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Virginia Langum is Professor of English Literature at Umeå University's Department of Language Studies within the Faculty of Arts. She serves as Director of the Faculty of Arts Doctoral College and coordinates the Umeå Medical Humanities Network. Since 2021, she has co-edited The Nordic Journal of English Studies with Professor Terry Walker and sits on the board of SWESSE (Swedish Society for the Study of English).
Her research centers on medicine, literature, and culture across historical periods, with particular focus on:
- Body-religion-medicine intersections from medieval to contemporary periods
- Medical ethics in historical context
- Medical tourism history (especially 19th-century Madeira)
- Migration health narratives (Norwegian immigrant 'prairie madness' studies)
- Medical humanities pedagogy and interdisciplinary frameworks
Langum's scholarly recognition includes:
- Distinguished University Teacher award
- Pro Futura Fellowship (Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study)
- Research Fellowship (Institute of Advanced Studies in Humanities, Edinburgh)
- STINT Teaching Sabbatical Fellowship
- Membership in Sweden's Young Academy
She actively mentors doctoral researchers, welcoming proposals in medieval/early modern literature, literature-and-medicine studies, medical humanities, and historicism. Her leadership extends to the Umeå Group for Premodern Studies and the Faculty of Arts Doctoral College special editions.
