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Julie Lindahl är författare, talare och aktivist bosatt i Sverige. Under ett decennium med många resor i Europa och Latinamerika forskade hon om arvet efter sina morföräldrar och konsekvenserna av detta för henne själv och hennes familj. Hennes uppmärksammade memoarer, Pendeln: ett barnbarn utforskar sin familjs nazistiska förflutna har hittills publicerats i USA (Rowman & Littlefield 2018) och Sverige (Norstedts 2019) och översatts i komprimerad form till olika språk av Readers Digest International. I 2020 offentliggjorde musikduon Adolphson & Falk en låt inspirerad av hennes erfarenheter. Julies tidigare böcker och spalter, varav en är prisbelönt, handlar om svensk/nordisk kultur och att hitta ett hem i Sverige. Hon är grundare av föreningen Stories for Society med syfte att förnya berättelsens konst för social förändring, särskild bland ungdomar. Inom ramen för detta är hon initiativtagare till Voices Between: Stories Against Extremism, ett globalt nätverk av författare och konstnärer med syftet att förnya lärandet om krig och fred. Julie har deltagit i flera svenska initiativ för att främja demokrati och mänskliga rättigheter. Hon har en B.A. i engelsk litteratur från Wellesley College och en M.Phil. i internationella relationer från Oxford University. Hon har varit Fulbrightstipendiat i Frankfurt. Julie är uppvuxen i tio olika länder på tre kontinenter och arbetade tidigare globalt som konsult inom bistånd.
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about"A way can be a guide, but not a fixed path; names can be given, but not permanent labels." - Tao Te Ching
Julie Lindahl is a Brazilian-born American-British-Swedish author, speaker and activist living in Sweden. Since its publication in 2018, her memoir, The Pendulum, has been critically acclaimed in both the U.S. and Sweden and has been translated and published in several languages in a compressed format by Reader’s Digest International. In 2019 Swedish musical pop-duo Adolphson & Falk released a song based on her story. Her previous books and columns focus on Nordic/Swedish culture and the home she (once a global nomad) found living with her family on a small Swedish island. She writes and speaks widely about her experiences, is a contributor to WBUR Cognoscenti and has been featured on National Public Radio several times. WBUR 9.0 (NPR Boston) won the 2018 Edward R. Murrow award for excellence in innovation and the 2018 Associated Press Media Editor’s Award for innovation in storytelling based on a program series featuring her story. In 2019 NPR’s Snap Judgment released “Quiet is Best,” a program about her relationship with her grandmother (see Media, below). In her home country of Sweden she has been engaged as a human rights and democracy activist. She is the founder of Stories for Society, a non-profit organization for renewing the art of storytelling for social transformation, which in 2018 launched Voices Between: Stories Against Extremism, an initiative aimed at creating a force for peace by building a global network of established authors demonstrating and discussing the impact of intolerance, extremism and war through their stories. Julie holds a BA (major in English Literature, Magna cum Laude) from Wellesley College, an MPhil in International Relations from Oxford University and was a Fulbright Scholar in Frankfurt, Germany. Raised in ten countries on three continents, she has worked globally as a consultant in the developing world. As a beekeeper, gardening and micro-farming enthusiast, Julie is passionate about protecting pollinating insects and the natural world. |
EventsPlease find examples of past speaking engagements, below. Please visit Contact to book. Sign up for the Newsletter to learn about developments and upcoming events in Julie's world.
