Stockholm university

Research group Network for Early Modern History

The Network for Early Modern History is a platform for collaboration between researchers, PhD candidates and Master level students who research early modern history.

Oljemålning. Många män klädda i 1500-talskläder vid en å. I ån fler män i roddbåtar som sjunker.
De zielenvisserij, Adriaen Pietersz. van de Venne, 1614, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

The purpose of the network is to:

  • Initiate research collaboration between researchers from different universities and departments
  • Promote Swedish early modern history research internationally
  • Encourage the expansion of non-nordic subjects and perspectives within Swedish early modern history research
  • Strengthen the interest for early modern history issues within the next generation of historians.

A first Early Modern Forum was arranged in Stockholm by the network in March of 2022. The second Early Modern Forum will take place in Gothenburg in March 2024.

Group description

The network was initiated by Svante Norrhem, Lund University, Margaret Hunt, Uppsala University, and Karin Sennefelt, Stockholm University. 

Doctoral students and other interested historians of the Early Modern History Network gather in independently organized reading group. Read more about it and the schedule for the spring semester here:

Online Early Modern Reading Group

Group members

Group managers

Per Anton Runesson

Universitetslektor

Department of History
Okänd

Margaret Hunt

Professor

Department of History, Uppsala University

Sari Nauman

Department of Historical Studies, Gothenburg University

Svante Norrhem

Reader

Department of History, Lund University

Trine Outzen

Lunds universitet

Members

Martin Almbjär

Uppsala universitet

Eva Andersson

Göteborgs universitet

Martin Berntson

Göteborgs universitet

Christopher Collstedt

Södertörns universitet

Kristoffer Edelgaard Christensen

Lunds universitet

Stefan Eklöf Amirell

Linnéuniversitetet

Emma Forsberg

Lunds universitet

Anna Maria Forssberg

Forskare

Statens maritima och transporthistoriska museer, Vasamuseet
Anna Maria Forssberg framför Vasaskeppet.

Ricardo Fernández González

PhD Student

Department of History
RicardoFernandez

Mats Hallenberg

Professor

Department of History
Mats Hallenberg

Karin Hassan Jansson

Uppsala University

Lisa Hellman

Lunds universitet
Lisa Hellman

Martin Linde

Universitetslektor

Göteborgs universitet

Caroline Lindroth

Uppsala universitet

Magnus Linnarsson

Universitetslektor

Department of History
Magnus Linnarsson

Steve Murdoch

Professor

Försvarshögskolan

Trine Outzen

Lunds universitet

Per Anton Runesson

Universitetslektor

Department of History
Okänd

Kekke Stadin

Södertörns högskola

Aske Stick

Uppsala universitet

Johanna Thorelli

Göteborgs universitet

Karl Vesterberg

Lunds universitet

Linda Wikland

Doktorand

Department of History

Henrik Ågren

Uppsala universitet

News

Selected reading