Category: Academic publishing

How the Indo-European peoples imagined death – Language, myth and archaeology in a new book

11 November, 2025

 By interweaving philological analysis, archaeological evidence and mythological narratives, Indo-European Afterlives offers new perspectives on how notions of death and the beyond were embedded in early Indo-European belief systems. From poetic visions of the afterlife to the ritual logic of cremation and the etymology of mourning, Indo-European Afterlives examines how the transition from life to death was conceptualized … More How the Indo-European peoples imagined death – Language, myth and archaeology in a new book

New book explores the ecological worldview of the early Indo-European communities

18 August, 2025

How did the early Indo-European communities understand and mythologise their natural and social environments? The edited volume Indo-European Ecologies: Cattle and Milk – Snakes and Water introduces ecological perspectives into the study of Indo-European traditions. The main focus is on the early Indo-European beliefs surrounding the most important elements of the household, above all cattle … More New book explores the ecological worldview of the early Indo-European communities

Ny bok utforskar litteraturens och känslornas roll i undervisning

9 January, 2025

Skönlitteraturens betydelse i undervisningen har blivit en viktig fråga i skoldebatten. Vad händer om vi aktualiserar känslornas betydelse i relation till de didaktiska frågorna vad, vem, hur, när och varför? I antologin Litteraturdidaktik och känslor: Litteraturdidaktisk nätverkskonferens 2021 presenteras nya insikter kring litteraturdidaktisk forskning. Boken bygger på Litteraturdidaktiskt nätverks (LDN) konferens 2021 som anordnades av … More Ny bok utforskar litteraturens och känslornas roll i undervisning