Simon Ekström

Simon Ekström (PhD 2002, Stockholm University) is Professor of Ethnology at Stockholm University where he is also a researcher at the Centre for Maritime Studies. In the maritime field he has published a volume in Swedish, Humrarna och evigheten: Kulturhistoriska essäer om konsumtion, begär och död (2017). He is currently researching how objects and stories related to human death are given space in museum collections and exhibitions, with a focus on maritime museums and comparative views of other museums and presentations.