Dr. Maja Hultman

Biography

Maja Hultman is a cultural historian specializing in European Jewish history and modern urban history, focusing particularly on the role of emotions and cultural heritage. Her research involves a combination of spatial and digital methods, including Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and architectural history, to analyze the impact of urban spaces on minority experiences. Hultman earned her PhD in History from the University of Southampton in 2019, where she developed a unique spatial-emotional method to explore minority experiences in modern urban landscapes. Currently, she holds a postdoctoral position at the Centre for European Research at the University of Gothenburg's Department of Historical Studies. Hultman has held several prestigious fellowships, including a Guest Professorship at the University of Graz and a research fellowship at the Centre for Business History in Stockholm. She is the co-editor of Mobile Culture Studies Journal and a co-founder of the research group History Emotions Built Environment (HEBE). Hultman teaches courses on historical methodology, urban history, Jewish studies, and digital humanities, while her current research projects delve into the cultural effects of the Holocaust on European Jewish business networks and the emotional topography of power relations in modern Stockholm. Her doctoral thesis emphasized the city's role in shaping Jewish settlement patterns and internal cultural infrastructure, contributing significantly to the understanding of Jewish communities in urban contexts.

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