Maria Småberg

Present position:
Assistant professor, Department of History, Lund University.
Lecturer, Peace and Conflict Research, Lund University.

Main research interests:
Women, War and Peace
Witness narratives
Humanitarianism
The Armenian Genocide
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Conflict transformation theory
Interfaith dialogue, friendship and peacebuilding
Peace education and interculturalism
Missionary history and postcolonial theory

Dissertation:
Ambivalent Friendship. Anglican Conflict Handling and Education for Peace in Jerusalem 1920-1948 (Lund 2005).

Parent leave (full time):
2007-2008 and 2010-2011.

Research

• Present projects
• Alma and the Armenians - a Swedish missionary woman and the civil society in conflict (research leader)In 1915, Swedish missionary Alma Johansson witnessed the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire. She then worked at an Armenian orphanage. When the children ...

• About my research

• Publications

Other tasks and qualifications

Degrees:
• 2005 Ph D in History, Lund University. Title of the dissertation: Ambivalent Friendship. Anglican Conflict Handling and Education for Peace in Jerusalem 1920-1948.
• 1996 MA in History, Lund University.
• 1994 BA in History, Lund University.

Education:
• 1989-2005 Lund University, Sweden.
• 1996-1998 Rothberg School for Overseas Students, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
• 1992-1993 Catholic University of Angers, France.


Pedagogical Education:
• 2009 Academic Trainee Program for Assistant Professors, Lund University
• 2009 Basic course for Ph D tutors, Lund University
• 2002 Examination in Change, Lund University.
• 2001 Teaching Course for the Humanities, Lund University.
• 2000 Communication Course for the Humanities, Lund University.


Appointments:
• 2009 – luPOD Academic Trainee Program for Assistant Professors at Lund University
• 2008 - Assistant professor, Department of History, Lund University
• 2006 - Assistant supervisor of a PhD student, Department of History, Lund University.
• 2006 - Lecturer, Peace and Conflict Research, Lund University.
• 2005-2007 Student Counsellor, Department of History, Lund University.
• 2003 - Lecturer, Centre of Theology and Religion, Lund University.
• 2003-2007 SI-manager, Department of History, Lund University.
• 2001 - Lecturer, History, Lund University.
• 2003-2005 Student counsellor assistant, Department of History, Lund University.
• 2001-2005 Research Associate, Department of History, Lund University.
• 2000-2001 Student councellor substitute. Department of History, Lund University (part time).
• 1997-1998 Visiting Scholar, Rothberg School for Overseas Students, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
• 1997-2005 PhD student, Department of History, Lund University.

