News & Events
As we begin the new academic year, it is a pleasure to introduce our newest English Department colleagues: Dr. Myrto Drizou, Dr. Colin Davis, and Dr. Nahum Welang. Get to know your new professors and learn more about their teaching and research interests in the interview below …
The English Department congratulates third-year Bachelor of English student Solveig Landsem on winning the Edith Wharton Society’s Undergraduate Research Prize. Landsem’s essay was selected for this award from among entries by English students from across the world. …
Being a PhD fellow comes with many challenges: not only does one have to develop a full and compelling research project, usually with an international component, but one also has many other obligations, including teaching, research group activity, and developing …
The Department of English at Nord University, in collaboration with LæreriNord, invites Bodø VGS students to a special half-day event for a taste of college life. University lecturers from the One-Year English Programme have planned a morning of exciting talks and lectures …
On March 4, English students met up at The Cat’s Meow to dance their cares away, Roaring 20s style. Little did they know that they would be required to solve a ‘murder’… It was a exciting and glamorous way to work on communication skills, memorization, logic, rational deduction, teamwork, and …
The Department of English at Nord University, in collaboration with the Bodø Film Club and the Bodø English Literature Club, invites you to a special showing of The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999, dir. Anthony Minghella) at Fram Kino on Saturday 2 March 2024 at 15:30 …
The ASCET Project invites you to our inaugural webinar, on 22 Jan. 2024, which focuses on the dynamics & possible futures of political, aesthetic, and pedagogical interventions in the climate crisis and the energy cultures that underpin it. Featuring a keynote from Dominic Boyer …
The Department of English invites you to a virtual book launch, on 29 September 2023, to celebrate Dr. Myrto Drizou and her co-editors (Palmer & Roudeau), who recently published New Perspectives on Mary E. Wilkins Freeman: Reading with and Against the Grain (Edinburgh UP) …
For the sixth consecutive year, Bachelor of English has rated highest in overall student satisfaction among all similar disciplinary degree programs in Norway, according to the annual survey administered by the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (NOKUT) …
The ICEPELL Project (Intercultural Citizenship Education through Picturebooks in Early English Language Learning), funded by Erasmus+, is leaving us with a treasure trove of pedagogical resources around picturebooks for teachers of English in Grades 1-7 …
Nord Students from several English programmes and the International Student Union recently joined forces for this year’s zombie walk. Over 20 students worked together to create a night to remember. Nearly 100 Nord students and community members dared to come for a scare …
The Department of English congratulates Professor Janice Bland, who recently published her latest book, Compelling Stories for English Language Learners: Creativity, Interculturality and Critical Literacy (Bloomsbury, 2022). The book promotes reading as central to language education …
In week 39, Nord University hosted the American Studies Association of Norway’s biennial conference. The event attracted over 75 participants from around the world to engage in scholarly discussions and research presentations concerning this year’s theme: American and the Sea …
Congratulations to Prof. Jessica Allen Hanssen on receiving Nord’s Accredited Teacher Award. Hanssen received formal recognition at Nord’s academic awards ceremony on 27 September 2022. This award recognizes faculty who have demonstrated excellence in their teaching …
The Department of English congratulates our colleague Maja H. Jensvoll on her promotion to Associate Professor. Jensvoll has been teaching at Nord University since 2003. Her profile includes English subject pedagogy, school development and professional development …
The Department of English congratulates our colleague Jessica Allen Hanssen on her promotion to Professor of English Subject Pedagogy. Hanssen has been teaching British and American Literature, Research and Writing, and English Subject Pedagogy at Nord University since 2007 …
The Humanities, Education & Culture Research Group will host their annual seminar on 3 December 2021. “Community, Crisis, and Change” will feature an international plenary from Pierre-Louis Patoine (Sorbonne Nouvelle) and presentations from several members …
The Bachelor of English at Nord University, Bodø (BAENG), for the fifth consecutive year, scored highest in student satisfaction among all similar degree programmes in Norway. The Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (NOKUT) runs an annual survey of all 2nd- & 5th-year …
Bachelor of English and MAGLU English were “playing with murder” in the Crime Fiction class on October 20th – with a murder-mystery game set in the Roaring ’20s. Over 30 English students came in flapping costume and played parts that they had researched in advance …
Classrooms around the world are becoming more culturally & linguistically diverse, but are practices and approaches reflecting this diversity? Even though multilingualism is perceived as a positive attribute for societies & individuals, in educational settings it is still misunderstood, and mostly excluded …
On behalf of Nord University, Norway and the Erasmus+ ICEPELL project partners, we are delighted to welcome you to our virtual symposium. The main symposium themes are picturebooks, intercultural citizenship education and English language learning with children aged 5 to 12 years …
While the Covid-19 crisis currently prevents global travel, it did not prevent Nord’s teacher education students from getting a truly international experience. Nord’s Teacher Education students (MAGLU & KFK) participated in a “virtual study trip” to the NSC, York, UK, from January 18-22 …
On September 15th, Nord University hosted a Digital Partner Day. Over 160 Nord University students participated in the online event, as well as representatives from our international partner schools, representing many exciting exchange possibilities for students in their 3rd year …
PhD Fellow Marina Yurievna Prilutskaya will be delivering a trial lecture and defending her doctoral dissertation, “Use of Students’ Linguistic Resources in Teaching English as an Additional Language in Norway” (Supervisor: Dr. Patrik Anders Bye) on 16 December 2020 …
The Humanities, Education & Culture Research Group will host their annual seminar online on 4 December 2020. “Rights/Rites of Inclusion” will feature international plenaries from Joseph North (Yale University) and Eugenia Zuroski (McMaster University) …
The Research Group for Children’s Literature in English Language Teaching are hosting an online event on 28 October 2020. “Exploring Multiple Identities” will feature invited speakers: Nicola Daly (Waikato), Jena Habeger-Conti (Vestlandet), and Michael C. Prusse (Zurich) …
