Videogalleri

Sex punkter om kritikern som läsare – Rebecka Kärde

Litterär kanon som samhällsintresse – Peter Luthersson

Bibelläsningens betydelse för politik, kultur och etik i Sverige – Joel Halldorf

Ord och straff: tankar kring den ryska statens beständighet – Bengt Jangfeldt

Läsandet och varandet – Kristoffer Leandoer

Skrift: tankens hem, och hela världens natur? – Ola Wikander

Sharing in secret: intelligence sharing and liaison in international diplomacy – Matthew Hefler

Intelligence, communication and leaks: the perennial paradox of secret information – Gill Bennett

History of US intelligence declassifications – Calder Walton

Strategic intelligence warning and nuclear weapons – Kristin Ven Bruusgaard

The United States, NATO, intelligence and the war in Afghanistan, 2001–22 – John Ferris

Israel’s Intelligence Failure Prior to 7 October 2023 – Steven Wagner

What is the light that goes out? – Per Snaprud

The modernization and post-modernization of death – Michael Hviid Jacobsen

Death and its afterlives in ancient Greek imaginings – Patrick O’Sullivan

The supreme leveller – on personifications of death – Per Faxneld

Death and afterlife in the Bible – Joel Halldorf

Death in Gilgamesh – Martin Worthington

Esoteriska teman i Erik Johan Stagnelius lyrik – Simon Sorgenfrei

Teosofin i Sverige – Olof Hammer

Tyra Kleen – ständigt sökande konstnär och kosmopolit – Karin Ström Lehander

Esoterism i Sverige – Per Faxneld

August Strindberg – ockultismens Zola? – Svante Nordin

Swedenborg – Magnus Florin

Alla är lika inför Gud – och Människorna – Lars Trägårdh

Eyvind Johnson – arbetarförfattaren som sade det förbjudna – Torsten Pettersson

Porträtt: Mäster Olof/Strindberg – Björn Meidal

Om avvikare och oliktänkande i kultur- och medievärlden – Gunilla Kindstrand

Den nyttige avvikaren Swedenborg – Magnus Florin

Stortro och husförhörsanda – Katarina Barrling

Ledarskap och statskonst – Del 1 av 9: Founding Myths

Daisy Dunn – In Pursuit of Greatness from Troy to Westminster David Butterfield – Epicurus and the Myth of Mythlessness Michael Scott – A Man, a Community or a God? Ancient Greek Reflections on Responsibility for the Foundation of Cyrene JCD Clark – Myths of Origin: The United Kingdom and the United States

Ledarskap och statskonst – Del 2 av 9: Creating Leaders

Alexander Lee – The Machiavellian Leader Ali Ansar – Statecraft and Leadership in the Persianate World Lucy Ward – ‘She Herself Set an Example’ – Reflections on Catherine II Henrik Meinander – Mannerheim: The Formation of a Geopolitician MP Oleksii Goncharenko – Winning the War in Ukraine

Ledarskap och statskonst – Del 3 av 9: Statecraft

Iskander Rehman – Information Overload and Policymaking: Insights from the Early Modern Era Philip Zelikow – The ‘Craft’ in Statecraft Elisabeth Braw – Deterrence and Compellence in Foreign Policy: The Importance of Understanding a Country’s Adversaries John Bew – The Components of Statecraft: Past, Present and Future

Ledarskap och statskonst – Del 4 av 9: Techtopia

Katja Hoyer – Of Walkmans and Spy Gear – How East Germany Lost the Battle for Technology Kenneth Payne – AI Goes to War James Marriott – Why Human Art Matters in the Age of AI Claire Coutinho – Freedom of Speech and the Leaders of Tomorrow

Ledarskap och statskonst – Del 5 av 9: Leading the Free World

Julian Jackson – Charles de Gaulle’s Vision of Leadership Andreas Rödder – Against All Odds: Konrad Adenauer and the German Realignment Fredrik Logevall – John F. Kennedy and the Promise of Democracy Charles Moore – Margaret Thatcher: ‘The Woman They Could do Business with’

Ledarskap och statskonst – Del 6 av 9: Powerblocs

Anna Wieslander – US Security Strategy Meets NATO: A Comparison Benedetta Berti – The Transatlantic Alliance in an Era of Strategic Competition Gudrun Persson – Russia’s War Against Ukraine – Background and Consequences Sergey Radchenko – Two Tigers on the Same Mountain? Reflections on the Tumultuous History and the Uncertain Future of Sino-Russian Relations

Ledarskap och statskonst – Del 7 av 9: Leadership in War

Alina Polyakova – Ukraine and the Future of US Global Leadership Francis Gavin – Nuclear Weapons and the Discipline of Responsibility? Edward Stringer – Leadership and Statecraft – a Military Perspective

Ledarskap och statskonst – Del 8 av 9: Flashpoints

Rory Medcalf – The Southern Front: The Australian Way in a Contested Indo-Pacific Kentaro Fujimoto – Japanese Foreign Policy at History’s Turning Point Kristin Ven Bruusgaard – The Rising Nuclear Risk

Ledarskap och statskonst – Del 9 av 9: Statecraft in the 21st Century

Munira Mirza – Statecraft in Crisis: Cultivating Elites in Modern Britain Nathan Shachar – Trust Versus Mistrust: Swedish and Turkish Leadership Kori Schake – Statesmanship Without Mythology

