Alexander Isacsson
Position: Researcher School/office: School of Humanities, Education and Social SciencesEmail: alexander.isacsson@oru.se
Phone: +46 19 302331
Room: F3161
About Alexander Isacsson
Alexander Isacsson has a PhD in history. His dissertation, Defining Dukeship: The Problem of Royal Spares and Dynasty Formation in Sweden, 1556-1622 (2023), is available as open access, and can be found here
Research
Alexander Isacsson's research interests include early modern cultural history, court studies, royal studies, historiography and media history.
During 2024, Isacsson mainly works at Lund University within the research project New Princes: Duke Johan of Östergötland (1589–1618) and Archduke Charles of Austria (1590–1624). The project is headed by Liesbeth Geevers, and Isacsson's research explores Duke Johan of Östergötland as a Swedish duke.
In 2024, Isacsson also holds a Bernadotte scholarship from the Royal Swedish Academy, awarded within the Bernadotte Programme. His research project explores the editing and publication of historical sources and anecdotes as part of the history of humanities.
Teaching
Isacsson Isacsson teaches on the course Historical Research Paper several history courses such as History in Society, Ancient and Medieval History, Early Modern History, Historical Narration, and Norm Critical Perspectives on History.
Research projects
Active projects
Publications
Articles in journals
- Isacsson, A. (2021). Dynastisk centralisering i 1560-talets Sverige: "Reservens dilemma" och hertigarnas resning 1568. Scandia, 87 (1), 11-37.
- Isacsson, A. (2018). Monarchical Image-Making in an Age of Revolution: Embodying the ‘Traditional’ and the ‘Modern’ in Swedish Dynastic Ceremonies, c. 1780–1820. Scandinavian Journal of History, 43 (5), 666-684.
- Isacsson, A. (2017). Ceremonies and Rituals. The Court Historian, 22 (1), 90-91.
Articles, book reviews
- Isacsson, A. (2023). Recension av: Hovet: Historien om ett kungligt maskineri. Karolinska förbundets årsbok, 120-123.
- Isacsson, A. (2021). Recension av: Kungar – en världshistoria: [Kings - a world history]. Historisk Tidskrift, 141 (4), 742-744.
- Isacsson, A. (2021). Recension av: Powers of Description: Language and Social History in the Long Eighteenth Century. Historisk Tidskrift, 141 (1), 137-140.
Books
- Isacsson, A. (2015). Dissekering av ett lokalsamhälle: En studie av sociokulturella mönster på småländsk landsbygd 1838-1845. Vadstena: Landsarkivet i Vadstena (Småskrifter från Landsarkivet i Vadstena 3).
Doctoral theses, monographs
- Isacsson, A. (2023). Defining Dukeship: The Problem of Royal Spares and Dynasty Formation in Sweden, 1556-1622. (Doctoral dissertation). Örebro: Örebro University.