About NIC
Purpose
The purpose of NIC is to promote cooperation in the Nordic countries (including the Baltic countries) between researchers and practitioners interested in intercultural communication. The main activity supported by NIC are the annual conferences on intercultural communication. The conferences are open to scholars and practitioners in the whole world. NIC also supports contacts between members of the Network via the NIC homepages.
Current Board of NIC
| Denmark | Iben Jensen | ij@learning.aau.dk | Hanne Tange | tange@cgs.aau.dk |
| Estonia | Irina Koksharova | irina.koksharova@emu.ee | Silvi Tenjes | ksilvi.tenjes@gmail.com |
| Finland | Saila Poutiainen | saila.poutiainen@helsinki.fi | Malgorzata Lahti | malgorzata.lahti@jyu.fi |
| Iceland | Vacant (Iceland will send name) | Vacant (Iceland will send name) | ||
| Latvia | Liene Locmele | liene.locmele@va.lv | Ieva Sture | ieva.sture@gmail.com |
| Lithuania | Elena Maceviciute | elena.maceviciute@hb.se | Renata Matkeviciene | renata.matkeviciene@kf.vu.lt |
| Norway | Ane Bergersen | mailto:ane.bergersen@hvl.no | Øystein Johannessen | oystein.johannessen@vid.noo |
| Sweden | Jens Allwood | jens@ling.gu.se | Nataliya Berbyuk Lindström | berlinds@chalmers.se |
History
The first NIC conference was held in Stavanger, Norway. Since 1994, NIC conferences have been held every year, in Norway, Finland, Denmark, Sweden and the Baltic countries. 1995 – Jyväskylä. Finland, 1996 – Aalborg, Denmark, 1997 – Tartu, Estonia, 1998 – Göteborg, Sweden, 1999 – Oslo, Norway, 2000 – Turku, Finland, 2001 – Copenhagen, Denmark, 2002 – Riga, Latvia, 2003 – Göteborg, Sweden, 2004 – Kristiansand, Norway, 2005 – Tampere, Finland, 2006 – Roskilde, Denmark, 2007 – Vilnius, Lithuania, 2008 – Reykjavik, Iceland, 2009 – Borås, Sweden, 2010 – Oslo, Norway, 2011 – Helsinki, Finland, 2012 – Aarhus, Denmark, 2013 – Tartu, Estonia, 2014 – Reykjavík, Iceland, 2015 – Jönköping, Sweden, 2016 – Bergen, Norway, 2017 – Jyväskylä, Finland, 2018 – Copenhagen, Denmark, 2019 – Valmiera, Latvia. 2020 – Covid, 2021 – Covid, 2022 – Reykjavik, Iceland, 2023 – Falun, Sweden
Overview – Conferences
| 1994, Nov 24-26 Stavanger, Norway | 1995, Nov 23- 26 Jyväskylä, Finland | 1996, Nov 20-22 Aalborg, Denmark | 1997, Nov 6-8 Tartu, Estonia | 1998, Nov 26-28 Göteborg, Sweden |
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| Centre for Intercultural Communication | University of Jyväskylä | Aalborg University | University of Tartu | University of Gothenburg |
| Intercultural Communication and contact | Nordic Symposium on Intercultural Communication | Intercultural Communication and National Identity | Intercultural Communication and Changing National Identities | Intercultural Communication through Multimodal Media |
| 75 participants 40 papers Panel | 110 participants 27 papers Parallel Seminar | 100 participants 60 papers | 65 participants 15 papers | 90 participants 60 papers Panel |
| Guest speakers Jan Blommaert, Belgium Jens Allwood, Sweden Johan Galtung, Norway | Guest speakers Jaakko Lehtonen, Finland Marju Lauristin, Estonia Øyvind Dahl, Norway Jens Allwoodm, Sweden | Guest speakers H. Bausinger, Germany O.Carloz Stoetzer, Spain Claire Kramsch, USA Barbara Johnstone, USA | Guest speakers Wolfgang Drechsler, Germany Russell Langworthy, Els Oksaar, Germany Ron and Suzanne Scollon, Hong Kong | Guest speakers Hans Gullestrup, Denmark Einar Flydal, Norway Volker Hinnenkamp, Germany |
