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  • New articles by Anezka Kuzmicova 2024-05-16 Anezka Kuzmicova, postdoc in Literature at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, has co-authored two new articles.
  • Kuzmicova speaker at conference in Sheffield 2024-05-16 Anezka Kuzmicova, researcher in Literature at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, will be speaking at "Style and Response: Minds, Media, Methods" in Sheffield next week.
  • Anezka Kuzmicova is the first author of a new article published in Literacy 2024-05-16 An international research team led by Anezka Kuzmicova, researcher in Literature, has published a new article about an empirical study of readers’ selections of reading environments in relation to genre, medium, and the purpose of reading.
  • Anezka Kuzmicova about how our memory is affected when we read digitally 2024-05-16 The online journal “First Monday” has published a new article by Anezka Kuzmicova, Literature scholar at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, co-authored with Theresa Schilhab, neurobiologist at Aarhus University, and Gitte Balling, library and information specialist at the University of Copenhagen.
  • New book by Professor Tiina Rosenberg 2024-05-15 Tiina Rosenberg’s latest book ”Don’t be Quiet, Start a Riot: Essays on Feminism and Performance” is freely available in English through open access publishing at Stockholm University Press.
  • Exploring the unfinished encyclopedias 2021-04-23 Linn Holmberg, researcher in History of Ideas at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, and Maria Simonsen researcher at Aalborg University are the editors of Stranded Encyclopedias, 1700–2000, a new anthology published by Palgrave Macmillan in the series ”New Directions in Book History”.
  • Prestigious research grants for research on European amateur theatre’s impact on social change 2021-04-22 Meike Wagner, Professor of Theatre Studies at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, receives an Advanced Grant to the proposed project “Performing Citizenship. Social and Political Agency in Non-Professional Theatre Practice in Germany, France, Britain, Sweden and Switzerland (1780-1850)”.
  • Symposium: Photography in Children's Literature 2021-04-20 A symposium on Photography in Children's Literature will be held online at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics on 20-21 May 2021. The symposium should have been held 19–20 March 2020 but was postponed due to participating guests' travel restrictions.
  • Two alumni nominated for The European Union Prize for Literature 2021-04-19 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.
  • Literary debut by alumnus from the Department of Culture and Aesthetics 2021-04-15 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.
  • Seeking proof for Viking identity in DNA 2021-04-09 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?
  • New book series: Critical Editions in Culture and Aesthetics 2021-03-24 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.
  • Apply for The Laura Bassi Scholarship to publish your thesis or article 2021-03-17 If you are thinking about publishing your Master's thesis, you can apply for The Laura Bassi Scholarship for editorial assistance. Application deadline: 31 March 2021.
  • The creative collaboration between Giorgio Armani and Robert Wilson 2021-03-09 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.
  • Time to apply for the autumn semester! 2021-03-09 Study with us this autumn. To broaden your aesthetic horizon.
  • Ocean Bound Women in the 19th century 2021-03-09 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 concept of Nostalgia in children's literature 2021-03-09 Literature Professor Boel Westin contributes to the second edition of the book Keywords for children's literature, with the article ”Nostalgia”.
  • "Entangled memories of violence", new article by Victoria Fareld 2021-03-09 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.
  • A theatre first aid kit from five MA students in Performance Studies 2021-01-26 The performance theatre project "SOS! Theatre, Save Our Souls", supervised by professor Meike Wagner, Department of Culture and Aestethics and lead by Master's students at the department, resides at Turteatern. Because of the current situation, the theatre could not be performed in January. But the project group throws out a lifeline: the booklet "SOS! Theatre First Aid Kit".
  • Ecopoetics ‘beyond the page’: Romantic poetry and environmental protest 2021-01-25 Welcome to an open online guest lecture by professor Kate Rigby, Bath Spa University och Monash University, 27 January.
  • Polarized Pasts 2020-12-22 Welcome to an open international webinar at Stockholm University 13 January, 2021.
  • Digital Humanities Now 2020-12-14 Welcome to an interdisciplinary online seminar 27 January, at Stockholm University.
  • Call for papers: Utopia and Performance 2020-12-03 This is the Call for papers for Utopia and Performance, the Association of Theatre Scholars conference in Stockholm, 13-15 May 2021.
