Higher Seminar Autumn 2026
The Higher Seminar is the colloquium series of the Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment at KTH. Invited guests as well as our own researchers presents seminar on themes from our core areas of history. Colloquia are held in the Large Seminar Room at the Division (Teknikringen 74 D, level 5) if nothing else is noted.
Monday 7 September, 13.15-14.45
The Apes of Wrath: how baboons helped invent the human
Prof. Sandra Swart, Stellenbosch University
Monday 21 September, 13.15-14.45
PM doctoral seminar
Nat Arslan, KTH
Monday 5 October, 13.15-14.45
“Methane Lends You a Helping Hand”: The Rise of Natural Gas in Italy (1945–1995)
Filippo De Chirico, Università Roma Tre
Monday 19 October, 13.15-14.45
Blue colonialism in contemporary cinema
Ignacio Martínez Armas, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Monday 2 November, 13.15-14.45
Mining Inheritances: Bergslagen and the Uncommon Underground
Caroline Ektander, visiting guest
Monday 16 December, 13.15-14.45
From solid fuels to liquid precarity: A history of energy poverty in Sweden
Jenny von Platten, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)
Monday 30 November, 13.15-14.45
PM doctoral seminar
Felicia Fahlin, KTH
Monday 14 December, 13.15-14.45
Mid doctoral seminar
Jakob Henningsson, KTH