On Tuesday, April 8th, from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM, a special lecture by Professor Björn Sundmark took place in the coworking space of the University of Łódź Library. Sundmark is a Professor of English Literature at Malmö University in Sweden.

💬 Lecture Topic: Moominimalism: Tove Jansson and the Art of the Miniature

"Tove Jansson’s Moominland is large. There are deep seas, high mountains, and endless forests. It is a place of momentous catastrophes and long journeys. But Moominland’s dimensions are also relative, and the apparent grandeur of the setting is constituted on the diminutive size of most of the creatures that inhabit it, such as Little My and the “little creature” Sniff.
In this presentation I will analyse and discuss a few of these examples of Jansson’s art of the miniature, or “muminalism” to use a Jansson-related neologism. The main aim, however, is to show that Jansson’s predilection for the small, the diminutive, and the decorative is not merely about creating contrast, even if it is that too, but essentially about small-scale world-building."

✨ This event is part of the international project “Moomins as a Cultural Phenomenon” led by Professor Jarosław Płuciennik.