The Q-seminar is a meeting place for current research in culture and society.

The Q seminars are organized by the research environment Culture and Society in collaboration with the Forum for Form, Aesthetics, and Design. The seminar series are based on texts by the research environment's own researchers and doctoral students, as well as presentations by external guests.

Our seminars are open to anyone interested, except for our internal work seminars. They are held in hybrid mode. You can participate via Zoom or in person at Campus Norrköping.

Working seminars spring semester 2026

The working seminars are normally given on Thursdays from 13:15 to 15:00 at Tvärsnittet (KH557, Campus Norrköping). If you would like to participate via Zoom, please email Anna Lundvall.

February 3

Final seminar: Radical Nuisance? – Contemporary Art Practices and Re-Imagined Globality

Mansi Kashatria, PHD student, Tema Q, LiU

Opponent: Hanne Hammer Stien.

Committee members: Mick Wilson and Åsa Bharathi Larsson.

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February 26

Mediating autism: the case of comics

Nafiseh Mousavi, Associate Professor, KSFM, LiU

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March 5

Copyright and Pan-Scandinavianism

Martin Fredriksson, Associate Professor, Tema Q, LiU

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March 12

Martian Futures and Beyond

Michael Godhe, Associate Professor, KSFM, LiU

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March 19

Lab 60 and the making of germ-free rats

Caroline Owman, Postdoc, Tema Q, LiU

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March 26

In between concerns of studying, producing, or caring about cultural quality of life for elderly persons

Konstantin Economou, Associate Professor, KSFM, LiU

Report from the ongoing research project Active Today – Rememberings, Objects, and Rooms for Storytelling and Communication. Cultural research and production in collaboration with design-based research and technology development, urban planning, and municipal care services.