Courses
The Doctoral School in the Humanities offers courses on PhD level.
The Doctoral School in the Humanities offers courses on PhD level.
All courses are free-standing, and are mainly meant for the PhD students at the Faculty. The courses are also open for PhD students at other faculties and universities in Sweden and abroad, and thus welcome all who are enrolled in third cycle studies, regardless of their home faculty or university. The courses are offered free of charge.
Since 2016, the Doctoral School has welcomed participants from more than 50 universities in 17 countries.
In the academic year 2025 the Doctoral School offers a total of 6 free-standing courses, all taught in English.
PhD courses offered in Autumn 2025
Applications for courses offered in the autumn semester of 2025 are received between May 15 and June 15.
Academic Writing for International Publication, 7,5 ECTS
The overarching aim of the course is to improve the participants’ academic writing skills in order to facilitate publication output in international peer-reviewed journals. Also included in the course is the preparation of monograph proposals.
From text to tech: Digital literacy and the transformation of history, 7,5 ECTS
The aim of this course is to critically examine the technologies supporting historical research and to train participants in the critical handling of humanities data. Participants will develop a foundational understanding of theoretical concepts and gain practical experience in tools and methods for organising and analysing data, based on their own doctoral projects.
Introduction to Linguistic Discourse Analysis, 7,5 ECTS
The course aims at introducing and providing proficiency in various types of linguistic approaches to discourse analysis. It is open for doctorate students, both in linguistics and in other disciplines, where the student nurtures a research interest for historical, social and political issues and phenomena.
Latin America, Asia and Middle-East – Global Relationships in Transformation, 7,5 ECTS
Specific knowledge of an area, region or country is an important basis for research projects in different academic disciplines. This interdisciplinary course is a collaboration between the Nordic Latin American Institute (NILAS) at the Department of Romance and Classical Studies and the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. The course provides specific area knowledge of Latin America, Asia and the Middle East and highlights historical and contemporary relations between these geographical regions.
The Dynamics of Multilingualism: Encounters and Entanglements, 7,5 ECTS
The course investigates complexities regarding language, identity, and place under global conditions. It introduces different theoretical and methodological frameworks in order to investigate the complexities regarding identity, corporeality, language, place, ethnicity and other differences in relation to the new global zones of contact.
The Philosophy of the Cultural Sciences, 7,5 ECTS
The course provides an opportunity for reflection on methodological and philosophical aspects of research in the humanities. Students are expected to present their projects in class, from a methodological perspective, and the course content will to some extent be tailored to the specific interests of the group.
PhD courses offered in Spring 2025
All courses offered in the spring semester 2025 are open for late application. See details of the deadline for enrolment under the respective course page.
Analyzing the Language of Truth and Deception, 7,5 ECTS
Language is used in a (social) context for various purposes, e.g. to lie, mislead other people or to tell the truth. The course explores the concepts, perspectives and methods that have been developed in linguistics, philosophy, cognitive science, rhetoric and discourse analysis to illuminate language as action.
Critical Theory and Theorization, 7,5 ECTS (SWEDISH)
The course offers a study environment where we work on developing theory from your own empirical material. Together with invited guests who present current critical perspectives, we benefit from each other's different competencies in the humanities and social sciences.
Introduction to measuring the human brain using MRI, 3 ECTS
This course is an introduction to measuring the human brain structure and function using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and it is designed for research students from any background. The aim is for the students to acquire a broad view of how MRI is used within their discipline.
Methods for Handling of Text Data, 7,5 ECTS
The course introduces basic theory and methodology for sampling, collection, preparation, annotation and analysis of text data in the humanities and social sciences, and provides an overview of state-of-the-art language technology methods for automatically analysing large amounts of text.
The Arcades Project: Walter Benjamin’s Excavation of Modernity, 7,5 ECTS
The course studies this major unfinished work and its significance in fields such as historiography and philosophy, material and visual studies, and theories of spatiality and temporality.
The Dynamics of Multilingualism: Affinities and Affordances, 7,5 ECTS
The course explores different research issues through empirical analysis of data related to various language phenomena such as writing across languages, language and luxury tourism, research communities, and protest movements.
PhD courses offered by other departments and universities
Find courses offered at Stockholm University, by other universities in Sweden and the Nordic Countries, as well as within the CIVIS university alliance:
PhD courses offered by other departments and universities
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Last updated: May 20, 2025
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