Person

Professor
- Film Studies
- Centre for Languages and Literature
Contact information
E-mail ann-kristin.wallengrenrektor.luse
Phone +46 46 222 84 76
Room SOL:H131a
Visiting address
Helgonabacken 12, Lund
Postal address
Box 201, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 20
I am a professor and senior lecturer in Film Studies. From 2021 I have an assignment at Lund university as Pro Vice-Chancellor for education. My teaching covers most areas in the discipline, preferably film history, film analysis and theory, as well as I am supervising postgraduates and doctoral students. In my research I work with film music (and experimental methods/neuroaesthetics) and different aspects of Swedish film. I am interested in questions concerning Swedish-American cinematic relations, celebrity studies and film stars, and film music and neuroscientific methods. During fall 2014 I was a visiting lecturer at University of Washington in Seattle where I gave a course about film and migration, and I have previously been a visiting scholar at University of Southampton, UK.
Research
My profile in Lund University research portal
- Film music (research leader)
- The Migration to America in Swedish and American Film (research leader)
- Anita Ekberg and the construction of a contested celebrity (research leader)
- Film museums. Local, regional and national stories about film and culture (research leader)
- Film music narration and laboratory experimental methods (research leader)
- Film music experience and experimental methods: Eye tracking, neuroaesthetics (research leader)
- Sweden, “Swedishness” and the images of Sweden in a transnational perspective (research leader)
- Film, Experimental Design and Quantitative Methods
Books (5)
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2014). Welcome Home Mr Swanson : Swedish Emigrants and Swedishness on Film. Nordic Academic Press.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2013). Välkommen hem Mr Swanson : svenska emigranter och svenskhet på film. Nordic Academic Press.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2005). UR-bilder. Utbildningsprogram som tv-genre. Skrifter om utbildningsprogrammens historia, nr 11. Stiftelsen Etermedierna i Sverige.
- Wallengren, A.-K. & Wadensjö, C. (2001). Om tilltal, bildspråk och samhällssyn i utbildningsprogrammen (Samhällsbyggarnas tv-berättande. Estetik och ideologi i utbildningsprogram för televisionen). Stiftelsen Etermedierna i Sverige.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (1998). En afton på Röda Kvarn. Svensk stumfilm som musikdrama. Lund University Press. Dissertation.
Editorships (5)
- Donnelly, K. J. & Wallengren, A.-K. (2016). (Eds.) Today's Sounds for Yesterday's Films : Making Music for Silent Cinema. Palgrave Studies in Audio-Visual Culture. Palgrave Macmillan.
- Wallengren, A.-K. & Donnelly, K. J. (2015). (Eds.) Music and the Moving Image : Special issue, Psychology of Film Music. Music and the Moving Image, 8. University of Illinois Press.
- Hedling, E. & Wallengren, A.-K. (2014). (Eds.) Den nya svenska filmen : kultur, kriminalitet & kakofoni. Bokförlaget Atlantis.
- Hedling, E. & Wallengren, A.-K. (2006). (Eds.) Solskenslandet : svensk film på 2000-talet. Bokförlaget Atlantis.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2002). (Ed.) Filmhäftet. Filmhäftet, 30. Filmhäftet.
Articles (7)
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2015). Tysk film efter muren. En tudelad historia. Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift, 2015/3, 343-362. Fahlbeckska stiftelsen.
- Wallengren, A.-K. & Donnelly, K. J. (2015). Introductory Notes by the Guest Editors. Music and the Moving Image, 8, 3-4. University of Illinois Press.
- Wallengren, A.-K. & Donnelly, K. J. (2015). Introductory Notes by the Guest Editors. Psychology of Film Music, special issue of Music and the Moving Image, 8, 3-4. University of Illinois Press.
- Wallengren, A.-K. & Strukelj, A. (2015). Film Music and Visual Attention : A Pilot Experiment using Eye-Tracking. Music and the Moving Image, 8, 69-80. University of Illinois Press.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2008). Hollywood in Sweden: Cinematic References Imagining America. Film International, 6, 42-50. Intellect Ltd..
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2005). Music in Children's Films - Empathy or Socialization?. Film International, 13, 40-50. Intellect Ltd..
