Organisation
The Department of Culture and Aesthetics has around 150 employees, who are researchers, teachers and technical and administrative staff.
The Department of Culture and Aesthetics is led by a Head of department. The management also consists of a Deputy head of department, an Assistant head of department and a Head of administration.
Head of department
Boel Hackman
Associate professor of literature
Deputy head of department
Catharina Nolin
Professor of art history
Assistant head of department
Karin Dirke
Associate professor of history of ideas
Head of administration
Malin Luterkort
The department board
The Department Board is the highest decision-making body at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics. The Board is chaired by the Head of Department and includes elected representatives. The Board meets 3-4 times per semester. The minutes are posted on our Swedish webpage.
Members of the department board
Department Board composition 2021-2023
- Boel Hackman (head, head of department)
- Frida Beckman, literature
- Annika Berg, history of ideas
- Anna Bortolozzi, art history
- Anna Albrektson, literature
- Ingemar Haag, literature
- Fredrik Krohn Andersson, cultural heritage studies
- Catharina Nolin, art history
- Tiina Rosenberg, theatre studies
- Joakim Tillman, musicology
- Torbjörn Wilson, technical and administrative staff
- Nicole Vickers, doctoral student representative
- Karolina Laszczukowska, student representative
- Julia Stina Skoglund, student representative
Alternate members for teachers/researchers
(In the following order)
- Staffan Bergwik, history of ideas
- Cécile Bardoux Lovén, musicology
- Andrea Kollnitz, art history
Alternate member for technical and administrative staff
- Mattias Arreborn
Alternate member for doctoral students and students
- Karin Tetteris, doctoral students
Research
The Department of Culture and Aestethics has a research secretary for the collected research subjects at the department.
Research secretary
Sonya Petersson
PhD of art history
Every main research area at the department also has a research manager, a research group and a research seminar series.
There is an interdisciplinary research environment at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, with "Tvärseminariet" - the interdisciplinary seminar, and interdisciplinary research groups.
Education
Education at bachelor's and master's level
The administrative director of studies for the whole department is Nina Engholm.
There are five directors of studies for the subjects at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics:
- Art History and Cultural Heritage
- History of Ideas
- Literature and the courses and programmes in Education
- Musicology
- Theatre and Performance Studies
Contact the Directors of Studies
PhD studies
The Department of Culture and Aestethics has a managing director of PhD studies, Victoria Fareld, and a director of PhD studies for each main research area at the department:
- History of Ideas
- Art History
- Literature
- Musicology
- Theatre and Performance Studies
Main research areas/subjects
- Art History
- Cultural Heritage
- Curating
- History of Ideas
- Literature
- Musicology
- Theatre and Performance Studies
Every main area has a manager, who is also in the management team of the department.
Administration
The administration at the Department of Culture and Aestethics consists of 25 employees with the following functions:
- Head of administration: vacant
- Archives and registry: registrator.ike@su.se
- Economy: personalekonomi.ike@su.se
- Custodians: intendent.ike@su.se
- IT-support: it.ike@su.se
- Communication: webbansvarig.ike@su.se
- Staff administration: Magdalena Hernow, magdalena.hernow@su.se
- Study administration
- Exchange coordinator: exchange.ike@su.se
PhD Council
Representative for all PhD students studying at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics
Contact:
Student Council
The Student council of the Department of Culture and Aestethics is called SIKE. We are here to help you voice your opinions and effect change at the department. The student council appoints student representatives to the department board, functions as a link between the student body and the department.
Visit the student council’s Athena-page for more information.
Study- and career counselling
Our study counsellors will give you advice about our courses and can answer questions that you may have about your current or future studies, career and study related issues. There are five study counsellors at the Department of Culture and Aesthethics, one for each subject:
- Art History and Cultural Heritage
- History of Ideas
- Literature and the courses and programmes in Education
- Muscicology
- Theatre and Performance Studies
Policy documents
Policy documents for the Department of Culture and Aestethics. If the policy document does not apply to the current year, or is not yet published on the website the English version of it is under revision.
Organisation and decision-making structures
Goals and operations
Work environment, health and equal treatment
All employees and students shall be treated equally and with respect, irrespective of sex, transgender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion or other belief, disability, sexual orientation or age.
If you feel that you have been discriminated or harassed in any way during your stay at our department, please contact our head of department, the department's council for equal treatment, or the University's coordinator for equal treatment.
Information and contacts about work environment, health and equal treatment
Crisis plan
The purpose of a crisis plan is to prepare cohesive, clear crisis management and to define routines for a response to serious incidents, from a personal level to the entire department.
Krisplan för Institutionen för kultur och estetik (409 Kb)
Support in case of emergencies or crisis, contacts and checklists
Enivronmental policy
Last updated: January 10, 2023
Source: Department of Culture and Aesthetics