Programme. The Public Sphere and Freedom of Expression. Britain and the Nordic Countries, The organisers would like to thank:

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1 The Public Sphere and Freedom of Expression Britain and the Nordic Countries, Owner Institution: National Library of Norway Programme The organisers would like to thank:

2 Thursday, 7 June Registration with Tea and Coffee Pearson Building (North East Entrance) G22 LT Welcome Keynote Lecture - The Public Sphere I Alvin Jackson (Sir Richard Lodge Professor of History, University of Edinburgh) Dual Monarchies, National Symbols and the Public Sphere: The United Kingdom in the Nineteenth Century Chair: Dag Michalsen 12.30Sit es of Pwer Lunch Session 1: The Public Sphere II Chair: Ola Mestad Dag Michaelsen (Dean, Department of Public and International Law, University of Oslo) The Constitution as Information System Ruth Hemstad (Research Librarian, National Library of Norway and Associate Professor, Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History, University of Oslo) Making Scandinavians: Transnational Symbolic and Conceptual Struggles in the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway Elettra Carbone (Lecturer in Norwegian Studies, Department of Scandinavina Studies, UCL) Scandinavian Fragments: A Cultural History of Anglo-Scandinavian Relations through the Items in UCL Special Collections 2

3 15.00 Tea and Coffee Session 2: Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Association Chair: Elettra Carbone Power Power Philip Schofield (Professor of the History of Legal and Political Thought, UCL) Jeremy Bentham on Freedom of the Press, Public Opinion, and Good Government Katherine Inglis (Lecturer, School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, University of Edinburgh) Sealed Books to the Multitude : Henry Vizetelly, Radical Reading, and the Expansion of Obscenity Eric Barendt (Emeritus Professor of Media Law, UCL) Freedom of Speech in Nineteenth Century England: Weak in Principle, Robust in Practice Ola Mestad (Professor, Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, University of Oslo) Freedom of Association in the Nordic Countries against a British Background Reception Wilkins Building (Main Building) South Cloisters ower Dinner (for all speakers) Sites 3

4 Friday, 8 June 9.00 Session 3: The Public Sphere III Pearson Building (North East Entrance) G22 LT Chair: Ruth Hemstad Roald Berg (Professor, Department of Cultural Studies and Languages, University of Stavanger) Fear and Love in International Politics: Images of Britain in Norwegian Public Life, Cur Henrik Olav Mathiesen (PhD Candidate, Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History, University of Oslo) Letters to the Public (Sphere): The Transatlantic Circulation and Printing of Letters from Irish, Welsh, and Scandinavian U.S. Immigrants Merethe Roos (Professor, Department of Culture, Religion and Social Studies, University of Southeast Norway) The School Exhibition in London 1854: A Scandinavian Meeting Point Tea and Coffee Session 4: Freedom of Expression Chair: Dag Michalsen Cur Henrik Edgren (Head of Department, Department of Education, Uppsala University) Constitutionalism and Public Opinion: The Political Debate in Britain as a Role Model in Sweden and Norway in the Early Nineteenth Century 4

5 Jani Marjanen (Researcher, Centre for Nordic Studies, University of Helsinki) Crossing Borders in Early Nineteenth Century Public Discourse in Finland Mart Kuldkepp (Lecturer in Contemporary Scandinavian History, Department of Scandinavian Studies, UCL) The Finnish Question in Sweden during the Crimean War Karl Farrugia (Student, Department of Scandinavia Studies, UCL) Debating Problems: Fra Kristiania-Bohêmen, Albertine and the Debate on Sexual Morality in the Nordic Countries ur Concluding Remarks Chair: Ola Mestad and Eric Barendt Lunch 5