Banned Books Week Sweden is organised by the Dawit Isaak Library in Malmö and Swedish PEN. It is a way of keeping the debate on freedom of expression alive and a powerful defence of everyone’s right to read. In collaboration with the Dawit Isaak Library, Malmö University is marking Banned Books Week with a book exhibition, seminars and study visits.

Programme

Exhibition of banned books

Banned and censored fantasy (fantasy, science fiction, dystopias and horror) in collaboration with Swedish PEN. On display all week at the Orkanen Library.

Lecture: “Libraries and Democracy”

with Fredrik Hanell, Associate Professor of Library and Information Science at Linnaeus University
Wednesday 7 October, 13.15–15.00 at Orkanen Library, C527

Seminar: “Reading a forbidden text: The Handmaid’s Tale”

with Mia Dahlqvist from the Dawit Isaak Library and Morgan Deumier, PhD student at the Department of Children, Youth and Society, Learning and Society. The seminar will be held in English.
Thursday 8 October, 10.15–12.00 at Orkanen Library, C527

Study visit to the Dawit Isaak Library

Friday 9 October at 13.00
Guided tour in English with the opportunity to ask questions in Swedish.
Address: Hyllie Boulevard 21, in the "Drivbänken" building.

Lecture: “Censorship & Education”

with Joris Vlieghe, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Theory of Education at KU Leuven (Belgium)
Monday 12 October, 10.15–12.00 at Orkanen Library, C528
The lecture will be held in English.

The lectures, exhibition and study visits are all open to everyone!