Lecturer
- About
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- Email Address
- elisabeth.niklasson@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 272363
- Office Address
Department of Archaeology
University of Aberdeen
St. Mary's, Elphinstone Road
Aberdeen, AB24 3UF
Scotland, UK
- School/Department
- School of Geosciences
Biography
I am a Swedish archaeologist who began my studies at the University of Gothenburg, where I did a double Masters in Cultural Heritage Management and Archaeological Computing (2009). I then went on to do a Ph.D. in archaeology at Stockholm University (2016). My thesis explored what effects EU grant systems in culture have on archaeological networking and research. It was based on participant observation in Brussels, interviews with archaeologists, archive studies and document analysis.
Before coming to Aberdeen I held a postdoc at Stanford University, USA (2017-2019). At Stanford Archaeology Center I taught courses on social and political aspects of heritage and pursued two main lines of research. One looked at the identity politics of a relatively new EU heritage scheme called the European Heritage Label. The other examined the role of heritage within far-right and populist right movements in Europe.
Aside from researching archeo-politics, I have participated in archaeological field ventures in Sweden, Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and on Ireland. I have also worked with grant administration for the EU cultural programs at the European Commission in Brussels and served as an assistant teacher in archaeological field courses and critical heritage courses at Stockholm University.
Latest Publications
Polarization and the Past: A Research Agenda
Democracy and Autocracy , vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 4-10Contributions to Journals: Comments and DebatesFrom party politics to governing instruments: an analysis of letters of allocation to the Norwegian and Swedish heritage agencies
International Journal of Cultural PolicyContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10286632.2024.2320425
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Funding in Archaeology: Public, Private and In-Between
Encyclopedia of Archaeology. Efthymia, N., Rehren, T. (eds.). 2 edition, pp. 626-635, 9 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-90799-6.00093-8
Introduction: Heritage and belonging in times of political polarization
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Forewords and PostscriptsPossessive pasts: Heritage in far-right rhetoric in Scandinavia
Polarized Pasts: Heritage and Belonging in Times of Political Polarization. Berghahn Books, pp. 69-87, 19 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/9781800738492-005
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- Teaching
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Programmes
- Postgraduate, 3 stage, September start
Teaching Responsibilities
Lecturer on the following courses:
AY1003: Archaeology in action - an introduction (ug)
AY2505: The archaeology of the north: lifeways & cultural change (ug)
AY3521: Historical archaeology (ug)
AY4511: Indigenous, community-based and public archaeology (ug)
AY5002: Theory and method in research (pgt)
AY5505: The world of vikings (pgt)
Non-course Teaching Responsibilities
Aside from timetabled teaching I supervise many UG and MSc dissertation projects and provide pastoral care for a group of up to 10 students per year.
- Publications
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The Scandinavian far-right and the new politicisation of heritage
Journal of Social Archaeology, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 121-148Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1469605318757340
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Bokanmeldelse: Guttormsen, Torgrim Sneve och Grete Swensen (red.)Heritage, Democracy and the Public: Nordic Approaches. 2016. Routledge.
Primitive Tider, no. 19, pp. 141-145Contributions to Journals: Literature ReviewsThe Janus-face of European heritage: Revisiting the rhetoric of Europe-making in EU cultural politics
Journal of Social Archaeology, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 138-162Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1469605317712122
Funding Matters: Archaeology and the Political Economy of the Past in the EU
Stockholm University, Stockholm. 332 pagesBooks and Reports: BooksShutting the stable door after the horse has bolted: Critical thinking and the third science revolution
Current Swedish Archaeology, vol. 22, pp. 57-63Contributions to Journals: Articles“And we would like to thank": The role of funding in Archaeology
Making Cultural History: New perspectives on Western heritage. Källén, A. (ed.). Nordic Academic Press, pp. 151-161, 11 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersAppropriate Narratives: Archaeologists, Publics and Stories
Books and Reports: AnthologiesArchaeology as European Added Value
Appropriate Narratives: Archaeologists, Publics and Stories. Niklasson, E., Meier, T. (eds.). Archaeolingua, pp. 49-86, 38 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersArkeologisk Rapport 7: Tossene Socken
Commissioned by The Foundation for Documentation of the Rock Carvings of Bohuslän. Vitlycke Museum. 120 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned Reports