News History of Ideas

Exploring the unfinished encyclopedias 2021-04-23
Seeking proof for Viking identity in DNA 2021-04-09
New book series: Critical Editions in Culture and Aesthetics 2021-03-24
Apply for The Laura Bassi Scholarship to publish your thesis or article 2021-03-17
Time to apply for the autumn semester! 2021-03-09
"Entangled memories of violence", new article by Victoria Fareld 2021-03-09
Online teaching spring semester at the Department 2020-11-06
Testing for Covid-19 and tracing infection 2020-10-07
Reality and process 2020-09-14
New Zoom version – everyone must upgrade 2020-05-05
Time to apply for Autumn 2020, Second admission round 2020-03-16
Apply for scholarships from the Humanities Faculty club 2020-02-26
Who do you think should be given an award for good teaching? 2020-02-11
29/1 – 2/2: I AM HERE: An Intervention at Dansmuseet 2020-01-30
Cultural Transfer, Mobility and Process during the Long Eighteenth Century 2019-09-02
Who do you think should be given an award for good teaching? 2019-01-30
Follow master student Emma's blog 2018-10-18
Andreas Hellerstedt editor of new book 2018-08-24
How personal data is handled at Stockholm University 2018-06-05
Apply now for studies Spring Semester 2018 2017-09-18
New article by Karin Dirke 2017-05-23
Continued increase in applications to international master’s programmes at Stockholm University 2017-01-25
Apply for a Swedish Institute Study scholarship 2016-12-05
Teach English in Ecuador 2016-10-26
Stockholm university ranked top 100 for Arts and humanities 2016-10-04
Books lent or renewed from May 15th will have an extended loan period 2016-05-09
Live broadcasts in Stockholm University Play 2016-04-18

History of Ideas

History of Ideas is the most all-round field of study at the university – at least if you believe our students.

History of ideas deals with questions about how people understand themselves and the world around them. What conceptions they have about history and the present times, and what hopes they hold for the future. Almost all of the thoughts and ideas that are around us have historical roots. You could call history of ideas the history of creativity, since it is concerned with all the ideas that have created our world, or at least our perception of it.

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

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"

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 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”.

Stranded encyclopedias gives a new perspective on the historiy of learning

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

Fact Sheet for International Exchange Partners and Students