Research at the Faculty of Languages
Language research naturally deals with grammar and words, but also literature, linguistics, language history, dialects, conversation and names.
New database aims to give African literature visibility
“There’s so much literature that ought to be seen,” says Ashleigh Harris, Professor of English. Harris is leading an innovative digitisation project a...
New Academician keen to promote Swedish
In December this year, David Håkansson will become a member of the Swedish Academy. As professor and researcher in linguistics at Uppsala University, ...
The AI tool quickly became good at Swedish
The AI tool Chat-GPT has stunned the world with its good language use. But how did the language model become so good at Swedish? We asked Joakim Nivre...
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The Swedish Institute for North American Studies (SINAS)
The Swedish Institute for North American Studies (SINAS) conducts research, offers courses and promotes the study of North America. It is the only institute of its kind in Sweden. Founded in 1985, we are a section within the Department of English. The researchers at the institute work closely with our colleagues in American literature at the department. Moreover, the institute serves as a resource for the larger community of scholars at Uppsala University interested in North America, and cooperate with scholars in education, the humanities, law, social sciences, and theology.
Interdisciplinary projects
Researchers at the Faculty of Languages participate in several interdisciplinary projects.
Projects financed by the Centre for Integrated Research on Culture and Society (CIRCUS)
- From close reading to remote reading: digital humanities and new forms of text analysis
- Human diversity research network
- Ecological Narratives: Bio/Cyber/Semiotic Perspectives
- TextWorlds
Research projects financed by Uppsala Antibiotic Center
Honorary doctoral degrees
Honorary doctoral degrees are awarded to distinguished individuals who have made an outstanding academic contribution or in some other way promoted research at the University. Each year, the faculty boards have the opportunity to appoint one or more honorary doctors.