  • Masterstudent Emma Welton's first article 2020-11-11 Emma Welton, student at the International Master’s Programme in Performance Studies, has published an article in the Theatre Research International.
  • Tiina Rosenberg about the Eurovision Song Contest in a new article 2020-11-06 Tiina Rosenberg, professor of Theatre Studies at the department, har written an article about kitsch, camp and queer culture in the Eurovision Song Contest.
  • Online teaching spring semester at the Department 2020-11-06 Due to the covid-19 outbreak, the department has decided to continue with online teaching during the spring semester 2021 (2021-01-18 – 2021-06-05).
  • Normal Now! Art and Dis/ability in a Digital World 2020-10-26 Welcome to an international symposium online 29 October, arranged by the Department of Culture and Aesthetics at Stockholm University.
  • Digital tools & methods 2020-10-19 Welcome to an interdisciplinary seminar online 6 November, 2020.
  • Testing for Covid-19 and tracing infection 2020-10-07 Information for staff and students on testing for Covid-19 and tracing infection in Stockholm.
  • Overflow - Art Exhibiton 2020-09-21 Welcome to a four-day art exhibition showcasing the works of artists Jo Andersson, Sissela Jensen and Alexey Layfurov. Curated by Agnès Biro and Sarah Rodrigues, students at the International Master’s Programme in Curating.
  • New article by Daria Skjoldager-Nielsen and Kim Skjoldager-Nielsen 2020-09-17 Daria Skjoldager-Nielsen, PhD candidate of Theatre Studies, and Kim Skjoldager-Nielsen, PhD of Theatre Studies, both at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, have published an article in the Polish journal Zarządzania w Kulturze.
  • Reality and process 2020-09-14 Xavier Zubiri Foundation, Stockholm University, Central University of Venezuela and Center of Science and Faith invite you to participate in the transdisciplinary seminar streaming “Reality and process”.
  • Female Responses in Early Modern Literature 2020-08-28 Welcome to the Department of Culture and Aesthetics for a one-day workshop that addresses the history of subjectivity through an exploration of female freethinking in European literature 1500–1700. Open to all but capacity is limited. Please register via email.
  • Rikard Hoogland about Lars Noren and Jon Fosse in new article 2020-08-14 Rikard Hoogland, associate professor of Theatre and Performance Studies at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, has written an article in the new anthology Contemporary European Playwrights, eds. Maria M. Delgado, Bryce Lease, Dan Rebellato (Routledge).
  • Att uppleva konst hemifrån - Sara Nielsen Bonde 2020-06-08 Welcome to an online exhibition 7-16 June. Curated by Silvia Thomackenstein as part of a degree project within Curating Art, International Master’s Programme at Stockholm University.
  • Tide Pool – VR exhibition released online 2020-06-05 Welcome to a VR exhibition released online 11 June. Curated by Elias Kautsky as part of a degree project within Curating Art, International Master’s Programme.
  • Pre-Launch: Letters to Process 2020-06-04 In the anthology Letters to Process master's student Anne Vigeland collects artists' writings on the topics of work and process. The publication is part of a degree project within Curating Art, International Master’s Programme.
  • Curating Art at Accelerator: Navigating Across Borders 2020-05-05 Navigating Across Borders is a collaboration between the exhibition space Accelerator and the International Master’s Programme in Curating Art at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics at Stockholm University. Curator for this live streamed event is Yuying Hu.
  • New Zoom version – everyone must upgrade 2020-05-05 E-meeting service Zoom is releasing a new version that mainly focusses on functions related to security. All Zoom users need to upgrade before May 31 in order to keep using Zoom.
  • The experts’ best book tips for corona times 2020-04-30 For many the corona epidemic means more time to yourself and with limited contact outside. Reading can be a companion and a way to gain new perspectives. Four literature experts from Stockholm University give their best book tips in the times of the coronavirus.
  • Time to apply for Autumn 2020, Second admission round 2020-03-16 International courses and programmes Autumn Semester 2020 at both bachelor's and master's level are available for application 16 March - 15 April. This application period is recommended for EU/EEA citizens who do not require a resident permit.
  • Constructing an Atlas of Athenian graffiti inscriptions 2020-03-10 Welcome to an open lecture by Dr Konstantinos Avramidis, Lecturer in Architecture at the University of Portsmouth. Update 10 March: the lecture will be performed via link.
