Open access books
Here you can find all the Open Access books published in the publication series at the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology.
2026
Att skriva idéhistoria
Bruno Hamnell, Frits Gåvertsson (ed.) | Att skriva idéhistoria | 2026
Hur formulerar man ett idéhistoriskt problem? Vilken betydelse kan plats ha i idéhistoriska undersökningar? Vilka digitala verktyg kan en idéhistoriker arbeta med? Hur skiljer sig idéhistoriska undersökningar inriktade mot medicinens, filosofins, politikens och vetenskapens historia ...
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Det stängda landskapet
Sarah Vorminder | Det stängda landskapet. Stängselskyldighet och organiseringen av jordbruket i Sverige under 1700- och 1800-talen | 2026
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Earthenware Change in Southern Scandinavia
Erik Johansson | Earthenware Change in Southern Scandinavia. The Case of Lund, 1150–1350 | 2026
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Foodscapes of Civil Society
Gina Song Lopez | Foodscapes of Civil Society. Veg*n advocacy and sustainability transitions in the Sino-cultural sphere | 2026
This dissertation is about social change ‘and’, ‘with’, as well as ‘through’ food. It examines the rise and expansion of novel approaches to veganism and plant-based lifestyles in the Sino-cultural sphere by foregrounding the assemblage of actors (human and nonhuman) at the forefront ...
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Livets idéhistoria
Jimmy Jönsson, Frits Gåvertsson, Adam Furbring, David Dunér (ed.) | Livets idéhistoria. Livsbegrepp, livsformer och livshållningar från forntiden till i dag | Makadam förlag | 2026
Livet genomsyrar dagens debatter. Livets gränser utmanas av landvinningar inom genteknologi, AI-teknik och sökandet efter liv i rymden. Vår livsstil orsakar klimatförändringar och minskad biologisk mångfald, något som i sin tur försämrar villkoren för livet på jorden. Vi kämpar för ...
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Monarchy in the Age of Liberty
Jonas Nordin | Monarchy in the Age of Liberty. Royal power and public life in eighteenth-century Sweden | 2026
This book is about the role of monarchy as an institution when the king has no power. During the Age of Liberty (1718–1772), absolutism was abolished in Sweden and the king reduced to a mere figurehead. Even so, the monarchy continued to be an indispensable part of the form of ...
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Parchment: demand and supply in medieval Scandinavia
Lena Strid | Parchment: demand and supply in medieval Scandinavia | 2026
In medieval society, parchment was the backbone upon which state bureaucracy, merchant and estate records, and the religious life of priests, monks, nuns and the laity rested. Whether a gold leaf-decorated bible or a plain account book, their pages all began as animals in the ...
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The first ordained women in the Church of Sweden
Frida Mannerfelt, Alexander Maurits | The first ordained women in the Church of Sweden. Narratives of vocation and recognition | 2026
On Palm Sunday 1960, three women knelt in front of an altar to be ordained as the first female priests in the Church of Sweden. During the 1960s, 54 women were admitted into the priesthood. This book tells the story of these pioneers through an analysis of their own personal ...
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2025
A grammar of Baniwa classifiers
Sandra Cronhamn | A grammar of Baniwa classifiers | Non-serial books – Languages and Literature | 2025
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Affordances and Limitations of Translanguaging and Writing Tools
Tina Gunnarsson | Affordances and Limitations of Translanguaging and Writing Tools. A Study of Emergent Multilingual Students' Writing in EFL | 2025
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Ambiguous Human Existence and the Ethics of Authenticity
Anette Svane | Ambiguous Human Existence and the Ethics of Authenticity. Exploring Tensions of Freedom and Solidarity in Contemporary Scandinavian Art Film and Beyond | Non-serial books – Languages and Literature | 2025
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Att avlyssna folkviljan
Eskil Vesterlund | Att avlyssna folkviljan. Gallupundersökningen som ett nytt medium mellan press, politik, reklam och vetenskap, 1941–1955 | 2025
Att avlyssna folkviljan handlar om Gallupundersökningen och hur denna nya teknologi för att undersöka samhället gjorde sitt intåg i Sverige under 1900-talets mitt. Det är en mediehistoria om hur en rikstäckande infrastruktur av hålkort, frågeformulär och intervjuare transformerade ...
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Att skola entreprenörer
Evelina Kallträsk | Att skola entreprenörer. Ung Företagsamhet och den svenska skolans omvandling 1980–2011 | 2025
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Bebyggelse och landskap - en undersökning av tre gårdar på Bjärehalvön
Sara Williamsson Lind | Bebyggelse och landskap - en undersökning av tre gårdar på Bjärehalvön. Rapport över landskapsarkeologiska undersökningar av Båstad Ingelstorp 8:7, Hovs socken, Båstads kommun, Skåne län | 2025
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Creativity and illness
Philip Sandblom | Marianne Thormählen (ed.) | Creativity and illness. How suffering affects literature, art, and music | 2025
A pioneering work in the field of Medical Humanities, first published as Creativity and disease in 1982, Creativity and illness now appears in a fresh, extended version based on the definitive Swedish edition published in 2022. A renowned surgeon, Philip Sandblom was also a ...
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Experiencing Gameworlds
Björn Fritz | Experiencing Gameworlds. Understanding Zelda and Mario Through the Lenses of Art History and Phenomenology | Non-serial books – Cultural Sciences | 2025
This book invites readers on a journey through digital landscapes where art history meets gameplay and where the experience of space, movement and vision echoes centuries of artistic tradition. Focusing on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey as examples, ...
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Fragmented Power
Tabita Rosendal | Fragmented Power. The Reception of China's Foreign Policy Strategies in Sri Lanka | 2025
This dissertation presents a theory on China’s “Fragmented Power” in foreign politics by examining the reception of the “Belt and Road” Initiative in Sri Lanka. This initiative, which exemplifies Xi Jinping’s assertive foreign policy, has sparked significant global debate but remains ...
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Friläggning, dokumentation samt provtagning på Bulverket och i Tingstäde träsk
Peter d'Agnan | Friläggning, dokumentation samt provtagning på Bulverket och i Tingstäde träsk. Arkeologisk forskningsundersökning 2024 | 2025
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From Czernowitz to Chernivtsi
Niklas Bernsand | From Czernowitz to Chernivtsi. Remembering pre-WWII Cultural Diversity in a post-Soviet Western Ukrainian City | 2025
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Från elevdiskurser till biologibruk
Lee Ä. Hildebrand | Från elevdiskurser till biologibruk. Sexualundervisning på gymnasiet | 2025
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