Stockholm university
Department of Culture and Aesthetics

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View towards Hallsnäs Manor, Ramkvilla Parish - Småland. Painting by Carl Jonas Linnerhielm 1790.
Cool Nature: Utopian Ecologies in Sweden 1780–1840

This interdisciplinary project focusses on the interplay between nature and culture, and how nature became a central site for creating utopian visions and forging national identity. Financed by Olle Engkvists Stiftelse.

Detail of the book cover of Becoming Leonor Fini. Bloomsbury.
Becoming Leonor Fini

Andrea Kollnitz, Professor of Art History, has written a monograph on the surrealist artist Leonor Fini and her self-representations.

PhD Studies at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics

We offer a dynamic interdisciplinary research environment for post graduate research.

Siora Photography, Unsplash.

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Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

The reading group of Speculative Fiction during fall semester 2025

On October 9 the reading group of Speculative Fiction within the open seminar series of the Master's Programme in Environmental Humanities will have it's second meeting of fall semester 2025. It is lead by professor Andrew Jones, Department of Archaeology and Classical studies and Elisa Viteri Márquez, PhD student at the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.

Speculative fiction
Climate and Environment - Theme page Language, Literature and Culture - Theme page Worldviews, Ethics and Philosophy - Theme page History, Archeology and Cultural Heritage - Theme page

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Seminar

The Green Zone series: Extinction Remains: The challenge of displaying contemporary mass extinction

We are living through an unprecedented extinction crisis, where human activity drives species loss at a pace faster than the dinosaurs’ demise. What traces do extinct species leave behind—and how can museums engage audiences with both their physical remains and their lingering stories?

The Green Zone series: Extinction Remains: The challenge of displaying contemporary mass extinction

We are living through an unprecedented extinction crisis, where human activity drives species loss at a pace faster than the dinosaurs’ demise. What traces do extinct species leave behind—and how can museums engage audiences with both their physical remains and their lingering stories?

Climate and Environment - Theme page History, Archeology and Cultural Heritage - Theme page Plants, Animals and Nature - Theme page

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