  • New article by Dirk Gindt 2020-03-04 Dirk Gindt, Professor of Theatre Studies, has published a co-written article in Scandinavian Studies 92.1 (2020).
  • Apply for scholarships from the Humanities Faculty club 2020-02-26 Students are now able to apply for the Humanities Faculty club scholarship RunJanne and the Humanities Faculty club scholarship in memory of Tobias Harja. Last application day is 31 March, 2020.
  • Who do you think should be given an award for good teaching? 2020-02-11 Who should be given an award for good teaching? If you are a student who has had a teacher who inspired and motivated you to really learn, or if you are a member of staff who has a colleague who makes outstanding efforts in teaching, just don't hesitate. Nominate your teacher or colleague for "The Award for Good Teaching – 2020".
  • 29/1 – 2/2: I AM HERE: An Intervention at Dansmuseet 2020-01-30 Welcome to a curated event from Master students of Performance Studies at Stockholm University.
  • Curating Art: Survival of the Fittest 2020-01-30 Welcome to a collaborative project between students from the Royal Institute of Art, students from the International Master’s Programme in Curating Art, the Swedish Museum of Natural History and exhibition space Accelerator.
  • Curating Art: My Mother’s Language 2020-01-24 My Mother’s Language is a collaboration between the exhibition space Accelerator and the International Master’s Programme in Curating Art at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics at Stockholm University. 29 January, 2020.
  • Curating Art: Objects Through Time 2019-11-18 Welcome to an open talk 27 November about cultural heritage and the temporal qualities of historical matter. The event connects to Cyprien Gaillard’s exhibition at Accelerator.
  • Open lecture and seminar on gothic literature 2019-11-04 Catherine Spooner talks on the subject My Friend the Devil: Gothic Comics, YA Fiction and Rewriting William Blake in Vehlmann and Kerascoët's “Satania”.
  • Autonomy in Digital Society: Digital Human Sciences Conference 2019-10-17 Welcome to a conference at Stockholm University 7 November, 2019. Richard Grusin, Professor of English University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Director of Center for 21st Century Studies, and Peter-Paul Verbeek, Professor of Philosophy of Technology, University of Twente, will give keynote lectures. Open to all.
  • Total Mediation and/as Terrorism in the 21st Century 2019-10-17 Welcome to an open lecture with Richard Grusin, Professor of English and Director of Center for 21st Century Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
  • In memory of Sara Danius 2019-10-14 The passing of our colleague Sara Danius is a loss to the cultural life of Sweden, and a great loss to the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, where Sara was professor of literature since 2013.
  • Curating Art at Accelerator: This is Survival 2019-09-20 This is Survival is a collaboration between the exhibition space Accelerator and the International Master’s Programme in Curating Art at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics at Stockholm University.
  • Curating Art at Accelerator: Dance Concerts 2019-09-20 Dance Concerts is an artistic project that invites practitioners within the choreographic field to present ongoing work. The event takes place at 26 September and is a collaboration with the International Master’s Programme in Curating Art at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics and the newly inaugurated exhibition space Accelerator.
  • Cultural Transfer, Mobility and Process during the Long Eighteenth Century 2019-09-02 Welcome to an open workshop with two Guest Lectures and a Panel discussion at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics.
  • New Directions in Philosophy and Literature – Release and Symposium 2019-08-23 Welcome to an open symposium 18 October with lectures and discussion with the editors and some of the authors of the new book “New Directions in Philosophy and Literature”.
  • Studio Sol in Satellite: An Intimate Affair. “Warped” 2019-05-28 Welcome to an exhibition curated by Daria Sol Andrews as part of a degree project within Curating Art, International Master’s Programme at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics.
  • Hyper-terrestrial: an exhibition and a gathering in the forest 2019-05-26 Welcome to an exhibition and gathering, organized and curated by Essi Vesala as part of a degree project within Curating Art, International Master’s Programme at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics.
  • Materiality? Material Culture? New Materialism? Cross-Disciplinary Approaches 2019-05-15 Welcome to an open Symposium at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics. Michael Yonan, School of Visual Studies, University of Missouri, will give a keynote lecture.
