Väven

Every year, the department has one day fully dedicated to discussions about our teaching. With all meetings having been on Zoom for the last two years, it felt both strange and familiar to meet in person down at “Väven” yesterday. Being one of Umeå’s fancier conference venues, with expansive views of the river, everything was like before the pandemic with the only difference being the ever-present bottles of hand disinfectant (which, as we have learnt, probably have zero effect on Covid transmission when people sit in the same room for hours). In any case, it was a productive day and it was great to see everyone again. Tomorrow evening, I am flying down to Gothenburg for a week, but first I have a couple of classes to teach and a lot of things to organize.