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History
and history didactics
History and history didactics are humanistic research fields with great relevance to society, culture and the individual. The research examines both the past and mediations of history to explain how people, institutions, organisations and societies experience and construct their present. As researchers, we analyse both history and the present to understand and explain societal changes and their implications.
At Malmö University, the history and history didactics subject is based at the Department of Society, Culture and Identity. Still, researchers in history can be found in several departments and faculties. In the department's research in history, the time perspective extends mainly from the Middle Ages to the present, but with an emphasis on modern history. Profiled specialisations in the research are oral history, social and cultural history and political history. We research social and cultural movements, migration, life stories and popular culture from different theoretical perspectives. A significant part of the research is characterised by an effort to study and explore people's living conditions and experiences and to make the perspectives, learning, cultural heritage and history of previously marginalised groups visible.
History Didactics
History didactics research includes historical culture, the communication of history and the use of history in society, as well as education-oriented history didactics research. Within the socially oriented history didactics, research is conducted on political and popular cultural uses of history, such as music, computer games and historical re-enactment. Educational research includes both studies of existing history teaching and developmental research on how history can be taught.
Critical heritage studies
The Department of Society, Culture and Identity also has strong research in critical heritage studies. This includes popular and public history, memory production and the accessibility of history to diverse audiences. We develop knowledge about heritage as a historical and cultural process, as well as about museums, collections and memorials. Our research concerns the activation and development of cultural heritage through memory activism, heritage pedagogy and methods of participation and co-creation.
Research in history and history didactics is characterised by dynamic collaborations between researchers in history, history education and critical heritage studies.
Researchers, publications and projects
Fredrik Alvén
Torbjörn Andersson
Thom Axelsson
Cecilia Axelsson Yngvéus
Mikael Bruér
Ingmarie Danielsson Malmros
Per Eliasson
Peter Gladoic Håkansson
Vanja Lozic
Victor Lundberg
Robert Nilsson Mohammadi
Stefan Nyzell
Jonas Qvarsebo
David Rosenlund
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2025 | Book
Enemy Images: Emergence, Consequences and Counteraction
Kristian Steiner, Andreas Önnerfors
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2024 | Chapter in book
”Drömmen om den verkliga frigörelsen”: Carl Lindhagen och kampen om demokratin
Josefin Hägglund
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2024 | Book
I rikets tjänst: en studie om den önskade medborgaren i svensk utbildningspoilitik
Fredrik Alvén
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2024 | Article in journal
Coaching by doing: Communities of practice at Swedish sport schools in XC skiing since the 1970s
Daniel Svensson
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2024 | Article in journal
Beyond testimony: early recounting and active listening at a boarding school for young holocaust survivors in Sweden 1946-1948
Malin Thor Tureby
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2024 | Conference paper
The use and non-use of archived life stories from survivors of the Holocaust in public history settings in Sweden
Malin Thor Tureby
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2024 | Conference paper
A Higher Authority: Evangelical Challenges to "Religion and Climate Change"
Martin Lund
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2024 | Conference paper
Jewish Victims, Swedish Cemeteries: The Death, Burial, and Memorialization of the Surviving Remnant of European Jewry in Sweden, 1945-1955
Malin Thor Tureby, Victoria Van Orden Martinez
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2024 | Chapter in book
The Mythopoetic Viking in European Cultural Heritage
Sara Ellis Nilsson, Stefan Nyzell
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2024 | Chapter in book
Viking Re-enactment
Stefan Nyzell
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Research project
Understanding epilepsy: Knowledge, education and stigmatisation, 1950-2020
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Transforming Gender Boundaries in Sport Organizations: Women in FIS through the case of Inga Löwdin
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Memory and Activism. Survivors Remembering, Commemorating and Documenting the Holocaust
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To establish a sense of community: The local cultural heritage in social studies education in primary school
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The History of Malmö Muslims until 1990
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Swedish Riksdag 1867–2022: An Ecosystem of Linked Open Data
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Learning, prevention and consequences of antisemitism in the Swedish educational system
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Swedish Parliamentary Debates
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The psycho-culture of school health care 1940–1990: Between school education and medical care
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Weaving it together – the textile industry in Sweden and its international connections 1800-1990
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Modern Times 1936
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The Ethical Dilemmas of Digitalization: Vulnerability and Holocaust collections.
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Nordic voices: The use of oral history and personal memories in public history settings
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Value conflicts in urban biodiversity management - case studies of Swedish municipalities
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The Uruguayan Exile in Sweden. Tracing the Present Past in Three Generations
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Exiled: Activism, Identity and the African National Congress of South Africa in Sweden
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The Significance of the Congress for Cultural Freedom for the Cultural Cold War in the Nordic region, 1950-1967
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Welfare State Analytics: Text Mining and Modeling Swedish Politics, Media & C ulture, 1945-1989 (WeStAc)
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Jewish and woman. Intersectional and historical perspectives on Jewish women's lives in Sweden during the twentieth and twenty-first...
malin.thor@mau.se
Doctoral studies in History and history didactics
Malmö University offers doctoral studies in History and history didactics.
Contact for doctoral studies in History and history didactics: Cecilia Trenter