Other seminars - Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for public benefit

Swedish Defence and Security Policy over 100 Years: 1925–2025

The timing of the seminar was not chosen at random. In late spring 2025, it will be exactly one century since the Defence Act of 192…

Reports of a literacy crisis affecting children and young people, from preschool to university level, were coming in almost daily. A…

Since the 19th century, alchemy has been widely misunderstood and misrepresented by scholars, often dismissed as a rigid, quasi-scie…

“De profundis” is the Latin name for Psalm 130, ‘out of the depths’. It captures both the focus and the intent of this seminar – to …

Is the soul a relic of the past, or is it making a return to the human story? What does the view on dreaming in shamanism and Buddhi…

What is virtuous and what is a vice? During the seminar we explored how conceptions of virtues and vices have changed throughout his…

Ever since humans started writing, they have also been reading. But what kinds of writing are there and how has reading changed over…

Leading international scholars delved into the engagement of European monarchs in addition to members of the nobility with architect…

There is nothing as essential to our health as sleep.

Secret Intelligence is ‘the missing dimension of diplomatic history’.

An intellectual journey to unravel the multifaceted tapestry of human perceptions of death.

The Esoteric Sweden highlighted the fascinating history and influence of esoteric intellectual currents in Sweden.

Through historical and contemporary examples, deviant behaviors and society’s perception of them were examined, with connections to …

Sven Hedin, a prominent Swedish figure from the turn of the last century – explorer, author, and political actor.

At this year’s Big Picture seminar at Engelsberg bruk, experts gathered to discuss the global situation.

Delve into the nuanced evolution of Sweden’s international image.

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

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