2021 27 January Online presentation in honour of Holocaust Remembrance Day hosted by #ViMåstePrata and The Living History Forum. 2020 24 September Presentation for Bromölla kommun's speaker program, Bromölla, Sweden. 17 September Presentation with Helena Trus for Svenska kyrkan, Essinge, Sweden. 3 August Online seminar with Furuboda folkhögskola (Furuboda college), Malmö. 29 January Address to the Swedish Fulbright Alumnae Association. 27 January Stockholm Stadsbibliotek (Stockholm Public Library), Conversation with author and journalist, Helena Trus, and Norstedts publisher, Lars Molin in commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day. 24 January Private address to the board of Limmud. 2019 November 2019 22 November Örebro folkhögskola (Örebro community college), Sweden 17 November Interview at Limmud, Stockholm 16 November "Voices Between: Stories Against Extremism," Limmud, Stockholm "Voices Between Stories Against Extremism" at MR Dagarna (Human Rights Days), Linköping, Sweden 15 November "Voices Between: Stories Against Extremism," American Club of Sweden 11 November Kalmar Stadsbibliotek (Kalmar City Library) 4 November Cultural Arts Jewish Community Center of Detroit, MI October 2019 29 October "Where do we go from here?", a conversation with novelist Rachel Kadish, Northeastern University, Snell Library Classroom 121, Boston, MA 16 October The Book Passage, Ferry Building, San Francisco 23 October Mgrublian Center for Human Rights, Claremont McKenna College 22 October "Toward Deeper Understanding," a conversation with Leslie-Gilbert Lurie, Promise Institute for Human Rights, UCLA Law School (light refreshments will be served at a reception at 18.30) 21 October Barnes & Noble, Grossmont Center, La Mesa, CA 20 October House of Sweden, Balboa Park, San Diego 17 October Mill Valley Church & Book Clubs, San Francisco 27-28 September Bokmässan Göteborg Gothenburg Book Fair 18 September Filipstads bibliotek Filipstad public library, Sweden 6 September Kristianstads Bokfestival, Kulturkvarteret Kristianstad/Kristianstads Book Festival, Cultural Quarter, Kristianstad. 29 July-8 August Lecture at the Minneapolis Central Library, Minnesota, USA in connection with their Holocaust exhibition sponsored by The Jewish Community Relations Council. Collaboration with The American Swedish Institute and Concordia Language Schools. 24 June 19.00-20.00 Författarkväll, Söderköpings bokhylla, Arrangörer: Riksteatern Söderköping, Söderköpings bokhandel, Söderköpings stadsbibliotek och Vuxenskolan/Author evening, Söderköpings "Bookshelf", Arranged by: Riksteatern Söderköping, Söderköpings bokhandel, Söderköpings stadsbibliotek and Vuxenskolan. 10-12 May Samtal med Yukiko Duke och deltagandet i Karlskronas internationella bokfestival, Bok och Hav/Conversation with Yukiko Duke and participation in Karlskrona's international literature festival Bok och Hav. 1 May Samtal om tolerans och medmänsklighet, Ulrika kyrka, Ludvika. Medverkande organisationer: DT.se, Ludvika församling, Segerstedtinstitutet/ Conversation on Tolerance and Compassion, Ulrika Church, Ludvika, Sweden. Organized by DT.se (Dalarna's newspaper), Ludvika congregation, Segerstedt Institute, Gothenburg University. 23 April 18.00-20.00, Presentation och frågor på Världsbokdagen, Ekerö bibliotek, Värd: Mälaröarnas bokhandel/ Presentation and questions during World Book Day, Ekerö Library, Host: Mälaröarnas bookstore. 9 April 18.00-20.30, Embassy House, Stockholm. Launch event for "The Pendulum" (in English) including reading, presentation and Q&A with Julie Lindahl. Followed by a mingle with light refreshments. Both the Swedish and English version of the book will be available for purchase with payment possible via Swish or credit card. Register here. 20 March 18.00 Författaresamtal med Stefan Hilding, Förläggare Fakta, Norstedts, Hedengrens Bokhandel, Stockholm/Author conversation with Norstedts' Senior Editor Non-Fiction, Stefan Hilding, Hedengrens bookstore, Stockholm. (In Swedish) 13 February 18.00 Författaresamtal med Julie Lindahl och Henrik Berggren, Gamla