Maria Ågren#
Membership Number: | 3402 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Section: | HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY |
Elected: | 2012 |
Main Country of Residence: | SWEDEN |
Homepage(s): | http://www.hist.uu.se |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 2002 Professor of history at Uppsala university
- 2001-2002 Professor of history at Midsweden university
- 1999-2001 Lecturer and researcher at Uppsala university
- 1994-1998 Assistant professor at Uppsala university
- 1992-1994 Researcher funded by the Swedish Research Council, Uppsala University
Fields of Scholarship
- Early modern Swedish and Scandinavian history
- Intersection of legal history, social history and economic history
- History of property, both in restricted legal sense and in broad, cultural sense
- History of marriage and inheritance
- Gender and work in early modern Europe
Honours and Awards
- Membership in learned societies:
- ca 2003 Societas Litterarum Humaniorum Regiae Upsaliensis
- 2005 The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities
- 2006 The Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala
- Prizes and Awards
- 1988 Emil Hildebrand’s Prize, awarded by Svenska Historiska Föreningen (The Swedish Historical Association
) for the article "Att lösa ekonomiska tvister – domstolarnas främsta sysselsättning på 1700-talet?"
- 1992 The Prize in Memory of Anders Diös, awarded by Kungl. Gustav Adolfs Akademien (The Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy of Swedish Folk Culture
) for the dissertation Jord och gäld. Social skiktning och rättslig konflikt i södra Dalarna ca 1650 to 1850
- 1998 Prize for distinguished scholarly work 1998, awarded by K. Vitterhets- Historie och Antikvitetsakademien (The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities
) for the monograph Att hävda sin rätt. Synen på jordägandet i 1600-talets Sverige, speglad i institutet urminnes hävd
- 1999 The Oscar Prize, awarded by Uppsala university for the entire scholarly production
- 2001 The Erwin C. Surrency Prize, awarded by the American Society for Legal History
for the article "Asserting one’s rights. Swedish property law in between community law and state law"
- 2003 The Thuréus Prize , awarded by K. Vetenskaps Societeten i Uppsala (The Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala
) for the entire scholarly production
- 2005 The Prize in Memory of Sten Carlsson, awarded by Kungl. Gustav Adolfs Akademien(The Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy of Swedish Folk Culture
)
- 1988 Emil Hildebrand’s Prize, awarded by Svenska Historiska Föreningen (The Swedish Historical Association