Staff
Director of studies: Helena Bergman
Chair of the steering committee: David Thurfjell
Researchers, doctoral students and other staff:
![Helena Bergman](/download/18.571df4991900c61d76b12fcb/1718544533014/20240609_Helena.jpg)
Associate professor in History, specializing in gender history. Director of PhD level studies/ Historical studies.
Historical and Contemporary Studies
F918
I am a PhD student in History of Ideas since the autumn semester of 2021. In my PhD thesis, I am examining 19th century works on the history of philosophy.
Historical and Contemporary Studies
F827
Gender equality, liberal feminism, garden history, and planning of towns and social movements
Historical and Contemporary Studies
F835
![Daniel Bodén](/download/18.5d795a70184b929ff0b3bcfa/1670830044907/portr%3Ftt.jpg)
Senior Lecturer and subject coordinator for the discipline of ethnology. Research concerns the intersection between technology, culture and social change.
Historical and Contemporary Studies
F1013
![Henrik Bohlin](/download/18.2336c28218c8ae163ac56676/1704541943313/henrik-bohlin-46.jpg)
![Hans Bolin](/download/18.7861174c18120e259202026/1654171034730/Hans%202003%20varby.jpg)
Hans Bolin
Associate Professor
Senior Lecturer
Kerstin Cassel is Associate Professor of Archaeology at Södertörn University.
Historical and Contemporary Studies
F816
![Christopher Collstedt](/download/18.b69c92618c3de645534417f/1702366807970/E6ACFB81-EBC5-47E6-88D1-007BFF90F53D.jpeg)
Christopher Collstedt
Professor
![Martin Englund](/download/18.3ae90d9d187eac655ec3ebc3/1684146672648/Martin%20Englund%20doktorand.png)
Martin Englund
Doctoral Student
My research is about collecting and analyzing life stories from the refugees who came from Poland to Sweden during the antisemitic campaign 1967-1972.
Historical and Contemporary Studies
F931
![Vera Ericson von Bahr](/download/18.5b15592a182e985be1146702/1662974327869/Bild%20Vera.jpg)
![Per Faxneld](/download/18.58132a6517dc1ecb03fdbe2d/1643885092618/pf_sh.jpeg)
Teaches at all levels. Research interests include secularisation, new religions, "alternative spirituality", and esotericism (the latter also in relation to art/literature).
Historical and Contemporary Studies
F1029
Also director of studies at the Pre-school teacher programmes. My research concerns migration, social participation, religion and gender.
Historical and Contemporary Studies
F1017
Jenny Gustafsson
PhD
Senior Lecturer
![Norbert Götz](/download/18.5236250b18f0f9fb2e427e1f/1714510644839/NG-Office(2021).jpg)
Doctoral student in the history of ideas within the Doctoral School in the History of Political Thought.
Historical and Contemporary Studies
F803
![Nathalie Hinders](/download/18.48224d7718f9eb9d2853d3cb/1717491472485/Presentationsbild_N.Hinders_II%20(002).jpg)
My research concern stone age ceramic craft at wetland sites around the Baltic Sea, in particular Alvastra pile dwelling in Sweden.
Historical and Contemporary Studies
F824
![Roman Horbyk](/images/18.3890e1c517597b89c5cb51f/1604770832871/roman_horbyk_foto_PRESS__annahartvig_1.jpg)
I am a media researcher whose work is mainly on fake news, media and war, history of media and culture, primarily in Eastern Europe
Culture and Education
PC247
![Josefin Hägglund](/download/18.7dea5d1518d2a59527117c13/1706263142338/josefinportratt-5242.jpg)
Josefin Hägglund
Doctoral Student
![Liza Jakobsson](/download/18.5ca43c8e1900c6e8b43329e1/1718892313039/20240620_155408.jpg)
Liza Jakobsson
Doctoral Student
![Martin Johansson](/download/18.6495af0218af9612ddf35bed/1697193008124/martinjohansson_foto_annahartvig_8.jpg)
As a project researcher at the Institute for contemporary history, I analyse British and Nordic attitudes towards the Biafran war and the subsequent crisis between 1967 and 1970.
