Under the Tree of Knowledge – Thoughts on Food That Change the World

13 Januari 2026 No comments

A warm welcome to a lecture in connection with the University Library's exhibition Food in Need and Desire! This time it's about current research into new, healthy and sustainable food. Lecturer…

Food in need and want

19 December 2025 No comments

See an exhibition about food The University Library is showing an exhibition about food. A theme that in some way affects us all. The exhibition shows how food has been both a scarce commodity and…

Ham platter, klenäter and old cheese – about Christmas food in the Middle Ages

1 December 2025 No comments

Extravagance is part of the Christmas holiday. That was also the case at Bishop Hans Brask in Linköping. Historian and librarian Per Stobaeus talks about Brask's food order and what it tells us about society...

What's in the box?

1 December 2025 No comments

Join the University Library staff as they pick up newly arrived material to be added to the collections. Are you curious about how we take care of all the material that comes into the library…

Find your relative among bakers and waitresses

November 14 2025 No comments

Therese Ericsson, librarian at the University Library, will be giving a lecture on a lesser-known genealogy material. Welcome to learn about unexpected material from the University Library's collections, which brings to life the everyday lives of previous generations. Register your participation…

In the world of papyri – about the rubbish heap in Oxyrhynchos

November 7 2025 No comments

Join us on a journey to ancient Egypt, where a garbage heap turned out to hide a whole world of voices, life and poetry. The starting point for the evening is the Garbage Heap in Oxyrhynchos –…

Among bicycles and corsets

October 28, 2025 No comments

The University Library invites you to lectures about wartime bicycle propaganda and about a time when the corset was a staple garment. Welcome to two short lectures based on the proximity of the present, the contemporaneity of the past,…

Join us in inaugurating the newly renovated University Library

25 August 2025 No comments

Sweden's most beautiful building has been called the University Library in Lund from 1907. Now the inside has been rebuilt to better meet today's needs of students, researchers, employees and the public. Welcome to…

Food in need and desire – inauguration

25 August 2025 No comments

Join us in inaugurating a new exhibition hall! The University Library is inaugurating a new exhibition hall with an exhibition about food – a theme that in some way affects us all. The exhibition shows how food has…

Film screening about the World Heritage Site Ravensbrück Archives

April 25, 2025 No comments

Lakocinski's 9: Documenting the Unspeakable Now you have the opportunity to see the documentary film Lakocinski's 9: Documenting the Unspeakable, which tells the story of the Ravensbrück archive and how it came to be. Film director Magnus Gertten and…

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Under the Tree of Knowledge – Thoughts on Food That Change the World

Food in need and want

Ham platter, klenäter and old cheese – about Christmas food in the Middle Ages

What's in the box?

Find your relative among bakers and waitresses

In the world of papyri – about the rubbish heap in Oxyrhynchos

Among bicycles and corsets

Join us in inaugurating the newly renovated University Library

Food in need and desire – inauguration

Film screening about the World Heritage Site Ravensbrück Archives

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