Portal 1700 serves as a meeting place and a springboard for the study of 18th-century culture and aesthetics, in both theory and practice.

The interdisciplinary Seminar of Premodern Texts at Stockholm University brings together researchers from various fields of aesthetics, history and linguistics, all with an interest in ancient, late antique, medieval and early modern texts.

Language and power as a field of study has a long tradition, but it has become more relevant in recent years due to the rise of populism and societies becoming increasingly polarised.