Historical and Contemporary Studies
F829
![Henrik Johnsén](/download/18.4c7ae84318c3dd243c6147d2/1702243922625/3maj_12_HenrikJohnsen02x.jpg)
Associate professor in History of religions. My research is focused on Christianity, especially late antique monasticism, and Syriac Orthodox Christianity in Sweden and migration.
Historical and Contemporary Studies
F1034
![Peter Josephson](/download/18.1d10f0be18721b295b82314f/1680605460683/Unknown-1.jpeg)
Eva-Marie Letzter
PhD
Senior Lecturer
Susan Lindholm
PhD
Researcher
![Julia Malitska](/download/18.518265ac1898bf0dadb7fb55/1692098115701/9RdH5Ue43Gg.jpg)
![Douglas Mattsson](/download/18.48224d7718f9eb9d2852a7/1716360750971/ims_gruppbild_06%5B93%5D.jpeg)
My main research interests deal with subcultures and religion in contemporary Muslim majority societies. I am currently resaerching the black metal music scene in Turkey.
Historical and Contemporary Studies
F1001
![Staffan Nilsson](/download/18.20b464581773ed658876fe70/1613735480333/unnamed.jpg)
I am lecturer and researcher in religious education and ethics. My man intressed is in virtue ethics.
Historical and Contemporary Studies
F1002
I am researching the Swedish foreign policy engagement in the Baltic region, from 1914 to 1940. Both public opinion and the Swedish government's foreign policy are studied.
Historical and Contemporary Studies
F931
![Lovisa Olsson](/download/18.341c9f8918b380bb88127047/1698146341418/lovisa_olsson_l_foto_annhartvig_1.jpg)
Lovisa Olsson
Officer
![Nicole Pergament Crona](/download/18.649e5cd018286d9b9204dc8d/1661500036756/Vald%20profilbild.jpg)
PhD student in Ethnology
Historical and Contemporary Studies
F1024
![Fredrik Petersson](/download/18.35d14ce018bf5ec902825353/1701259301611/Petersson_bild.jpeg)
Lecturer in history. Associate Professor in colonial and postcolonial global history (Åbo Akademi University) Research interests Global anticolonialism
Historical and Contemporary Studies
F916
My research focuses on Swedish/Nordic history and politics; moreover, I study history of antifascism in Italy.
Historical and Contemporary Studies
![Aleksandra Reczuch](/download/18.7df26d4218d1cdcc0ed5238/1705669363434/342955078_3311928412357948_8835446714368452315_n.jpg)
PhD-candidate in Ethnology at the Baltic and Eastern European Graduate School. My research interests include populism, political anthropology, state policies, gender, and identity.
Historical and Contemporary Studies
F1026
Phil. Dr Johanna Ringarp research specialties include educational policy, teacher profession and post-Second world war German history.
Historical and Contemporary Studies
![Lena Roos](/download/18.552d81071864b7a1cbf42d14/1677593251871/fokusbild_lena_roos_L_foto_annahartvig_5.jpg)
Jewish studies, teaching religion, Yiddish literature, interreligious encounters (esp. the Middle Ages), religion and gardening, religion and sexuality, religion and food
Historical and Contemporary Studies
F1035
![Leif Runefelt](/download/18.3f25f35d18529d8212568377/1673621636439/210508%20k%3Frsb%3Frsblom%20malmskillnadsgatan%2001%20leif.jpg)
![Johan Rönnby](/download/18.453f3191784aec71fd7a626/1618311855577/johan.jpg)
Professor Archaeology. Head MARIS, Maritime Archaeological Research Institute at Södertörn University.
Historical and Contemporary Studies
F817
![Simon Sorgenfrei](/download/18.561020fb18529b3aa4a66b00/1673597009493/SimonSorgenfrei_2595.jpg)
My research has mainly been devoted to Islam and Sufism, historical and recent, in Sweden and globally. Several of my projects also concerns religion and migration.
