Sleep, snow and students among Santa the editor’s reading tips
How about a book related to Uppsala University for someone or yourself this Christmas? Photo: Pixabay.
The winter holidays are now approaching. A busy time for some, calmer for others. How – or even if – you want to use the reading tips below is up to you. Perhaps one of the books will end up being a gift from you to someone else or even to yourself. All the reading tips here have a connection to Uppsala University.
Christian Benedict's book Sov dig till ett bättre liv (Sleep your way to a better life) was published in October 2023 and covers a topic relevant to us all: sleep. The author is a senior lecturer at our Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences and a sleep researcher. This is a popular science book. The author was interviewed by the editors in the autumn.
Karolina Schützer is not only a Communications Officer at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University, but also a fiction writer. Her feel-good novel Snöfall över Paris (Snowfall over Paris) was published in October 2023 and is part two of a series.
Jonas Moström offers up nastier things than snow. The latest in his series of crime novels is called Rovdjur (Predator) and was published in September 2023. The book is set in Uppsala and contains several references to our University, which is maybe not so strange, given that Moström is an alumnus who studied medicine at Uppsala.
Another alumna of Uppsala University is Maria Ripenberg. During her time at our University, she studied international economics with a specialisation in French. She is perhaps better known for her work as a journalist for a very local newspaper. Her book Brandnäva (Geranium lanuginosum) was published in the summer of 2023 and is about a young female student in Uppsala in the 1980s.
More student life! Mats Ingemarsson's novel Rosentörnens bok (The Rose thorn’s book) was published in September 2023. The author has no connection to Uppsala University, but the main characters in his book are three Uppsala students who have taken refuge in a slumbering manor house in Sörmland where they devote themselves to music, dinners and strange meetings.
February 2023 saw the publication of Stefan Einhorn and Folke Tersman's book Tillåt mig tvivla: en bok om åsikter på gott och ont (Allow me to doubt: a book about opinions, for better or worse). This popular science book is about opinions and why it’s so difficult to change your mind. Tersman is Professor of Practical Philosophy at Uppsala University's Department of Philosophy. He was also interviewed here in autumn 2023.
Sakine Madon, political editor-in-chief of the local newspaper in Uppsala, made her debut as an author in 2022 with the book Inget är heligt: Sverige och debatten om yttrandefriheten (Nothing is sacred: Sweden and the debate about freedom of expression). The book covers the history of Swedish freedom of expression, but also addresses more current debates on the subject. In January 2024, our new honorary doctors will be appointed; Sakine Madon figures among them.
Finally, Santa (?) can reveal that a crime novel set in Uppsala and at the university will be published in the spring. The novel will be the first in a planned series. Part one will be about students who go missing. Keep the author's name in mind: Susanne Kleman (or make a note of it, just in case). Kleman is one of our alumni and studied law at Uppsala.
Ulrika Hurtig