Julietta Birkeland
Circusartist
03.02 – 16.02.2026
“I have worked professionally in circus since 2012 and have a broad experience in all areas of the performing arts, including circus, physical theater, clowning, dance, acting and performance. I specialise in juggling and pole. Have bachelor’s degree from École SupĂ©rieure des Arts du Cirque & long experience from the French, Belgian and Swedish performing art. Previously worked with Bla Kompani Giraff, GOP, the Royal Opera, Clowns Without Borders, Cullberg and Cirkus Elvira. Engelkes Produktion.”
“I am coming to find new inspiration to upcoming projects and shows, where my circus-path started. Reconnect with old colleages & get new ones & new workcontacts. Plan is visiting several places: the cultural place “104”, a perfect place for networking. “Maison du jonglage” – a place where I can train, I have also been in contact with them, to perform at their festival. I have recently performed more in the burlesque scene in Stockholm & want to explore that there & also for future work. And more.”
Josefine Chiacchiero
Multidisciplinary artist, educator and communicator
16.02 – 01.03.2026
“I am a multidisciplinary artist, educator and communicator with a background in dance, journalism, languages, costume design and cultural heritage. I have worked as a teacher, guide, producer and workshop leader in international and multicultural contexts, combining artistic practice with communication and research. My work focuses on storytelling, intercultural exchange and making knowledge accessible and meaningful.”
“I am coming to Paris to work intensively on a book about Swedish dance artist Lalla Cassel, with research support from the Carina Ari Foundation. In 1926—exactly 100 years ago—Cassel travelled to Paris to study with François Malkovsky. Following the recent digitisation of key archival material, my stay will allow focused writing and Malkovsky-based dance practice at Centre de Danse du Marais, close to the Institut suĂ©dois, to explore the embodied roots of her work.”
Emma Clery
Professor of English Literature
02.02 – 01.03.2026
“Based at Uppsala University, I lecture, publish and broadcast on eighteenth-century and Romantic-era literature and culture. I have authored books on the Gothic, Jane Austen, the cultural history of economics, and gender history; most recently Mary Wollstonecraft: A Very Short Introduction (2025). My main current project is co-general editorship of The Collected Works of Mary Wollstonecraft for Oxford University Press.”
“Mary Wollstonecraft, the feminist philosopher, lived in France 1792-1795. With Prof Isabelle Bour (UniversitĂ© Sorbonne Nouvelle) I am editing her writings produced in this period. The visit will advance collaborative reconstruction and mapping of Wollstonecraft’s contexts and social network in Paris. The findings will enrich our editorial commentaries, allow us to identify links between her private and public writings, and result in an expanded evidence base for future scholars.”
Philip Hwang
Professor
02.02 – 01.03.2026
“I am a Professor in Applied Psychology at the University of Gothenburg, a position I have held since 1994. My research focuses on early childhood and parenthood, particularly fatherhood, as well as the connections between gender, family, and work in post-industrial societies. Relevant to my visit is the research I have conducted since 1991 on the relationships between gender equity, work–family balance, and organizational change.”
“While in Paris I will further deepen my research collaboration with French sociologist Professor Jeanne Fagnani. Together we will rework and compile our earlier texts for a joint publication on family policy and gender equality in Sweden and France. Professor Fagnani, is a research director at the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Centre d’Économie de la Sorbonne, and is one of France’s leading sociologists and a prominent voice in family policy and gender equality.”
Pierre Schori
Former UN ambassador, member of government and EU Parliament
02.02 – 01.03.2026
“My project is to present the link between Bernadotte, the general in the French revolution, and Folke Bernadotte, the UN envoy for Israel and Palestine. That will be the background for a presentation of Sweden´s foreign policy political up till today´s situation, accompanied by a description of the relations between the Swedish Social Democrats and the French Socialist Party, mainly during the Palme and Mitterrand period.”
Maria Schottenius
PhD
02.02 -26.02.2026
“PhD at the University of Lund 1992 (Den kvinnliga hemligheten. En studie i Kerstin Ekmans berättarkonst, Albert Bonniers förlag). 1992: Head of the Literary Magazine, Bonniers Litterära Magasin until 1993 when I was editor and head of the Cultural sektion at Expressen. 2002: Cultural Councellor at the Swedish Embassy in London. From 2004: Head of the Cultural sektion at Dagens Nyheter, now literary critic at Dagens Nyheter. Married to Olle Svenning, mother of Erik and Sigrid.”
“1978 before the Parliament Election I visited the headquarter of Choisir, a womens organisation founded by Gisèle Halimi in 1971 and at the time running to be elected. Now I am curious to know what happened to to movement. I will contact the most influencial activists, for example the head of the organisation, Violaine Lucas, who worked close to Gisèle Halimi. And I would like to ask questions about why feminism had and still has such a rather weak position in France.”