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Anka Ryall Editor

Pål Bjørby is Associate Professor of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Bergen, Norway. He has written extensively on nineteenth- and twentieth-century Scandinavian literature, feminism, gay and lesbian issues, and queer theory. He has also edited a number of books and special issues of literary and cultural journals. Anka Ryall is Associate Professor of English at the University of Tromsø, Norway. Her publications deal primarily with British travel writing, gender and nordicity. She has served on the program committees for two Norwegian gender research programs, "Gender in Transition: Institutions, Norms, Identities" (1997–2002) and "Gender Research: Knowledge, Boundaries, Change" (2001–2007).