Person

Associate Senior Lecturer
- Media and Communication Studies
- Department of Communication and Media
Contact information
E-mail emil.stjernholmkom.luse
Room SOL:A226
Visiting address
Helgonabacken 12, Lund
Postal address
Box 117, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 20
I hold a PhD in film studies from Lund University and most recently I have been working as a senior lecturer in Media and Communication Studies at the School of Arts and Communication (K3), Malmö University. Currently, I am starting a new postdoc project – Televising Information: Audiovisual Communication of Swedish Government Agencies – which is financed by the Swedish Research Council (2020–2023). The focal point of this media historical digital humanities project is Sveriges Television’s bulletin program Anslagstavlan, which has been a unique audiovisual communication tool for Swedish government agencies since 1972. As part of the project, I will spend one year at the The Institute for Cultural Inquiry at Utrecht University and one year at the Department of Communication at the University of Copenhagen. My main areas of research include media history, documentary film and propaganda studies.
Research
My profile in Lund University research portal
Books (1)
Editorships (2)
- Norén, F., Stjernholm, E. & Thomson, C. C. (2022). (Eds.) Nordic Media Histories of Propaganda and Persuasion. Palgrave Macmillan.
- Norén, F. & Stjernholm, E. (2019). (Eds.) Efterkrigstidens samhällskontakter. Mediehistoriskt arkiv, 43. Mediehistoria, Lunds universitet.
Articles (13)
- Stjernholm, E. (2022). A Clash of Ideals : The Introduction of Televised Information in Sweden, 1969–1972. Media History, 1-17. Routledge.
- Stjernholm, E. (2022). Audiovisual media and automatic speech recognition : A methodological reflection. Lychnos, 2022, 195-208. Lärdomshistoriska samfundet, Uppsala universitet.
- Stjernholm, E. (2022). Distant reading televised public information : The communication of Swedish government agencies, 1978-2020. NECSUS, 11. Amsterdam University Press.
- Stjernholm, E. (2022). Government public relations, audiovisual communication and the informalisation of Sweden. Critical Studies in Television. SAGE Publications.
- Stjernholm, E. (2022). Lund Film Society and Interwar Cultural Propaganda. TMG Journal for Media History, 25, 1-32.
- Stjernholm, E. (2021). GDR Cinema on Swedish Television : The Formation of Cultural Contacts and the Reception of East-German Narratives. VIEW: Journal of European Television History and Culture, 10, 1-18.
- Stjernholm, E. (2021). Videoessäer som pedagogisk metod för att utveckla medie- och informationskunnighet. Högre utbildning, 11, 1-8. Swednet.
- Stjernholm, E. (2020). ‘Short Film of the Year–A Nazi Rite of Passage’ : Gösta Werner and the Making of The Sacrifice (1945). Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 40, 732-749. Routledge.
- Stjernholm, E. (2019). German Surveillance of the Swedish Film Market during World War II. Journal of Scandinavian Cinema, 9, 349-364. Intellect Ltd..
- Stjernholm, E. (2017). Visions of Post-Independence India in Arne Sucksdorff’s Documentaries. BioScope: South Asian Screen Studies, 8, 81-102. SAGE Publications.
- Stjernholm, E. (2016). The European Union Celebrates Culture : The Case of The European Parliament LUX Prize. Studies in European Cinema, 13, 19-31. Intellect Ltd..
- Stjernholm, E. (2015). Gösta Werners Midvinterblot och fyrtiotalets experimentfilmskultur. Magasinet Walden: tidskrift för filmkritik. Walden.
- Stjernholm, E. (2014). The Contrasting Display of Emotions in Bridget Jones’s Diary. Journal of Media, Cognition and Communication = Tidsskrift for Medier, Erkendelse og Formidling, 2, 21-36.
Book chapters (8)
- Norén, F., Stjernholm, E. & Thomson, C. C. (2022). Nordic Media Histories of Propaganda and Persuasion : An Introduction. In Norén, F., Stjernholm, E. & Thomson, C. C. (Eds.) Nordic Media Histories of Propaganda and Persuasion (pp. 3-27). Palgrave Macmillan.
