University of Gothenburg

Contact information

Postal address
Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion
Box 200
405 30 Göteborg
Visiting address
Humanisten (plan 6), Renströmsgatan 6, 412 55 Göteborg
Shipping address
Lundgrensgatan 5, 412 56 Göteborg

Head of Department

Katarina Leppänen
Phone: 0046 (0)31 786 5872
E-mail: katarina.leppanen@lir.gu.se

Head of Administration

Annika Bourdieu
Phone: 0046 (0)31 786 1563
E-mail: annika.bourdieu@lir.gu.se

Deputy Head of Department

Olle Widhe
Phone: 0046 (0)31 786 5312
E-mail: olle.widhe@lir.gu.se

Associate Head of Department for Education and Teacher Education

Tobias Hägerland
Phone: 0046 (0)31 786 4384
E-mail: tobias.hagerland@lir.gu.se

Associate Head of Department for Doctoral Studies

Gunilla Hermansson
Phone: 0046 (0)31 786 4558 
E-mail: gunilla.hermansson@lir.gu.se

Associate Head of Department for Research

Johan Kärnfelt
Phone: 0046 (0)31 786 4526
E-mail: johan.karnfelt@lir.gu.se

Associate Head of Department for Research infrastructure

Cecilia Lindhé
Phone: 0046 (0)31 786 4732 
E-mail: cecilia.lindhe@lir.gu.se

Annika Bourdieu, Head of Administration, room C619
Phone: 0046 (0)31 786 1563
E-mail: annika.bourdieu@lir.gu.se

Camilla Alvhage, Student Counsellor Literature and Theatre Studies, and Administrator (Student office) History of Ideas, room C641
Phone: 0046 (0)31 786 4580
E-mail: studiev.litt@lir.gu.se

Björn Andersson, Administrator/Librarian, room C640
Phone: 0046 (0)31 786 1018
E-mail: bjorn.andersson@lir.gu.se

Carolina Bergman, Financial officer (room C621)
Phone: 0046 (0)31 786 1912
E-mail: carolina.bergman@lir.gu.se

Jong Ho, Personnel administrator, room F241
Phone: 0046 (0)31-786 4556
E-mail: jong.ho@lir.gu.se

Jenny Larsson, Administrator (Student office) Literature and Theatre Studies, room C636
Phone: 0046 (0)31 786 4561
E-mail: jenny.larsson@gu.se

Maria Janmark, Student counsellor Teacher Education in Swedish/Literature and Religion, room C639
Phone: 0046 (0)31 786 6506
E-mail: studiev.larare@lir.gu.se

Eva Högberg, Departmental Financial Administrator, room C622
Phone: 0046 (0)31 786 1254
E-mail: eva.hogberg@lir.gu.se

Daniel Rolk, Administrator (Student office during Pernilla Josefsons absence), room C635
Phone: 0046 (0)31 786 1562
E-mail: daniel.rolk@gu.se

Kristina Svensson, Student Counsellor History of Ideas, Religion, and Master of Theology, room C679
Phone: 0046 (0)31 786 4519
E-mail: kristina.svensson@lir.gu.se

Carolina Bergman, Financial Administrator, from Dec 1st 2021
E-mail: lir@lir.gu.se

Elin Widfeldt, Communications Manager, room C637
Phone: 0046 (0)31 786 5317 / 0046 766-18 53 17
E-mail: elin.widfeldt@lir.gu.se

Katarina Wignell, Communications Manager, Centre for Digital Humanities, and Department Travel Coordinator, room C634
Phone: 0046 (0)31 786 4565
E-mail: katarina.wignell@lir.gu.se

Beata Agrell, Professor emerita
Comparative Literature
Phone: 0046 (0)31 786 4349
E-mail: beata.agrell@lir.gu.se

Bo Claesson
Religious studies/Systematic Theology
Phone: 0046 (0)31 786 5317
E-mail: bo.claesson@lir.gu.se

Eva-Lena Dahl, Professor emerita
History of ideas and science
Phone: 0046 (0)31-786 4349
E-mail: dahl@lir.gu.se

Nils Eriksson, Professor emeritus
History of ideas and science
Phone: 0046 (0)31-786 4349
E-mail: nils.eriksson@lir.gu.se

Gunnar D Hansson
Comparative Literature
Phone: 0046 (0)31-786 4349
E-mail: gunnar.d.hansson@lir.gu.se

Stina Hansson, Professor emerita
Comparative Literature
Phone: 0046 (0)31 786 4349
E-mail: stina.hansson@lir.gu.se

Sven-Eric Liedman, Professor emeritus
History of ideas and science
Phone: 0046 (0)31-786 4349
E-mail: sven-eric.liedman@lir.gu.se
Personal website: sven-eric.liedman.net/

Eva Lilja, Professor emerita
Comparative Literature
Phone: 0046 (0)340-622700 (home)
E-mail: eva.lilja@lir.gu.se

Bo Lindberg, Professor emeritus
History of ideas and science
Phone: 0046 (0)31-786 4349
E-mail: bo.lindberg@lir.gu.se

Robert Lyons
Theatre studies
Phone: 070-639 1965
E-mail: robert.lyons.rfl@gmail.com

Lars Lönnroth, Professor emeritus
Comparative Literature
Phone: 0046 (0)31-786 4349
E-mail: lars.lonnroth@lir.gu.se

Bertil Nilsson, Professor emeritus
Religious Studies
Telefon: 046-211 35 03
E-post: bertil.nilsson@lir.gu.se

Ingemar Nilsson, Professor emeritus (rum H322a)
History of ideas and science
Phone: 0046 (0)31-786 4349
E-mail: ingemar.nilsson@lir.gu.se

Britt-Mari Näsström, Professor emerita
the History of Religions
Phone: 0046 (0)31-786 4349
E-mail: britt-mari.nasstrom@lir.gu.se

Staffan Olofsson, Professor emeritus
Religionsvetenskap med inriktning mot Gamla testamentets exegetik
E-post: staffan.olofsson@lir.gu.se

Christina Svensson
Comparative Literature
E-mail: christina.svensson@lir.gu.se

Staffan Thorson, Professor emeritus
Comparative Literature
Phone: 0046 (0)31-786 4349
E-mail: staffan.thorson@lir.gu.se

All staff at the Department of Literature, History of Ideas, and Religion (Teaching staff, Administrative staff, Study counsellors, Technical staff)