  • Time Frame – an exhibition in four acts 2019-04-30 Welcome to a window in time and a doing exhibition. The project is curated by Sofia Jonsson as part of a degree project within Curating Art, International Master’s Programme at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics.
  • Curatingstudent interviewed in magazine 2019-04-23 Ellen K. Gedda, student at the International Master's Program in Curating at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, is interviewed in the magazine C-print.
  • 20-21/5: “The Great Environmental Switch”: Ecology, Technology, and Thinking 2019-04-17 Conference on the new ecological paradigm at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, with Erich Hörl, philosopher and cultural theorist.
  • Workshop: “And Say the Animal Responded?” 2019-04-12 Professor Nicole Anderson at Macquarie University, Sydney, leads a discussion of chapter 3 of Jacques Derrida’s “The Animal That Therefore I Am” – a founding text within Animal Studies.
  • 13-14/4: Black Moon 2019-04-11 Welcome to an exhibition with artists David Åberg, Linda Pedersen and LIDIJA. The project is curated by Lauren Johnson as part of a degree project within Curating Art, International Master’s Programme at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, Stockholm University.
  • Boel Westin in BBC World Forum 2019-03-14 Boel Westin, Professor Emeritus of Childens Literature at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, is one of the guests in the latest episode of BBC World Forum, about Tove Jansson.
  • Borders, territories and transitions in children’s literature 2019-03-11 Welcome to an open international symposium at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics.
  • New perspectives on Tennesse Williams 2019-01-30 Dirk Gindt, Associate Professor in Theatre Studies at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, has published a new book: Tennessee Williams in Sweden and France, 1945–1965. Cultural Translations, Sexual Anxieties and Racial Fantasies (Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2019).
  • Who do you think should be given an award for good teaching? 2019-01-30 Who should be given an award for good teaching? If you are a student who has had a teacher who inspired and motivated you to really learn, or if you are a member of staff who has a colleague who makes outstanding efforts in teaching, just don't hesitate. Nominate your teacher or colleague for "The Award for Good Teaching 2019".
  • Body of care and control 2019-01-14 Welcome to an exhibition curated by the first year's students from the International Master's Programme in Curating Art at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics. Free admission.
  • This was the silence I wanted to break in you 2019-01-10 Welcome to a Performance and Video Art exhibition, a project by students from the International Master’s Programme in Performance Studies, at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics.
  • The Girl in the Spotlight: A technical examination of Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring 2018-12-18 Welcome to the Department of Culture and Aesthetics 28 January when Dr. Abbie Vandivere, Mauritshuis, and University of Amsterdam, will give an open lecture about the recent technical examination of Johannes Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring (c. 1665).
  • Follow master student Emma's blog 2018-10-18 Want to know what it's really like to be a student at Stockholm University? Follow our student Emma and learn more about student life in Sweden’s capital city.
  • New book about Art History and Modernism 2018-09-27 “Modernism as Institution: On the Establishment of an Aesthetic and Historiographic Paradigm” is a new book by Hans Hayden, Professor of Art History at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics.
  • New book about travelling images 2018-08-28 Anna Dahlgren, Professor of Art History at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, har written the new book “Travelling Images. Looking Across the Borderlands of Art, Media and Visual Culture (in the series Rethinking Art’s Histories”, Manchester University Press, 2018).
  • Andreas Hellerstedt editor of new book 2018-08-24 Andreas Hellerstedt, researcher in History of Ideas at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, is the editor och the new book “Virtue Ethics and Education from Late Antiquity to the Eighteenth Century” (Amsterdam University Press, 2018).
  • New essay by Dirk Gindt 2018-06-27 Dirk Gindt, Associate Professor at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, has published a new essay in the volume Q2Q: Queer Canadian Theatre and Performance.
  • How personal data is handled at Stockholm University 2018-06-05 Here you will find information on how personal data is collected and processed. Stockholm University (org.nr. 202100-3062) is responsible for the treatment of personal information.
  • Re 404.21ppm* 2018-05-29 Welcome to a performative enquiry into memory, access and climate change. The project is curated by Alice Clayton as part of a degree project within Curating Art, International Master’s Programme.
