Christine Ekholst
senior lecturer at Department of History
- Email:
- christine.ekholst[AT-sign]hist.uu.se
- Telephone:
- +4618-471 7022
- Visiting address:
- Engelska parken, Thunbergsvägen 3 A
- Postal address:
- Box 628
751 26 UPPSALA
Short presentation
I am a Swedish (and Canadian) historian studying the Middle Ages. My research focuses on gender, sexuality and legal history.
At Uppsala University I primarily teach courses in ancient and medieval history and courses for exchange students. I am the program coordinator for the History BA program and teach courses within the program's introductory semester. I am also the Erasmus coordinator for the Faculty of Arts.
Also available at
Biography
Born in Stockholm, Sweden.
M.A. in history, 2002 - Stockholm University
Ph.D. in history, 2009 - Stockholm University
Postdoc fellow at Caltech, Pasadena, USA (2010)
Postdoc fellow at McGill University, Montreal, Canada (2011)
Instructor in Women's and Gender Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada (2010-11)
Assistant Professor (contractually limited), Department of History, University of Guelph, (2011-2017)
Senior lecturer in medieval history, Department of History, Uppsala University, (2018-)
Research
My doctoral research concerned how women and men were punished for crimes according to the laws of medieval Sweden. I was in particular interested in why the legislators chose different death penalties, that is different methods of execution, for men and women. A revised version of my doctoral dissertation is published by Brill under the title A Punishment for Each Criminal. Gender and Crime in Swedish Medieval Law.
https://brill.com/view/title/25373
Since 2007 I have studied the use of sexual transgressions in propaganda directed at kings and queens in late medieval Europe. Together with Dr. Henric Bagerius, Örebro University, I have examined how political critique used adultery and same-sex desire to point out the flaws of medieval rulerships. We have published our findings in several articles and chapters.
"The Unruly Queen: Blanche of Namur and Dysfunctional Rulership in Medieval Sweden," is published in Queenship, Gender, and Reputation in the Medieval and Early Modern West, 1060-1600
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-31283-5
"Kings and Favourites: Politics and Sexuality in Late Medieval Europe," can be found here:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03044181.2017.1322999
"For Better or For Worse: Royal Marital Sexuality as Political Critique in Late Medieval Europe"
We are currently writing a book for Routledge which will summarise our findings. Our project was funded by The Swedish Research Council 2011-16.
My current research concerns how women were punished for their crimes in late medieval Swedish towns. My research was funded by Torsten Söderberg's Foundation 2017-18.
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