Published Books and Articles:
Maria Småberg, "Försoning", in Karin Aggestam & Kristine Höglund (ed.), Om krig och fred. En introduktion till freds- och konfliktstudier, Studentlitteratur, Lund 2012.
Maria Småberg, "Witnessing the Unbearable. Alma Johansson and the Massacres of the Armenians 1915" in Karin Aggestam & Annika Björkdahl (eds.) War and Peace in Transition. Changing Roles of External Actors, Nordic Academic Press, Lund 2009.
Maria Småberg, "Att bevittna det outsägliga – Alma Johansson och massakern på armenierna 1915", Vetenskapssocietetens Årsbok, Lund 2007.
Maria Småberg, "Interkulturell vänskap som motdiskurs: ett historiskt perspektiv" in Hans Lorentz & Bosse Bergstedt (eds.) Interkulturella perspektiv. Pedagogik i mångkulturella lärandemiljöer, Studentlitteratur, Lund 2006.
Maria Småberg, "Peacemaking through Friendships - Ambivalent Anglican discourses in Jerusalem 1920-1948" in SMT (Swedish Missiological Themes), Vol. 94, No. 2 2006.
Maria Småberg, "Tea-party-diplomati. Kvinnors strävan att motverka våld i Palestina 1920-1948" in Eva Österberg & Marie Lindstedt Cronberg (eds.): Kvinnor och Våld. En mångtydig kulturhistoria, Nordic Academic Press, Lund 2005.
Maria Småberg, Ambivalent Friendship. Anglican Conflict Handling and Education for Peace in Jerusalem 1920-1948, Lund University, Lund 2005.
Maria Småberg, "Vänskap och ambivalens: kunskapens villkor och möjligheter i mångkulturella skolor i Jerusalem 1920-1948, i Bosse Bergstedt & Hans Lorentz (eds.): Lärandets skilda vägar: om kunskapsbildning i mångkulturella kontexter, Pedagogiska rapporter, nr 83, 2004.
Maria Småberg, "En oas mitt i våldet" - Fredsutbildning som ett medel till att förebygga våld i Palestina 1920-1948", in Eva Österberg & Marie Lindstedt Cronberg (eds.): Våldets Mening, Makt, minne, myt, Nordic Academic Press, Lund 2004.
Maria Småberg, "Ambivalens och Vänskap" – mångkulturell utbildning i Jerusalem 1920-1948" in Hans-Albin Larsson (ed.) Forskningsfronten flyttas fram. Utbildningskultur och maktkultur, HLF Förlag, 2003.
Maria Småberg, "Kultur överbryggar konflikt", Populär Historia, december 2002.
Maria Småberg, "Dialogue in teaching. Early attempts of peace education in multicultural Anglican schools in Jerusalem, 1920-1948" in Elsie Franzén (ed.) Barn, ungdom och utbildning i mångkulturella samhällen,) IMER-förbundets rapport från Forskarskolan i Sigtuna, februari 2002, FoU-Södertörn Skriftserie nr 24/02.
Maria Småberg, "Vems judiska stat? Konflikten mellan religiösa och sekulariserade judar i Israel", Utrikesperspektiv, maj 1998.
Maria Småberg, "Religionens roll i fredsprocessen. Moderata israeliska muslimers syn på religion, politik och fred", Dialog, januari 1998.

Conference Papers:
Maria Småberg, 2012 "The Vulnerable Guardian - images of women and security in Alma Johanssons's witness accounts of the 1915 Armenian Genocide", Taking Women Beyond 1325, Lund University.
Maria Småberg, 2012 "The Vulnerable Guardian - images of women and security in Alma Johanssons's witness accounts of the 1915 Armenian Genocide", The Tenth Nordic Gender History Conference, Bergen University.
Maria Småberg, 2012 "The Vulnerable Guardian - images of women and security in Alma Johanssons's witness accounts of the 1915 Armenian Genocide", 2012 Gothenburg National Peace and Conflict Studies Conference, Gothenburg University.
Maria Småberg, 2011 "Witness Accounts as Resistance and Recovery: Alma Johansson and the Armenian Genocide 1915",
Aid and Genocide - Scandinavian Relief Work among the Christian Minorities in the Ottoman Empire, An International Conference, DIIS Copenhagen.
Maria Småberg, 2009 "The Vulnerable Guardian - Alma Johansson and the Armenian Genocide of 1915", the 2009 Conference of the Swedish Women and Gender Historians (SKOGH) – "Gender Perspectives on World history", Gothenburg University.
Maria Småberg, 2009 "The Vulnerable Guardian - Alma Johansson and the Armenian Genocide of 1915", The 2009 Conference of the Swedish Network of Peace, Conflict and Development Research – "The Development and Security Nexus", Stockholm University.
Maria Småberg, 2008 "Witnessing the Unbearable – Alma Johansson and the Massacres on the Armenians 1915, National Conference on Peace and Conflict Research, Lund University.
Maria Småberg, 2006 "Peacemakers" from the "Bridge Church"- The Anglican Church as an Informal Third Party in Palestine 1920-1948, Globalization and Peacebuilding, Uppsala University.
Maria Småberg, 2006 "Witnessing the Unbearable – Swedish Missionary Alma Johansson's actions for the Armenians", Gender and Religion, Copenhagen University.
Maria Småberg, 2006 "The Spiritual Solution" – Rituals and Informal Meetings for Peace in Jerusalem 1920-1948, The Second Swedish Peace Research Conference, Gothenburg University.
Maria Småberg, 2006 "Peacemaking through Friendships - Ambivalent Anglican discourses in Jerusalem 1920-1948" Protestant missions, practice and representation in the formation of "self" and "other", ca. 1850-2000, Bergen University.
Maria Småberg, 2005 "Tea-party-diplomati. Kvinnors strävan att motverka våld i Palestina 1920-1948", Kvinnor och Våld (Women and Violence), Lund University.
Maria Småberg, 2004 "Vänskap och ambivalens: kunskapens villkor och möjligheter i mångkulturella skolor i Jerusalem 1920-1948", NFP/NERA Education Research Conference, Reykjavik University.
Maria Småberg, 2003 "En oas mitt i våldet" - Fredsutbildning som ett medel till att förebygga våld i Palestina 1920-1948", Våldets gränser (The Limits of violence), Lund University.
Maria Småberg, 2002 "Dialogue in teaching. Early attempts of peace education in multicultural Anglican schools in Jerusalem, 1920-1948" IMER Research School, Sigtuna.
Maria Småberg, 1997 "Arab Israeli Muslims on Religion, Politics and Peace", The Peace Process and Political Visions of the Middle East, Lund University.

