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Welcome to the section of Agrarian History at SLU!

Sweden's only professorship in Agrarian History at the Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU. We are engaged in teaching and internationally successful research.

SLU’s history will be written

20 February, 2012 11:10, Research | Comment

The Vice Chancellor and the Faculties have awarded funding for the project “SLU – in the Service of the Sector and of the Science,” starting in July 2012 and running for four years, until June 2016. The project consists of one half-time research position and one full-time PhD position and it is led by Per Lundin at the Division for Agrarian History. The result will be presented in a book and a dissertation.

The project aims to describe and analyze the Agricultural College, the College of Forestry and the Veterinary College, which merged in 1977 into the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), and their development from the middle of the twentieth century until today. The two central research problems in the project are firstly the mutual interdependence between SLU and the agricultural sector, and secondly the relation between SLU and the international scientific community.

Apply for the Summer Course

15 February, 2012 16:06, Courses | Comment

SommarkursNow is the time to apply for the Summer Course in Agrarian History!

» Agrarian history, Summer Course, 10 hp
Period: 4 June to 2 September 2012, 50%, 10 hp
Register at www.antagning.se (https://www NULL.antagning NULL.se/se/search?period=Sommar%202012&freeText=agrarhistoria)

Uppsala’s senior seminar on Agrarian History spring 2012

14 February, 2012 15:11, Seminar | Comment
Now is the schedule for Uppsala’s higher seminar in Agrarian History spring 2012 available.

» Seminar spring 2012

Seminars and mailing administered by Åsa Ahrland. Please contact for information or if you have any questions!

New book: The Agrarian History of Sweden

11 January, 2012 14:56, Publications | Comment

The Agrarian History of Sweden: From 4000 BC to AD 2000
Janken Myrdal, Mats Morell (eds)
ISBN: 978-91-85509-56-0
www.nordicacademicpress.com (http://www NULL.nordicacademicpress NULL.com/bok/the-agrarian-history-of-sweden/)

This is the first comprehensive account in English of the agrarian history of Sweden from Neolithic times up to the present. It focuses on the men and women who cultivated the land, the technologies they developed and the way they farmed. What was produced and what quality of life did the farmers have?

The Agrarian History of Sweden is written by the leading specialists in the field who have brought their profound knowledge and enthusiasm to the rich descriptions of crops, landscapes, animals, and farms in different regions and periods.

TheAgrarianHistoryOfSweden

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www.bokus.com (http://www NULL.bokus NULL.com/bok/9789185509560/the-agrarian-history-of-sweden-from-4000-bc-to-ad-2000/)

Annual reports of the section of Agrarian History

19 December, 2011 20:16, Others

The annual reports are made each year to the CF Lundström’s foundation, since every year since the department of agrarian history was created in 1994 has provided financial support, and Professorship also formally named the CF Lundström’s Professorship in Agrarian History. We have now decided to let the recent reports become public, from 2006 onwards, because they provide a picture of our research.

» The annual reports of the section of Agrarian History

Spring courses in Agrarian History 2012

6 October, 2011 14:15, Courses | Comment

It is still possible to sign up for spring courses in Agrarian History 2012.

20th Century Agricultural Economy and politics, January-March 2012 (5 credits)

Landscape Analysis, 16 January to 25 March 2012 (5 credits)

Field Course, 26 March to 1 June 2012 (5 credits)

Livestock Course, March-June 2012 (5 credits)

Registration: www.antagning.se (http://www NULL.antagning NULL.se)

See the data sheets below (pdf)

1900-talets jordbruksekonomi och politikLandskapsanalys Fältkurs

New research project on manors in Sweden 1700-1900

14 September, 2011 14:57, Research
Göran Ulväng together with associate professor Gudrun Andersson at the Department of History, Uppsala University, received funding from Handelsbanken’s research foundations for a three year research project called “Herrgårdarnas hushållning. Godsägares ekonomi, hushållning och materiella kultur 1700-1900″ which in part shall be located at the section of Agrarian History, SLU.
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