SASUF Satellite Events 2024

Through a gathering of researchers, lecturers, students and university management, we will identify challenges in developing and implementing an international master’s programme in visual culture and interculturality as well as explore strategies to overcome them. Experiences of teaching and supervision at the master’s level at the Universities of Johannesburg and Karlstad will be presented and compared, and invitations have been extended to the universities of Gothenburg, Lund and Aalto where similar programmes and collaborations are currently in play to share their knowledge and know-how.

The event is open to students with an interest in visual culture and communication, visual arts, artistic research, art history, and cultural and intercultural studies.

Venue: Fryxellsalen, Room 1B 306, Karlstad University, capacity of 65
Zoom: Link to be sent to registered attendees on May 13, online attendance has no limit
Registration: Please, register for this event by filling in and submitting this form

Times and Speakers

• 13.00  Brenda Schmahmann, Professor and South African Research Chair in South African Art and Visual Culture, University of Johannesburg, Irene Bronner, Senior Lecturer, Office of the South African Research Chair in South African Art and Visual Culture, University of Johannesburg, Maria Moberg Stephenson, Senior Lecturer, Department of Social and Psychological Studies, Karlstad University and Staffan Löfving, Associate Professor, Department of Language, Literature and Intercultural Studies, Karlstad University, and Visiting Associate Professor with the South African Research Chair in South African Art and Visual Culture, University of Johannesburg 
• 13.30  Peter Wikström, Associate Professor and Director of Studies, and Nicklas Hållén, Associate Professor and Programme Coordinator, Master programme in English, Department of Language, Literature and Intercultural Studies, Karlstad University
• 14.00  Coffee break
• 14.15  Juuso Tervo, Assistant Professor, Arts-Based Research and Pedagogy, Head of Nordic Master in Visual Studies and Art Education, NoVA, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Aalto University
• 14.45  Jyoti Mistry, Professor, the Film, Photography and Literary Composition Unit, and Programme Coordinator, Master of Fine Arts Programme in Film, University of Gothenburg  
• 15.15  Joacim Sprung, Senior Lecturer in Art History and Visual Studies and former Coordinator of the International Master programme in Visual Culture, Lund University
• 15.45  Concluding discussion, chaired by Maria Moberg Stephenson, Senior Lecturer, Department of Social and Psychological Studies, Karlstad University 

Keywords: Higher education, Internationalization, Postgraduate studies, Visual culture, Interculturality