Terese Zachrisson
Researcher
Department of Historical StudiesAbout Terese Zachrisson
My research mainly revolves around religious practices and worldviews in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern era, and I am especially interested in aspects related to materiality and spatiality. Two examples of phenomena that I have dealt with extensively in my research are traditions related to holy wells, and the Post-Reformation use of medieval saints' sculptures.
I earned my Ph.D. in 2017, with the thesis Mellan fromhet och vidskepelse: Materialitet och religiositet i det efterreformatoriska Sverige (Devotion and Superstition: Religion and Materiality in Post-Reformation Sweden). Since 2019 I am working in a digital history project funded by the Swedish Research Council. In this project, we are mapping and analysing saints' cults in the medieval Swedish ecclesiastical province, and building an online resource called Mapping Saints. You can find more information about the project here and in our research blog.
Another research interest is drinking cultures and drunkenness, and in the autumn of 2024 I am doing a study on alcohol, social inclusion, and how "drunkards" were treated in their local communities in 17th and 18th century rural Sweden.
Since 2020 I teach medieval and early modern history at the Department of Historical Studies and in 2024 I am substituting as study counsellor.