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2002). När själen spiller över. Filmhäftet, 122, 20-25. Filmhäftet.
Book chapters (25)
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2020). Swedes in America/Svenskar i Amerika : Ingrid Bergman i andra världskrigets amerikanska propagandafilm. In Björklund, E., Gustafsson, T. & Zander, U. (Eds.) Historiska fiktioner : En antologi om film, tv coh historia (pp. 47-70). Carlsson Bokförlag.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2019). Celebrated, Contested, Criticized : Anita Ekberg, a Swedish Sex Goddess in Hollywood. In Westerstahl Stenport, A. & Westerstahl Stenport, A. L. (Eds.) Traditions in World Cinema, Nordic Film Cultures and Cinemas of Elsewhere (pp. 224-237). Edinburgh University Press.
- Wallengren, A.-K. & Strukelj, A. (2018). Into the Film with Music : Measuring Eyeblinks to Explore the Role of Film Music in Emotional Arousal and Narrative Transportation. In Dwyer, T., Perkins, C., Redmond, S. & Sita, J. (Eds.) Seeing into Screens: Eye Tracking and the Moving Image (pp. 65-85). Bloomsbury Academic.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2016). To be in Dialogue with the Film : With Neil Brand and Lillian Henley at the Masterclasses at Pordenone Silent Film Festival. In Donnelly, K. J. & Wallengren, A.-K. (Eds.) Today's Sounds for Yesterday's Films : Making Music for Silent Cinema (pp. 192-215). Palgrave Macmillan.
- Wallengren, A.-K. & Donnelly, K. J. (2016). Music and the Resurfacing of Silent Film : A General Introduction. In Donnelly, K. J. & Wallengren, A.-K. (Eds.) Today's Sounds for Yesterday's Films : Making Music for Silent Cinema (pp. 1-9). Palgrave Macmillan.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2015). Powered by Music : Contemporary Film Musicals, Nordic Style. In Gustafsson, T. & Kääpä, P. (Eds.) Nordic Genre Film : Small Nation Film Cultures in the Global Marketplace (pp. 173-185). Edinburgh University Press.
- Hedling, E. & Wallengren, A.-K. (2014). Bland konstnärer, rättskipare och avfällingar: en introduktion till den nya svenska filmen. In Hedling, E. & Wallengren, A.-K. (Eds.) Den nya svenska filmen: kultur, kriminalitet, kakofoni. Bokförlaget Atlantis.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2014). Svenska Hollywoodfruar och kulturella karikatyrer. In Erik, H. & Ann-Kristin, W. (Eds.) Den nya svenska filmen: kultur, kriminalitet, kakofoni. Bokförlaget Atlantis.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2012). Dollartåget. In Jönsson, M. & Snickars, P. (Eds.) "Skosmörja eller arkivdokument?" Om filmarkivet.se och den digitala filmhistorien. (pp. 229-245). Kungliga biblioteket.
- Wallengren, A.-K. & Sörensen, B. (2011). Utvärdering av Filmvetenskapliga institutionen i Stockholm. Humanistisk forskning 2010 : rapport från en utvärdering, 190-195. Humanistiska fakulteten, Stockholms universitet.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2010). "John Ericsson: Victor of Hampton Roads". Images of Sweden in American History. In Hedling, E., Hedling, O. & Jönsson, M. (Eds.) Regional Aesthetics : Locating Swedish Media (pp. 63-81). National Library of Sweden.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2010). Celebrating Swedishness. Swedish-Americans and Cinema. In Marklund, A. & Larsson, M. (Eds.) Swedish Film. An Introduction and Reader (pp. 134-144). Nordic Academic Press.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2010). Importing evil: The American Gangster, Swedish Cinema, and Anti-American Propaganda. In Bolton, K. & Olsson, J. (Eds.) Media, Popular Culture, and the American Century (pp. 216-227). National Library of Sweden.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2009). Småland-Amerika tur och retur: Filmen och smålänningen. In Littberger Caisou-Rousseau, I., Nilsson, M. & Carina, S. (Eds.) Speglingar av Småland (pp. 249-269). Isaberg förlag.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2008). På besök i det gamla hemlandet: amerikaemigranternas återvändarfilmer. In Hedling, E. & Jönsson, M. (Eds.) Välfärdsbilder : Svensk film utanför biografen. (pp. 320-334). Statens ljud- och bildarkiv.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2007). Svenskhet i diasporan - nationell film och den svenskamerikanska pressen. In Nilsson, M., Rydén, P. & Sjöberg, B. (Eds.) Då och där, här och nu - festskrift till Ingemar Oscarsson (pp. 33-45). Språk- och litteraturcentrum, Lunds universitet.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2006). Kultur och okultur - bilden av landsbygdens folk. In Hedling, E. & Wallengren, A.-K. (Eds.) Solskenslandet: svensk film på 2000-talet. Bokförlaget Atlantis.
