Research

With an eclectic and international background, interdisciplinary methods, and diverse source material, my research explores the migration, translation, construction, performance, reception, and memory of modern Jewish culture in Europe.

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I employ spatial, transnational, emotional, architectural and gendered analysis to explore communal hierarchies, majority/minority intersections, the migration of knowledge, economic-cultural networks, and cultural frontiers. I also use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to map and analyze settlement patterns, urban movements, and global travels. My sources vary; from oral interviews, material culture and personal letters, to board minutes, receipts and newspaper articles. I study urban buildings, funeral rituals, music, interior design, school curriculums, holiday stays, and business networks to explore the dialectics between Jewish particularism and national belonging, as well as Jewish cultural survival in post-Holocaust Europe.

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I am a member of the HEBE (Histories of Emotion in the Built Environment) research network. HEBE is committed to considering the ways that the history of emotions can help us to better understand the built environment. It aims to facilitate inclusive cross-sectoral discussions between and across disciplines and practices. In doing so, researchers will reflect on the methodological opportunities and challenges of using emotional frameworks in the study of the built environment over the next five years. The HEBE network will run a series of seminars and events exploring these topics. 

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Finished in 2019, my PhD-thesis makes a strong case for the continued relevance of religious identification among modern European Jews. It also emphasizes the city's fundamental role in influencing the Jewish community's settlement patterns, internal cultural infrastructure, and construction of public buildings when making themselves at home after emancipation.

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My research has been hosted at research centers in the U.K., Germany and Sweden. It has been awarded the Vice Chancellors' Award in History at University of Southampton, and has received funding from, for example, the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, Torsten Söderbergs stiftelse, Åke Wibergs stiftelse, and Helge Ax:son Johnsons stiftelse.

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I have headed and participated in heritage projects on Swedish-Jewish culture. Original research, as well as parts of my earlier studies, has been produced and converted into public city tours for museums, and I have worked on archival digitization.

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I am currently employed as a post-doctoral researcher at Centre for European Research (CERGU) and Department of Historical Studies at University of Gothenburg, and hold a research fellowship at Centre for Business History in Stockholm.