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Starting in 2027, the course Musicology A, 30 credits will be offered in English. You apply for the course through antagning.se, and the deadline for applying is 15 October. Please note that the …

Friday September 11, Erik Bergwall will defend his PhD thesis on the English 16th century singer and composer John Baldwin. The title of the thesis is "'A store housse of treasure'. Learned and …

Ann Werner, professor of musicology at Uppsala University, has conducted a study on the music education at the conservatories in Budapest, Tallinn and Helsinki. The study was carried out in …

The House of Nobility in Stockholm celebrates its 400-year anniversary in 2026. In the beginning of June, there will be a number of events taking place at the House of Nobility. During one of these …

The music industry is full of accusations of song theft. How much can you actually borrow before it constitutes plagiarism? And why do some people think that plagiarism lawsuits are a threat to the …

On the occasion of the 350th anniversary of the death of General Carl Gustaf Wrangel in 1676, Skokloster Castle and Skokloster Church are organizing an afternoon with mini-lectures and music from the …

Forget the enigmatic poet for a moment – and start listening to the musician. In his book Lyssna på Bob Dylan (Listen to Bob Dylan), musicologist Lars Berglund seeks to challenge the perception of …

The Royal Swedish Academy of Music has awarded Satyanita Emma Sohlgren, a PhD student at the Department of Musicology, one of its scholarships within the Bernadotte Programme for 2026. The Bernadotte …

Ann Werner gave her inauguration lecture as a new professor at the Department of Musicology on Wednesday 12 November. The lecture was titled "MeToo in the Swedish music industry: Age, gender and …

The musician Karin Nelson Bonta and the musicologists Mattias Lundberg and Peter van Tour have been granted funding from the Swedish Research Council for an artistic research project entitled …