Category: Cultural Studies

New book explores the dynamics of cultural transfer between the francophone Maghreb and the West

10 June, 2025

This edited volume, Passages francophones du Maghreb et transfert culturel, brings together six researchers from the University of Rabat and the University of Stockholm to explore the dynamics of cultural transfer between the francophone Maghreb and the West. The chapters examine Maghrebi travellers’ perspectives on the West, representations of francophone Maghrebi literatures in Sweden, the … More New book explores the dynamics of cultural transfer between the francophone Maghreb and the West

New Book: Comparing the place of experts during the first waves of the COVID-19 pandemic

6 September, 2024

The book Comparing the place of experts during the first waves of the COVID-19 pandemic grew out of interdisciplinary network with the aim to compare the effects of the pandemic on political discourse and practice. The editors of this book, Christophe Premat, Jean-Michel De Waele and Michel Perottino, brought together contributions from researchers on the … More New Book: Comparing the place of experts during the first waves of the COVID-19 pandemic

Nordic and Baltic Perspectives in Canadian Studies – editors of new anthology interviewed.

7 December, 2023

How can Canada be narrated and compared with countries in Northern Europe? “Nordic and Baltic Perspectives in Canadian Studies – An Interdisciplinary Approach to Northern Spaces Narratives” contains a collection of articles from various fields in the humanities that introduce major topics of Canadian studies, as they are examined in the Nordic and Baltic countries. … More Nordic and Baltic Perspectives in Canadian Studies – editors of new anthology interviewed.

New book: Performing the Eighteenth Century

21 June, 2023

What can artists learn from theatre scholars when it comes to performing historical works on stage today? What can theatre scholars learn from today’s artists when it comes to understanding the works and practices of the past? How is the experience of modern spectators affected by attending performances in historic theatres? And how, aesthetically, do … More New book: Performing the Eighteenth Century

Ny bok: Matematikundervisningens sociopolitiska utmaningar – läs intervjun om boken

7 February, 2023

Vi har intervjuat redaktörerna om den nyutkomna antologin Matematikundervisningens sociopolitiska utmaningar, den första titeln i den nya bokserien Stockholm Studies in Mathematics and Science Education. Varför ville ni skriva den här boken och vem riktar den sig till? – I Sverige finns en levande forskning inom matematikdidaktik som behöver kommuniceras ut för alla som vill … More Ny bok: Matematikundervisningens sociopolitiska utmaningar – läs intervjun om boken

Strindbergs Ockulta Dagboken för första gången utgiven i engelsk översättning

17 January, 2023

Ockulta Dagboken – The Occult Diary – är en personlig dokumentation av tolv år i en av Sveriges mest lästa, spelade, omdiskuterade och utforskade författares liv – August Strindberg. Boken tillgängliggör för första gången hela Strindbergs dagbok för en internationell publik. Vi har ställt några frågor till utgivaren Per Stam. Åren mellan 1896–1908 var betydelsefulla … More Strindbergs Ockulta Dagboken för första gången utgiven i engelsk översättning

New Monograph: Framing the Nation, Claiming the Hemisphere

10 November, 2022

Framing the Nation, Claiming the Hemisphere: Transnational Imagination in Early American Travel Writing (1770–1830) examines the national and transnational imagination in travel reports by American authors written between 1770 and 1830. Read about the North American “interior”, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Africa. These decades were times of shifting colonial boundaries, nation-building, and emergent discourses … More New Monograph: Framing the Nation, Claiming the Hemisphere

Ny kurslitteratur om hur vi kan förstå vår historia – Konsten att kontextualisera

19 April, 2022

Hur analyserar vi historiska uttryck för att skapa mening i vår tid? Den och många andra frågor tas upp i boken Konsten att kontextualisera: Om historisk förståelse och meningsskapande. Redaktörer för boken är Staffan Bergwik, Linn Holmberg & Karin Dirke. Kontextualisering är ett viktigt moment i historiska studier på alla nivåer. Men, vad innebär det … More Ny kurslitteratur om hur vi kan förstå vår historia – Konsten att kontextualisera

New Book about Religious Traditions of the Peoples of the Arctic

1 April, 2022

Read about the religions around the Arctic in the edited volume, Religions around the Arctic: Source Criticism an Comparisons (Håkan Rydving & Konsta Kaikkonen, eds). The indigenous religious traditions of the peoples of the Arctic and Sub-Arctic areas were and are highly varied. Despite their diversity, these traditions have often been presented as similar. In … More New Book about Religious Traditions of the Peoples of the Arctic