Alexander Isacsson

My research interests span a variety of topics. Much of my work has focused on early modern political and cultural history, dynastic history, and royal studies. In recent years, I have turned my attention to the cultural history of media, book history, historiography, and the history of the humanities, encompassing both the early modern and modern periods.

I am currently leading a research project on the publication of historical sources, funded by Ridderstads stiftelse för historisk grafisk forskning and the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History, and Antiquities. In this project, I examine the ideas and practices that have shaped how scholars in different media landscapes transformed handwritten documents, particularly the writings of the seventeenth-century Swedish Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna, into printed editions and digital reproductions, and the historiographical consequences of these media transformations.

I am also interested in questions related to history didactics and teaching.

I teach history and supervise student essays at the basic and advanced levels, including within the teacher education programme.

Since autumn 2025, I have been a Senior Lecturer in History at Karlstad University. I hold a master's degree in History from Lund University, and in 2023 I obtained a PhD in Humanistic Studies with a Specialisation in History from Örebro University. Before taking up my position in Karlstad, I worked as a researcher in History at Lund University.