Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
On Tuesday, 6 June, the 2023 Nils Klim Seminar will take place at the University Aula in Bergen, Norway. The event is open to the public.
How was the fact-fiction distinction established? This seminar investigates the emergence of new conceptions of fact and fiction in the 18th century.
Today, we take a division between fact and fiction for granted. It was, however, only in the 18th century that these categories became generic designators. This panel discusses manifestations of the emerging fact-fiction distinction in the 18th century in various outlets such as periodicals, novels, and pamphlets. Speaking from a point in time that has been labelled “post-truth”, the panelists address the Enlightenment era which established the fundamental fact-fiction distinction that we have since relied on.
This is an academic seminar held in honour of the 2023 Nils Klim Laureate Simona Zetterberg -Nielsen. There will be an introduction of the topic by the Nils Klim Laureate, followed by presentations by invited guests, a panel discussion and a Q&A session.
Speakers:
Simona Zetterberg-Nielsen, Ass. Professor of Nordic Language and Literature at Aarhus University
Samuli Björninen, Researcher, Tampere University
Aina Nøding, Research Librarian at the National Library of Norway
Ulrik Langen, Professor of History at the University of Copenhagen
Photo: Lars Kruse. Illustration: Ludvig Holberg’s Klimii Iter Subterraneum (1741) Source: CC. via Wikimedia Commons.
On Tuesday, 6 June, the 2023 Nils Klim Seminar will take place at the University Aula in Bergen, Norway. The event is open to the public.
How was the fact-fiction distinction established? This seminar investigates the emergence of new conceptions of fact and fiction in the 18th century.
Today, we take a division between fact and fiction for granted. It was, however, only in the 18th century that these categories became generic designators. This panel discusses manifestations of the emerging fact-fiction distinction in the 18th century in various outlets such as periodicals, novels, and pamphlets. Speaking from a point in time that has been labelled “post-truth”, the panelists address the Enlightenment era which established the fundamental fact-fiction distinction that we have since relied on.
This is an academic seminar held in honour of the 2023 Nils Klim Laureate Simona Zetterberg -Nielsen. There will be an introduction of the topic by the Nils Klim Laureate, followed by presentations by invited guests, a panel discussion and a Q&A session.
Speakers:
Simona Zetterberg-Nielsen, Ass. Professor of Nordic Language and Literature at Aarhus University
Samuli Björninen, Researcher, Tampere University
Aina Nøding, Research Librarian at the National Library of Norway
Ulrik Langen, Professor of History at the University of Copenhagen
Photo: Lars Kruse. Illustration: Ludvig Holberg’s Klimii Iter Subterraneum (1741) Source: CC. via Wikimedia Commons.