  • Aesthetics in Late Eighteenth-Century Theatre: Living, Performing, Experiencing the Enlightenment 2018-05-23 Living, Performing, Experiencing the Enlightenment. Welcome to an International, interdisciplinary conference at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics and the Ulriksdal Palace Theatre Confidencen 31 May-2 June.
  • Master student in Curating interviewed in C-print 2018-05-21 Lucie Gottlieb, second year student at the International Master Programme in Curating Art at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, is interviewed in the web magazine C-print.
  • 109 Words 7 Days 3 Dioramas and one stride 2018-05-21 Welcome to a a workshop based art project by language introductory high school students and R A K E T A. Curated by Niki Kralli Anell, as a degree project within Curating Art, International Master’s Programme at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics.
  • Sensory Futures #1: The work to end all labor 2018-05-15 Welcome to a performative and critical gathering, organized by Marianna Feher as part of a degree project within Curating Art, International Master’s Programme at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics.
  • New book: ‘Mozart’s “La clemenza di Tito”: A Reappraisal’ 2018-05-11 ‘Mozart’s “La clemenza di Tito”: A Reappraisal’ is edited by Magnus Tessning Schneider and Ruth Tatlow. The book is a product of the Performing Premodernity research project, based at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics.
  • 21-25/5: In(form) – a Live Archive 2018-05-09 In(form) – a Live Archive activates the archive of previous degree projects that have been realized within the International Master Programme in Curating Art at Department of Culture and Aesthetics. The initiative is set in motion by Edit Fándly as a degree project within the Curating Art Programme.
  • New article by Anezka Kuzmicova 2018-05-04 Anezka Kuzmicova (Literature) is first author of a new article published by “Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies”.
  • Placing Medea: Transfer, Spatiality, and Gender in Europe 1750−1800 2018-05-04 Welcome to the international symposium “Placing Medea: Transfer, Spatiality, and Gender in Europe 1750−1800”, at Uppsala University and Stockholm University, April 25−26. Keynote speakers are Professor Edith Hall, King’s College, London, and Professor Fiona Macintosh, Oxford University.
  • 15-18/5: Helio 2018-04-30 Helio is the center of this attention, a project circulating between artist Emmeli Person and curator Neuza Faria, now spinning into two forms. It is part of a degree project within Curating Art, International Master’s Programme.
  • Then a moment passed and all was changed 2018-04-06 Interdisciplinary event in the chapel of Resurrection. Welcome to an exhibition curated by Curating Art master student Lucie Gottlieb and displays works by Julia Adzuki & Patrick Dallard, Anthony Croizet and Joon-joung Yoo.
  • New book by Dirk Gindt 2018-04-04 Dirk Gindt, Associate Professor in Theatre Studies, has just published the volume "Viral Dramaturgies: HIV and AIDS in Performance in the Twenty-First Century" (Palgrave Macmillan 2018), co-edited with Alyson Campbell (University of Melbourne).
  • Iaspis Open Studios - curated by students of the Master Program of Curating Art 2018-03-20 Welcome to Iaspis Open Studios in the presence of current Iaspis’ residency artists and designers; and enjoy artist and curator talks, lectures and performances. This is a collaboration between the International Master Programme in Curating Art at the and Swedish Arts Grants Committee's international programme for Visual and Applied Artists.
  • Guest Lecture: Patrick Primavesi 2018-03-13 Welcome to the open lecture "Site Specific Performance between Urban Environment, Global Context and Mobile Media Technologies", given by Professor Patrick Primavesi, from the University of Leipzig.
  • Two open lectures by Professor Victoria Kahn 2018-02-22 The Department of Culture and Aesthetics is proud to welcome Professor Victoria Kahn from the University of California, Berkeley, to Stockholm University, May 14th–16th, 2018. She specializes in Early Modern literature and will give to open lectures.
  • Workshop with Angela Ndalianis 2018-01-15 ​​​​​​​​​​​Towards an Alternative (Trans-)cultural History: ​Popular Culture, Subculture, Entertainment Culture, Media Culture... ​In March 2018, Angela Ndalianis, professor in Media and Entertainment Studies, the Department of Media and Communication, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, will visit the Department of Culture and Aesthetics at Stockholm University.
