Curriculum vitaeName:Anders Hallengren Date and place of birth: Born in Stockholm on June 19, 1950 |
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| Author and journalist | 1976– |
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Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, Stockholm University; examiner in American and African American Literature | 1999– |
| Professional translator | 2000– |
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Professional Connection Adviser of the Harvard Alumni Association |
2001– |
| Composer at the EMS studios | 2008– |
| Fellow of The Linnean Society of London | 2009– |
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Research Coordinator of the international network Configurations of Desire in Premodern Literature | 2009–2012 |
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Senior Fellow of the International Research Project Fiction and Figuration | 2010–2012 |
| Education and degrees awarded | |
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Candidate in Philosophy, BA, MA University of Stockholm | 1972 |
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Masters degree, philosophy and literature, The Stockholm Teacher’s College | 1974 |
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Doctor of Philosophy degree, University of Stockholm | 1994 |
| Docent, Stockholm University | 1999 |
| UPC University teacher diploma II | 2005 |
| Previous Professional Appointments and Research | |
| Professional musician | 1967-1972 |
| Assistant at Ratos Data Processing Center | 1972 |
| Gardener, The Bergius Botanic Garden | 1973 |
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High School Teacher in philosophy, psychology, and language | 1973–1975 |
| Foreign Affairs journalist | 1976-1984 |
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Visiting Fellow in the Department of History, Harvard University | 1980-81 |
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Teacher of Creative Writing, Workers' Educational Association (ABF), Stockholm | 1984–1986 |
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Writer, communication consultant, and producer: Kinnevik/Medvik/Scansat International media projects | 1984–1986 |
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Visiting Fellow in the Department of History, Harvard University, affiliated to the Program for the History of American Civilization | 1987–88 |
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Lectures in the USA, Russia, China, India, England, Canada, the former Yugoslavia, Italy, South Africa, The Bahamas, Bulgaria, Australia | 1988 – 2009 |
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Member of the Board of the Transnational Institute (Norwich, Vermont and Moscow), and International Research Coordinator | 1991–1996 |
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Contact and Adviser of the Committee for Tuition in English, Guangxi Teachers University, The People's Republic of China | 1993–1994 |
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Organizer of the first International ELT Congress, Guilin, P.R. China | 1993 |
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Lecturer in the History of Literature, Stockholm University | 1995–99 |
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Responsible for Stockholm University classes in the History of American Literature (Advanced Level), Dept. History of Literature, Stockholm University | 1996 –2008 |
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Researcher and Project director (Topological studies in Late Medieval Love Poetry), Dept. History of Literature, Stockholm University | 1997–2004 |
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Responsible for Stockholm University courses on the Modern Breakthrough in Scandinavian Literature | 1997–2007 |
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Visiting Professor of the Medieval and Renaissance Consortium, Dept. of Philosophy, University of Hawai'i at Manoa | 1998 |
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Delegate and Lecturer, Parliament of the World's Religions, Cape Town, South Africa | 1999 |
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Research Affiliate, The European Science Foundation (Strasbourg) | 1999–2000 |
| Chairman of the Nobel Copyright Group | 2000–2001 |
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Consulting Editor for literature of the Nobel Foundation and the Nobel e–Museum/Nobelprize.org | 1999–2003 |
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Research Fellow, Dept. History of Literature and the History of Ideas, Stockholm University | 2001–2005 |
| Lecturer in African American Literature, SU | 2004 – 2008 |
| Researcher and Assistant Editor of the Strindberg Project | 2006 – 2008 |
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Moderator in the "Art, Leadership and Health" project of the Department of Public Health Sciences | 2007-2008 |
| Editorial board memberships | |
| REFERENS | 1974–1976 |
