Courses and programmes

We offer courses and programmes in Art History, History of Ideas, Literature, Musicology, Theatre and Performance Studies, and Curating

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Studenter i Stockholm. Foto: Niklas Björling.

Information for incoming exchange students

Are you planning for your studies at the Department of Culture and Aestethics? Find the information you need.

Our research

The research at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics is conducted within the fields of Art History, History of Ideas, Literature, Musicology and Theatre Studies

Portrait of Swedish author August Strindberg

August Strindberg’s The Occult Diary

The Occult Diary is published free online through Stockholm University Press in a final revision by Ann-Charlotte Gavel Adams and with an introduction by Per Stam.

Our latest research results

Read about our books and articles

Professor in podcast about Medea 1750-1800

Khameleon Classics interviews Anna Albrektson.

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News

2023-03-23

Department of Culture and Aesthetics

PhD students in the History of ideas with a specialization in political thought

Welcome with your application, closing date is 10 May, 2023.

The Library at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics

2023-02-09

New research on Performance and the Sexual Politics of the Swedish Welfare State in the 1980s

Professor Dirk Gindt writes in Theatre Journal.

Detail of the cover of Theatre Journal, Volume 74, Number 4, December 2022

Culture and Media

2023-01-31

Department of Culture and Aesthetics

New research on the film adaptation of Tosca

Musicologist Johanna Ethnersson Pontara writes in the American magazine Literature/Film Quarterly.

2023-01-18

New book about Fluxus

PhD in Art history Magdalena Holdar has written the new book Fluxus as a Network of Friends, Strangers, and Things The Agency of Chance Collaborations.

Detail of the cover of Fluxus as a Network och Friends, Strangers, and Things (Brill 2022)

Culture and Media

Calendar

March

Workshop

ACT - Managing stress and promoting health

The Stockholm Student Health Services' course, "ACT - Managing stress and promoting health", teaches you how to cope with the stress that is an inevitable part of daily life, not least as a student.

ACT - Managing stress and promoting health

The Stockholm Student Health Services' course, "ACT - Managing stress and promoting health", teaches you how to cope with the stress that is an inevitable part of daily life, not least as a student.

March

Workshop

Shut up and read! Shut up and write!

Do you have reading or writing to do and are you having trouble staying focused? Join the Academic Writing Service for a Shut up and read! Shut up and write! session on campus or online.

Shut up and read! Shut up and write!

Do you have reading or writing to do and are you having trouble staying focused? Join the Academic Writing Service for a Shut up and read! Shut up and write! session on campus or online.

March

Webinar

Erasmus+ Traineeship – gain work experience abroad

Are you interested in doing a traineeship abroad? Participate in this lunch webinar to find out more about the Erasmus+ grant for traineeships abroad.

Erasmus+ Traineeship – gain work experience abroad

Are you interested in doing a traineeship abroad? Participate in this lunch webinar to find out more about the Erasmus+ grant for traineeships abroad.

March

Drop-in