Department of Culture and Aesthetics

Department of Culture and Aesthetics

Courses and programmes

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

Study with us

Let yourself get inspired and get to know us.

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

Our publications

Our latest research results

Read about our books and articles

Anna Albrektson

Professor in podcast about Medea 1750-1800

Khameleon Classics interviews Anna Albrektson.

Foto: Henrik Berglund/Familjen.

Thinking of becoming a PhD student?

Start your research career at the Department of Culture and Aestethics

News

2023-05-05

Astrid Söderbergh Widding appointed new Chair of the Nobel Foundation

Astrid Söderbergh Widding, President of Stockholm University, has been appointed new Chair of the Nobel Foundation.

Astrid Söderbergh Widding

2023-04-26

Department of Culture and Aesthetics

Rethink and Reload – Monuments in 21st Century Democracies between Iconoclasm and Revival

International and interdisciplinary conference on the topic of Monuments in 21st Century Democracies in Berlin, 29-30 June.

Head of the Lenin monument in the exhibition "Unveiled. Berlin and its monuments"

2023-04-17

Student union election takes place 17 April – 28 April

The student union election is your chance to influence your studies and university experience.

Student union election illustration.

2023-04-04

Department of Culture and Aesthetics

Student Office closed 6 April

Welcome again after the Easter Holidays.

Yellow flower

Calendar

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June

Webinar

Study with us! Webinar for prospective students

Twice a month we arrange webinars for prospective students who want to know more about Stockholm and Sweden as a study destination, what it is like to study at Stockholm University and about the application process.

Study with us! Webinar for prospective students

Twice a month we arrange webinars for prospective students who want to know more about Stockholm and Sweden as a study destination, what it is like to study at Stockholm University and about the application process.

7

June

Seminar

Higher Seminar: A Sense of Secrets: Liveness and Zeami’s Concept of Hana

Speaker: Leo Marko (SU, Department of Culture and Aesthetics)

Higher Seminar: A Sense of Secrets: Liveness and Zeami’s Concept of Hana

Speaker: Leo Marko (SU, Department of Culture and Aesthetics)

Culture and Media

7

June

Event

AI and Visual Culture

Event for the book launch of Computational Formalism: Art History and Machine Learning.

AI and Visual Culture

Event for the book launch of Computational Formalism: Art History and Machine Learning.

Digitalization and AI Culture and Media

9

June

Thesis defence

Dissertation in Musicology: Elin Kanhov

Encounters Between Music and Nature: A Productive and Transversal Approach to Contemporary Music Analysis.

Dissertation in Musicology: Elin Kanhov

Encounters Between Music and Nature: A Productive and Transversal Approach to Contemporary Music Analysis.

Culture and Media

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Research

Research subjects The doctoral school in the Humanities Meet our researchers

Education

New student Courses and programmes Study with us Incoming exchange students

About us

Communications officer and web manager Work with us Organisation

Exhibition hall at Nationalmuseum

Art History

Because a picture is worth a thousand words

Circle i arbete med graffitimålningen Fascinate (1989) av Circle och Weird. Foto: Patrik Malbeck/Cir

Heritage studies

A profile area at Stockholm University

An idea can change your life

History of Ideas

Because an idea can change your life

The cover illustration, by E. Gertrude Thomson, of The Nursery "Alice" by Lewis Carroll

Literature

Because literature is more than the book you read on the train

Foto: Vlah Dumitru. Unsplash.

Musicology

To understand music

Nycirkus på Sergels torg. Foto Eva Dalin

Theatre and Performance Studies

Because the world is a scene

International Master's Programme in Curating, including Art, Management and Law

In collaboration with the schools of Business and Law at together with prominent art institutions in Stockholm

Research Projects

Current research projects

Find out more about the current research projects at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics

Accelerator

The Stockholm University exhibition space where art, science and societal issues meet