| Publication Øyvind Dahl (Ed.), Intercultural Communication and Contact, Stavanger, 1995 | Publication No publication | Publication Torben Vestergaard (Ed.), Language, Culture and Identity, Language and Cultural Contact No 27, 1999 | Publication Marju Lauristin and Leen Rahnu (Eds.), Intercultural Communication and Changing National Identies, Tartu,1999 | Publication In the Electronic Journal http://immi.se/intercultural Selected articles also separately in paper volume. |
| 1999, Nov 18-20 Oslo, Norway | 2000, Nov 24-26 Turku, Finland | 2001, Nov 23-24 København, Denmark | 2002, Nov 21-23 Riga, Latvia | 2003, Nov 20-22 Göteborg, Sweden |
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| The Norwegian School of Management BI | Turku Akademi University | Copenhagen Business School | National Programme for Latvian Language Training | Department of Linguistics Göteborg University |
| Conflicting Values – An International Challenge | Intercultural Communication – Past and Future | Theory of Intercultural Communication | Intercultural Communication and Media | Intercultural Communication at work |
| 95 participants 20 papers Panel Workshop | 90 participant 25 papers Panel Workshop | 60 participants 17 papers | 50 participants 17 papers Panel Workshop | 109 participants 75 papers Panels |
| Guest speakers Steinar Bryn, Norway Stella Ting-Toomey, USA Charles Hampden-Turner, UK Milton Bennett, USA | Guest speakers Nils G. Holm, Finland Jens Allwood, Sweden Jaakko Lehtonen, Finland | Guest speakers Dolores Tanno, USA Steven Wilson, USA Michael Billig, UK John Kuada & Hans Gullestrup, DK | Guest speakers Jens Allwood, Sweden Sigma Ankrava, Latvia Sergej Kruk, Latvia Rikke Helms, Latvia | Guest speakers Liisa Salo-Lee, Finland Iben Jensen, Danmark (Stein Ringen), (UK) |
| Publication Maria Isaksson and Felicia A. Røkaas (Eds), Conflicting Values: An Intercultural Challenge, Oslo, 2000 | Publication No publication | Publication No publication | Publication No publication | Publication Jens Allwood and Beatriz Dorriots (Eds), Intercultural Communication at Work, Göteborg, Sweden |
| 2004, Nov 26-28 Kristiansand, Norway | 2005, Dec 2-3 Tampere, Finland | 2006, Nov 23-25 Roskilde, Denmark | 2007, Nov 29 – Dec 1 Vilnius, Lithuania | 2008, Dec 4-6 Reykjavik, Iceland |
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| Högskolen in Adger | Language Center University of Tampere, Finland | Department of Communication, Business and Information Technologies, Roskilde University | Department of Communication, Vilnius University | Vigdis Finnbogadóttir Institute of Foreign Languages, University of Iceland |
| The Intercultural Perspective in a Multicultural World | Intercultural Dialogue: Creating New Perspectives | Questions of Power in Intercultural Communication” | Changing Identities in Globalized World | Cultures in Translation |
| 80 participants 40 papers | 4 workshops 6 sessions 113 participants | 110 participants 75 papers | ||
| Guest speakers Elisabeth Eide, Oslo University College, Norway Milton Bennett, Intercultural Communication Institute, Portland, Oregon, USA | Guest speakers Yudhishthir Raj Isar, Jean Monnet Professor of Cultural Policy Studies President, European Forum for the Arts and Heritage Donal Carbaugh Professor of Communication, Department of Communication, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA | Guest speakers Jan Blommaert, PhD, Professor, Chair of Languages in Education, Institute of Education, University of London, UK Noureddine Erradi, maker of the films ’Professionals experience Integration in Turkey’ (2006) and ’Newcomers in Morocco’ (2004), Regional