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What does the eighteenth-century 'dictionary craze' have in common with the AI revolution taking place today? Quite a lot actually, according to former SCAS Pro Futura Scientia Fellow Linn Holmberg, who claims that the eighteenth-century 'dictionary craze' "forms a striking parallel to our time".
Christiaan De Beukelaer; Anders Ekström; Chakad Ojani; Niklas Olsen; Mathias Thaler
We are happy to announce that SCAS is continuing its support of the VUIAS initiative for the coming three-year period. Funded by Vetenskapsrådet – The Swedish Research Council – SCAS will invite applications for the academic year 2026–2027, with the call opening on Thursday, 22 January. Deadline for the application is 27 February, 2026.
The SCAS Pro Futura Scientia Fellows have gathered at the Collegium for a two-day meeting, discussing international relocations and scholarly transitions.
The Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study is pleased to announce the launch of the SCAS Ambassadors Programme, an initiative aimed at strengthening scholarly exchange, fostering collaboration, and enhancing SCAS’s visibility nationally and internationally.
Recently SCAS launched a pilot project in which six Swedish universities (Gothenburg, Linköping, Lund, Stockholm, Umeå and Uppsala) were invited to nominate researchers for a sabbatical stay at the Collegium during the academic year 2025-26.
Yesterday, the spring semester of 2026 officially started, as new and returning Fellows arrived to the Collegium after the break.
We are delighted to present Professor Jane Shaw as new Non-resident Long-term Fellow for Programmes in Cultural and Intellectual History at the Collegium. She took office on 1 January 2026, and has been appointed for a three-year term.
Today we are delighted to present a new member of the Academic Senate of SCAS, namely Professor Sverker Sörlin . The Academic Senate ensures scholarly excellence and a global outlook across all of the Collegium’s programmes, and provides advice on institutional matters. It serves to guarantee the highest scholarly standards and a sustained global commitment in all SCAS activities.
