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
Hans Hayden
Professor of Art history

Deputy head of department
Staffan Bergwik
Professor of History of ideas

Assistant head of department
Rebecca Brinch
Senior lecturer of Theatre and Performance studies

Head of administration
Annette Gelotte

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.

Minutes and board meetings

  • Hans Hayden (Head, Head of department) 
  • Frida Beckman, Literature
  • Annika Berg, History of ideas
  • Anna Albrektson, Literature
  • Linn Holmberg, History of ideas
  • Rikard Hoogland, Theatre studies
  • Jessica Sjöholm Skrubbe, Art history
  • Christina Svens,Theatre studies
  • Joakim Tillman, Musicology
  • Joanna Bong Lindström, Technical and administrative staff
  • Elin Sjöblom, Technical and administrative staff
  • Elvira Möller, student representative
  • Nicole Vickers, doctoral student representative

Alternate members for teachers/researchers
(In the following order)

  • Sonya Petersson, Art history
  • Helena Bodin, Literature
  • Andrea Kollnitz, Art history

Alternate member for technical and administrative staff

  • Mattias Arreborn

The Department of Culture and Aestethics has a research secretary for the collected research subjects at the department.

Research officer

Hedvig Härnsten
PhD of Literature

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.

About our research

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, Christina Svens, 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

  • 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.

Contact

The administration at the Department of Culture and Aestethics consists of 25 employees with the following functions:

Representative for all PhD students studying at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics.

Contact:

sofia.warkander@littvet.su.se

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.

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 Studies
  • History of Ideas
  • Literature
  • Musicology
  • Theatre and Performance Studies

Contact information

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.

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

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 pdf, 542.2 kB. (542 Kb)

Support in case of emergencies or crisis, contacts and checklists

Each year, the department establishes a local environmental action plan. The plan is prepared by the environmental representative and adopted by the department board. The local environmental action plan guides the environmental work for the year.

Archives and registry

For contact with the board secretary and archiving of documents:

registrator.ike@su.se

Last updated: 2026-01-07

Source: Department of Culture and Aesthetics

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