Ingela Nilsson - Curriculum Vitae#
Current projects
Text and narrative in Byzantium (Texte et récit à Byzance): a collaborative research network for Byzantine narration and modern narratology (Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, 2015-17)
The ekphraseis of Manasses: new critical editions and translations (into French) of the ekphraseis of Constantine Manasses (in collaboration with Charis Messis, Paris)
Konstantinos Manasses, Literary Craftsman: A Byzantine Author at Work: study of the authorship and literary production of Constantine Manasses (monograph in preparation)
The Byzantine Receptions Network: a research network in order to support the development of reception studies of Byzantium, supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung (a collaboration between University of Silesia, Lincoln University and Uppsala University)
Exams
- BA 1994 (Greek, Latin, Modern Greek), Göteborg University
- Ph.D. 2001 (Greek), Göteborg University
Academic assignments
- Reviewer of MA thesis: Central European University, Budapest (2009)
- Examiner of PhD dissertations: Lund University 2007 (Church History), 2008 (Latin), 2012 (Modern Greek), 2012 (Church History); University of Helsinki 2010 (Ancient history); University of Southern Denmark 2014 (Greek); Sorbonne, Paris 2014 (Byzantine Studies); University of Vienna 2014 (Byzantine Studies); Uppsala University 2015 (Semitic Languages), 2015 (American Literature); University of Cyprus 2015 (Byzantine Studies)
- Examiner of applications for promotion: University of Cyprus (2013); Agder University, Norway (2013); Stockholm University (2014); University of Southern Denmark (2014); University of Oslo (2016)
- Expert reviewer of applications to Riksbankens jubileumsfond (2008); Rustaveli Foundation, Georgia (2011); Swedish Research Council (2011-2012)
- Member of the Senior Advisory Board of the project “Novel Saints. Ancient novelistic heroism in the hagiography of Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages” at the University of Gent (ERC-SG – European Research Council Starting Grant), 2014-2018
- Editor of Studia Byzantina Upsaliensia (2010-) and Studia Graeca Upsaliensa (2010-2015)
- Member of the editorial board and correspondent for the Nordic countries to the bibliography of Byzantinische Zeitschrift (Munich)
- Member of the editorial board of Byzantinische Studien und Texte (Münster and Berlin)
- Member of the editorial board of Scandinavian Journal for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies (Lund)
- Peer reviewer for Belfast Byzantine Texts and Translations, Brepols, Byzantina Australiensia, Byzantion, Classical Receptions Journal, Dossiers byzantins, Dumbarton Oaks Papers, Graeco-Latina Brunensia, Ilinois Classical Studies, Journal of Mediterranean Studies, Kentron, Lychnos, Medium Aevum Monographs, Notre Dame University Press, Verlag der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Member of the board of trustees of the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul (2009-2015), secretary of the board of trustees (2012-2015)
- President of the Swedish Committee for Byzantine Studies (2010-)
- Network manager of NBN (Nordic Byzantine Network), 2010-2013
- Research director of LILAe (Litterae et Linguae, Research network in literary studies at the Faculty of Languages, Uppsala University), 2015
Guest lectures
Invited lectures at Columbia University, New York (2005); University of Patras (2006); University of Athens (2009, 2010); University of Lampeter, Wales (2010); Münster (2011); University of Silesia, Katowice (2011); Radboud University, Nijmegen (2011, 2013); University of Southern Denmark (2013); Collège de France, Paris (2013); Sorbonne, Paris (2014); University of Austin, Texas (2014), Gent University (2015)
Professeur invité at École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris (March-April 2008, February-June 2009, November-December 2014)