Reviews:
Maria Småberg, 2011, review of Jesper Bengtsson, "En Kamp för Frihet. Aung San Suu Kyi" (Norstedts 2010), Historielärarnas Förening Årsskrift, 2011, pp. 185-187.
Maria Småberg, 2007 review of Sten Ask & Anna Mark-Jungkvist (red.) "Freden som äventyr. Dag Hammarskjöld och FN:s framtid" (2005), Historielärarnas förenings årsskrift 2007.
Maria Småberg, 2003, review of Grace Feuerverger, "Oasis of Dreams. Teaching and Learning Peace in a Jewish-Palestinian Village in Israel" (2001) in Historielärarnas förenings årsskrift 2003.

Teaching:
(*in English)
Conflict Resolution (lecturer, examiner, undergraduate level), Peace and Conflict Research, Lund University.
Meeting place Jerusalem (lecturer, examiner, undergraduate level), Department of History, Lund University.
The Arab-Israeli Conflict (undergraduate level), Campus Helsingborg, Lund University.
*The Role of Religion in the Middle East Conflict (lecturer, undergraduate level), Centre for Theology and Religious Studies.
* Peace for God's Sake (lecturer, undergraduate level), Centre for Theology and Religious Studies.
Supervisor and examiner of undergraduate thesis, Department of Individual and Society, Malmoe University College.
Supervisor and examiner of undergraduate thesis (BA-level), Department of History, Lund University.
Supervisor and examiner of undergraduate thesis (BA-level), Peace and Conflict Research, Lund University.
Assistant supervisor of a PhD student, Department of History, Lund University.
Assistant supervisor of a PhD student, Örebro University.

Academic community services:
Member of the Board of Centre of Middle Eastern Studies, Lund University, 2007-2009.
Member of the Examination Board of a Ph D dissertation at Centre of Theology and Religion, Lund University, 2008.
Member of the Examination Board of a licentiate's dissertation at Centre of Theology and Religion, Lund University, 2008.
Member of the Board of the Forum for Intercultural Pedagogical Research, Lund University, 2005-2007.

Awards, Grants, Research Funding:
The Swedish Research Council
The Swedish Institute
The Crafoord Foundation
The Birgit and Gad Rausing Foundation for Humanistic Research
The Fondazione Famiglia Rausing
The Royal Society of Letters at Lund
The Faculty of Humanities, Lund University
The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
The County Governor Per Westling Memorial Fund
The Bokelund Foundation History & Geography Grant Fund
The Bokelund Foundation Travel Grant Fund

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