Infrastructure
Research at the Department of History is conducted by individual researchers and by research centers connected to the department. Current research is regularly presented in seminar series with different themes.
The seminar series at the department provide opportunities for both the department's researchers and invited guests to present ongoing research projects. Many seminars are open to the public. Some are interdisciplinary.
Researchers at the Department of history specialize in gender history, digital history, climate and environmental history, medieval studies, modern history, urban history and early modern history. These themes are also subject to their own seminar series, arranged at the department.
Center for Maritime Studies
William Bradford, ca 1860: Shipwreck off Nantucket. The Met, acc. 1971.192.
The Centre for Maritime Studies, CEMAS, provides an interdisciplinary research environment for the subjects of history, ethnology and archaeology. The centre is a collaboration between Stockholm University and the Swedish Maritime and Transport Museums, SMTM. The centre is administered at the Department of History.
CEMAS arranges the Maritime Seminars in collaboration with SMTM.
Centre for Medieval Studies
Christine de Pizan: City of ladies
The Centre for Medieval Studies is an interdisciplinary research collaboration between several departments active in the medieval studies field.
The Institute of Urban History
The Institute of Urban History has been located at the Department of History for many years. The institute conducts research and publishes on Swedish and international urban history. Their activities at the department include the institute's research seminars, which are open to various topics and issues. In addition to the seminars, the institute also arranges workshops and conferences in Sweden and abroad.
Lviv, 1996. Foto: Håkan Forsell
Last updated: 2025-10-21
Source: Institutionsnamn