Uppsala Higher Seminars in Agrarian History

Last changed: 13 January 2023

Programme for the spring semester 2023.

For further information, please contact: Martin Andersson, Postdoctor, +46704258675, send an e-mail to: martin.a.andersson@slu.se

For some of the seminars there will be papers to read ahead - please contact Martin Andersson if you are interested.

All seminars will be held digitally, in Zoom. For zoom link - please contact Martin Andersson.

Wednesday the 18th of January at 13:00–15:00

Martin Skoglund (Doctoral student at Division of Agrarian History, SLU)
Climate and agriculture in pre-industrial Europe, c. 1560–1910
Final Seminar, Opponent: Rodney Edvinsson (Stockholm University)

Wednesday the 15th of February at 14:00–16:00

Matthew Jacobson (Postdoc at Division of Agrarian History, SLU)
Fragile Landscapes: Ottoman tax records, land use models and sustainable water management in the Konya Plain, Turkey
The seminar is held in English

Wednesday the 15th of March at 14:00–16:00

William Renström (Doctoral student at Division of Agrarian History, SLU)
Titel TBA
Start seminar

Wednesday the 22nd of March at 14:00–16:00

Sofia Carlfjord (Doctoral student at Division of Agrarian History, SLU)
Titel TBA

Friday the 14th of April Dissertation

Jakob Starlander (Doctoral student at Division of Agrarian History, SLU)
Tar and timber: Governing forest commons in seventeenth century Northern Finland
Opponent: Staffan Granér (University of Gothenburg)
The disseration is held in Swedish.

Wednesday the 19th of April at 14:00–16:00

Jesper Larsson & Eva-Lotta Päiviö Sjaunja (Senior Lecturer & Researcher at Division of Agrarian History, SLU)
Social aspects of the transition to reindeer pastoralism, 1550–1780

Wednesday the 3rd of May at 14:00–16:00

Inger Olausson (Uppsala University) & Boel Nordgren (Edlas havre)
Trädgårdsmästarinnor: 100 år av kamp för jämställd trädgårdsutbildning

Wednesday the 17th of May at 14:00–16:00

Patrick Svensson (Professor at Division of Agrarian History, SLU)
Arbetskraftsförsörjning och sociala relationer på bondgårdar i södra Dalarna, cirka 1840–1910