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The Nordic First St. John's Lodge Jubilee Foundation was established in 1867 with the purpose of supporting promising young people in their education in science, arts or crafts.This year, the scholarship has been awarded to Monirah Hashemi, Maryam Hashempour and Zsófia Rebeka Kozma. All three are students in our artistic master's program in performing arts as critical practice. Warm congratulation

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/masters-students-awarded-2024-jubilee-fund-scholarship - 2026-07-25

Sophia New is the new lecturer and tutor at the MA program Performing Arts as Critical Practice at Malmö Theatre Academy. Previous to her role here, Sophia has been the course Leader for MA programmes at Wimbledon College of the Arts, UAL. We took the opportunity to ask Sophia New a few questions to get to know her better.  Hi Sophia!  Please tell us how you found your calling in the theatre, and

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/get-know-sophia-new-new-lecturer-ma-program - 2026-07-25

The Norwegian author and playwright Jon Fosse, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2023, has been conferred with an honorary doctorate by the Faculty of Fineand Performing Arts at Lund University. Jon Fosse has received great international recognition for his works. His plays have been translated into over 40 languages and are regularly performed on stages around the world – in over 8

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/jon-fosse-receives-honorary-doctorate-faculty-fine-and-performing-arts-lund-university - 2026-07-25

For three weeks in November the students of the MA Performing Arts as Critcal Practice at Malmö Theatre Academy have been experimenting in the studios as prepara:on for their final projects in Spring 2025. On 5th and 6th December, they will be sharing some of the outcomes of these experiments and open up their processes. Below you’ll find the detailed schedule. The time slots include a short conve

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/ma-work-progress-showings - 2026-07-25

For its fourth edition of All My Relations, the Ecocamp transforms into a nomadic experience. This year, we embrace movement—not just as a physical act, but as a metaphor for existence itself. Walking, travelling, and traversing landscapes will be central to our practice, fostering new connections on the move and reflecting on migration, transition, and relational encounters. All My Relations IV i

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/call-applications-all-my-relations-iv-ecocamp-nomadic-encounters-september-4-6-2025 - 2026-07-25

The graduating students of the new MA Performing Arts as Critical Practice are working intensively on their final projects this Spring. On April 9 - 16 they invite you all for a preview of what is to come, when they present work-in-progress showings both at Malmö Theatre Academy, Skånes Dansteater and Community Kultur Centrum. This is not their final showings, those will take place in May at Malmö

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/ma-work-progress-showings-2025 - 2026-07-25

We are looking for an up-and-coming researcher who wants to conduct pioneering research to take up a position as assistant professor in artistic research and AI. Are you curious about the intersection of artificial intelligence, culture, and societal engagement through storytelling and the arts? At Malmö Theatre Academy, a part of Lund University, you have the opportunity to take the next step tow

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/we-are-looking-assistant-professor-artistic-research-and-ai - 2026-07-25

The third issue of Matter Journal is out, with texts from our research collegium on artistic research in theatre and performance. The third issue of Matter brings together texts that explore contemporary performing arts. Tanja Hylling Dier writes about Hjem, a project that shapes place and community through art and participation. Jörgen Dahlqvist examines time as a dramaturgical tool, using the pl

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/matter-journal-3 - 2026-07-25

Get to know our MA students who started fall 2025 and will graduate in spring 2027. Elena BinerElena Biner is a Swiss artist living and working in Copenhagen. With a background in visual communication and a strong foundation in storytelling, her practice sits at the intersection of visual arts and performative spaces, specialising in immersive experiences. In her work she blurs the line between re

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/presentation-our-master-students-performing-arts-critical-practice-programme - 2026-07-25

We are now announcing the opportunity for project support of up to SEK 150,000 (including overhead costs) to enable artists, artistic researchers and researchers from other scientific disciplines to learn from each other in an open dialogue and exploratory environment.  The aim of ArtCollab is to enable artists, artistic researchers, and researchers from other scientific disciplines to learn from

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/call-project-funding-artcollab - 2026-07-25

Some years ago, Sven Bjerstedt researched the forgotten Finnish American musician and composer Einar Swan (1903–40) who wrote the immortal song, “When Your Lover Has Gone”. Bjerstedt published an 80-page biography )and participated in one-hour TV and radio documentaries on Einar Swan.Recently, Finland’s former prime minister Esko Aho translated Bjerstedt’s Swan biography into Finnish and included