stans bokhandel, Stockholm/Author conversations with Julie Lindahl and Henrik Berggren, Gamla stans bookstore, Stockholm. (in Swedish) 11 February 18.00 Författaresamtal med Julie Lindahl och Anita Goldman, NK Bokhandel/Author conversations with Julie Lindahl and Anita Goldman, NK Bookstore, Stockholm. (in Swedish) 27 January 12-13 Samtal med Stefan Hilding, Förläggare Fakta, Norstedts, Akademiska Bokhandeln, Mäster Samuelsgatan, Stockholm/Conversation with Norstedts' Senior Editor Non-Fiction, Stefan Hilding, at Akademiska Bokhandeln, Mäster Samuelsgatan, Stockholm. (In Swedish) 24 January 18.00 Till Minne av Förintelsedagen på Stockholms Stadsbibliotek. Samtal med Jessica Bab Bonde och Kenneth Hermele. Moderator: Marianne Rundström/In Memory of Holocaust Remembrance Day at Stockholm City Library, Conversation with Jssica Bab Bonde and Kenneth Hermele. Moderator: Marianne Rundström. (In Swedish) 2018 14 October Conversation with Rachael Cerrotti at the annual Facing History & Ourselves Survivor Luncheon, Dedham, Massachusetts. 15 October Presentation for the Wellesley College Spanish Department. Interviewed by Professor Marjorie Agosin. 16 October Interview by Eric Best at Lake Carmel Arts Center, Carmel, New York. 17 October Public Reading, Auburn Public Theater, New York. 19-20 October Presentations for the Wellesley Clubs of Westchester, Connecticut and Long Island, New York. 21 October Presentation at First Church, Hartford, Connecticut. Hosted by the Wellesley Club of Hartford. 22 October Presentation with Rachael Cerrotti at Brandeis University. 23 October Presentations at the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies, Boston University. 13 October Interview with Leslie Gilbert-Lurie, Boston Book Festival. |
MediaPlease find a selection of coverage in English, German and Swedish, below. For more, please download the press kit for The Pendulum in English or Swedish.
English "Discovering my grandfather's secret Nazi past," BBC World Service, Outlook (August 2020) Conversation with Eric Weinstein, "The Portal" (31 October 2019) "Quiet is Best" produced by Erika Lantz for NPR’s Snap Judgment Article for aish.com Long interview by Scott Rank on the History Unplugged podcast, historyonthenet.com (January 2019) “Beyond Sides of History”, an award-winning series by WBUR 9.0, National Public Radio, Boston (November 2017-January 2018) Essays at WBUR Cognoscenti (November 2017-January 2018) “The Hidden Truth” Wellesley Magazine (Spring 2017) German Das Schweigen brechen: Ein Holocaust Ueberlebender und Täterkinder im Gespräch, a conversation with Leon Weintraub and Jens-Jürgen Ventzki, Bayrischer Rundfunk (April 2021) Swedish Interview by Maria-Pia Gottberg, Känslosmart Podcast (April 2020) Article by Yukiko Duke in Svenska Dagbladet (May 2019) Interview P1 Sveriges Radio P1 Kropp & själ (April 2019) Article in Expressen (April 2019) Article by Gabriel Ehrling Perers in Dalarnas Tidning (April 2019) Interview: Part 1, Part 2, by Malou von Sivers on Swedish TV’s morning program Malou efter tio (27 mars 2019) Article by Christoph Andersson in Landskrona Posten (February 2019) Interview by Jessika Gedin on Swedish Public Television’s literature program, “Babel” (February 2019) Review by Rolf Asmundsson in Östra Småland Nyheter (February 2019) Article by Christoph Andersson, Sydsvenskan (February 2019) Interview with Anita Kratz, “Politik I Bokhyllan” (politics in the bookshelf – 15.45-16.00), Swedish Public Television (January 2019) Review by Lars Linder, Dagens Nyheter (January 2019) Review by Ellen Mattson, Göteborgsposten (January 2019) Review by Per Andersson, SVT Kulturnyheterna (January 2019) Review by Ricki Neumann, Svenska Dagbladet (January 2019) Interview with Monika Israelsson i Aftonbladet (January 2019) Interview in two parts with Akil Zahiri, dagensmuslim.se (January/February 2019) Article in Idealisternas Förlag (October 2018) Article in Östra Smålands Nyheter (August 2018) Interview with Katherine Zimmerman, SR P1 (April 2018) Article in DN med Hédi Fried (April 2018) Article in The Local (March 2018) |