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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

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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

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He wants to strengthen and unite the humanities at LiU

LiU Humanities continues to develop as an important platform for humanities research at LiU. Erik Gustavsson is now taking up the baton – with the ambition to strengthen collaboration and make visible what is already being done.
Nigel Musk.

25 years with Language and Culture – Nigel Musk was there from the start

The research environment Language and Culture was established in 2000. Nigel Musk, who left London for Sweden in his youth, has been a part of it from the beginning. Here, he reflects on the development of the environment and the challenges ahead.

Poet to become visiting professor in Tage Danielsson’s name

She devotes herself to the power of words and sees poetry as a tool of knowledge. Athena Farrokhzad steps into academia with the ambition to shake up the templates with the help of rhymes and humour.

Seminars and conferences

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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.

Contact us

Head of Division

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Helen Winzell

Associate Professor, Head of Division

Staff

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Johan Blomberg
Associate Professor
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Emma Eldelin
Senior Associate Professor
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Athena Farrokhzad
Professor
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Lena Hollstenius
PhD student
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Sabina Ivenäs Dyverfeldt
Lecturer
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Ingrid Johansson
PhD student
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Maritha Johansson
Senior Associate Professor
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Malin Löf Nyqvist
Postdoc
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Bengt-Göran Martinsson
Professor
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Andreas Nyblom
Associate Professor, Docent
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Fredrik Olsson
Lecturer
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Sara Peltokangas Wilzén
PhD student
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Ann-Sofie Persson
Associate Professor, Docent
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Carl-Wilhelm Siwers
PhD student
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Stina-Karin Skillermark
Associate Professor
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Christian Svensson Limsjö
Associate Professor
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Kajsa Thyberg
Associate Professor
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Johanna Vernqvist
Associate Professor, Docent
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Simon Wessbo
Associate Professor
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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.