Research Projects
Research projects currently being conducted at the Department are listed below in alphabetical order. The research profiles of individiual faculty members, researchers, and PhD candidates are described on their respective profile pages.
Active Projects:
Att läsa dotterns subjektivering i förhållande till modern i skandinavisk samtidslitteratur (Magdalena Rozenberg)
Begreppet ”folk” i svensk politisk retorik (Ellen Jonsson)
Cultural Memory in the We Novel (Maja Andreasson)
"Hallå där, nu suckar jag". Om ljudinspelning i svensk poesi (Jesper Olsson)
Hembygd, natur och lärande i Anna Maria Roos och Elsa Beskows/Herman Siegvalds skönlitterära läseböcker för småskolan, 1912–1937 (Malin Drugge)
Interactions. Gender, Nation and Authorship in the Work of Amalie von Helvig (Jules Kielmann)
Kan vi vara demokratiska? (Mats Rosengren)
Miljöutfästelser inom Energisystemet (Erik Bengtson & Oskar Mossberg)
MotherNet. Developing a New Network of Researchers on Contemporary European Motherhood (Sigrid Schottenius Cullhed et al.)
Norden og verden. Retorisk medborgerskab før, nu og i fremtiden (Jon Viklund et al.)
Patterns of Popularity. Towards a Holistic Understanding of Contemporary Bestselling Fiction (Karl Berglund & Mats Dahllöf)
Philomela Returns. Ancient Myth and the Public Secret of Rape (Sigrid Schottenius Cullhed)
Publishing Translations. Flows, Patterns, and Power-Dynamics in the Swedish Book Market after 1970 (Jana Rüegg)
The Return of the Demagogue and the Negation of Politics (Theodor Lalér)
The Scandal Syndrome. The Aesthetics and Politics of Art Scandals (Måns Wrange & Maria Karlsson)
Stories of Rape Trauma. Narratological and Psychotraumatological Perspectives (Daniela Lillhannus)
Studentinflytande som demokratisk tillgång. Demokratiska och proto-demokratiska praktiker i Uppsala under fyra sekler (Lars Burman)
Times of Indigenous Transitions. De-colonializing Climate Change Temporalities in Sápmi (Frida Buhre)
True Crime on the Air. The Representation of Crime, the Law, and the Justice System in Swedish Public Service Radio’s P3 Documentary, 2005–2020 (Maria Karlsson & Mats Hyvönen)
Youth Climate and Environmental Mobilisation in Swedish Politics. Building an Inclusive and Sustainable Democracy (Jonathan Josefsson & Frida Buhre)