Marie Cronqvist

Professor

I am a professor of modern history. My research is focused on cultural and media historical perspectives on Swedish and European postwar history, Cold War entanglements, information and propaganda, civil defence, and preparedness.

If the war comes - mediated narratives of fear and safety

In my research, I am interested in how the emotionology of societal threats and fears, but also safety and security, has been communicated in modern societies in general and the Cold War in particular. I am particularly interested in the role of the media in the shaping, strengthening and sometimes challenging of cultural communities. In several projects, I have investigated Swedish and European civil defence cultures, information and propaganda, and Third World War imaginaries, as well as the relationship and collaboration between East and West in the field of broadcast media.

Since 2024, I am a full professor of modern history at the Department of Culture and Society (IKOS) at Linköping University. My main affiliation is the Division for History, Arts, and Religious Studies, where I am director of research and Ph D education.

Prior to this position at Linköping University, I was head of the subject Media History at the Department of Communication and Media (KOM) at Lund University, Sweden. I have been a visiting scholar at the Leibniz Institute for Media Research/Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI) in Hamburg, the European University Institute in Florence, and the Centre for Media History at Macquarie University in Sydney. I am a member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences (KVA) class X, the Royal Society for the Humanities at Lund, and the New Society of Letters at Lund.

For a full list of publications prior to 2024, see my page in the Lund University Research Portal.

Ongoing research projects

Apocalyptic imaginaries from biblical to contemporary times

In the research program "At the end of the world" (RJ 2023–2028), 22 researchers from different universities and disciplines are investigating apocalyptic imaginaries as transhistorical phenomena. PI is Prof Jayne Svenungsson, Lund University.

Link to the program homepage

Sonic warnings and public announcements

In the project "Soundscapes of Warning" (VR-Säker, 2024–2026), different aspects of the Swedish public warning system Viktigt Meddelande till Allmänheten (VMA) and its historical development is studied, urban sirens as well as broadcast messages in radio and television. PI is Marie Cronqvist.

Link to project homepage.

Entangled Media Histories (EMHIS)

The Entangled Media Histories research network is a meeting point for around 50 scholars from about 15 European countries. The network investigates transnational and transmedial perspectives on media history. The network was founded in 2013 and until 2019 it was funded by STINT Institutional Grant. Network coordinator is Marie Cronqvist.

Link to EMHIS homepage.

Publications

Selected publications

Marie Cronqvist, Sune Bechmann Pedersen, Ulrika Holgersson (Editorship) (2023)

Expanding Media Histories: Cultural and Material Perspectives

Marie Cronqvist, Rosanna Farbøl, Casper Sylvest (Editorship) (2022)

Cold War Civil Defence in Western Europe: Sociotechnical Imaginaries of Survival and Preparedness

Marie Cronqvist, Lina Sturfelt (Editorship) (2018)

War Remains: Mediations of Suffering and Death in the Era of the World Wars

Publications in DiVA

2024

Marie Cronqvist (2024) Framtidskompasser: En akademisk tankesmedja tar ut riktningar

2023

Marie Cronqvist (2023) Sverige befann sig knappast i krigets periferi Respons: Recensionstidskrift för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

Marie Cronqvist, Sune Bechmann Pedersen, Ulrika Holgersson (2023) Introduction: Expanding Media, Expanding Histories Expanding Media Histories: Cultural and Material Perspectives, p. 9-23

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Marie Cronqvist (2023) Domedagen har aldrig varit lika nära Svenska Dagbladet

Marie Cronqvist, Sune Bechmann Pedersen, Ulrika Holgersson (Editorship) (2023) Expanding Media Histories: Cultural and Material Perspectives

Organisation

Division of History, Arts and Religious Studies (HKR)

The division conducts research and education within the subjects of History, Arts and Religious Studies.

Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FILFAK)

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences provides education and research in humanities, social- and behavioral sciences, commercial law, art disciplines and thematic science.

Department of Culture and Society (IKOS)

At the Department of Culture and Society (IKOS), social sciences and the humanities gather in environments where research and education work together.