Historical and Contemporary Studies
![Arina Stoenescu](/download/18.4107605a18b6576ab992522d/1698744341960/IMG_7170.jpeg)
I am working with teaching and research regarding typography and graphic design. In my research I am particularly interested in the connections between typography and politics.
Natural Sciences, Technology and Environmental Studies
MD356
![Göran Ståhle](/download/18.16fc068e18d2a6eb1ce153c8/1706195671414/1556458_627305287373647_1067703840335030231_o.jpg)
I am associate professor in the Study of Religions, specialized in the Psychology of Religion, Indic religions, and Religion and health
Historical and Contemporary Studies
F1027
![Sylwia Szymanska-Smolkin](/download/18.561020fb18529b3aa4ab9797/1675258587002/SSS%20Uppsala%20Pic%20(1).jpeg)
My project concerns research the Jewish couriers and their role in establishing contacts and networks between Jewish communities during the Second World War.
Historical and Contemporary Studies
F922
![David Thurfjell](/download/18.63f0f86d18f378027b21286/1714641981046/MLK_3325%20copy%202.jpg)
![Oscar Törnqvist](/download/18.3b46ec8618d2a9658ef2c801/1706454753613/oscar.jpg)
Using archaeological and historical sources, I investigate the pre-modern ecology of the Baltic to form better ecological baselines for managing marine resources, mainly fish.
Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES)
![Kaisa Vallas](/download/18.5e24d69918ec6705cb33af94/1713352274308/laulupidu-%20portrett%203.jpg)
Kaisa Vallas
Academic Secretary
Department secretary School of Historical and Contemporary Studies
Historical and Contemporary Studies
F928
![Maria Vallström](/download/18.20cefca218e5a610c412169d/1711301265700/maria_vallstro%3Fm01.jpg)
Maria Vallström
Associate Professor
Programme Coordinator
Senior Lecturer
Lecturer in ethnology and at the teachers department. Responsible for programmes for sustainable development and bachelors level.
Historical and Contemporary Studies
F1028
Doctoral student
Historical and Contemporary Studies
F1018
![Linda Vikdahl Gunséus](/download/18.49468e17188b9f519ed745a0/1688491560229/Unknown-1.jpeg)
Doctoral student in ethnology and teacher in the teacher education. My focus is on school-age educare.
Historical and Contemporary Studies
F1024
Martin Wottle
Associate Professor
Subject Coordinator
Senior Lecturer
![Yuliya Yurchuk](/download/18.ec9219e18d8279f46f1ccca/1707831485056/5.jpg)
I am historian specialising on nationalism, memory, religion, history of knowledge and history of science and ideas, with the main fokus on Ukraine, Eastern and Central Europe.
Historical and Contemporary Studies
F828
![Maria Zackariasson](/download/18.3be03e1f18d54bc55a32d852/1707204215977/Bild%202%20p%3F%20mig%2020230616.jpg)
Coordinator ULF-avtal. Research fields: Higher education in Sweden and Russia. Civic and religious engagement among youth in e.g. social movements.
Historical and Contemporary Studies
F1016
Erika Zinders
Doctoral Student
![Ann af Burén](/download/18.6264343c18bf5c28cc233203/1701353683612/ann.af.buren.01..sv.jpg)
Head of the study of religion and archeology. Assistant professor in the study of religion. Researcher.
Historical and Contemporary Studies
F1031
Advisor to the Vice-Chancellor for internationalization
Historical and Contemporary Studies
F923
I am studying processes of democratization in Sweden during "the long 20th century
Historical and Contemporary Studies
F835
![Petra Österlund](/download/18.7dea5d1518d2a59527119d3d/1706299238861/Petra,%20Tagung%20Arild,%20June%205,%202019,%201.jpg)
I am associate professor in Ethnology. I am coordinator for Ethnology and the European program, and a teacher in Ethnology, the European program and the Teacher Education Program.
Historical and Contemporary Studies
F1022