In the late 1990’s she was part of a cataloguing project on Queen Christina’s manuscript collection in the Vatican library. She has had several bursaries and scholarships from, among others, the Swedish Institute in Rome and the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, to work in libraries and archives in Rome and Venice.
Helena has co-arranged international workshops in Rome and Umeå connected to topics on religion, heritage and cultural contexts. She has presented papers in international conferences in various fields such as sociology of religion, cultural history and critical heritage studies, and arranged a session in the ACHS conference in Canberra (2014) on sacredness, heritage and authenticity. She is a member of research groups EMoDiR (Early Modern Religious Dissent and Radicalism, www.emodir.net) and UGPS (Umeå Group for Premodern Studies).
Helena has published articles in Swedish academic peer-reviewed journals, among which ”Heligt – Hotfullt – Historiskt. Kulturarvifieringen av det katolska i 1600-talets Sverige” (2011) in Lychnos, annual for History of Science and Ideas in Sweden. She has articles accepted and under preparation for an international anthology (planned for publication in 2016).
Research interests include contemporary heritage politics, uses of the sacred past, religious heritage in conflicts, religious controversy, early modern history, history of collections and museums, relics and sacred materiality, and Italian – Scandinavian relations in the early modern period.
Sessions in which Helena Wangefelt Ström participates
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Helena Wangefelt Ström, Umeå University (Participant)
Sessions in which Helena Wangefelt Ström attends
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Ground Floor Hall
Pause
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Registration table (meeting point)
Tour
Concordia, Grey Nuns Motherhouse (GN) - Former Chapel
Cocktail
Prof. Tim Winter, Deakin University (Potential)
Lucie Morisset, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage (Potential)
Dr Clarence Epstein, Concordia University (Moderator)
Christine Zachary-Deom (Participant)
Luc Noppen, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage (Participant)
Hon. Serge Joyal c.p., o.c. (Participant)
UQAM, pavillon Judith-Jasmin (J) - Salle Alfred-Laliberté
Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée
Lucie Morisset, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage (Moderator)
Paper
Dr Klas Grinell (Participant)
Paper
Rodney Harrison, University College London (Participant)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-M320
Regular session
Dr Eva Löfgren, Department of Conservation, University of Gothenburg, Sweden (Moderator)
Prof. Ola Wetterberg, University of Gothenburg, Department of Conservation (Moderator)
UQAM, pavillon Judith-Jasmin (J) - Salle Alfred-Laliberté
Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée
Prof. Michael Herzfeld, Harvard University (Participant)
Prof. Laurajane Smith, Australian National University (Moderator)
Paper
Miss Cristina Clopot, Heriot Watt University (Participant)
Musée des Beaux-Ars de Montréal - Cummings Auditorium
Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée
Prof. James Count Early, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, United States (Participant)
Prof. Michelle L. Stefano, University of Maryland, American Studies, United States (Moderator)
Église Saint-Michel - Église Saint-Michel
Regular session
Mrs Lilian Grootswagers-Theuns, Erfgoed.nu / council member of FRH (Future for Religious Heritage, European network for places of worship / Vice chair of Task Force Toekomst Kerkgebouwen / member of ICOMOS (Moderator)
Édith Prégent, Université du Québec à Montréal, Chaire de recherche du Canada en patrimoine urbain, Musée régional de Vaudreuil-Soulanges (Moderator)
Paper
Tobias Harding, University of Jyväskylä (Participant)
Paper
Professor Mattias Legnér, Uppsala University (Participant)
Oratoire Saint-Joseph du Mont-Royal (St. Joseph Oratory) - Salle Raoul-Gauthier
Regular session
Chantal Turbide, L'Oratoire Saint-Joseph du Mont-Royal (Moderator)
Luc Noppen, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage (Moderator)
Paper
Candace Iron, Humber College (Participant)
La Scena - La Scena (intérieur)
Repas
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Registration table (meeting point)
Tour