- Stjernholm, E. (2022). A Rain of Propaganda : The Media Production of the Office of War Information in Stockholm, 1942–1945. In Norén, F., Stjernholm, E. & Thomson, C. C. (Eds.) Nordic Media Histories of Propaganda and Persuasion (pp. 119-140). Palgrave Macmillan.
- Stjernholm, E. (2021). Analys av rörlig bild. In Jarlbrink, J. & Norén, F. (Eds.) Digitala metoder i humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (pp. 95-112). Studentlitteratur AB.
- Stjernholm, E. (2020). Filmkonst och politik : Lunds Studenters Filmstudios resor till Nazityskland och Sovjetunionen under 1930-talet. In Möller, D. (Eds.) Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund: Årsbok, Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund. Årsbok 2020 (pp. 125-149). Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund.
- Norén, F. & Stjernholm, E. (2019). Efterkrigstidens samhällskontakter : En inledning. In Norén, F. & Stjernholm, E. (Eds.) Mediehistoriskt arkiv, Efterkrigstidens samhällskontakter (pp. 9-38), 43. Mediehistoria, Lunds universitet.
- Stjernholm, E. (2019). Mobility and Marginalization : Arne Sucksdorff’s Documentary Authorship in India and Brazil. In Westerstahl Stenport, A. & Lunde, A. (Eds.) Traditions in world cinema, Nordic Film Cultures and Cinemas of Elsewhere (pp. 65-71). Edinburgh University Press.
- Stjernholm, E. & Florin Persson, E. (2019). Ett filmbolag i det allmännas tjänst? : Svensk Filmindustri och skolfilmens flytande gränser. In Norén, F. & Stjernholm, E. (Eds.) Mediehistoriskt arkiv, Efterkrigstidens samhällskontakter (pp. 41-72), 43. Mediehistoria, Lunds universitet.
- Stjernholm, E. (2016). Dokumentärfilmen och konfrontationens etik. In Hessérus, M. & Luthersson, P. (Eds.) Krig : tjugotvå försök (pp. 151-157). Axel och Margaret Ax:son Johnsons stiftelse för allmännyttiga ändamål.
Encyclopaedia entries (8)
- Stjernholm, E. (2021). Erwin Leiser. Svensk Filmdatabas. Svenska Filminstitutet.
- Stjernholm, E. (2017). Jösta Hagelbäck. Svensk Filmdatabas. Svenska Filminstitutet.
- Stjernholm, E. (2017). Margaretha Rosencrantz. Svensk Filmdatabas. Svenska Filminstitutet.
- Stjernholm, E. (2017). Martin Söderhjelm. Svensk Filmdatabas. Svenska Filminstitutet.
- Stjernholm, E. (2017). Paul Fejos. Svensk Filmdatabas. Svenska Filminstitutet.
- Stjernholm, E. (2016). Alex. Jute. Svensk Filmdatabas. Svenska Filminstitutet.
- Stjernholm, E. (2016). Gösta Roosling. Svensk Filmdatabas. Svenska Filminstitutet.
- Stjernholm, E. (2016). Sten Dahlgren. Svensk Filmdatabas. Svenska Filminstitutet.
Conference contributions (27)
- Stjernholm, E. (2021). A Clash of Ideals : The Introduction of Televised Information in Sweden, 1969–1972.
- Stjernholm, E. (2021). A Rain of Propaganda : The Media Production of the Office of War Information in Stockholm, 1942–1945.
- Stjernholm, E. (2021). GDR Cinema on Swedish Television: Institutional Entanglements and the Reception of East-German Narratives.
- Stjernholm, E. (2021). Government Public Relations, Audiovisual Communication and the Informalization of Sweden.
- Stjernholm, E. (2020). Distant Viewing the Audiovisual Communication of Swedish Government Agencies.
- Stjernholm, E. (2019). Digital Humanities Approaches to the Audiovisual Communication of Swedish Government Agencies.
- Stjernholm, E. (2019). Ett filmbolag i samhällets tjänst? Svensk Filmindustri och skolfilmens flytande gränser.
