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Seminars

The annual Engelsberg Seminar is a Swedish institution with international hallmarks. Since 1999, the foundation has brought together world-leading scholars and thinkers to discuss history, the age we live in and the future.

Themes such as the future of religion, media and media power, and the return of geopolitics have generated ideas that have reverberated around the world. For Swedish academics and journalists, the Engelsberg Seminar provides unique opportunities to establish international contacts, while intellectuals from other countries can develop their attachment to and understanding of Sweden.

2022: Liberty

What does the concept mean today and what must we do to preserve the freedoms previous generations fought for?

2021: Man and technology

The word technology is often used to describe tools and practical skills. But technology is present in many different contexts.

2020: Society in crisis

About humanity’s capacity for adaptation and reorientation. A crisis presents problems, but also opportunities.

2019: Past and Present

History teaches us about the present and the future. How can events of the past help to solve our present conditions and conflicts?

2018: Knowledge & information

In this seminar, leading scholars discuss how knowledge and information have been preserved and transferred throughout history.

The Engelsberg Seminar 1999–2017

Since 1999, the annual Engelsberg Seminar has brought together world-leading scholars and thinkers.

Other seminars

Perspectives on Iconoclasm

What is it about images and symbols that affect us so deeply that we feel compelled to break them?

Woke

The term ”woke” has recently been assigned as a label for a political force that is difficult to define but easy to recognise.

Hilma af Klint – a series of seminars

The foundation has arranged a series of seminars on the ideas, art and history of religion of the 20th century.

Read about Forum Axess’ activities since its founding in 1999: seminars, conferences, lectures, books, Axess TV and the magazine Axess.

Research and education

Applied history is a key theme in the foundation’s research and education projects.

Publishing

In a changing media landscape, the foundation provides content about science, culture, education and tradition.

AJI

The Ax:son Johnson Institute for Statecraft and Diplomacy carries out research and education activities in statecraft.