- Wallengren, A.-K. & Hedling, E. (2006). Svensk film i skuggan av sekelskiftet - en inledning. In Hedling, E. & Wallengren, A.-K. (Eds.) Solskenslandet: Svensk film på 2000-talet (pp. 9-18). Bokförlaget Atlantis.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2005). Filmmusik 1954-1955. Vildfåglar. In Tegen, M. (Ed.) Dag Wirén - en vägvisare. Gidlunds förlag.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2005). Körkarlen. In Tegen, M. (Ed.) Dag Wirén - en vägvisare. Gidlunds förlag.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2005). Två filmer av Alf Sjöberg. Bara en mor. Fröken Julie. In Tegen, M. (Ed.) Dag Wirén - en vägvisare. Gidlunds förlag.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2005). Wiréns filmmusik - ett credo i kläm? Man glömmer ingenting. Oss tjuvar emellan eller en burk ananas. In Tegen, M. (Ed.) Dag Wirén - en vägvisare. Gidlunds förlag.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (1999). Ljudet och musiken i det moderna projektet : Modern Times, Mon Oncle och Koyaanisqatsi. In Andersson, L. G. & Hedling, E. (Eds.) Abaslon (Lund), Mannen med filmkameran : studier i modern film och filmisk modernism (pp. 131-146), 16. Litteraturvetenskapliga institutionen, Lunds universitet.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (1999). Provocerande undervisning. Arbetare -71 i ett berättartekniskt perspektiv. In Sandin, B. (Ed.) Medier och modernisering. En antologi om utbildningsprogram och samhällsförändring. Stiftelsen Etermedierna i Sverige.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (1990). Stumfilm - en musikdramatisk upplevelse. In Olsson, J. (Ed.) I offentlighetens ljus. Stumfilmens affischer, kritiker, stjärnor och musik. Brutus Östlings Bokförlag Symposion.
Prefaces (1)
Encyclopaedia entries (6)
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2015). Dag Wirén. Svensk filmdatabas (elektronisk resurs-webbsida). Svenska Filminstitutet.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2015). Hilding Rosenberg. Svensk filmdatabas (elektronisk resurs-webbsida). Svenska Filminstitutet.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2015). Lars-Erik Larsson. Svensk filmdatabas (elektronisk resurs-webbsida). Svensk Filmindustri.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2013). Björn Isfält. Svensk filmdatabas (elektronisk resurs-webbsida). Svenska Filminstitutet.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2012). Edvard Persson. In Andersson, L. G., Hedling, O., Sundholm, J., Iversen, G., Thorsen, I. & Thor Møller, B. (Eds.) Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema. Scarecrow Press.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2012). Nils Poppe. In Andersson, L. G., Hedling, O., Sundholm, J., Iversen, G., Thorsen, I. & Thor Møller, B. (Eds.) Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema. Scarecrow Press.
Conference contributions (20)
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2018). Celebrated, Contested, Criticized: Anita Ekberg, a Swedish Sex Goddess in Hollywood.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2018). Ingmar Bergman’s Musical Moments.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2018). Musical Moments in Bergman Films.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2017). Anita Ekberg in Hollywood : A Contested Actress and Sex Goddess.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2016). "A Trip to Sweden for 50 cents": Screenings of Swedish Films in the Swedish-American Community in Seattle until 1950.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2015). Ingrid Bergman as Wartime Mediator : Swedish Immigrants as “the Same” in the OWI-film Swedes in America.