Sven Hedin och hans tid – Del 1

Sven Hedin och hans tid – Del 2

Sven Hedin och hans tid – Del 3

Del 1: Origins of Western Liberty

Richard Chartres – The Christian Roots of Western Notions of Freedoms Richard Miles – Spartacus and the Endless March of Liberty Mark J. Schiefsky – Democracy and Liberty in Ancient Greece Jessica Frazier – A Global History of Liberty

Del 2: The Quest for Liberty

Alexander Lee – Art and Liberty in Renaissance Venice Jeremy Jennings – Liberty in the Shadow of Napoleon Bonaparte Christopher Coker – Marathon Revisited: Is Freedom in our Biological or Cultural DNA? Margaret MacMillan – Liberty and Nationalism

Del 3: Breaking Free

Marie Kawthar Daouda – Will Freedom Make us True? Agnès C. Poirier – Libération Francis Gavin – Liberty and History – Reflections on California in the 1970s Alexander McCall Smith – Being Free to Write

Del 4: The Meaning of Liberty

Fraser Nelson – Ten Years on the Front Line of the Culture War Merryn Somerset Webb – Negligence and Profusion: What Adam Smith Got Right (and Wrong) About Other People’s Money Kemi Badenoch – Trying to Turn the Tide

Del 5: Creating the Free World

Brendan Simms – British Freedoms, ‘German Liberty’ and ‘the Liberties of Europe’ John Bew – Benevolent Hypocrisy? Making the Modern West Through Foreign Policy Katja Hoyer – Blue Jeans and Communist Cowboys – How the West Looked From Behind the Iron Curtain Peter Frankopan – Freedom: A Global, Modern Perspective

Del 6: One for All, All for One

Charly Salonius Pasternak – Finland & Sweden in NATO: Reluctant Allies or Defenders of Liberty? Mary Sarotte – NATO and the Scandinavian Strategy Janne Haaland Matláry – NATO: The Realpolitik of Values? Jonas Wikman – Strengthening the Security Situation in the Baltic Sea Region

Del 7: Fighting for Freedom

Robert Johnson – Fighting Against All the Odds Iuliia Osmolovska – The Kremlin Style of Negotiations Alina Polyakova – Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom: The Case Against a New Settlement Kori Schake – Maintaining Western Leadership in a Multipolar World

Del 8: An Authoritarian World Order?

Sergey Radchenko – Our Long Game with Russia Hal Brands – What if China Wins? Roel Sterckx – Liberty: A View From Ancient China Adrian Bradshaw – Fighting for Freedom: Building Western Deterrence Strategy

Del9: The Endurance of Western Values

Matthew Goodwin – The Universities and the Future of the West Juliet Samuel – The Enemy Within Jesse Norman – Freedom and Responsibility

Världen tänkt på nytt – När Europa upptäcker världen – del 1

Talare: Allan Klynne – Idéer och varor färdas över havet. Svante Nordin – Världen tänkt på nytt. Moderator: Ulf Wickbom.

Världen krymper – När Europa upptäcker världen – del 2

Talare: Joachim Östlund – Ett inlåst Europa – Hur Europa drevs ut på haven. Fredrik Segerfeldt – Portugals imperium och den transatlantiska slavhandeln. Inger Enkvist – Columbus och den spanska upptäckten av Amerika. Moderator: Ulf Wickbom.

Det första globala århundradet – När Europa upptäcker världen – del 3

Talare: Pär Cassel – Kina – Maktens centrum och silvret. Stefan Ekelöf Amirell (på länk) – Europas konkurrerande stater – Om Europa som historisk anomali och civilisationens fördelar. Lars Olof Lööf – Handel mellan Kina och Europa under 1700-talet. Moderator: Ulf Wickbom.

En ny värld – När Europa upptäcker världen – del 4

Talare: Börje Ljunggren – Perspektiv på Opiumkrigen – och Kinas roll i världen. Thomas Kaiserfeldt – Vad krävs för att bygga en flotta – Milstolpar i den tekniska utvecklingen. Nils Uddenberg – Från Linné till Darwin – Om forskningsresor och skapelselära. Johan Hakelius – Brittiska Imperiet. Moderator: Ulf Wickbom.

Origin of Iconoclasm – Part I – Perspectives on Iconoclasm

Daniel Reynolds – The Battle of Images: Byzantine Iconoclasm Andreas Winkler –Akhenaten’s Iconoclasm in Perspective Robin Dunbar – Ideology and Myths

Changing representations of the invisible God – Part II – Perspectives on Iconoclasm

Peter Jackson Rova – The Iconoclastic Impulse of Ancient Philosophy Natalie Lantz – Changing Representations of The Invisible God in Judaism Malise Ruthven – Aniconism East and West Nathan Shachar – Christian Spain and its ”Others” – From Tolerance to Iconoclasm to Pragmatism

Modernity’s Selfhood and the new symbols – Part III – Perspectives on Iconoclasm

James Simpson – Modernity’s Selfhood and The Desacralization of Images Marie Kawthar Daouda – French Revolution – Political Iconoclasm and the Headless State Michael Freeden – Iconoclasm and Ideology in Political Thinking Ingrid Dunér – Destroying the “Four Olds” – Iconoclasm, Maoism and the Cultural Revolution in China Per-Arne Bodin – The Fall and Resurrection of Icons in Russia

Iconoclasts in the age of social media – Part IV– Perspectives on Iconoclasm

Jesper Huor – Iconoclasts in The Age of Social Media Adam Cwejman – Black Lives Matter Svante Nordin – The Post-Historical Condition