Person
Reader, Senior Lecturer
- English Studies
- Centre for Languages and Literature
Contact information
E-mail cecilia.wadso-lecarosenglund.luse
Visiting address
Helgonabacken 12, Lund
Postal address
Box 201, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 20
Phone +46 46 222 94 40
Room SOL:H325
Associate Professor (Docent) in English Literature. Senior lecturer in English Literature.
Degrees:
PhD (English Literature), Lund University 1999
Master of Arts in Upper Secondary Education (English/Swedish), Lund University 1987
I teach English literature, academic writing, and English for specific purposes. For many years, I have been involved in course development and development of resources in academic writing, for instance the AWELU platform (2009-2010; 2019-), a MOOC in academic writing in English (2015-2016), and a course book (2020).
My research mainly concerns nineteenth-century literature. My PhD thesis was a genre study on the Victorian governess novel; my postdoc project concerned self-improvement literature; and more recently, I have investigated the Swedish introduction and translation of British social-reform literature. I also collaborate with colleagues on research projects in academic writing and popular romance genres.
Research
My profile in Lund University research portal
- Academic Writing in English at Lund University (AWELU)
- The role of the self-improvement ethos in nineteenth-century English conduct literature (research leader)
- Student self-reflection in essay writing
- The role of the Swedish periodical Tidskrift för hemmet in the introduction of British literature in Sweden in the 1860s (research leader)
- Writing for learning: Increasing student writing and developing transferable skills at undergraduate level
- Translations with an agenda: The Swedish introduction and translation of 19th-century British social-reform literature (research leader)
Books (3)
- Manninen, S., Turner, E. & Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (2020). Writing in English at University : A Guide for Second Language Writers. Lund Studies in English, 120. Centre for Languages and Literature, Lund University.
- Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (2001). The Victorian Governess Novel. Lund Studies in English, 100. Lund University Press.
- Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (1999). The Victorian Governess Novel. English Studies. Dissertation.
Editorships (1)
Articles (7)
- Turner, E. & Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (2022). The desert-governess romance : Regency England meets exotic Arabia. Lund Journal of English Studies, 4, 1-24.
- Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (2022). “Perhaps we should forget it" : Reluctant narration in Kazuo Ishiguro’s “A Family Supper”. Lund Journal of English Studies, 3, 11-17.
- Håkansson, S., Turner, E. & Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (2021). Active and Transformational Engagement with Writing Feedback : Using Reflection as a Tool to Access Literary Disciplinary Knowledge. NJES: Nordic Journal of English Studies, 20, 183-206. Göteborgs universitet, Nordic Association of English Studies.
- Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (2019). A “noble battle against darkness, sin, and depravity” : The role of translation in nineteenth-century transnational transfer of philanthropic ideas. Moderna Språk, 113, 107-128. Lärarna i moderna språk.
- Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (2018). Translating ‘unprejudiced, bright and philanthropic views’ : Henry Brougham and Anglo-Swedish exchanges in the early nineteenth century. Romantik: Journal for the Study of Romanticisms, 7, 73-96. V&R unipress.
- Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (2010). ‘One moral improvement, more allied to the machinery of life than perhaps any other’: Mid-nineteenth-century punctuality in context. English Studies, 91, 861-883. Taylor & Francis.
- Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (2002). “Lessons in the Art of Instruction” : Education in Theory and Practice in Anne Brontë’s Agnes Grey. NJES: Nordic Journal of English Studies, 1, 133-151. Göteborgs universitet, Nordic Association of English Studies.
Book chapters (11)
- Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (accepted/in press). Översättning som strategi : Den svenska översättningen av brittisk reformlitteratur under 1800-talet. Världslitteraturen och dess svenska röster : Bidrag till svensk översättningshistoria.
- Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (2022). ‘Minds Play into One Another’ : The reception of Harriet Martineau’s writing on political economy in Britain and Sweden. In Duffy, C. & Rix, R. (Eds.) Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Cultures of Print, Nordic Romanticism : Translation, Transmission, Transformation (pp. 227-261). Palgrave Macmillan.
- Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (2021). 'Lessons in the Art of Instruction’ : Education in Theory and Practice in Anne Brontë’s Agnes Grey. In Parks, R. (Ed.) Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism : Criticism of the Works of Novelists, Philosophers, and Other Creative Writers Who Died between 1800 and 1899, from the First Published Critical Appraisals to Current Evaluations (pp. 84-91), 392. Gale Cengage.
- Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (2020). Transnational exchange between British and Swedish periodicals in the 1830s. In Finkelstein, D. (Ed.) The Edinburgh History of the British and Irish Press : Volume 2 Expansion and Evolution, 1800-1900 (pp. 270-277), 2. Edinburgh University Press.
- Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (2013). Who is the author of the translated text? The Swedish translation of Dinah Mulock’s A Woman’s Thoughts about Women. In Jansen, H. & Wegener, A. (Eds.) Authorial and Editorial Voices in Translation, 2. Vita Traductiva.
- Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (2011). The Swedish periodical Tidskrift för hemmet and the Woman Question in Sweden in the 1860s. In Alvstad, C., Helgesson, S. H. & Watson, D. (Eds.) Literature, Geography, Translation. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
- Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (2008). Jane Eyre and the Genre of "Governess Novels". In Regard, F. & Trapenard, A. (Eds.) Jane Eyre: De Charlotte Brontë à Franco Zeffirelli (pp. 33-45). Éditions Sedes.
- Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (2003). 'This duty must be established into a principle, and wrought into a habit’: Hannah More and the nineteenth-century self-improvement ethos. In Aijmer, K. & Olinder, B. (Eds.) Proceedings from the 8th Nordic Conference on English Studies (pp. 193-205). Göteborg University, Department of English.
- Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (2003). The Victorian Heroine Goes A-Governessing. In Ayres, B. (Ed.) Silent voices : forgotten novels by Victorian women writers. Praeger.
- Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (2002). Dead! And never called me Mother!: Emotional language in nineteenth-century deathbed scenes. In Florby, G. & Svensson, J. (Eds.) Känslornas språk - känslor för språket. Humanistiska fakulteten, Lunds universitet.
- Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (1997). Don’t Waste Your Time: Efficiency and Time Awareness in Victorian Fiction. In Blomqvist, J. & Bruce, G. (Eds.) Språket och tiden (pp. 103-110). Lund University Press.
Encyclopaedia entries (1)
Conference contributions (19)
- Manninen, S., Turner, E. & Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (2018). Writing in English at University : The Educational Benefits of Investing in a MOOC. In Larsson, M. & Bergqvist Rydén, J. (Eds.) Utvecklingskonferens 17 (pp. 106-113). Centre for Educational Development, Lunds universitet.
- Santesson, S., Hetherington, L., Josefsson, G., Lindstedt Cronberg, M., Nillasdotter, K., Smaragdi, M. & Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (2018). Studenters skrivande : Brister, förväntningar, ansvar. In Bergqvist Rydén, J. & Larsson, M. (Eds.) Om samverkan, mångfald och mellanmänskliga möten : Proceedings från Lunds universitets pedagogiska utvecklingskonferens 2017 (pp. 121-127). Avdelningen för högskolepedagogisk utveckling, Lunds universitet.
- Santesson, S., Josefsson, G., Lindstedt Cronberg, M., Nillasdotter, K., Smaragdi, M. & Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (2017). Studenters skrivande - brister, förväntningar, ansvar.
- Turner, E., Manninen, S. & Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (2017). Writing in English at University : The educational benefits of investing in a MOOC.
- Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (2017). Översättning som strategi : den svenska översättningen av brittisk reformlitteratur under 1800-talet.
- Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (2017). The agenda of translation : Swedish translations of Thomas Hood’s “The Song of the Shirt”.
- Manninen, S. & Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (2015). Avoiding procrastination and the planning fallacy : Implementing study-plans as a strategy to increase student achievement. In Maurits, A. & Mårtensson, K. (Eds.) Proceedings från Humanistiska och teologiska fakulteternas pedagogiska inspirationskonferens 2014. Humanistiska och teologiska fakulteterna, Lunds universitet.
- Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (2015). Transnational exchange between British and Swedish periodicals in the 1830s and 1860s.
- Manninen, S. & Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (2014). Avoiding procrastination and the planning fallacy : Implementing study-plans as a strategy to increase student achievement.
- Manninen, S. & Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (2014). Writing across the curriculum : A course development project in English written proficiency. In Lindberg-Sand, Å. (Eds.) Proceedings Utvecklingskonferens13 (pp. 9-12). Centre for Educational Development, Lunds universitet.
- Manninen, S. & Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (2013). Writing across the curriculum: A course development project in English written proficiency.
- Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (2011). Who is the author of the translated text? The Swedish translation of Dinah Mulock’s A Woman’s Thoughts about Women.
- Wadsö-Lecaros, C., Beijer, F., Gyllstad, H., Johansson, M., Lecaros, M., Lindström, F., Schönthal, T. & Stymne, R. (2010). AWELU : En webbaserad plattform för akademiskt skrivande på engelska vid LU. Textkompendium för HT-områdets pedagogiska inspirationskonferens, 79-85. Område humaniora och teologi, Lunds universitet.
- Källkvist, M., Wadsö-Lecaros, C., Gomez, S. & Andersson, H. (2009). Enhancing students’ research and writing activities on the B- and C-levels through the use of a personal virtual learning space: examples from blended courses.
- Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (2009). The Swedish periodical Tidskrift för hemmet and the English social debate in Sweden in the 1860s.
- Källkvist, M., Wadsö-Lecaros, C., Gomez, S. & Andersson, H. (2008). Handledning genom en virtuell lärandemiljö: ett sätt att öka grundstudenters forskningsaktivitet.
- Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (2001). The Victorian Governess Novel (poster display).
- Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (2001). This duty must be established into a principle, and wrought into a habit.
- Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (1999). Reversed fortunes in Victorian governess novels.
Miscellaneous (2)
Administrative
- Member, Board of Section 4, Centre for Languages and Literature
Teaching
Other tasks and qualifications
Assessment of degree projects in English Literature for the national evaluation of English Studies in Sweden carried out by Högskoleverket (Swedish National Agency for Higher Education) in 2012.
Continuing professional development courses: Learning and teaching in higher education (2012) and Doctoral supervision (2020).
Editor for Lund Journal of English Studies, together with Lene Nordrum, Ellen Turner and Cecilia Wadsö Lecaros.
Reader, Senior Lecturer
- English Studies
- Centre for Languages and Literature
Contact information
E-mail cecilia.wadso-lecarosenglund.luse
Visiting address
Helgonabacken 12, Lund
Postal address
Box 201, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 20
Phone +46 46 222 94 40
Room SOL:H325