- Wallengren, A.-K. & Strukelj, A. (2014). Film Music in the Lab : Eye Tracking Experiments on Music's Influence on Film Semantics.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2013). Back to the Past: Screenings of Swedish Films in the Swedish-American Community until 1950.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2013). Film museum exhibitions. Local, regional and national stories about film and culture.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2012). Back to the Past: Screenings of Swedish Films in the Swedish-American Diaspora until 1950.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2012). Projektpresentation i gruppen Sverige och Nordamerika: migration, språk, kultur.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2011). Det svenskamerikanska hembiträdet i amerikansk populärfilm: från 1910-talets crossdressing till 1940-talets politiska karriär.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2011). Representations of the Female Swedish-American: From the Drag Maid to the Bikini Girl.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2011). The Swedish-American Maid in the American Popular Film: From Drag to Political Career.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2009). Importing Evil: The American Gangster, Swedish Cinema, and Anti-American Propaganda.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2009). The Swedish-American winning the American Civil War. The Swedish Nationalist Film in the 1930s.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2008). På besök i det gamla hemlandet - amerikaemigranternas återvändarfilmer.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2007). Sweden, America and the Emigrant in the Swedish Film.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2005). A Swede is a Swede is a Swede? Sweden and the Swedish-American: National Identity and Cinematic Representation.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2005). A Swede is a Swede is a Swede? Sweden and the Swedish-American: National Identity and Cinematic Representation.
Reviews (8)
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2016). "Silent Cinema and the Politics of Space" by Jennifer M. Bean, Anupama Kapse, and Laura Horak. Scandinavian Studies, 88, 331-336. Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2007). The Cinema of Scandinavia, Tytti Soila (ed.) (2005). Film International, 5, 77-79. Intellect Ltd..
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2006). Transnational Cinema in a Global North: Nordic Cinema in Transition, Andrew Nestingen & Trevor G. Elkington (eds.) (2005). Film International, 4, 90-91. Intellect Ltd..
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2002). Paolo Cherchi Usai: The Death of Cinema. History, Cultural Memory and the Digital Dark Age (London: BFI Publishing 2001). Filmhäftet, 5, 42-42. Filmhäftet.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2001). Birger Langkjaer: Den lyttende tilskuer. Perception av lyd og musik i film (Köbenhavn: Museum Tusculanums Forlag 2000). Filmhäftet, 1, 62-63. Filmhäftet.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (2001). Pelle Snickars: Svensk film och visuell masskultur 1900 (Stockholm: Aura 2001). Filmhäftet, 5, 63-64. Filmhäftet.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (1999). Astrid Söderbergh Widding: Stumfilm i brytningstid. Stil och berättande i Georg af Klerckers filmer (Filmvetenskapliga institutionen, Stockholms universitet 1998). Filmhäftet, 2, 66-68. Filmhäftet.
- Wallengren, A.-K. (1998). Jessica Duchen: Erich Wolfgang Korngold (London: Phaidon Press Limited 1996), Brendan G Carroll: The Last Prodigy. A Biography of Erich Wolfgang Korngold (Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press 1997). Filmhäftet, 4, 79-80. Filmhäftet.
Articles in specialist publications and popular press (1)
Supervision at Lund University (2)
- Krona, M. (2009). Från orsak till verkan : berättarstrategier i Sveriges Televisions inrikespolitiska nyhetsförmedling 1978-2005. Lund University (Media-Tryck). Dissertation.
- Borg, M. (2006). Skol-TV - traditioner, visioner och former : en studie av skol-TV:s förutsättningar, framväxt och utveckling under 1960-talet. Centre for Languages and Literature, Lund University. Dissertation.
Administrative
- Member, Faculty Board, Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology
- Member, Fakultetsstyrelsens arbetsutskott, Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology

Professor
- Film Studies
- Centre for Languages and Literature
Contact information
E-mail ann-kristin.wallengrenrektor.luse
Phone +46 46 222 84 76
Room SOL:H131a
Visiting address
Helgonabacken 12, Lund
Postal address
Box 201, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 20