| LITTER | 1976–1977 |
| BOKGILLET | 1977–1979 |
| All Africa Press Service | 1980 |
| AFFÄRSLIVET | 1983–1986 |
| Kinnevik/Medvik/Scansat Media | 1984-1986 |
| VÄRLDARNAS MÖTE | 1989–1995 |
| ARCANA (USA) | 1994–1995 |
| SPI News (correspondent) | 1994-1995 |
| VÄRLD OCH VETANDE | 1991–1995 |
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PARNASS, Journal of the Literary Societies of Sweden | 1993–1996 |
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PARNASS/Allt om Böcker (Managing Editor) | 1997–2003 |
| Bonnier Publishers | 1998–2000 |
| The Nobel Foundation /Nobelprize.org | 1999–2003 |
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TFL, The Swedish University Journal of Literary Research, (Editor–in chief) | 2003 |
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The National Edition of August Strindberg's Collected Works (Senior Editor) | 2006–2008 |
| Memberships in Scientific Societies | |
| The Hemingway Society (Fellow Member) | 1991– |
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Transnational Vladimir Solovyov Society (Founding member, and member of the International Advisory Council, Norwich and Moscow) | 1991– |
| The New York Academy of Sciences (Fellow Member) | 1994– |
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Associación de Estudios del Caribe (Puerto Rico), fellow member | 1994– |
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The Stockholm Association of Humanities (Stockholms Humanistiska Förbund), — on the Board of Directors | 1996 |
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President of the Stockholm Association of Humanities | 1997–2002 |
| Life Member of the Swedenborg Society, London | 2004– |
| The Linnean Society of London | 2009– |
| The Linnean Society of New South Wales | 2009– |
| The Royal Society of Zoology of NSW | 2009 |
| President of the Swedenborg Society of London | 2011-2012 |
| Other academic and professional activities & affiliations | |
| Member of the P.E.N. World Association of Writers | 1985– |
| Member of the Union of Swedish Writers | 1985– |
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Member of the Union of Professional Translators (Latin, English, German, Spanish, Italian) | 1985– |
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Member of the Writer's Center, Stockholm (Författarcentrum Öst) | 1996- |
| Elected Swedish State Church District Commissioner | 1997 |
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Member of the Research Board of Advisers of the American Biographical Institute | 1998– |
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Committee Member of the Literary Societies of Sweden (De Litterära Sällskapens Samarbetsnämnd, DELS) | 1998–1999 |
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The International Music Agency of Swedish Composers (STIM), the Swedish Performing Rights Society | 1999– |
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Member of VEMS/EMS: Composers of the Electronic Music Studio | 2001– |
| Member of the Translator's Center, Sweden | 2002– |
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Member of SEAMS, The Swedish Society of Electronic Music | 2007– |
| Member of the United Nations Association (UNA) | 2009– |
| Books in English |
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1. THE PURITAN MIND AND THE MODERN SELF. Current History: 1991 (first ed. Guilin, China 1989). |
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2. DÉTENTE AND DISRUPTION: Antipoles in the Age of Unity. Speech at the XXVII International October Meeting of Writers in Belgrade 1990 – "The End of Utopias, and the World Spirit." © UKS–P.E.N., Beograd and Kragujevac 1990, 1992 [Popustanje i Raspad: Suprotni polovi u vreme jedinstva]; Engl. version pub. in the Current History series 1991; review: "Vreme Istine" (The Moment of Truth), Politika Expres 21/10 1990. |
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3. DECIPHERING REALITY: Swedenborg, Emerson, Whitman and the Search for the Language of Nature. University of Minnesota: Minneapolis 1992. |
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4. (Co-editor) 1993 GUILIN ELT/HEMINGWAY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. Guangxi Teachers University: Guilin 1993. |
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5. THE CODE OF CONCORD: Emerson’s Search for Universal Laws. Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis, Stockholm Studies in History of Literature. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell International 1994. |
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6. WHAT IS NATIONAL LITERATURE? Lectures on Emerson, Dostoevsky, Hemingway, and the Meaning of Culture. Current History: 1996. |
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7. GALLERY OF MIRRORS: Reflections of Swedenborgian Thought. West Chester, Penn.: Swedenborg Studies Monograph Series, 8. Swedenborg Foundation 1998. |
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8. (Co–author), ROCKING THE AGES: The Pulse and Continuity of Change. West Chester: Chrysalis Books, 2000. |
