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 consits of a Deputy head of department, an Assistant head of department and a Head of administration.
Head of department
Boel Hackman
Associate professor in literature
Deputy head of department
Peter Gillgren
Professor in art history
Assistant head of department
Rikard Hoogland
Associate professor in literature
Head of administration
Anna Bengtsson Alzén
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)
- Peter Gillgren (deputy head)
- Frida Beckman, literature
- Annika Berg, history of ideas
- Anna Bortolozzi, art history
- Anna Cullhed, literature
- Ingemar Haag, literature
- Catharina Nolin, art history
- Joakim Tillman, muscicology
- Meike Wagner, theatre
- Jenny Dahlstedt, technical and administrative staff
- Frida Jansson, technical and administrative staff
- One doctoral student representative
- Two student representatives
Alternate members for teachers/researchers
(In the following order)
- Staffan Bergwik, history of ideas
- Cécile Bardoux Lovén, muscicology
- Andrea Kollnitz, art history
Alternate member for technical and administrative staff
- Emma Lennström
Research
The Department of Culture and Aestethics has a head of research and a research secretary for the collected research subjects at the department.
Head of Research
Staffan Bergwik
Professor in history of ideas
Research secretary
Sonya Petersson
PhD in 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 Aesthitics, 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
- Muscicology
- Theatre
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
- Musciology
- Theatre
Main research areas/subjects
- Art History
- Cultural Heritage
- Curating
- History of Ideas
- Literature
- Muscicology
- Theatre
Every main area has a manager, who sits in the extended ledningsgruppen at the department.
Administration
The administration at the Department of Culture and Aestethics consits of 25 employees with the following functions:
- Head of administration: Anna Bentgsson Alzén, anna.alzen@su.se
- 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: adam.kjellgren@idehist.su.se
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- and career 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
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.
Contact information for 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 (423 Kb)
Support in case of emergencies or crisis, contacts and checklists
Enivronmental policy
Last updated: April 16, 2021
Source: Institutionen för kultur och estetik