- Stjernholm, E. & Norén, F. (2019). Propaganda and Information as Naive Benevolence : Lessons from Post-War Sweden.
- Stjernholm, E. (2018). Stigmatized, Marginalized, Celebrated : Tracing the Biography of Gösta Werner.
- Stjernholm, E. (2017). “Short Film of the Year–A Nazi Film”? : Gösta Werner and the Making of The Sacrifice (1945).
- Stjernholm, E. (2017). An Entangled Agent : Gösta Werner and the Production of German Film Propaganda in Sweden during World War II.
- Stjernholm, E. (2017). Arne Sucksdorff’s Documentary Authorship Abroad : A Transnational Approach.
- Stjernholm, E. (2017). Cineaste, Amateur, Propagandist : Gösta Werner’s Film Practices during World War II.
- Stjernholm, E. (2017). Mobility and Marginalization : Arne Sucksdorff in India and Brazil.
- Stjernholm, E. (2016). Monoform vs Subversion : The Swedish Peace Movement and the Transnational Production of Peter Watkins’ The Journey (1987).
- Stjernholm, E. (2016). Useful Cinema and the Concept of the Auteur.
- Stjernholm, E. (2016). Visions of Post-Independence India in Arne Sucksdorff’s Documentaries.
- Stjernholm, E. (2015). Experimental Film as Marketing Strategy: Sponsored Film Culture in Postwar Sweden.
- Stjernholm, E. (2015). The Living Stream : The Marshall Plan, Cinema and the Promotion of Scandinavian Kinship.
- Stjernholm, E. (2014). Advertising through Experimental Film : Gösta Werner’s Tåget (1948).
- Stjernholm, E. (2014). Filmens (materiella) roll i filmvetenskapen.
- Stjernholm, E. (2014). Komparativa perspektiv på skandinavisk kulturfilm.
- Stjernholm, E. (2014). Political Ads in the Swedish 2006 and 2010 Parliamentary Elections : Focus on the Sweden Democrats and the Role of Audiovisual Media.
- Stjernholm, E. (2014). Sponsored Film as an Artistic Expression in Postwar Sweden.
- Stjernholm, E. (2012). Visions of Europe : European Parliament's Film Prize LUX and the Production, Representation and Circulation of Cultural Identities.
- Stjernholm, E. (2011). How Neuroscience Changes, Complicates, and Complements Contemporary Film Studies.
- Stjernholm, E. (2010). Co-produced Romanticism? The Ambivalent Representation of India in Franz Osten's A Throw of Dice (1929).
Reviews (5)
- Stjernholm, E. (2015). Chris Marker - A Grin Without a Cat. Magasinet Walden: tidskrift för filmkritik. Walden.
- Stjernholm, E. (2014). Festivalrapport. Magasinet Walden: tidskrift för filmkritik. Walden, Walden.
- Stjernholm, E. (2014). Recension av Dansk film under nazismen. Nordicom Information, 36, 67-68. Nordicom.
- Stjernholm, E. (2013). Borta ändå bra. FLM : en kulturtidskrift om film, 22/23. FLM Media AB.
- Stjernholm, E. (2013). Stenvändning. FLM : en kulturtidskrift om film, 24, 76-77. FLM Media AB, FLM Media AB.
Newspaper articles (3)
- Stjernholm, E. (2022). Folkhemsreklam på bästa sändningstid. Svenska Dagbladet, - Under strecket. Svenska Dagbladet.
- Stjernholm, E. (2022). Hur står det till med energisparsamvetet?. Svenska Dagbladet, - Under strecket. Svenska Dagbladet.
- Stjernholm, E. (2021). Hollywoodfilmer skulle dämpa Sveriges tyskvänlighet. Svenska Dagbladet, - Under strecket. Hb Svenska dagbladets AB & Co, Svenska Dagbladet.
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Associate Senior Lecturer
- Media and Communication Studies
- Department of Communication and Media
Contact information
E-mail emil.stjernholmkom.luse
Room SOL:A226
Visiting address
Helgonabacken 12, Lund
Postal address
Box 117, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 20