UCL Events
Information for Staff
13:15 - 13:55 7 March 2013
Lunch Hour Lecture: Scandinavian crime fiction and the end of the welfare state
Location
Darwin Lecture Theatre access via Malet Place |
Darwin Building
(
Map)
Gower St |
London |
WC1E 6BT |
United Kingdom
Open to:
Academic |
Alumni |
Public |
Student
Admission: FREE
Speaker information
Dr Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen, Lecturer in Scandinavian Literature, UCL School of European Languages, Culture and Society
Scandinavian crime fiction has in recent years enjoyed surprising success world-wide. The region, with its universal welfare states, is most commonly considered a very peaceful place, with low rates of corruption and crime and the highest levels of reported wellbeing in the world. Scandinavian crime fiction offers a bleaker and more complex image of life in these countries. This lecture will explore to what extent 'Nordic Noir' tells the story about the end of the Nordic Model in a global age.
Contact
Catherine Dean
020 3108 3839 |
c.dean@ucl.ac.uk
Links
click here to watch the lecture live on the day at 1.15pm
