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The Starting Grants awarded by the European Research Council (ERC) in its 2021 call have been announced. The awardees include an Uppsala researcher...

COLUMN. While more and more people say Yes and Amen when you ask them about the importance of living in a more environmentally conscious and sustai...

"There are many ways of being Swedish, and being Jewish is one of them." These words set the seal on Carl Henrik Carlsson’s history of the Jews in ...

Uppsala University archaeology students’ summer excavations on the island of Gotland turned up an exciting surprise: they found a warrior, with swo...

An inspiring middle-school teacher sparked Linda Andersson Burnett’s interest in history. Now a researcher in the history of science and ideas at U...

Each year, Uppsala University and the Swedish Publishers’ Association arrange a lecture in memory of the publisher Adam Helms. This year’s lecture ...

When the first descriptions of knitting and crochet were published in Swedish, in the mid-19th century, such handiwork was described as the finest ...

Since June 2020, Carl Linnaeus has been a subject of debate in Sweden and around the world. What sparked it off were the actions of the Black Lives...

Conspiratorial narratives of internal disintegration and external threats affect views in the European Union and Europe to an increasing extent. Ou...

Conspiracy theories are becoming more common in the world, and the Nordic countries are no exception. Are some conspiracy theories unique to the No...

As historians, it is our job to take a step back and give perspective to our current situation. For anyone looking back, it isn’t hard to find othe...

On 18 January, Uppsala University’s new multidisciplinary graduate school opened at Campus Gotland. Its focus is on sustainable development. This i...

The Order of Freemasons’ meticulous archives are fundamental to their identity. The unique structure of the masonic archives reinforces the secrecy...

In a major 10-year national research programme, two Wallenberg Foundations are supporting research on the impact of the ongoing technology shift, i...

This year the Rudbeck Medal is awarded to Professors Olle Eriksson, Inger Sundström Poromaa and Maria Ågren, while the Linnaeus Medal is awarded to...

Uppsala University has a rich collection of manuscripts, printed material, art objects and maps related to the Ottoman Empire and other Turkic cult...

In a recently published article in the journal Nature, 90 researchers from various countries have collaborated to develop new knowledge about the V...

Using a VR helmet, you can try your hand at archery in 14th century Visby. This new VR game has been developed by the game company Disir, which was...

The police violence in Minneapolis that resulted in the death of George Floyd has once again thrust relations between black and white Americans ont...

What would have become of Carl Linnaeus if he had remained single? Would science have missed out on one of its major lodestars without his well-fun...