Course PhD Masterclass with Professor Sverker Sörlin

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ECTS: 1

Course leader: Christian Olaf Christiansen

Language: English

Graduate school: Faculty of Arts

Course fee: 0.00 DKK

Status: Course is open for application

Semester: Fall 2026

Application deadline: 30/09/2026

Cancellation deadline: 14/10/2026

Course type: Classroom teaching

Start date: 30/10/2026

Administrator: Andreas Mølgaard Laursen

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Course description

This Ph.d.-masterclass with Professor Sverker Sörlin (KTH) will offer participants a chance of discussing texts by Sörlin, to present their own work, and reflect upon how their own research may gain from engaging with Sörlin’s work. The overarching disciplines for which this masterclass is relevant are those working within the areas of intellectual history/the history of ideas, history, philosophy, political theory, and literature. In particular, the masterclass is intended for Ph.D. students whose work relates thematically to that of Sverker Sörlin, such as environmental humanities, history of nature ideas, history of climate science, etc. Students are required to read about 100 pages of different readings by Sörlin, and to send a 3 page (max) project description or case study or other short text of their own choosing (Ph.D. students should submit this text about three weeks prior to the class, i.e. no later than Wednesday, October 9th). The three hour masterclass is thus comprised of two, main sections: a) discussion of Sörlin’s work and b) discussion and feedback on minor texts by Ph.D.-students. In addition, Ph.D. students shall participate in the honorary lecture given by Sörlin taking place in the afternoon.  

Aim/Learning outcomes

  • To gain deeper insights into Sörlin’s research; to relate own research to Sörlin’s and develop new perspectives on own research.

Requirements for participation

  • Submit a 3 pages paper three weeks prior to the masterclass
  • Reading of texts by Sörlin
  • Expect to participate actively in the masterclass

Target group/Participants

  • Ph.D.-students, all stages of their Ph.D., working in the fields of intellectual history, history, philosophy and the interlinkages between environmental humanities and the human and social sciences more broadly

Workload

  • Course/ teaching hours: 3
  • Preparation hours: c. 10-15
  • Written assignments etc.: 3 pages

Language 

  • English

Lecturers

  • Sverker Sörlin, Professo
  • Christian Olaf Christiansen, School of Culture and Society, Department of Philosophy and History of Ideas, Aarhus University

Literature

  • To be announced

Venue

  • 30 October 2026. 09.00-12.00. Jens Chr. Skous Vej 7, Building 1467, Room 616
  • 30 October 2026. 13.30-15.00. Tåsingegade 3, 8000 Aarhus C, Building 1441, room 012/Auditorium 1

Course dates:

  • 30 October 2026 09:00 - 15:00