Confessions of a displaced hedgehog

A displaced hedgehog is a figure - or rather an image - from Tove Jansson's Moomin books. This is how I can best describe myself. This blog is mostly about being displaced.

Monday, 22 April 2013

A quarter of a century

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Twenty-five years ago this day I defended my PhD thesis. I have several times described a Scandinavian PhD defence, but I can add ...

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Sunday, 14 April 2013

Progress report

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It's a fact. My study leave is over. Tomorrow, I am back in the wheel. Meetings, supervisions - all these wonderful things I have missed...

iPad, uPad

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I have a new paddy. No, there is nothing wrong with my old paddy, and I still love it as much as the first day we met. But it has a friend n...

Friday, 12 April 2013

Frustration

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Imagine that you are a composer and have been commissioned a violin concerto. You take it very seriously. You want to make your work plea...

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Thursday, 4 April 2013

Book of the week: A boy and a bear in a boat

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I am in a period of strong aversion toward any kind of writing: printed, digital, fiction, non-fiction, for work and for pleasure. This i...

Tuesday, 2 April 2013

Why I will never ever ever write another book

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Believe it or not, but I have finished my book. The book that I started exactly three months ago, on January 2. If you don't believe ...

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Sunday, 17 March 2013

Heteroglossia

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I have just come home from Norway. Yes, again. And yes, another PhD examination. I will not repeat the whole procedure, but there was a tria...

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