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Popular children's books from the 1950s contribute to Norway's special view of crime, study says

Thorbjørn Egner's stories about Cardamom town and Huckbucky forest are not just light entertainment for children. The narratives reinforce Norway’s ideals of crime and punishment, forgiveness and change, one study says.

Science fiction tells us we are destroying the world we live in. Can it also help us save it?

Films and books of this genre contemplate the future but are also useful for understanding our present, according to researcher.

What the evolution of the hero in Norwegian fabulations can tell us about ourselves

SHARE YOUR SCIENCE: How has the Norwegian fantastic hero changed over time, and what can this tell us about ourselves?

Harry Potter fans explore gender and sexuality online

The Harry Potter books are pervaded with queer and transsexual symbols, says Jennifer Duggan. She has written a PhD thesis about the internet culture surrounding to the book series.

Women's liberation and homoerotic desire in Knut Hamsuns works

New research demonstrates expressions of women’s liberation and homoerotic desire in Knut Hamsun’s works from the 1890s.

Here's how Vikings celebrated Christmas

They drank, and they ate horse meat.

Can a book change your life?

Have you ever read a book that has gripped you so strongly that it affected the way you live or the way you understand yourself? Now the Norwegian health care system is starting to take an interest in literature as part of treatment.

CasaPound Italia: Contemporary Extreme Right Politics

How does a relatively small far right group, with little electoral support, attract international media attention and influence national politics? A recently published book by C-REX researchers Pietro Castelli Gattinara and Caterina Froio uses the example of CasaPound Italia to illustrate the new and often surprising forms that right-wing extremism is taking across the globe.

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Popular children's books from the 1950s contribute to Norway's special view of crime, study says

Science fiction tells us we are destroying the world we live in. Can it also help us save it?

What the evolution of the hero in Norwegian fabulations can tell us about ourselves

Harry Potter fans explore gender and sexuality online

Women's liberation and homoerotic desire in Knut Hamsuns works

Here's how Vikings celebrated Christmas

Can a book change your life?

CasaPound Italia: Contemporary Extreme Right Politics

Men read as much as women, at least when it comes to audiobooks

A Story about the Plague

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