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2017 - Professor Axel Boëthius, Gothenburg and (the study of) Antiquity - Ulf R. Hansson - Swedish Institute in Rome
The application concerns a pilot study on the classical archaeologist Axel Boëthius (1889-1969) who was one of the main actors in the establishment of the study of antiquity...
2017 - From special to general artificial intelligence - Claes Strannegård - Chalmers University of Technology
Alan Turing laid the foundations of the modern computer in the 1930s, building machines that could crack secret codes and play...
2017 - Joen Petri Klint's book of yarns - Sofia Gustafsson - Linköping University
Texts from the second half of the 16th century often express the idea that natural phenomena such as comets, the northern lights and weather suns, are signs of...
2017 - Roman greetings. A study of Pompeian entrance mosaics - Fanny Kärfve - Lund University
For the Pompeii-loving public, the mosaic of the guard dog and its Latin inscription Cave canem (Warning of the dog) is a well-known symbol...
2017 - The wallpaper makers - self-sufficient and skilled in 18th century Stockholm - Mia Skott - Uppsala University, Sweden
The thesis "Tapetmakerskorna - Self-sufficient and skilled in 18th-century Stockholm" contributes new and in-depth knowledge about women's independent professional activities during the...
2017 - Book about the potter Ryozo Miki - Love Jönsson
The project aims to publish a book about the ceramicist Ryozo Miki, a Japanese-Swedish ceramicist born in Osaka in 1942 and active in...
2017 - An enchanted world - Göran Malmstedt - University of Gothenburg
"An Enchanted World" examines the Bohuslän witchcraft trials of 1669-1672 and the beliefs about the world that formed the basis for the belief in...
2017 - Graveyards and farms - about life and death in the Swedish Bronze Age - Katarina Botwid - Lund University
In the project Grave fields and farms - about life and death in the Swedish Bronze Age, graveyard pottery is revitalized through studies of material from...
2017 - Songs and hymns of Johan Runius - Martin Bagge
Edition of Johan Runius' songs and hymns, with melodies. Runius' songs were intended to be sung, but most of the melodies...
2017 - Gotland's rock carvings - Tommy Andersson
The aim of the project is to investigate, document and discuss the rock carvings on Gotland, and to publish them. On Gotland there are currently...
2017 - Fish in research - Daniel Sjöberg - The National Archives
The book Fish in Research takes its geographical starting point in West Sweden and its natural interaction with the Kattegat, Skagerrak, North Sea and...
2017 - Digitization of Otto Schulz's archive in the Röhsska Museum's collections - Nina Due - Gothenburg Municipality, Röhsska Museum
In this project, collections in the Röhsska Museum archives are digitized and made accessible. The aim is to enable design history research so that researchers can...