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/finnish-translation-sven-bjerstedts-research-about-composer-einar-swan - 2026-07-25

In November 2025, doctoral students from the Malmö Theater Academy participated in an encounter with researchers in the field of performing arts from around the world.Doctoral students Iury Salustiano Trojaborg and Tanja Hylling Diers from the Theater Academy participated in the three-day meeting for researchers at the beginning of their research careers. The meeting was led by SOL-based researche

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/transnational-alliance-researchers-theater-and-performing-arts - 2026-07-25

Lund University has seen a record number of applications for its international recruitment initiative, Global Excellence. Eleni-Ira Panourgia is now joining the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts as an assistant professor specializing in artificial intelligence (AI).Global Excellence is the university's largest international recruitment initiative to date and aims to strengthen world-leading rese

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/record-numbers-international-recruitment-ai-researcher-joins-faculty-fine-and-performing-arts - 2026-07-25

Sven Bjerstedt, professor of music education at Malmö Theatre Academy, recently published an article in the journal KronoScope. Journal for the Study of Time: “Awareness of Time and Experience of Conscious Mental Processes during Musical Activity”.How may changes in musicians’ experience of time influence their impressions of having conscious intentions during musical activity? In this essay I wil

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/new-publication-sven-bjerstedt-awareness-time-and-experience-conscious-mental-processes-during - 2026-07-25

The annual Sustainability Week in Lund is fast approaching, with a packed programme once again this year. From the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts, we find music, performance and artistic research in interactive events that aim to do more than simply inform — they aim to move people.Sustainability is a multifaceted field that extends far beyond the natural sciences. The concept also encompasse

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/sustainability-you-can-feel-artistic-perspectives-during-sustainability-week-lund - 2026-07-25

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Diabetesstiftelsen i Storbritannien, Diabetes UK, har inlett ett samarbete med livsmedelskedjan Tesco, sedan Tesco beslutat samla in och skänka 10 miljoner pund, motsvarande över 100 miljoner svenska kronor till forskning om typ 1 diabetes. Inom 20 år tror man sig ha ett vaccin inom räckhåll. Dr Alasdair Rankin, for

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/vaccin-mot-typ-1-diabetes-inom-tjugo-ar - 2026-07-25

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. På senare år har man upptäckt ett 70-tal genetiska riskvarianter för diabetes, men fortfarande är TCF7L2 - känd som ”diabetesgenen” - den gen som innebär störst risk för att insjukna i typ 2 diabetes. Med hjälp av en ny metod, ”exon skipping”, vill Ola Hansson vid Lunds universitets Diabetescentrum fördjupa kunskape

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/ny-metod-reparerar-skadade-gener - 2026-07-25

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Med hjälp av ett enkelt blodprov kan man i dag se att vissa personer i framtiden riskerar att insjukna i typ 2 diabetes. Anders Rosengren, forskare vid Lunds universitets Diabetescentrum och läkare vid Skåne universitetssjukhus i Malmö, håller nu på att studera hur man kan hitta nya behandlingar för personer med en

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/inflammationshammande-lakemedel-ska-forhindra-diabetes-typ-2 - 2026-07-25

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Att höga blodsocker kraftigt ökar risken för hjärt- kärlsjukdom är väl känt. Varför det är så är mer oklart. En viktig del av förklaringen kan vara NFAT, ett protein som aktiveras när blodsockret är förhöjt och som då startar en kedja av händelser som skadar blodkärlen och accelererar åderförkalkning. Nu vet forskar

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/proteinblockad-stoppar-diabetiska-karlskador - 2026-07-25

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Patienter med diabetes typ 2 behandlas ofta med blodförtunnande läkemedel för att förebygga hjärt- och kärlsjukdomar. Men diabetespatienter som inte haft stroke, hjärtinfarkt eller andra hjärtsjukdomar blir inte hjälpta av blodförtunnande läkemedel. Det visar en studie av forskare vid Sahlgrenska akademin. yp 2 diab

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/diabetespatienter-behover-inte-blodfortunnande-lakemedel - 2026-07-25