Division of Language, Culture and Interaction (SKI)

The department includes professional languages, English as well as research and teaching in the field of interaction studies.

We offer professional language courses in French, German, Spanish, English, Japanese and Chinese.

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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 programme

The doctoral programme in language and culture is multi- and interdisciplinary. It comprises 90 ECTs of courses and a doctoral dissertation of 150 ECTs.

The programme takes in the following three perspectives as its point of departure: a culture and media analytical perspective, a literature analytical perspective and a language and interaction analytical perspective. The doctoral programme is run within the research environment Language and Culture which spans the subjects general linguistics, comparative literature and different languages including English, Modern Languages (e.g. French, German, Spanish), Swedish and Swedish as a Second Language.

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.

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A Degree in English

English consists of three parts: language, literature and culture. There is a clear focus on developing one’s own language proficiency, and an increasing emphasis on the American and British social, cultural and historical context.

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

Three researchers will receive funding. Their research projects concern topics as diverse as how we vocalise, educational reforms, and drawing boundaries between states in conjunction with the pandemic.

A translated book is not the same as the original

When Lars Liljegren started to study English translations of works by Swedish author August Strindberg, he discovered that some had been given a completely new guise.

They examine our interaction in detail

It’s easy to think that communication consists mainly of speech. But much of it takes place through gesture, facial expression and sound. Researchers study how we use much more than words in interaction with other humans as well as with robots.

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AI in Society Seminar

The seminar offers an interdisciplinary forum for discussing Humanities perspectives on artificial intelligence. We discuss implications that machine learning has on our everyday lives, culture and society.

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Head of Division

Staff

Alia Amir

Associate professor

Ann Bergstrand Tybåhl

Adjunct Assistant Lecturer

Sophia Björsner

Lecturer

Mathias Broth

Deputy Dean, Professor

Gwenaelle Clairet

Lecturer

Rusalina Ehnvall

Lecturer

Emile Farmer

PhD student

Emily Hofstetter

Assistant professor, Docent

Amanda Hoskins

PhD student

Mikael Jungevall

Lars Jämterud

Deputy Head of Department, Lecturer

Leelo Keevallik

Professor

Adrian Kerrison

Postdoc

Elin Käck

Associate professor, Docent

Jakob Lien

Lars Liljegren

Associate professor

Anna Lindström

Angelika Linke

Elisabeth Lutteman

Associate professor

Agnes Löfgren

PhD student

Nigel John Musk

Senior associate professor

Karin Mårdsjö Blume

Sergio Passero

PhD student

Hannah Pelikan

PhD student

Julien Renard

Lecturer, Head of Division

Jonas Rentner

Lecturer

Isabel Cristina Restrepo Gonzalez

Lecturer

Wolfgang Schmidt

Associate professor

Michael Smith

Associate professor

Maria Strääf

Associate professor

Ann-Kari Sundberg

Deputy Dean, Associate professor

Thomas Svensk

Lecturer

Lars-Håkan Svensson

Professor emeritus

Victoria Thörnryd

Associate professor

Anna Watz

Associate professor, Docent

Therese Örnberg Berglund

Associate professor

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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.

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The Language and Culture research environment

Doctoral programme

Doctoral Studies in Language and Culture

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A Degree in English

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

A translated book is not the same as the original

They examine our interaction in detail

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AI in Society Seminar

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