Göran Schildt’s Black Sea journey and multicultural strategies
The journey by Göran Schildt in 1963 to Bulgaria and Romania is discussed in a new article about multilingual and multicultural strategies.
Family terminology as a challenge
Family terminology can be a challenge for language and culture learners. Kinship structures differ greatly even within Europe.
Fly in amber? Nordic-Balkan citizen diplomacy
The contacts between ordinary people in Finland and Bulgaria, Sweden and Serbia are a little researched but important aspect of the common history of Europe.
Barbary lion in Uppsala
A new article by Sabira Ståhlberg and Ingvar Svanberg about a Barbary lion kept in Uppsala at the beginning of the 1800s has been published recently.
Traditional and modern uses of dewberry
The article Wild European dewberry, Rubus caesius L. (fam. Rosaceae), in Sweden: from traditional regional consumption to exotic dessert at the Nobel Prize banquet is now online.
Eurasian food book review
A book review of “Crossroads of Cuisine: The Eurasian Heartland, the Silk Roads and Food” has recently been published in Studia Orientalia Electronica.
Sabira Stahlberg: 20 years with Easy to Read
This year it is 20 years since Sabira Stahlberg’s first Easy to Read book Miranda was published. Since then Sabira has written more than 20 Easy to Read books and many blogs about Easy to Read books and reading.
Haiku videos in many languages
New haiku videos have been published on YouTube channel Bokpil Multilingual.
Article: Folk knowledge in Southern Siberia
A new article, Folk Knowledge in Southern Siberia in the 1770s: Johan Peter Falck’s Ethnobiological Observations, has been published recently in Studia Orientalia Electronica.
Multilingual poetry about Anthropocene
Sabira Stahlberg’s new poetry book Wan Sun discusses Anthropocene, the period when human activities influence Nature.
Journal of Endangered Languages: Tatar special issue
Tatar language preservation strategies and innovative practices is the topic of the special issue of Journal of Endangered Languages (Summer 2021). Guest Editor: Sabira Stahlberg.
New videos about multilingualism
Three new videos about multilingualism have recently been published on the YouTube-channel Bokpil Multilingual.