Division of Communication, Literature and Swedish (KLS)

We have basic course in Media and Communication Studies (MKV) and educate linguists and literary scholars via independent courses and subject teachers for different levels in the education system.

Research

Research environments

Le mur des je t'aime. Place des Abbesses, Paris. By Britchi Mirela [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons.

The Language and Culture research environment

The Language and Culture research environment is a meeting place for linguistic and literary research in a cultural context.

Doctoral studies

Doctoral Studies in Language and Culture

Doctoral studies in language and culture are multi- and interdisciplinary. Our doctoral students have typically studied modern foreign languages, Swedish, Swedish as a second language, general linguistics or comparative literature.

News

Woman standing on a ladder by a bookshelf reading a book.

Among noble ladies, literature and politics

What did ladies of the nobility read, and how did they read? Were they active readers who discussed books, and did literature enter their salons to become part of political discussions? Johanna Vernqvist, PhD in literature, takes an interest in this.

Black and white photo on a glimmering lake with trees in front of it.

A new literature on a changed planet

Disaster and endings. These are recurrent themes in literature over the centuries. But recently, apocalyptic books are appearing at an increasing pace, and some of them are taking on new forms. How do they depict a changing planet?

SEK 26.3 million for research in educational sciences

Seven research projects at LiU have been awarded grants in the Swedish Research Council’s annual funding round for educational sciences. The projects range from heroes wearing tights in the classroom to background noise and bullying.

Seminars and conferences

The Nordic Network for L2 Pronunciation

The Nordic Network for research on pronunciation and pronunciation teaching in a second language perspective, NNL2P, connects researchers and PhD candidates with a special interest in pronunciation and pronunciation teaching.

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Head of Division

Staff

Lotta Alemyr

Lecturer

Lene Asp Frederiksen

PhD student

Ketevan Chukhrukidze

Robert Eklund

Senior Associate Professor

Emma Eldelin

Associate Professor, Docent

Per Holmberg

Visiting Professor

Sabina Ivenäs Dyverfeldt

Lecturer

Maritha Johansson

Associate Professor, Docent

Ragnild Lome

Bengt-Göran Martinsson

Professor

Mirko Nikolic

Postdoc

Andreas Nyblom

Associate Professor, Docent

Fredrik Olsson

PhD student

Jesper Olsson

Deputy Head of Department, Professor

Suzanne Parmenius-Swärd

Ann-Sofie Persson

Associate Professor, Docent

Anna Sigvardsson

Associate Professor

Carl-Wilhelm Siwers

PhD student

Gunilla Ståhlberg

PhD student

Christian Svensson Limsjö

Associate Professor

Kajsa Thyberg

Associate Professor

Johanna Vernqvist

Associate Professor

Camilla Wallin Lämsä

PhD student

Simon Wessbo

Associate Professor

Helen Winzell

Associate Professor, Head of Division

Organisation

Department of Culture and Society (IKOS)

At the Department of Culture and Society (IKOS), social sciences and the humanities gather in environments where research and education work together.

Division of Communication, Literature and Swedish (KLS)

Research

Research environments

The Language and Culture research environment

Doctoral studies

Doctoral Studies in Language and Culture

News

Among noble ladies, literature and politics

A new literature on a changed planet

SEK 26.3 million for research in educational sciences

SEK 15.5 million to LiU from the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation

Literature is at the core of a well-functioning democracy

Humour that makes you think – cat research at LiU

New initiative to study how knowledge circulates through society

Seminars and conferences

The Nordic Network for L2 Pronunciation

Contact us

Head of Division

Staff

Organisation

Department of Culture and Society (IKOS)

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