Ny forskning och nya perspektiv på kvinnor inom eller utanför arkeologin under 1800-talet
fre
6
feb
Fredag 6 februari, 2026kl. 10:00 - 12:00
HUM.H.119
Högre seminariet i arkeologi och miljöarkeologi, tillsammans med Högre seminariet i historia och idéhistoria, bjuder in till seminarium med Påvel Nicklasson. Seminariet ges på engelska och har den engelska titeln "Påvel Nicklasson: a short presentation. Plus new research and new perspectives on women in or outside archaeology during the 19th century".
Abstract (på engelska)
Last year I moved to Norrfors some 80 kms southwest of Umeå. Since we have become neighbours I am thankful to the opportunity to present myself and my research at the department. I am an archaeologist who, long ago, was most interested in the early Iron Age.
But over the past 25 years, I have mainly done research on the history of archaeology and its development during the 19th century. I have written a biography on Johan Haquin Wallman (1792–1853), an outstanding but totally forgotten antiquarian. I have also done research on Wallman’s contemporaries in the Götiska Förbundet, a patriotic society focused on exploring the ancient world. The last 15 years I have done research on Sven Nilsson (1787–1883). Nilsson was professor in Natural History at Lund University and fundamental for the construction of scientific archaeology. Just before Christmas my third book on Nilsson arrived from the print shop.
As you may understand, I'm a little tired of Nilsson right now. But Nilsson had a wonderful daughter, Ida (1840–1920), who accompanied him to museums and scientific meetings around Europe. She knew more about archaeology than 99% of all men, but is not mentioned in texts on the history of archaeology. Ida led me to other women who, in one way or another, devoted themselves to archaeology during the 19th century. The written word is central in the history of science. The history of archaeology can, in a sense, be understood a series of great men with great Ideas writing great books. That is why, in recent years, I have concentrated on finding women who wrote important texts about ancient history and archaeology during the 19th century. Their texts often differed from how men wrote. They presented other sides of ancient times and how one can write about the past. These texts and their female authors should become part of the history of archaeology. I plan to present some spectacular examples when we meet in Umeå.
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Högre seminariet i historia och idéhistoria är främst till för att ventilera avhandlingsavsnitt och annan forskning inom historia och idéhistoria vid institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier. Se fler kommande seminarier i serien
