Filetype
This study scans six decades of film history in search for video images, the imaginaries within which they are framed, and (taking cues from the archaeological methods of Friedrich Kittler and Michel Foucault) their technical, historical, and institutional conditions of existence. The British experimental science fiction film Anti-Clock (Jane Arden and Jack Bond, 1979) revolves around a video devi
The research on forgeries, fakes, copies, replicas, facsimiles, substitutions, appropriations and imitations in pre-modern times is now a growing field of research in art history, and as shown the difference between these concepts is anything but clear (Heisterberg, Müller-Bechtel & Putzger eds. 2018; Cupperi ed. 2014; Wood 2008). The aim of this paper is to look at the artistic production of
AN INTERDISCIPLINARY SYMPOSIUM ON THE FUNCTIONS AND AESTHETICS OF SOUND IN MUSEUMS 2019-04-09 Sound Environment Centre hosted the interdisciplinary symposium on the functions and aesthetics of sound in museums. Sounding MuseumsWithin recent years sound has played a more and more prominent role in museums. Fine art galleries now integrate sound as part of the aesthetic expressions exhibited meanwhi
https://www.lmc.lu.se/en/activities/activities-2019/sounding-museums - 2026-04-23
In 1899, the British colonialist Cecil Rhodes went to Berlin to negotiate about his fantastical ‘Cape-to-Cairo’ telegraph and railway scheme with his former nemesis, the German emperor Wilhelm II. Why did this initiative of Rhodes, who was held responsible for the disastrous Jameson Raid and no longer occupied any official position, receive so much coverage and legitimacy in the international pres
In his “Dialogue about the Art of Portraiture” (1906), Viennese Art Historian Julius von Schlosser made the following critical observation of the behaviour of visitors in art museums:They [the public] are not interested in the portrait as an expression or disclosure of an artistic personality, but rather the actual human being, one can say, looming behind it, who is known to them in a very particu
This dissertation studies representations of globalization by analyzing travel journalism in two magazines from 1982 to 2008. Globalization discourses are studied through an analysis of how places and identities are constructed. The aim of this study is to examine the use of globalization discourses in travel journalism as both a construction and a defense of privilege. By focusing on two magazine
Challenges in the Global Classroom | Department of History 15 Apr Challenges in the Global Classroom 15 April 2026 13:15 to 15:00 Workshop Welcome to a workshop on strategies for creating inclusive and non-discriminatory education at international Master’s programmes. In all classrooms, students have diverse backgrounds. However, student diversity might be more obvious at international Master’s pr
https://www.historiska.lu.se/en/about-the-department/calendar/event/challenges-global-classroom/ - 2026-04-13
Challenges in the Global Classroom | Department of History 15 Apr Challenges in the Global Classroom 15 April 2026 13:15 to 15:00 Workshop Welcome to a workshop on strategies for creating inclusive and non-discriminatory education at international Master’s programmes. In all classrooms, students have diverse backgrounds. However, student diversity might be more obvious at international Master’s pr
Challenges in the Global Classroom | Department of History 15 Apr Challenges in the Global Classroom 15 April 2026 13:15 to 15:00 Workshop Welcome to a workshop on strategies for creating inclusive and non-discriminatory education at international Master’s programmes. In all classrooms, students have diverse backgrounds. However, student diversity might be more obvious at international Master’s pr
Challenges in the Global Classroom | Department of History 15 Apr Challenges in the Global Classroom 15 April 2026 13:15 to 15:00 Workshop Welcome to a workshop on strategies for creating inclusive and non-discriminatory education at international Master’s programmes. In all classrooms, students have diverse backgrounds. However, student diversity might be more obvious at international Master’s pr
https://www.historiska.lu.se/en/about-the-department/calendar/seminars/challenges-global-classroom - 2026-04-14
Challenges in the Global Classroom | Department of History 15 Apr Challenges in the Global Classroom 15 April 2026 13:15 to 15:00 Workshop Welcome to a workshop on strategies for creating inclusive and non-discriminatory education at international Master’s programmes. In all classrooms, students have diverse backgrounds. However, student diversity might be more obvious at international Master’s pr
https://www.historiska.lu.se/en/about-the-department/calendar/seminars/challenges-global-classroom/ - 2026-04-14
BackgroundIdentifying hate speech (HS) is a central concern within online contexts. Current methods are insufficient for efficient preemptive HS identification. In this study, we present the results of an analysis of automatic HS identification applied to popular alt-right YouTube videos.MethodsThis essay describes methodological challenges of automatic HS detection. The case study concerns data o
The aim of this thesis is to map and explore how Swedish film archives work with archival intermediation and archival access activities, wherein the contemporary and transitional nature of film and film archives – from analogue to digital milieus – is considered. The intention is to deepen the knowledge concerning how these processes affect film archives as institutions of memory and film heritage
The Swedish consumer magazine Råd & Rön (”Advice and Results”) has been available to Swedish consumers since 1958. For a major part of this time the Swedish state, represented by Konsumentverket (the Swedish Consumer Agency) and its predecessor, Konsumentinstitutet (the National Institute for Consumer Information), was the owner of the magazine. In 2006 Råd & Rön was sold to the independen