  • Special issue of Nordic Theatre Studies 2018-01-09 Erik Mattsson, scholar in Theatre studies, is the editor of a special issue of the academic journal Nordic Theatre Studies. Lena Hammergren, Rikard Hoogland, Hélène Ohlsson and Willmar Sauter, scholars at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, are all among the writers.
  • Anezka Kuzmicova and Göran Rossholm awarded funding 2017-11-15 Anezka Kuzmicova and Göran Rossholm, both researchers in Literature, are part of a group of five researchers from across Scandinavia that has been awarded funding for a workshop series on “The Place of the Cognitive in Literary Study” (2018-2019).
  • Performativity and Artistic Practices 2017-11-10 Watch the film from the international and interdisciplinary open symposium arranged by the Department of Culture and Aesthetics 2 October 2017.
  • Anezka Kuzmicova at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2017-10-09 On October 11, researcher in Literature Anezka Kuzmicova will be invited speaker in a panel at the Frankfurt Book Fair on the future of reading and the need for interdisciplinary reading research.
  • Maria Gullstam co-editor of a new book 2017-09-22 "Rousseau on stage: playwright, musician, spectator", edited by Maria Gullstam and Michael O’Dea is the first book to analyse at length Rousseau’s conflicted relationship with theatre.
  • Apply now for studies Spring Semester 2018 2017-09-18 International courses and programmes spring semester 2018 at both the bachelor's and master's level are now open for application. These courses are recommended for EU/EEA citizens who do not require a resident permit.
  • New book about film music by Tillman 2017-08-17 Joakim Tillman, Associate Professor in musicology at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, is one of two editors of the new book Contemporary Film Music: Investigating Cinema Narratives and Composition, at Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Meike Wagner interviewed in Akademie Aktuell 2017-06-16 Meike Wagner, Professor of Theatre Studies, is interviewed in the Journal Akademie Aktuell on Performing Premodernity.
  • Malin Hedlin Hayden Guest Lecturer in Berlin 2017-06-16 Malin Hedlin Hayden, Professor of Art History, will hold a lecture at the Nordeuropa-Institut, at Humboldt-Universität in Berlin 20 June.
  • New article by Anezka Kuzmicova 2017-05-29 Anezka Kuzmicova, researcher in Literature at the department, is the first author of a new article published in Language and Literature.
  • Farewell Fika for international students 2017-05-29 Stockholm University and the Stockholm University Student Union would like to take the opportunity to thank you for selecting Stockholm University as your study destination.
  • New article by Karin Dirke 2017-05-23 Karin Dirke, associate Professor of History of Ideas at the department, has written a chapter in the new book Shared Lives of Humans and Animals. Animal Agency in the Global North.
  • New article by Tiina Rosenberg 2017-05-22 Tiina Rosenberg, professor of Theatre Studies, har written an article in the new book Performance, Feminism, and Affect in Neoliberal Times.
  • A new book by Ulf Olsson 2017-05-19 Professor of Literature Ulf Olsson has written a book about the rock band the Grateful Dead.
  • Palestinian Cinema: Solidarity Through Film 2017-04-28 9 May: Welcome to a talk with researcher and filmmaker Khadijeh Habashneh and film screenings at Tensta konsthall. This event is a collaboration between the Curating Art Master Programme at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics and Tensta konsthall.
  • 19-22 April: Code/kəʊd/ - A group exhibition by students 2017-04-18 Code /kəʊd/ is a group exhibition of work by first year students of the MFA at Konstfack curated by second year students of the MA in Curating Art at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics.
  • Continued increase in applications to international master’s programmes at Stockholm University 2017-01-25 The number of applications for international master’s programmes at Stockholm University continues to increase. Applications for study programmes starting in autumn 2017 rose to 13,368 – a 17% increase on 2016, which saw 11,425 applications.
  • Anezka Kuzmicova co-author of a new article about empathy in "Scientific Study of Literature" 2017-01-05 Anezka Kuzmicova, researcher in Literature at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, has together with Michael Burke (Utrecht), Anne Mangen (Stavanger), and Theresa Schilhab (Aarhus) written a new article about empathy in narrative reading.
  • Rethinking flânerie - Group exhibition and Audio-walk 2016-12-12 Group exhibition and Audio-walk in Marabouparken. Degree project within the programme Curating Art, at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics. Curated by Elena Jarl and Iliane Kiefer.
