• 19.05.2025 - 21.05.2025
• 🇧🇪 Belgien / Mons
• University of Mons, Faculty of Translation and Interpretation
• zur Website

French-speaking Association for Nordic Studies’ 6th biennial conference

The North as a Meeting Ground

The 6th biennial conference of the French-speaking Association for Nordic Studies (APEN) will be held in Belgium from May 19th to 21st, 2025, and will be organised by the department of Nordic studies (service NORD) within the Faculty of Translation and Interpretation (FTI-EII) at the University of Mons.

This new edition of a recurring scientific event aims to bring together researchers, PhD students and professionals interested in the Scandinavian and Nordic regions to strengthen the ties between specialists, enrich new or existing projects and works or set them in motion, and take stock of the current state of research in Nordic studies, regardless of scientific fields.

Through its theme, the conference wishes to explore the North as “a meeting ground”. The notion calls for a wide array of reinterpretations: it seems particularly suitable for a region that is often considered “peripheral”, while simultaneously possessing a certain centrality due to being glorified or held up as a model in many discussions.