Training Centre, Tilburg, NL Dorthe Staunæs, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, The Danish University of Education, DK | Guest speakers Prof. Marius Povilas Saulauskas, Vilnius University Faculty of Philosophy Prof. Cees J. Hamelink University of Amsterdam, Centre of Communication and Human Rights Prof. Gerard Delanty University of Sussex, Professor of Sociology and Social & Political Thought | Guest speakers Vigdis Finnbogadóttir University of Iceland Gisli Paálsson University of Iceland Jorunn Hetland Norges Teknisk- Naturvitenskapelig Universitet Trondheim Norway Michal Byram Durham University UK |
| Publication To appear in 2006 | Publication Aalto, Nancy & Ewald Reuter (Eds.) Aspects of Intercultural Dialogue. Theory, Research, Applications. Selected Papers from 12th NIC conference in Tampere Finland, Szekszárd, Hungary: Saxa | Publication In The Journal of Intercultural Communication (after peer review) | Publication In The Journal of Intercultural Communication (after peer review) | Publication In The Journal of Intercultural Communication (after peer review) |
| 2009, Nov 26-28 Borås, Sweden | 2010, Nov 25-27 Oslo, Norway | 2011, Dec 1-3 Helsinki, Finland | 2012, Nov 22-24 Aarhus, Denmark | 2013, Nov 28-30 Tartu, Estonia |
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| Department of Informatics and Business University College of Borås | Høgskolen i Oslo Oslo University College | University of Helsinki | Aarhus University | The Institute of Germanic, Romance, Slavonic Languages and Literatures, University of Tartu |
| Intercultural ICT Intercultural Commerce Intercultural Codesign Intercultural Service Provision | Intercultural Meetings within Institutional Borders | Theoretical Turbulence – A Paradigm Shift in Intercultural Communication? | Internationalisation at home – Contact, Communication, Change | Separation vs. IntegratioNorway Challenges of Bridging Cultural Contrasts |
| 70 participants 46 papers 15 posters | 85 participants 30 papers | 94 participants 51 presentations 3 keynote talks with guest speakers | 87 participants 60 paper presentations 4 plenary with keynote speakers | 35 participants 17 paper presentations 4 plenary sessions |
| Guest Speakers Prof. Stacy Marsella, ICT, LA, California, USA Prof. Jens Allwood, Prof. Olov Forsgren, Docent Mikael Lind, Intercultural Co-Design, University College, Borås Prof. Anne-Marie Bülow, Copenhagen Business School Lars Werner, Lux Royal Jan Borghardt, Creative Director, Eton Fashion | Guest Speakers Post. Doc. Sharam Alghasi, Prof. Knut Aukrust, Prof. Thomas Hyland Eriksen, Prof. Knut Kjeldstadli, Univ. of Oslo Mr. Lee, Chul Ho Ms. Irina Lee, Journalist and author Dr. Claudia Lenz, The European Wergeland Centre Ass. Prof. Anne Birgitte Leseth, Rector Sissel Østberg, Oslo University Collge | Guest Speakers Professor Rebecca Piekkari, Aalto University School of Economics, Finland Associate Professor Victor J. Friedman, Max Stern, Academic College of Emek Yezreel, Israel Kristine Muñoz, University of Iowa, USA | Guest Speakers Helen Spencer-Oatey, University of Warwick Bob Wilkinson, Maastricht University Language Centre Birgit Henriksen, University of Copenhagen Richard Jenkins, University of Sheffield | Guest Speakers Liisa Salo-Lee, Jyväskylä, Finland Jens Allwood, Gothenburg, Sweden Øyvind Dahl, Stavanger, Norway Maxim A. Krongauz, Tartu, Estonia |
