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2022-Partille mansion through the ages - cultural-historical observations
While other manors in western Sweden turn out to be fairly well documented, Partille Manor does not seem to have attracted the same attention....
2022-Kristoffer Leandoer: The unfinished literature
Every year, the 2000 members of the Swedish Humanities Association receive a newly written book in the Swedish humanities. For 2023, a book by...
2022-Intercultural relations in the Bronze Age: the geographical dimension
In the coming years, the project intends to continue the study of interregional contacts during the Bronze Age of Europe and neighboring cultures (ca. 1630-1150...
2022-Swedish early modern Egyptology 1677- 1739
With the establishment of the College of Antiquities in Sweden in 1666, an ordinance on the preservation of ancient monuments was written to gain knowledge of Sweden's oldest history....
2022-The Swedish History Days 2023
The Swedish History Days (DSH) is a non-profit organization, founded in 1993, which seeks to promote interest in history and history-related...
2022-Preservation of cultural heritage textiles through wet cleaning.
We accept students from the conservatorship program at the University of Gothenburg and also from foreign universities. The conservation profession is interdisciplinary. It includes natural sciences,...
2022-Bearers of gods - Finnestorp sacrifice site
Between Floby and Larv, a sacrificial site was discovered in 1902 in a wetland at Finnestorp. Here there have been repeated acts of sacrifice from...
2022-The archive journey that became an artist's portrait: Anna Maria Thelott (c1683-1710)
How do we gain historical knowledge about a relatively unknown and little researched woman's artistic career at the beginning of the 18th century, and what...
2021-Publication of the journal Forskning & Framsteg in 2022
The journal Forskning & Framsteg reports on research and research results, and on the role of research in society. The topics and research results that...
2021-Thede Palm, Jan Rydström and the Liberal Democratic Paradox
This project is about the Swedish intelligence service, its operational culture and internal norm system during World War II and the post-war period. The focus is on...
2021-The journal Respons - review journal for humanities & social sciences
Respons magazine focuses on reviewing non-fiction in Swedish, including translations, in the humanities and social sciences, although we also...
2021-Big and small secrets. More stories about the Iron Age
Ancient artifacts and other remains need to be interpreted to be understood. They often contain several layers of knowledge that together...
