James Lancaster
James Lancaster Position: Doctoral Student School/office: School of Humanities, Education and Social SciencesEmail: amFtZXMubGFuY2FzdGVyO29ydS5zZQ==
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About James Lancaster
James Lancaster holds a PhD in history. His dissertation, Humanitarians at Home: Swedish Civil Society Actors, Refugee Aid and Advocacy 1951 – 1991, is available open access and can be found here.
Research
James's areas of interest primarily focus on modern history and migration studies. His dissertation examined the strategic advocacy work of non-profit organizations within the field of migration politics, the role transnational networks played in establishing legitimacy and opening up space för negotiating with and influencing the Swedish state, as well as practical efforts to support refugees arriving in Sweden during the Cold War.
Teaching
In 2025, James Lancaster is serving as a substitute lecturer in the following courses: History in Society, Early History (to 1500), Ethical Perspectives on History and History Education, Swedish Culture and Language I, and Social Studies Subjects, F–3: History.
He has previously taught courses such as Norm-Critical Perspectives on History and History Education, Early History (to 1500), Historical Research Essay (as a supervisor), Historical Narratives, and Imagining Sweden – Swedish History and Culture since the 19th Century (as course coordinator and course developer).
Research groups
Publications
Articles in journals
- Isacsson, A. , Lancaster, J. & Bagerius, H. (2024). Het diskussion och utmanande tystnad: Att lära sig att leda samtal om identitet, sexualitet och relationer. Högre Utbildning, 14 (1), 82-89. [BibTeX]
Articles, book reviews
- Lancaster, J. (2020). Book review: Masculinities, sexualities and love. Emotion, Space and Society, 34. [BibTeX]
Conference papers
- Lancaster, J. (2023). Så mörk är natten i midvintertid: Luciabeslutet och civilsamhällelig samverkan och motstånd i svensk flyktingpolitik. Paper presented at Nionde svenska Historikermötet, Umeå universitet, 14–16 juni, 2023. [BibTeX]
- Lancaster, J. (2021). By Women, for Women: The Work of the Women’s Consultant at the Swedish Free Church Council 1979-1991. Paper presented at Women and humanitarian aid – a historicizing perspective, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden, October 13–15, 2021. [BibTeX]
- Lancaster, J. (2021). The Swedish Red Cross and the Refugees of the Hungarian Revolution. Paper presented at European Social Science and History Conference, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands, March 24–27, 2021. [BibTeX]
- Lancaster, J. (2019). In the Shadow of the Welfare State: NGOs and Swedish Migration Politics during the Cold War. Paper presented at Uppsala Forum for Democracy, Peace & Justice: PhD Workshop on International Migration and Human Rights, Uppsala, Sweden, November 14-15, 2019. [BibTeX]
- Dahl, I. A. & Lancaster, J. (2019). Kvinnor och humanitär hjälp under det korta 1900-talet: ett genus- och rättighetsperspektiv. In: Svenska historikermötet 2019. Paper presented at Svenska historikermötet, Linnéuniversitetet, Växjö, Sweden, May 8-10, 2019. [BibTeX]
Doctoral theses, monographs
- Lancaster, J. (2024). Humanitarians at Home: Swedish Civil Society Actors, Refugee Aid and Advocacy, 1951-1991. (Doctoral dissertation). Örebro: Örebro University. [BibTeX]