical
Development, Uppsala university
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Teaching, tutoring and development of courses
Teaching, Tutoring and Grading in Literature: Since 2005 I have, in varying degrees,
been teaching and grading students in courses at the Department of Literature, Uppsala
university. These courses have been included in the ordinary program of the department
as well as specially designed for teacher candidates. In particular, I would like to mention
here the course Orden som befriar [The words that set free] on the C level, which is very
close to my research interests. Within the concept Svenskämnet i det mångkulturella
samhället [Swedish in multicultural society] I have developed the course Kanon i
förändring [Canon in change]. This course, as well as the course Den globala litteraturen
[The global literature] is intended for teacher candidates on an advanced level. I have
been tutoring and/or grading essay-writing students at all the levels (A-master), as well as
teacher candidates at the C- and master levels. Altogether, I have taught 202 hours at the
basic levels, and graded and/or tutored essay-writing students 33,5 hours. On the
advanced levels, I have taught 183 hours, and tutored and/or graded essay-writing
students 35 hour.
Teaching Rhetorics: Since 2009 I have, in varying degrees, been teaching and grading
students in rhetorics at the A- and B- levels at the Department of Literature, Uppsala
university. I have also angaged in the development of clourses within this field. In
particular, I take an interest in modern theories about rhetoric, such as performativity, in
relation to issues of power (intersectionality, gender theory, queer theory). In rhetorics, I
have been tutoring and grading essay-writing students at the B- and C-levels. Altogether,
I have taught 330 hours at the basic levels, and tutored and/or graded essay-writing
students 43,5 hours.
Teaching Gender Studies: Since 2005 I have, in varying degrees, been teaching and
grading students at the A-B- and advanced levels in gender studies, Centre for Gender
Research, Uppsala university. I have mainly taught queer theory, performativity and
transgender studies, but also masculinity, media and discourse analysis. I have also been
tutoring and/or grading students on the B- and master level. Altogether, I have taught 116
hours at the basic levels, and tutored and/or graded essay-writing students 2 hours. On the
advanced levels, I have taught 6 hours, and tutored and/or graded essay-writing students
1 hour.
Other Teaching, Tutoring and Grading: As an external supervisor, I have been tutoring
an essay-writing student within the Euroculture-programme (advanced level, 2008–09, 5
hours), Uppsala university. At the Center of Evolutionary Biology at Uppsala university I
have tutored an essay-writing student on the A-level (1 hour). During 2010, I also taught
two lectures in literature at the Scandinavian Department, Vilnius’ university, Latvia (4
hours). Finally, during 2012 I tutored an essay-writing student within the teachersprogramme at Uppsala university (advanced level, 3 hours).
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My pedagogical credo
In teaching I depart from what I see as a foundational curiosity in the student. My task as
a teacher is to promote this curiosity, or, in case it is not evident, to elicit it. The strategies
used depend on the level of education. On basic levels it is necessary for the students to
understand certain fundamental concepts – here my role is that of a tutor, but I avoid
imposing on the students my own opinions as to what is right or wrong. On higher levels
I rather take on the role as a moderator, in that I conduct and supervise the students’
discussions, reflections and search for information. Furthermore, the teaching strategy
must also be adapted to the kind of student group I am teaching. For example, the
strategy and content used for teacher candidates, who conceptualize the studies in literary
history as a complement to their education as teachers, may differ considerably from
those who take these courses as free components. It is important to find out the right way
to motivate the students and enhance their interest in the matter.
To a large extent my pedagogical attitude is based on an awareness of
culturally conditioned distinctions between men and women, and between male and
female. This awareness is present through the whole process of teaching, including
reading-lists and evaluation blanks. I try to achieve an even distribution of gender in
every area where this is applicable, and I also attempt at sex-neutral treatment of male
and female students. I hope that such an attitude, which also comprises attention to
aspects such as ethnicity, social class and sexual orientation, will have as an effect that a
larger number of students can feel included in the learning-situation as well as in the joint
production of knowledge.
Pedagogic projects
In 2005–2006 I attended a pedagogic course for university teachers at Uppsala university.
One requirement was to carry out a pedagogic mini-project. Since I am interested in
gender and issues of equal rights I chose to investigate the distribution of male and
female fiction writers represented in the literature lists used at the A and B levels at the
Department of Literature, Uppsala University, in 2005. This investigation was then used
as a starting-point for a number of interviews with a sample of teachers employed at the
department. The main focus was on the choice of literature from a pedagogic point of
view. The interviews were then analyzed from the line of thoughts in Fredrik
Bondestam’s book Könsmedveten pedagogik för universitets- och högskolelärare: en
introduktion och bibliografi [Pedagogy for university- and university college teachers
based on gender awareness: introduction and bibliography] (Stockholm, 2005).
The result of the investigation was that there seems to be a discrepancy between the
awareness most teachers express towards gender-perspectives and the importance they
attach to it, on one side, and the actually observed uneven distribution between male and
female fiction writers on the A and B levels, on the other.
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