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Historiografi
The anthology Theoretical Applications in Art Studies demonstrates, presents and problematizes the application of historiography in art studies practice. The central ambition is to show how historiography can be applied and understood in different ways, in survey and critical studies as well as an…
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Elden är lös! Janghen var!
This monograph in Swedish examines how Constantinople (Istanbul) emerges as a multilingual literary world in fiction and travel writing between 1878 and 1922. Drawing on recent international research in literary multilingualism, world literature, and translation studies, Helena Bodin traces a…
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Röra vid böcker
In recent years, literacy promotion initiatives have increasingly turned their attention to the very youngest children. Libraries host storytimes for infants, child health centres direct new parents to reading resources, and various organizations encourage families to begin reading aloud from the…
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Musikens vägar
What did musical life around Sweden look like during the long nineteenth century? How could people across Sweden engage with music outside the major cities? In this book, twelve music researchers portray concert activities and musical practices in various locations throughout Sweden, with…
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Writing Class
In Writing Class, Magnus Nilsson offers a groundbreaking exploration of how contemporary Swedish literature responds to the rise of precarious labour. Focusing on literary portrayals of working-class experiences of labour-market precarity in the post-welfare state era, Nilsson examines how authors…
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Det dolda universitetet
During the Cold War, Swedish investments in military research were massive. The research was significant for both the military and the society at large. However, not much is known about these expenditures and their impact. The authors of the book Det dolda universitetet (The Hidden University) show…
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1800
At the turn of the 19th century, Stockholm's cultural life underwent a dramatic transformation. This study explores the tumultuous late Gustavian period through the life and career of actor and illustrator Axel Fredrik Cederholm. By highlighting his dual roles – as a professional actor and…
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Vetenskapshistorisk hattparad I
Why is it important for institutions of higher education to have researchers as teachers? This book aims to answer this question by examining the history of the Swedish system of higher education through a special lens: the struggle of educational institutions for the right to make their own…
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Den nordiska hushållsstaten
Martin Luther's concept of society as a household, ruled by parents, established a model of social organisation that would become important in the Nordic countries in the 17th and 18th centuries. With the dismantling of the Nordic monasteries in the Lutheran Reformation, households became the new…
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Vetenskapshistorisk hattparad II
Why is it important for institutions of higher education to have researchers as teachers? This book aims to answer this question by examining the history of the Swedish system of higher education through a special lens: the struggle of educational institutions for the right to make their own…
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Specialpedagogisk forskning och tidiga insatser
The anthology Special Education Research and Early Intervention contains twenty chapters that highlight the special education knowledge area, with an emphasis on its inclusive practices and didactic applications. The chapters in this anthology explain theoretical frameworks, analyze needs and…
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Hushåll, stad och rätt
Hushåll, stad och rätt is a Festschrift to Dag Lindström, professor of history at the Department of History, Uppsala University. This book contains sixteen articles within the three themes House and Household, City and Law and they are written by colleagues and friends from Uppsala University as…
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Varför ökar den offentliga byråkratin i Sverige?
A well-functioning bureaucracy is very important, but in Sweden there are clear signs that bureaucratization is taking place - that there are too many personnel who govern, administer and control operations rather than operationally carrying out them. How does that happen? In this book, political…
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Grå reformer och gröna omställningar
The Swedish public administration was profoundly transformed in the years around 1990. The “market” was introduced into policy areas that had previously chiefly been considered the responsibility of society. The book Grå reformer och gröna omställningar (Grey reforms and green transitions) brings…
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Litteraturdidaktik och känslor
This collection of articles contains some of the highlights from the conference “Literature didactics and Feelings,” organised by Kristianstad University for the Literature Didactics Network (LDN) in 2021. The articles approach the hows and whys of teaching literature and emotion in school and in…
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Antirasismer och antirasister
In the book Anti-Racisms and Anti-Racists. Realistic utopias, tensions and everyday experiences, 24 researchers explore how resistance to various forms of racism is pursued and embodied among groups of people who dream beyond racism in a variety of ways, often contradictory, rarely successful, but…
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Att fästa sig vid staten
The expression ""to attach oneself to the state"" is a paraphrase for entering into marriage: when a man married, he was also considered to attach himself to the state and become a cog in a larger context. Marriage was seen at the end of the 18th century as a foundation for social order. But what…
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På vei mot læreryrket
I denne boken beskriver forfatterne hvordan studenters aktiviteter på ulike måter kan inngå i deres dannelsesprosesser på veien mot å bli lærer, og hvordan de som underviser på lærerutdanningen kan inspirere til denne aktiviseringen. Antologien tar som utgangspunkt at lærerstudenters ferd mot å bli…
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Peter Artedi: Reformer of 18th Century Zoology, Vol. I
In this attempt to bring together in a single volume all that is known about the Swedish naturalist Peter Artedi, a chronicle of his life is provided, beginning with his early upbringing in the Parish of Anundsjö, Ångermanland, his school days at Härnösand, his ten years at Uppsala University, his…
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Specialpedagogik som politik och praktik
Special Education as Policy and Practice deals with the Swedish school special education teacher and special educator professions from the 1980s to the 2020s. The purpose of the book is to shed light on the reasons for today's two professions with a special education focus and how similarities and…