| Publication In The Journal of Intercultural Communication (after peer review) | Publication In The Journal of Intercultural Communication (after peer review) | Publication In The Journal of Intercultural Communication (after peer review) | Publication In The Journal of Intercultural Communication (after peer review) | Publication In The Journal of Intercultural Communication (after peer review) |
| 2014, Nov 26-28 Reykjavik, Iceland | 2015, Nov 26-28 Jönköping, Sweden | 2016, Nov 24-26 Bergen, Norway | 2017, Nov 23-25 Jyväskylä, Finland | 2018, Nov 29-Dec 1 Copenhagen, Denmark |
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| Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute of Foreign Languages at the University of Iceland | Jönköping University | NLA University College in cooperation with University of Agder | University of Jyväskylä and JAMK University of Applied Sciences | Aalborg University, Copenhagen |
| Intercultural Communication in Academia; Language, Culture and Communication within the Nordic Region; Intercultural Communication and Translation | Intercultural Communication, Norway Education, Risk and Conflict | Communicating knowledge and values in multicultural settings | Diversities, mobilities, and cultural identities in the balance | Multiple belongings and 21st century intercultural communication |
| 67 participants 48 presentations 3 plenary sessions | 57 participants 37 presentations 5 plenary sessions | 72 participants 40 presentations 3 plenary sessions | 58 participants 37 presentations 3 plenary sessions | 55 participants 26 presentations 5 plenary sessions |
| Guest Speakers Dan Everett, Professor of Sociology and Global Studies, Dean of Arts and Sciences at Bentley University, Waltham, Massachusetts Prof. Andreas F. Kelletat, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germersheim, Germany Karen Risager, Professor Emerita at the University of Roskilde, Denmark | Guest Speakers Margit Krause-Ono, Muroran Institute of Technology Johan Larsson, Jönköping University Dany Badran, Lebanese American University Jonas Landgren, University of Gothenburg Grégoire Njeijimana, Burundi University | Guest Speakers Sharam Alghasi, Media Sociology, University of Oslo and University of Kristiania, Norway Khanna Omarkhali, Institute of Iranian Studies, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany Fréderique Brossard Børhaug, Education, NLA University College, Bergen, Norway | Guest Speakers George Simons, Terng Simons International Miika Tervonen, University of Helsinki Sari Pietkäinen, University of Jyväskylä | Guest Speakers Philomena Essed Mira C. Skadegård Miki Dezaki Tess Skadegård Thorsen Victor Vidal |
| Publication In The Journal of Intercultural Communication (after peer review) | Publication In The Journal of Intercultural Communication (after peer review) | Publication In The Journal of Intercultural Communication (after peer review) | Publication In The Journal of Intercultural Communication (after peer review) | Publication In The Journal of Intercultural Communication (after peer review) |
| 2019, Nov 28-30, Valmiera, Latvia |
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| Vidzeme Univeristy, Latvia |
| How should we live in cultural diversity?Building sustainable societies in times of fear. |
| 70 participants 38 presentations 3 plenary sessions |
| Guest Speakers Dominic Busch University of Munich Linda Lapina Roskilde University Srivi Ramasubramanian Texas A&M University |
| Publication In The Journal of Intercultural Communication (after peer review) |
NIC Board – Historically
| Board elected in Stavanger 1994: | Board elected in Jyväskylä 1995: | Board elected in Aalborg 1996: | Board elected in Tartu 1997: | Board elected in Göteborg 1998: |
