Easter Holidays in NORLA
Our office is closed for the Easter holidays as of Monday, April 14. We will be back on Tuesday, April 22.
November 19 2015
Serbia
Jørgen Lorentzen in Belgrade
Jørgen Lorentzen, professor of Gender Studies, will present his book “The History of Fatherhood in Norway” for a Serbian audience, at an event hosted by Scandinavian Corner.
Jørgen Lorentzen claims to be the only scholar who is focusing on men’s studies in Norway, possibly in all of Europe.
Read more about Lorentzen’s book “The History of Fatherhood in Norway, 1850-2012” here.
The book is published in English by Palgrave Macmillan with translation subsidy from NORLA.
Thursday 19 November, 18.00
Venue:
Skandinavski kutak – Scandinavian Corner
6a, Kapetan Misina
11000 Belgrade
Serbia
The event will be held in English.
Read more (in both Serbian and English) here.
Photo: Jørgen Lorentzen recently visited Hungary for the Scandinavian Women’s Festival in Budapest, where he participated at a very successful roundtable discussion themed “New role of men”, together with Miklós Hadas, professor at Corvinus University.
Upcoming activities
April 14-April 21
April 23-April 26
Oslo, Norway
Seminar for aspiring translators of Norwegian literature
NORLA aims to recruit more translators of Norwegian Literature. We look forward to welcoming interested participants to take part in our seminar for new translators, which will be held in Oslo from April 23-26, 2025.
May 1
Deadline: Nominate candidates for NORLA’s Translator's Award 2025
NORLA annually hands out an award to a talented emerging translator of Norwegian literature. The award is given for translations directly from Norwegian as an encouragement towards continued efforts.
The 2025 award will be given to a translator of fiction.
We would very much like to hear from you about deserving candidates!