Kandidatuppsatser / Institutionen för historiska studier: Recent submissions
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Natural disasters and cultural heritage: Assessing the effects of the 2023 flooding on the archaeology of central Thessaly, Greece
(2025-03-13)In September of 2023, storm Daniel caused catastrophic consequences for Libya, Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey by taking the lives of thousands of people and displacing tens of thousand more, destroying infrastructure and forms ... -
Skål för forntiden: En studie om mjödets resa från järnålderns ritualer till vikingatida varumärken
(2025-03-07)This bachelor thesis aims to analyse archaeological finds related to mead during the Late Iron Age in southern Scandinavia. Five central places from the Iron Age are compared to five historical texts, that in some way ... -
Kulturarvsförmedlingens väg genom ett sekel i turismhistorien. En studie av Västkustens turistpublikationer
(2025-03-07)In this essay I investigate how prehistoric cultural environments are portrayed in tourist publications. Through discourse analysis I aim to find clues on how cultural heritage is discussed and represented in existing ... -
Fågelvägen och fågelsägen. En multi-proxy analys av människans relation till fåglar under den yngre järnåldern i Mellansverige
(2025-03-07)Prior research in human bird relations is relatively small and discussion about bird ecology in relation to humans is largely not discussed. The study means to understand how a difference in usage of birds and symbolization ... -
Bergen som vakar över de döda. En bebyggelsearkeologisk studie av tre fornborgar i Torslanda och Björlanda
(2025-03-06)The hillforts of Bohuslän are numerous, yet few have been studied, leaving gaps in our understanding of their dating, morphology, and connections to nearby prehistoric sites. With the help of settlement archaeology, the ... -
En uppdatering av döden – En studie kring ombyggnationer och återanvändning av gånggrifter
(2025-03-06)There are several known instances of megalithic graves being rebuilt and reused already in prehistoric time. The aim of this study is to investigate the phenomenom of megalithic reuse through the theorethical framework of ... -
Från verktyg till offergåva. Depåfyndens roll i Vänersnäs forna stenålderslandskap, med fokus på lihultkulturens rituella rum.
(2025-03-06)This thesis examines five deposits, some of which contain stone axes, at the settlement in Vänersnäs, Sweden. Two of them date to the late Mesolithic era. The aim is to explore the ritual world of the late Mesolithic in ... -
“Att dö som en tjej” - Genusperspektiv på påvisandet av makt och maktrelationer utifrån begravningspraxis inom järnåldersarkeologi
(2025-03-06)This thesis explores the role of gender perspectives in understanding power and power relations in Iron Age burial practices, focusing on two high-status female graves: Grave X from Tuna in Badelunda (Sweden) and the Vix ... -
Gropkeramiska lerfiguriner – stumma berättare om en gemensam världsbild
(2025-03-06)An archaeological excavation that was made in 2016 of a Pitted Ware Culture settlement at Tråsättra in the northern archipelago of Stockholm was very rich in artefacts and features. Especially unique was the over 300 ... -
Ett landskap av tro. En uppsats om eventuella kopplingar mellan lämningar från yngre järnåldern och de första kyrkornas placering i västra Östergötland.
(2025-02-11)For some time, there has been a general thought that churches built in the Early Middle Ages in Scandinavia, around the 12th century, directly replaced cult buildings or cult sites from the Late Iron Age. There are ... -
Vad hände, herr Börjesson? En mikrohistorisk studie av Benjamin Carolus Börjessons anteckningar från 1850-1875 och dess värde som historiskt källmaterial i en undervisningssituation idag
(2024-08-06)Vad hände, herr Börjesson? är en mikrohistorisk studie som följer jordbrukaren Benjamin Carolus Börjesson mellan åren 1850-1875 på gården Stora Bäck i Tölö Socken med hjälp av hans anteckningsböcker. Utifrån ett ekonomiskt, ... -
Lärare och Lærer - en studie kring svenska och danska lärares syn på elever med intellektuella funktionshinder och deras undervisning under 1960-talet.
(2024-08-06)This comparative study explores Swedish and Danish teachers’ perspectives on students with intellectual disabilities and their education. The research focuses on the 1960s, a pivotal decade marked by paradigm shifts from ... -
Stockholms blodbad i historieboken: En läromedelsanalys under perioden 1869 - 1996
(2024-08-06)This thesis explores in which ways the portrayal of the event known as the Stockholm bloodbath has changed during the period 1869-1996. This is done through textbook analysis. In Sweden, history has been a school subject ... -
Kvinnor, giv akt! En studie av uttryck för genusstrukturer och skötsamhetsideal i tidskriften Morgonbris under första världskriget.
(2024-08-06)This thesis explores how the Swedish magazine Morgonbris depicted women's new roles in the workforce during World War I and whether these depictions challenged or upheld contemporary gender structures. The study addresses ... -
Låt maten tysta mun? De nationella elevorganisationernas inställning till skolmat och skolmatsdebatt 1957-1982
(2024-08-06)The purpose of this study is to examine the Swedish national student organizations attitudes towards school food and the school food debate between 1957-1982. The previous research on the subject maps the historical ... -
Kommunalisering, yay or nay? En jämförelse mellan riksdagspartiernas ställningstaganden angående kommunaliseringen av skolan 1988–1991
(2024-08-06)During the later parts of the 20th century there occurred several changes to the Swedish public sector. These changes aimed to effectivize and decentralize the governance model in the public sector. One of these changes ... -
Upplysning, rollspel eller lagstiftning? ANT-undervisningens utveckling 1962-1994
(2024-08-06)The use of alcohol, narcotics, and tobacco have all long been considered health hazards, especially among children and teenagers. It is therefor not surprising to find that schools have promoted against the use of these ... -
Bilden av det röda Kina. Mao Zedongs regeringstid i skolans läromedel i historia 1970-2010
(2024-08-06)This study investigates the evolution of depictions of Maoist China in Swedish history textbooks from 1970 to 2010. Through examining textbooks from this period, 20 years before the end of the cold war and 20 years after ... -
Maritime Encounters in the Neolithic. A Study of Pitted Ware Maritime Technology using Rock Art
(2024-08-06)This thesis studies the maritime technology potentially used by the Pitted Ware Complex which constituted societies and groups that practiced a mixed economy with a particular focus on maritime subsistence, a stark contrast ... -
En övergiven torpmiljö. Materiella och immateriella lämningar från torpen kring Brunnslid i Kinneveds socken, Västergötland.
(2024-08-06)This essay presents an investigation of the ruins of an assembly of crofts in a rural area in the south of Sweden, outside the town Falköping. Using literary sources and intangible sources, and then combine them with the ...