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| Denmark Torben Vestergaard Alan Firth Finland Jaakko Lehtonen Reijo Keurulainen Norway Stein Kuhnle Agnes Fife Sweden Jens Allwood Dennis Day | Denmark Torben Vestergaard Alan Firth Finland Jaakko Lehtonen Reijo Keurulainen Norway Øyvind Dahl Agnes Fife Sweden Jens Allwood Youhua Tong | Denmark Torben Vestergaard Alan Firth Finland Jaakko Lehtonen Reijo Keurulainen Norway Øyvind Dahl Agnes Fife Sweden Jens Allwood Youhua Tong | Denmark Torben Vestergaard Hans Gullestrup Estonia Marju Lauristin iia Tulviste Finland Jaakko Lehtonen Olivier Irrmann Norway Øyvind Dahl Agnes Fife Sweden Jens Allwood Karin Junefelt | Denmark Torben Vestergaard Hans Gullestrup Estonia Marju Lauristin Leen Rahnu Finland Jaakko Lehtonen Narendra Kumar Norway Øyvind Dahl Maria Isaksson Sweden Jens Allwood Beatriz Dorriots |
| Board elected in Oslo 1999: | Board elected in Turku 2000: | Board elected in Copenhagen 2001: | Board elected in Riga 2002: | Board elected in Gothenburg 2003: |
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| Denmark Iben Jensen Hans Gullestrup Estonia Marju Lauristin Leen Rahnu Finland Jaakko Lehtonen Narendra Kumar Norway Øyvind Dahl Maria Isaksson Sweden Jens Allwood Beatriz Dorriots | Denmark Iben Jensen Hans Gullestrup Estonia Marju Lauristin Leen Rahnu Finland Jaakko Lehtonen Narendra Kumar Norway Øyvind Dahl Maria Isaksson Sweden Jens Allwood Beatriz Dorriots | Denmark Iben Jensen Malene Gram Estonia Marju Lauristin Leen Rahnu Finland Jaakko Lehtonen Narendra Kumar Norway Øyvind Dahl Maria Isaksson Sweden Jens Allwood Beatriz Dorriots | Baltic Marju Lauristin Leen Rahnu Aija Priedite Denmark Iben Jensen Malene Gram Finland Liisa Salo-Lee Narendra Kumar Norway Øyvind Dahl Maria Isaksson Sweden Jens Allwood Beatriz Dorriots | Denmark Iben Jensen Malene Gram Estonia Leen Rahnu Marju Lauristin Latvia Aija Priedite Finland Liisa-Salo Lee Christopher Schmidt Lithuania Elena Maceviciute Norway Øyvind Dahl Maria Isaksson Sweden Jens Allwood Beatriz Dorriots |
| Board elected in Kristiansand, Norway 2004: | Board elected in Tampere, Finland 2005: | Board elected in Roskilde, Denmark 2006: | Board elected in Vilnius, Lithuania 2007: | Board elected in Reykjavik, Iceland 2008: |
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| Denmark Iben Jensen Malene Gram Estonia Leen Rahnu Marju Lauristin Finland Liisa Salo-Lee Nancy Aalto Latvia Aija Priedite Lithuania Elena Maceviciute Norway Øyvind Dahl Maria Isaksson Sweden Jens Allwood Beatriz Dorriots | Denmark Iben Jensen Marita Svane Estonia Leen Rahnu Marju Lauristin Finland Liisa Salo- Lee Nancy Aalto Iceland Oddný Sverrisdottir Latvia Aija Priedite Lithuania Elena Maceviciute Norway Øyvind Dahl Maria Isaksson Sweden Jens Allwood Nataliya Berbyuk | Denmark Iben Jensen Marita Svane Estonia Leen Rahnu Krista Vogelberg Finland Liisa Salo- Lee Nancy Aalto Iceland Oddný Sverrisdottir Latvia Aija Priedite Liene Paegle Lithuania Elena Maceviciute Renata Matkeviciene Norway Øyvind Dahl Maria Isaksson Sweden Jens Allwood Nataliya Berbyuk Lindström | Denmark Iben Jensen Vibeke Andersson Estonia Irina Koksharova Krista Vogelberg Finland Liisa Salo – Lee Nancy Aalto Iceland Oddný Sverrisdottir Laufey Erla Jonsdottir Latvia Liene Locmele Aija Priedite Lithuania Elena Maceviciute Renata Matkeviciene Norway Øyvind Dahl Maria Isaksson Sweden Jens Allwood Nataliya Berbyuk Lindström | Denmark Iben Jensen Vibeke Andersson Estonia Irina Koksharova Krista Vogelberg Finland Saila Poutiainen Nancy Aalto Iceland Auður Hauksdóttir Gauti Kristmannson Latvia Liene Locmele Ieva Sture Lithuania Elena Maceviciute Renata Matkeviciene Norway Øyvind Dahl Maria Isaksson Sweden Jens Allwood Nataliya Berbyuk Lindström |
