University of Gothenburg
Department of Historical Studies

Department of Historical Studies

  2. Department of Historical Studies

Archaeology, History, Classical Archaeology and Ancient History, Cultural heritage studies

The Department of Historical Studies provides a meeting place for students and researchers interested in the subjects of Archaeology, History, Classical Archaeology and Ancient History, Cultural heritage studies.

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The University of Gothenburg is launching the Global Scholars Initiative – a coordinated international recruitment effort comprising 25 research positions across a broad range of disciplines and faculties.

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Assistant Professor in Archaeology, with a specialization in the Nordic Iron Age

Research News- Archaeology

News – 2 September 2026
Ancient votive offerings shed light on women’s religious roles
News – 20 February 2026
Six newly discovered Bronze Age mines in Spain
News – 20 January 2026
The masters behind Bronze Age rock art
News – 7 August 2025
Large-scale DNA study maps 37,000 years of disease history
News – 11 December 2025
Researchers uncover clues to mysterious origin of famous Hjortspring boat
News – 26 January 2026
Bailiffs shaped Scania’s transition to Sweden
When Scania became Swedish in 1658, the state faced a difficult problem: how was it to collect taxes from a population that…
News – 11 September 2025
New evidence of long-distance travellers in Seddin during the Bronze Age
Recent research suggests that many of the Bronze Age people buried in Seddin, Germany, were not locals but came from outside…
News – 4 September 2025
Hidden Treasure from the Iron Age found in Sweden
A complete plano-convex ingot has been found in Sweden for the first time. The results of the isotopic and chemical analyses…
Interview
Meet Kristian Kristiansen
About his career, the development of archaeology and the natural sciences, and the course of the European Bronze Age.
News – 4 December 2024
Stone Age DNA to provide new insights into kinship and diseases in humans and…
News – 25 June 2025
New light on the stone alignments in the Carnac region
News – 4 April 2025
New computer model: Bronze Age Scandinavians could have crossed the sea
News – 11 July 2024
Stone Age population in Falbygden was hit hard by the plague for several…

Nature publications 2024

News – 15 February 2024
The life of a Stone Age man has been mapped

Research News- History

News – 18 August 2025
Sweden’s global influence on the expanding healthcare sector
New historical studie
News – 19 September 2025
Gossip, Power and Myth: Peter the Great’s Relationships in a New Light
He was one of Russia’s most legendary rulers.

Master's program

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Master in Archaeological Sciences

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Dissertation
Montelius and Italy. Geographies of archaeological knowledge production c. 1870…
Anna Gustavsson is defending her doctoral thesis in the field of archaeology.

Research

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Museum of Antiquities
Research project/group
Maritime Encounters
Our research
Publications
Critical Heritage Studies

Research

Research project/group
A multi-species study of biological and social relatedness in Neolithic Sweden
Research project/group
Sustainable and accessible cultural environments – knowledge base for cultural…
Swedish Rock Art Research Archives
Swedish Rock Art Research Archives (SHFA) is a research infrastructure at the University of Gothenburg established in 2017…
Classical Archaeology and Ancient History
Centre for Critical Heritage Studies (CCHS)
History
Welcome to the Heritage Academy
Archaeology
Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon

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Our research
Bronze Age treasure found in Swedish forest
News – 16 February 2023
Archaeologist in documentary about life as a researcher
Navigate to video: Professor of archeology, Johan Ling, talks about rock art in Sweden
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Professor of archeology, Johan Ling, talks about rock art in Sweden
Contact
Press office
Journalists are welcome to contact our Press Officers with queries. For subject-related queries, please get in touch with…
Research story/portrait
The Medieval Committee
Events autumn 2021

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CCHS:s poddar
In collaboration with Museum of World Culture in Gothenburg
Inside the box: Podcast
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