  • Apply for a Swedish Institute Study scholarship 2016-12-05 The Swedish Institute has now opened the first step of their scholarship application period for full-time master’s level studies in Sweden starting in the autumn semester 2017. It is open until 16 January 2017.
  • Per forma 2016-12-05 Event curated by Alice Maselnikova. Degree project within the programme Curating Art, at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics.
  • New Master's programme in Performance studies 2016-11-30 The Department of Culture and Aesthetics presents a new Master's programme in Performance studies, starting Autumn Semester 2017. Welcome with your application!
  • Through the Looking Glass 2016-11-30 Welcome to an exhibition about transition curated by Alba Baeza, as a student degree project within the International Master programme of Curating Art, at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics.
  • 29 Nov-2 Dec: "七: 7 Small Houses" 2016-11-29 Welcome to an exhibition curated by Linnea U. Nilsson, as a student degree project within the International Master programme of Curating Art, at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics.
  • The Specific Emotional: Between the Repetition and the Event 2016-11-21 Welcome to an exhibition curated by Aleksei Borisionok, as a student degree project within the International Master programme of Curating Art, at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics.
  • 18-19 November: "Rethinking Flânerie" 2016-11-08 Artist presentation and talk at ABF-huset, audiowalk in Rålambshovsparken. The events are part of the master's degree of Elena Jarl and Iliane Kiefer, at the Curating Art program.
  • 14-16 November: "Codified Environments: Renderings of Public Space" 2016-11-07 Johanna Gustafsson Fürst and Lucia Pagano in experimental three-day exhibition at Färgfabriken, a degree project within the program Curating Art.
  • New research centre for Critical Heritage Studies 2016-10-26 The Board of Human Science has awarded a grant for the planning of a new research centre for Critical Heritage Studies at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, at Stockholm University.
  • Teach English in Ecuador 2016-10-26 "Time to teach" is an official program created by the Ministry of Education of Ecuador that aims to improve English teaching in public schools. For this they are recruiting volunteers to come and teach English for 10 or 6-month periods.
  • AESTHETIC: Vaporwave Visuals & Ambient Nostalgic Sounds of Commercialism 2016-10-19 The degree projects of Curating Art, International Master's Programme, Autumn Semester 2016, begins with "AESTHETIC: Vaporwave Visuals & Ambient Nostalgic Sounds of Commercialism". It is open for everyone.
  • Stockholm university ranked top 100 for Arts and humanities 2016-10-04 Stockholm University is the only Swedish university ranked top 100 for Arts and humanities on the 2017 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Ranking.
  • Opening ceremony and keynotes from the IFTR Conference 2016-06-19 You can now watch the opening ceremony and keynotes from the International Federation for Theatre Research Conference 2016.
  • Conference on Control, June 14-17 2016-06-09 The modern control society is the topic for a big, international conference at Stockholm University between June 14 and 17. The conference will feature keynotes, panel presentations, roundtables, and an exhibition, all engaging with the notion of control in relation to a broad set of topics.
  • 900 theatre scholars meet 2016-06-09 Between 13 and 17 June, the Theatre and Performance Studies section at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics will host the world’s largest theatre research conference to date.
  • Books lent or renewed from May 15th will have an extended loan period 2016-05-09 Books lent or renewed from May 15th will have an extended loan period during the summer.
  • New article by Dirk Gindt 2016-04-25 Dirk Gindt, Associate Professor in Theatre Studies, has published an article in Journal of Homosexuality.
  • Live broadcasts in Stockholm University Play 2016-04-18 Stockholm University has an online streaming channel. Here open lectures are broadcasted live, and you can watch them afterwards.
  • Stockholm University Association’s Award for Associate Professors to Dirk Gindt 2016-01-11 Dirk Gindt has been awarded The Stockholm University Association’s Award for Associate Professors for his research on the production and reception of Tennessee Williams's plays in France.
  • Dirk Gindt receives grant from Stiftelsen Torsten Amundsons fond 2015-12-02 Dirk Gindt, Associate Professor in Theatre Studies, has received a grant from Stiftelsen Torsten Amundsons fond, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, to participate in the conference 'Queer Theatre and Performance in Canada' at Simon Fraser University Woodwardʼs Goldcorp Centre for the Arts in July 2016.

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