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Lux a Meridi

Influences of Mediterranean Cultures on Scandinavian Countries Exemplified in Literature, Film and Arts

About the Conference

The conference is addressed to:

students and doctoral candidates, members of the academic and research community, and anyone interested in the conference themes

Languages of the event: English (preferred), Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish

Sunset view of a small village in Lofoten, Norway. Five little red houses stand by a pond

About the Conference

Join us for the international academic conference, Lux a Meridi: Influences of Mediterranean Cultures on Scandinavian Countries Exemplified in Literature, Film and Arts, taking place from October 21 to 22, 2026.

Hosted by the Dean of the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies in Kraków at SWPS University, the event will be held in the university's newly renovated, historic building located right in the heart of the city.

Conference Focus

The primary goal of the conference is to explore and showcase the influence of Mediterranean cultures on Nordic countries through the lens of literature, film, and art. We welcome scholars, doctoral candidates, and students from universities in Poland and around the world.

Conference Languages

Presentations may be delivered in English, Danish, Norwegian, or Swedish. However, because we anticipate a diverse audience of non-Nordic speakers, English is the preferred language for the event.

Social Events & Networking

Beyond panel discussions and paper presentations, the program features several social and networking activities, including a guided tour of historic Kraków and a shared conference dinner.

Conference Program

  1. Registration and morning coffee
  2. Conference opening and welcome
  3. Session 1

    Moderator: Madelen Brovold

    Útferðarsaga Haralds konungs – a Literary and Historiographical Reminiscence of Haraldr Sigurðarson’s Stay in the Mediterranean World

    Maciej Lubik (University of Zielona Góra, PL)

    Reception of Greco-Roman Antiquity in Medieval Iceland and its Cultural Effect

    Grzegorz Bartusik (University of Silesia in Katowice, PL)

    From Olympus to Asgard: The Cultural Transformation of Myth in the God of War Series

    Tomasz Ulman (SWPS University, PL)
  4. Coffee break
  5. Session 2

    Moderator: Maria Sibińska

    Challenging Peripheralities. Territorial Dislocation and Magical Inspiration in Selma Lagerlöf’s Antikrists mirakler

    Giovanni Za (University of Naples "L'Orientale", IT)

    Mediterranean Light in the North: Memory, Language and Cultural Belonging in Theodor Kallifatides' Ännu ett liv and Under baldakinen på Titania

    Sonia Ławniczak (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, PL)

    Light from the South: Movement, Clearing, and Shadow in Tomas Espedal's Gå and Mitt privatliv

    Aleksandra Wilkus (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, PL)
  6. Lunch break
  7. Session 3

    Moderator: Anker Gemzøe

    Images of Mediterranean Cultures in Ludvig Holberg ’ s Nicolai Klimii Iter Subterraneum (1741)

    Maria Sibińska (University of Gdańsk, PL)

    H.C. Andersen’s Italian Travels: Confrontation with His Own Duality as the Genesis of The Shadow

    Paweł Partyka (DK)

    Awful Rowing? Locating Kierkegaard within Polish and American Confessional Poetry

    Mateusz Kucab (Jagiellonian University in Kraków, PL)
  8. Guided evening walk and social gathering in the city center

    Meeting point: Kraków Market Square

  1. Session 1

    Moderator: Giovanni Za

    Mediterranean Stereotypes Revisited

    Gunhild Moltesen Agger (Aalborg University, DK)

    “España, el sol explosivo”: Images of Spain in the Swedish Film Adventures of Picasso (1978)

    Giedrius Tamasevicius (Vilnius University, LT)

    A French Classic in Archaic Form: The Övdalian Translation of Le Petit Prince as the Most Conservative Work in Övdalian Literature

    Piotr Garbacz (University of Oslo, NO)
  2. Coffee break
  3. Session 2

    Moderator: Giedrius Tamasevicius

    Influences From the Latin Liturgy on Two Norwegian War Requiems

    Unni Langås (University of Agder, NO)

    The Rise and Fall of European Culture in the Poems of Jens Bjørneboe and Tadeusz Borowski

    Katarzyna Maćkała (University of Gdańsk, PL)

    Eva Scheers reiseskildring Vi møttes i Jerusalem (1951)

    Madelen Brovold (University of Oslo, NO)
  4. Lunch break
  5. Session 3

    Moderator: Piotr Garbacz

    Hortus Conclusus in the North: Garden Imagery in St Birgitta’s Revelations and the Mediterranean Heritage of Vadstena Abbey

    Rūta Šileikytė-Zukienė (Vilnius University, LT)

    Billedet af Tyrkiet i Henrik Nordbrandts prosa

    Anker Gemzøe (Aalborg University, DK)

    Towards a Southern Fulfillment. Love and Solitude on Capri, as exemplified by Tron Jensen’s Novel Til Capri (2016)

    Paweł Szkołut (SWPS University, PL)
  6. Conference dinner (details to follow)

Speakers

  • Gunhild Moltesen Agger (Denmark)
  • Grzegorz Bartusik (Poland)
  • Madelen Brovold (Norway)
  • Maria Sibińska (Poland)
  • Giedrius Tamaševičius (Lithuania)
  • Piotr Garbacz (Norway)
  • Paweł Partyka (Denmark)
  • Sonia Ławniczak (Poland)
  • Anker Gemzøe (Denmark)
  • Maciej Lubik (Poland)
  • Katarzyna Maćkała (Poland)
  • Aleksandra Wilkas (Poland)
  • Giovanni Za (Italy)
  • Mateusz Kucab (Poland)
  • Rūta Šileikytė-Zukienė (Lithuania)
  • Unni Langås (Norway)
  • Vilde Johanne Snipstad (Norway)
  • Jürg Glauser (Switzerland)
  • Tomasz Ulman (Poland)
  • Paweł Szkołut (Poland)

Organizers

  • Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies in Kraków, SWPS University, logo

Location

SWPS University, al. Adama Mickiewicza 3, Kraków, Poland

Contact

Paweł Szkołut, Ph.D. / Assistant Professor, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.