| Board elected in Borås, Sweden 2009 & Oslo, Norway 2010: | Board elected in Helsinki, Finland 2011: | Board elected in Aarhus, Denmark 2012 & Tartu, Estonia 2013 & Reykjavik, Iceland 2014 & Jönköping, Sweden 2015: | Board elected in Bergen, Norway 2016 & Jyväskylä, Finland 2017: | Board elected in Copenhagen, Denmark 2018: |
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| Denmark Iben Jensen Hanne Tange Estonia Irina Koksharova Krista Vogelberg Finland Saila Poutiainen Nancy Aalto Iceland Auður Hauksdóttir Gauti Kristmannson Latvia Liene Locmele Ieva Sture Lithuania Elena Maceviciute Renata Matkeviciene Norway Øyvind Dahl Maria Isaksson Sweden Jens Allwood Nataliya Berbyuk Lindström | Denmark Iben Jensen Hanne Tange Estonia Irina Koksharova Krista Vogelberg Finland Saila Poutiainen Nancy Aalto Iceland Auður Hauksdóttir Gauti Kristmannson Latvia Liene Locmele Ieva Sture Lithuania Elena Maceviciute Renata Matkeviciene Norway Øyvind Dahl Maria Isaksson Sweden Jens Allwood Nataliya Berbyuk Lindström | Denmark Iben Jensen Hanne Tange Estonia Irina Koksharova Krista Vogelberg Finland Saila Poutiainen Nancy Aalto Iceland Auður Hauksdóttir Gauti Kristmannson Latvia Liene Locmele Ieva Sture Lithuania Elena Maceviciute Renata Matkeviciene Norway Line Alice Ytrehus Per Inge Båtnes Sweden Jens Allwood Nataliya Berbyuk Lindström | Denmark Iben Jensen Hanne Tange Estonia Irina Koksharova Krista Vogelberg Finland Saila Poutiainen Anne Kankaanranta Iceland Auður Hauksdóttir Gauti Kristmannson Latvia Liene Locmele Ieva Sture Lithuania Elena Maceviciute Renata Matkeviciene Norway Line Alice Ytrehus Per Inge Båtnes Sweden Jens Allwood Nataliya Berbyuk Lindström | Denmark Iben Jensen Hanne Tange Estonia Irina Koksharova Krista Vogelberg Finland Saila Poutiainen Anne Kankaanranta Iceland Auður Hauksdóttir Gauti Kristmannson Latvia Liene Locmele Ieva Sture Lithuania Elena Maceviciute Renata Matkeviciene Norway Line Alice Ytrehus Ane Bergersen Sweden Jens Allwood Nataliya Berbyuk Lindström |
| Board elected in Valmiera, Latvia 2019: | 2020 Postponed because of Covid | 2021 Postponed because of Covid | Board elected in Reykjavik 2022: |
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| Denmark Iben Jensen Hanne Tange Estonia Irina Koksharova Krista Vogelberg Finland Saila Poutiainen Anne Kankaanranta Iceland Auður Hauksdóttir Gauti Kristmannson Latvia Liene Locmele Ieva Sture Lithuania Elena Maceviciute Renata Matkeviciene Norway Ane Bergersen Memory Jane Tembo Sweden Jens Allwood Nataliya Berbyuk Lindström | Denmark Iben Jensen Hanne Tange Estonia Irina Koksharova Silvi Tenjes Finland Saila Poutiainen Malgorzata Lahti Iceland Vacant (Iceland will send name) Vacant (Iceland will send name) Latvia Liene Locmele Ieva Sture Lithuania Elena Maceviciute Renata Matkeviciene Ane Bergersen Norway Memory Jane Tembo Jens Allwood Sweden Nataliya Berbyuk Lindström |
| Board elected in Falun 2023: | |||
| Denmark Iben Jensen Hanne Tange Estonia Irina Koksharova Silvi Tenjes Finland Saila Poutiainen Malgorzata Lahti Iceland Vacant (Iceland will send name) Vacant (Iceland will send name) Latvia Liene Locmele Ieva Sture Lithuania Elena Maceviciute Renata Matkeviciene Ane Bergersen Norway Øystein Johannessen Jens Allwood Sweden Nataliya Berbyuk Lindström |