Dear all,
We hope this email finds you well. Unfortunately, we have to postpone our SMF Research Seminar to
January 19th.
Ongoing Research at the Swedish Holocaust Museum
• January 19, 2027: 13.00 -15.00
• Venue: The Swedish Holocaust Museum, Torsgatan 19, Stockholm, or online (hybrid format).
• Registration: no later than Jan. 15 to forskning@museumforintelsen.se
If you can only join online, please let us know, and we will send you a link.
• Language: English
Please see the updated pdf attached to this email for details.
Thank you for your understanding and we hope you can join us in January!
Kind regards,
Matylda Jonas-Kowalik on behalf of FoU team
From: Forskning SMF <forskning@museumforintelsen.se>
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2026 14:59
To: Forskning SMF <forskning@museumforintelsen.se>
Subject: SMF Research Seminar - November 9th - Ongoing Research at the Swedish Holocaust Museum
Dear all,
We warmly welcome you to a seminar in November, where you will have the opportunity to hear about the ongoing research connected to the
Swedish Holocaust Museum.
Ongoing Research at the Swedish Holocaust Museum
- November 9: 10.00 -12.00 (OBS time)
- Venue:
The Swedish Holocaust Museum, Torsgatan 19, Stockholm, or online (hybrid format).
- Registration:
no later than Nov. 5 to
forskning@museumforintelsen.se
If you can only join online, please let us know, and we will send you a link.
- Language:
English
We warmly welcome you to hear about ongoing research connected to the Swedish Holocaust Museum. The four 15-minute presentations will be followed by time for discussion and questions from the seminar participants. The projects are:
- Beyond Silence: An Investigation of Material and Immaterial Dimensions of Memory among Female Polish Holocaust Survivors in Sweden
– doctoral project in History presented by Matylda Jonas Kowalik (In collaboration between the National Historical Museums/the Swedish Holocaust Museum and UHGS, Uppsala University).
- On Collecting Memories of the Holocaust in Sweden: A Network for Transdisciplinary Practices and Perspectives on Collecting/Collections and Ethics –
Project leader Britta Z Geschwind (SMF) (presenter), with Markus Idvall (Stockholm University), Fredrik Nilsson (Åbo Akademi University), Liv Nilsson Stutz (Linnaeus University), and Malin Thor Tureby (Malmö University) (funded by the Swedish Research
Council).
- Interconnected Collections – Situating Swedish Holocaust Materials in an International Context through Standardised Vocabularies – project leader Lotta Fernstål (presenter)
with Elin Fornander (presenter), Yael Fried, Klara Gustafsson, and Elin Eriksson (funded by Claims).
- Landscapes of Remembrance of Post-Holocaust Humanitarian Reception in Sweden 1945-47 – presented by project leader Natalia Krzyzanowska (funded by RJ Flexit, in collaboration
between the National Historical Museums/the Swedish Holocaust Museum and HUMES, Örebro University).
Please feel free to forward this invitation to your colleagues who might be interested in our activities!
As part of the National Historical Museums of Sweden, the Swedish Holocaust Museum provides a research environment where academic scholarship and museum practice meet. Would you like
to receive updates about upcoming research seminars? Do you have suggestions for themes, speakers, or collaborative initiatives? Please contact us at
forskning@museumforintelsen.shm.se.
Kind regards,
Britta
Britta Z Geschwind
Forsknings- och
utvecklingskoordinator
Sveriges museum om
Förintelsen
Tel: +46(0)851955695
Post:
Statens historiska museer, Box 5428, 114
84 Stockholm
Besök: Torsgatan 19, Stockholm
www.museumforintelsen.se www.shm.se
Sveriges museum om Förintelsen är
en del av Statens historiska museer.