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9. (Trans.) Martin Lamm, Emanuel Swedenborg: The Development of His Thought. With a Foreword by Paul Valéry. Translated by Tomas Spiers and Anders Hallengren. Swedenborg Studies Monograph Series, 9, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 2000. Pp. 354 |
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10. (Trans.) Lars Bergquist, Swedenborg’s Dream Diary. Translated by Anders Hallengren. Swedenborg Studies Series, 11. West Chester, Pennsylvania: Swedenborg Foundation Publishers 2001. Pp. 371. |
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11. (Trans.) Olof Lagercrantz, Epic of the Afterlife West Chester, Penn.: Swedenborg Foundation Publishers, 2002. |
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12. (Co–author), IN SEARCH OF THE ABSOLUTE: Essays on Swedenborg and Literature Ed. Stephen McNeilly. London: Swedenborg Society, 2004. |
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13. (Co–author) PEACE IN A RESTLESS WORLD. Los Angeles: Mananam, Chinmaya. 2004; and Chennai, India 2005. |
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14. NOBEL LAUREATES IN SEARCH OF IDENTITY AND INTEGRITY. New Jersey, London, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei, Chennai: World Scientific Publishing Co. (WSPC), 2004, 2005. ISBN 9812560386 (hardbound) 9812560742 (paperback). Library of Congress Control Number: 2004058654. Pp. 270+x. Published as E-BOOK in 2006, ebrary, Inc. |
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15. Nelson Mandela and the Rainbow of Culture. Reprint, AVID Center: San Diego 2008. |
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16. (Contrib.) KALEIDOSCOPE: Lenses on Reality. Ed. R.F. Lawson and C.S. Lawson. West Chester: Chrysalis Books 2009. |
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17. Memoirs of Swedenborg and other documents. Swedenborg Society/Bloomsbury 2011 |
| Contact information |
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Anders Hallengren Hudiksvallsgatan 3 SE–113 30 Stockholm Phone +46-768 23 30 25 E-mail address:hallengren@post.harvard.edu |
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2012-10-01
PENTAGRAMS | PENTAGRAMME
MADLEN HERRSTRÖM has created a series of exhibitions inspired by ANDERS HALLENGREN's 66 'Pentagram'
five-liners, here presented in English and German translations along with a selection of the works of art.
MADLEN HERRSTRÖM hat eine Serie Ausstellungen geschaffen, inspiriert von ANDERS HALLENGRENs 66 Fünfzeilern,
genannt "Pentagramme", welche hier in englischen und deutschen Übersetzungen zusammen mit ausgewählten Kunstwerken präsentiert werden.
Bibliophile edition, ÉDITIONS SANDER 2012
ISBN: 978-91-633-6936-0, Pp. 109.
List price GBP 30/EUR 35/SEK 290
Contact and orders: info@gallerisander.se
http://www.gallerisander.se/nkpg/kontakt.html
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11 November 2011
Territoire extérieur
d'Anders Hallengren
accompagné de trois dessins de Madlen Herrström
Collection "Le frau"
Bélinay, Paulhac: Odile Fix 2011
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1 August 2011
Memoirs of Swedenborg and other documents
1st Ed. London 2011
ISBN: 978-0-85448-168-2
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30 May 2011
OPHIR: Opus Operatum (2011)
Sixty minutes of original music composed by Anders Hallengren and Stefan Östlund.
Manifest Music Award nominee 2012.
1 June 2011
SOFIA, BULGARIA
Poetry and music by Anders Hallengren will be performed
at the Sofia City Gallery on June 1, 2011, at 6:30 p.m.
Poems recited in Bulgarian.
Program PDF
First performance of NEBULA 7-5
Anders Hallengren—Stefan Östlund
at Fylkingen, Stockholm, 28 August 2010
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CROSSPOINT
Tomelilla Konsthall 14.8-26.9 2010
INTRO: Madlen Herrström Vimeo Video
Review: Ett möte mellan poesi och konst
CROSSPOINT 2010 Art Book
ISBN 978-91-633-6976-6
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UTMARKSFÄRDEN
By Anders Hallengren and Madlen Herrström
Éditions Sander 2010
ISBN 978-91-633-6935-3
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Anders Hallengren: AN ANGLE OF VISION: The Seer in Contemporary Perspective. In: Kaleidope: Lenses on Reality, Ed. Robert F. Lawson & Carol S. Lawson, Chrysalis Books: West Chester 2009
Paris artist Madlen Herrström has created a
travelling exhibition inspired by Anders Hallengren's poems.
Diktsvit bakom tavlor med rörelse
Variationsrikt och utmanande
Pentagram (2009) Ill. by Madlen Herrström
and by Gull Rosdahl. ISBN 978-91-976972-5-5
From the reviews:
... " en språklig balanskonstnär med skärpa i såväl formuleringar som funderingar" Ann Lingebrandt, ´Femradingar med filosofisk knorr´, HD 5 April, 2009
" Med känsla och varsamhet, fantasi och erfarenhet, öppnar han upp för en berikad bild av verkligheten, en skönare plattform att stå på." Bo Blom, BTJ 10/2009
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