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Carl-Filip Smedberg is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Modern History at Linköping University, holding a joint appointment at the Department of Culture and Society (IKOS) and the Department of History, Religion and Art Studies (HKR) on Campus Valla. His research focuses on preparedness and culture, with particular attention to peace and futures education in the Swedish post-war period, the emergence of the knowledge society, and issues of temporality, class and educational classifications.
Dr. Smedberg's educational background includes:
- PhD in History of Ideas from Uppsala University (2022), with thesis titled "Klassriket: Social Group Division as a Technology of Difference in the 20th Century"
- Prior research position at Lund University (2023/2024), affiliated with the Center for the History of Knowledge
- Visiting doctoral studies at the Radboud Institute for Culture and History in Nijmegen, Netherlands
His research interests span social hierarchies and classifications, the history of the human sciences, and visions of the future during the 20th century in Sweden and Europe. Dr. Smedberg is particularly interested in how educational hierarchies between low and high education were established in Sweden from the 1960s onwards, examining the formation of the knowledge society through this lens.
Dr. Smedberg leads several research initiatives including the LiU Hub for Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Imaginations, which serves as an interdisciplinary meeting place for researchers interested in how apocalyptic traditions reflect in contemporary politics, media, art and everyday life. He also conducts research on "The future-ready citizen," examining pedagogical attempts from 1970-2000 to establish future preparedness as compulsory school subjects, and the Emergency History Network, a national network for researchers interested in preparedness and total defense from various perspectives.
Dr. Smedberg's scholarly work demonstrates a consistent focus on class divisions, educational hierarchies, and the construction of social categories in 20th century Sweden. His publications reveal expertise in analyzing historical discourses around social stratification and their implications for understanding contemporary educational and social structures.
