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Annelie Drakman is a Senior Lecturer and Researcher at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, Stockholm University. She specializes in the history of ideas with particular focus on disgust and joy. Her academic career spans teaching and research positions at Stockholm University, Uppsala University, and Lund University, with guest lectures at Harvard University and Colby College.
Drakman's educational background is rooted in intellectual history, having defended her doctoral dissertation at Uppsala University in 2018. Her research has established her as a significant voice in the history of medicine and science, particularly in understanding 19th-century medical practices and theories.
Her research interests center on the history of ideas, particularly examining emotional concepts like disgust and joy through historical lenses. Drakman specializes in analyzing how medical theories and practices evolved in the 19th century, with particular attention to bloodletting, miasma theory, and the conceptual shift toward understanding the body as a closed system. Her current research focuses on how expressions of joy are used by Nobel laureates in physics to define scientific practice and researcher identity.
Drakman's publications demonstrate consistent focus on historical medical practices and emotional concepts. Her work shows particularly strong engagement with how historical actors understood body-environment interactions and how positive emotions function in scientific self-representation. Her research bridges intellectual history, medical history, and science studies.
- Carl Johans Förbundets prize for meritorious historical achievement (2019)
- The Shryock Medal Award 2018 (second place, American Association of the History of Medicine)
- William Bynum Essay Prize 2017 (second place, Medical History journal)
Drakman has directed courses including 'Medicine and Power in a Historical Perspective' at Uppsala University and designed the innovative 'History of Ideas of Joy' course. Her research projects have been supported by significant funding, including from the Riksbanken Jubilee Fund for her current work on joy in physics. She served on the Swedish National Committee for the History of Technology and Science at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences from 2015 to 2020 and has been a visiting researcher at King's College London, New York University, and Harvard University.
