SINAS at 40: American Soft Power at a Crossroads?
- Date
- 28 November 2025, 13:00–16:45
- Location
- Carolina Rediviva, Periodical Reading Room
- Type
- Conference
- Organiser
- Swedish Institute for North American Studies
- Contact person
- Leyla Drake
In 2025, it is forty years since SINAS—the Swedish Institute for North American Studies—was founded at Uppsala University. To mark the anniversary we are arranging a symposium on the past, present, and future of American “soft power.” Welcome!
Deadline for registration 16 november 2025.
REGISTRATION: https://doit.medfarm.uu.se/bin/kurt3/kurt/8894717
PROGRAM
13.00 Welcome: Dag Blanck, director of SINAS
13.05 Opening remarks: Joakim Palme, vice-rector of Humanities and Social Sciences
13.15 Keynote: Martin Gelin, journalist and author, most recently, of Mjuk makt (2025)
14.00 Interventions: Daniel Rosenblum (human geography), Lucia Hodgson (North American studies) and Benjamin Martin (history of science and ideas)
14.45 Coffee break
15.15 Interventions: Ylva Bergström (sociology of education), Stephen Blinder (political science) and David Jansson (human geography)
16.00 Panel discussion: American Studies as soft power? Dag Blanck (North American studies), Cathryn Halverson (literature) and Adam Hjorthén (North American studies)
16.40 Closing remarks: Dag Blanck
16.45–18.00 Reception in Café Carolina