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.

Thursday, 6 June 2013

I am not addicted to books

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A friend posted this on Facebook. I understand it is supposed to be ironic, but I cannot help wondering whether people indeed have such rel...

Tuesday, 4 June 2013

You are now number three in line...

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My students must think I am crazy when I tell them that I read their drafts on first-come-first-served basis. For each of them, their dra...

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Sunday, 26 May 2013

How children's literature research started

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I had a reason recently to look back at my early studies of children's literature, and it struck me that when I took my first underg...

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Sunday, 19 May 2013

Separation anxiety

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A student has written a blog post about her academic post partum. Interestingly, while I was weeding the garden today as a break fro...

Saturday, 11 May 2013

Unbook of the week: Un Lun Dun

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I like some of Mieville's books and dislike some. I like The City and the City and Embassytown . I have vague memories of dis...

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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...

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