Department of Language Studies

Department of Language Studies/Language Studies calendaren-usTue, 16 Jun 2026 08:03:18 +0200/en/events/salc10_12146869/SALC10Welcome to the 10th International Conference of the Scandinavian Association for Language and Cognition (SALC10). Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0200Welcome to the 10th International Conference of the Scandinavian Association for Language and Cognition (SALC10). The general theme of the conference is Language, Cognition, and Learning.The deadline for papers was 30 November 2025.Read more on <a href="https://www.salc10.com/">SALC10</a>Campus UmeåConference/en/events/salc10_12146869/2026-06-23T00:00:00+02:002026-06-25T00:00:00+02:00/en/events/book-club-fiction-and-sustainability_12177566/Book Club: Fiction and SustainabilityWelcome to an open book club discussion on climate fiction, sustainability and society organised by Young UTRI and Umeå City Library.Tue, 06 Oct 2026 18:00:00 +0200Welcome to an open book club discussion on climate fiction, sustainability and society! Participants read Emmi Itäranta's Memory of Water in advance and then meet for an informal but guided discussion connecting the book to contemporary academic and societal questions.Memory of Water is an acclaimed climate dystopia set in a northern future marked by water scarcity, political control and questions of knowledge, environment and power. Global warming has changed the world geographically and politically. Wars are fought over water, and China has taken power over Europe. Seventeen-year-old Noria Kaitio is to become a tea master, the same position her father held before her. It brings great responsibility and deep secrets. Only the tea master knows where the hidden water sources are.The conversation will be held in English and is open to the public. Lena Leimgruber Haraldsson will guide us through the conversation. The book is available at Umeå University Library and Umeå City Library as well as other libraries around Umeå.Sign up here by 2 October: <a title="Link to registration form" href="https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=-aZLWjH1Mk-UZzmPGead5GKiNCM0vzZGo52X1qufHOhUMjlaS1ZMMUw3STVXWjVZUEcxMFFNMFQ0MC4u">Link to registration form.</a>The book club is organised by Young UTRI in collaboration with Umeå City Library. <a title="Read more about Young UTRI." href="/link/649f243367d94c829d4d944332948e68.aspx">Read more about Young UTRI.</a>Matverkstad, Umeå City LibraryWorkshop/en/events/book-club-fiction-and-sustainability_12177566/2026-10-06T18:00:00+02:002026-10-06T19:30:00+02:00