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The entrance of the exhibition hall Accelerator is situated right next to our Department.

Explore the exhibitions at Accelerator

Nominerade till The European Union Prize for Literature 2021. Bild från: www.euprizeliterature.eu

Two alumni nominated for The European Union Prize for Literature

The alumni Balsam Karam and Johanne Lykke Holm, from the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, have been nominated for The European Union Prize for Literature.

Winners are announced on May 18.

Literary debut by alumnus from the Department of Culture and Aesthetics

Johanna Hedman, author of the new novel Trion (en. The Trio), holds a Bachelor's Degree in Comparative Literature and International Relations from Stockholm University.

With atmospheric and beautifully observed Stockholm exteriors

Seeking proof for Viking identity in DNA

In a new study Anna Källén, Associate Professor and researcher in Heritage Studies at the Department of Culture and Aestetics and Daniel Strand, Uppsala University, have conducted interviews with fourteen persons who have taken DNA tests, and asked them about the desire to “be a Viking”. Did they see themselves as related to Vikings, to have a Viking heritage, or to be Vikings themselves? And which characteristics did they connect with their Viking identity?

The use of genetic ancestry tests to identify as "being a Viking"

Code Narrative History: Critical Perspectives on Ancient DNA

International symposium at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, Stockholm University, 11 May 2021.

Take part in the symposium on May 11th

New book series: Critical Editions in Culture and Aesthetics

Editorial Boards for Book Series Stockholm University Press Editorial Advisory Boards, consisting of prominent and knowledgeable scholars, judge all publications based on their academic standards, and assist authors to increase their quality and impact.

A book series for products of scholarly achievements

Omlsaget till antologin Stranded Encyclopedias

Exploring the unfinished encyclopedias

Linn Holmberg, researcher in History of Ideas at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, and Maria Simonsen (Lund University) are the editors of Stranded Encyclopedias, 1700–2000, a new anthology published by Palgrave Macmillan in the series ”New Directions in Book History”.

Stranded encyclopedias gives a new perspective on the historiy of learning

Dirk Gindt, professor i teatervetenskap, vid Institutionen för kultur och estetik.

The creative collaboration between Giorgio Armani and Robert Wilson

In a chapter for the new publication Staging Fashion: The Fashion Show and Its Spaces (Bloomsbury), professor of theater studies at Stockholm University Dirk Gindt and professor of art historiy John Potvin (Concordia University, Montreal), write about the the creative collaboration between Giorgio Armani and Robert Wilson.

Article in the new publication Staging Fashion

Viktoria Fareld, docent och lektor i idéhistoria, Stockholms universitet. Foto: Sören Andersson.

"Entangled memories of violence", new article by Victoria Fareld

In a new article in the journal Memory Studies (16/2 2021), Victoria Fareld, associate professor in History of Ideas, Stockholm University, analyzes how the Austrian writer Jean Améry formulates his memories of the Holocaust in the contemporaneous situation of decolonisation.

Read the whole article in Memory Studies

Omslag, Keywords for Children´s Literature.

The concept of Nostalgia in children's literature

Literature Professor Boel Westin contributes to the second edition of the book Keywords for children's literature, with the article ”Nostalgia”.

New article from the Department of Culture and Aestethics

Anders Hallengren, docent i litteraturvetenskap vid Institutionen för kultur och estetik.

Ocean Bound Women in the 19th century

This spring World Scientific Publishing will publish the book Ocean Bound Women (London och Singapore: WSPC, 2021), written by Anders Hallengren, associate professor in Literature at Stockholm university. The book presents unique materials from a sailor's coffin with hitherto unpublished materials from Swedish seafaring women from the 19th century.

the first diary from a circumnavigation written by a Scandinavian woman

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News

Symposium: Photography in Children's Literature 2021-04-20
Two alumni nominated for The European Union Prize for Literature 2021-04-19
Literary debut by alumnus from the Department of Culture and Aesthetics 2021-04-15

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