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Conspiracy theories are becoming more common in the world, and the Nordic countries are no exception. Are some conspiracy theories unique to the No...

As historians, it is our job to take a step back and give perspective to our current situation. For anyone looking back, it isn’t hard to find othe...

On 18 January, Uppsala University’s new multidisciplinary graduate school opened at Campus Gotland. Its focus is on sustainable development. This i...

The Order of Freemasons’ meticulous archives are fundamental to their identity. The unique structure of the masonic archives reinforces the secrecy...

In a major 10-year national research programme, two Wallenberg Foundations are supporting research on the impact of the ongoing technology shift, i...

This year the Rudbeck Medal is awarded to Professors Olle Eriksson, Inger Sundström Poromaa and Maria Ågren, while the Linnaeus Medal is awarded to...

Uppsala University has a rich collection of manuscripts, printed material, art objects and maps related to the Ottoman Empire and other Turkic cult...

In a recently published article in the journal Nature, 90 researchers from various countries have collaborated to develop new knowledge about the V...

Using a VR helmet, you can try your hand at archery in 14th century Visby. This new VR game has been developed by the game company Disir, which was...

The police violence in Minneapolis that resulted in the death of George Floyd has once again thrust relations between black and white Americans ont...

What would have become of Carl Linnaeus if he had remained single? Would science have missed out on one of its major lodestars without his well-fun...

A group of fragments of medieval manuscripts has been acquired by Uppsala University Library. Among these there is a fragment related to Saint Brid...

How are we influenced when smart digital assistants, like Siri and Alexa, become part of our homes? And what happens when we begin to track deviati...

Why did Jonathan Lionheart’s pitch-black hair suddenly turn golden? And how did Master Detective Kalle Blomqvist get his proper name? In the “Astri...

Maria Ågren, professor of history, has been awarded a distinguished professor grant of SEK 50 million over 10 years by the Swedish Research Council...

The Geijer Prize for history 2019 has been awarded to Mia Kuritzen Löwengart for her doctoral thesis A Matter of Social Urgency: The emergence of a...

After more than 1,000 years, one of the greatest mysteries of the early Viking Age, the Rök runestone which bears the world’s longest runic inscrip...

The Martin Henriksson Holmdahl Prize is Uppsala University’s foremost award for contributions to the promotion of human rights and liberty. This ye...

Uppsala University Archives holds a large collection of hand-drawn seventeenth century maps on parchment. These maps are of significant historical ...

The nine faculties at Uppsala University have decided on who they wish to appoint as honorary doctors this academic year. The new honorary doctors ...