Joseph Conrad as Global Author
Course, Bachelor's level, 5EN109
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Autumn 2026 Autumn 2026, Flexible, 50%, Distance learning, English
The course is cancelled.
- Location
- Flexible
- Pace of study
- 50%
- Teaching form
- Distance learning
- Number of meetings
-
- Mandatory on-campus meetings: 0
- Optional on-campus meetings: 0
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 14 September 2026–22 November 2026
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
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General entry requirements and English level 2, or English 6
- Selection
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Final school grades (60%) - Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (40%)
- Fees
- If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees.
- First tuition fee instalment: SEK 12,375
- Total tuition fee: SEK 12,375
- Application code
- UU-55061
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Spring 2027 Spring 2027, Flexible, 50%, Distance learning, English
- Location
- Flexible
- Pace of study
- 50%
- Teaching form
- Distance learning
- Number of meetings
-
- Mandatory on-campus meetings: 0
- Optional on-campus meetings: 0
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 1 February 2027–11 April 2027
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
-
General entry requirements and English level 2, or English 6
- Selection
-
Final school grades (60%) - Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (40%)
- Fees
- If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees.
- First tuition fee instalment: SEK 12,375
- Total tuition fee: SEK 12,375
- Application deadline
- 15 October 2026
- Application code
- UU-05061
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 4 January 2027–31 January 2027
- Information on registration from the department
About the course
This course explores the phenomenon of globalized authorship in the life and work of Joseph Conrad. A polyglot and cosmopolitan novelist whose works were massively serialised and translated during his lifetime, Conrad exerted a powerful influence upon how contemporary readers viewed the world even as his own extraordinary life and oeuvre were shaped by the global forces of nationalism, imperialism, and new media.
Starting with Maya Jasanoff's landmark biography The Dawn Watch (2017), you will study a selection of Conrad's major novels, shorter fiction, essays, and letters in relation to recent theoretical accounts of transnationalism, life writing, empire and race, reception networks, and maritime space.
Outline for distance course: The distance course is based on self-study and communication through the web-based learning environment. This contains all information regarding the course and is used for the compulsory course activities. Teaching takes the form of study instructions, exercises and discussions. Access to a computer with an internet connection is required to take the course. All teaching and examinations are done online. Note that this kind of course requires as much effort as an ordinary campus course and that it is equally important to meet set deadlines.