Dr. Joachim Ostlund is Associate Professor of History and Senior Lecturer at Lund University in Lund, Sweden. He is specialized in slavery and captivity, diplomatic history and history of science related to the Nordic presence in the Mediterranean world. He has published three books and published numerous articles in journals and anthologies. Currently he is working on three research projects. He is the project leader of Pax Nordica Experiences and lessons of the Nordic Peace, ca 1721–1830 funded by the Nordic Research Council, he is overseeing a Marie Skłodowska Curie Action postdoctoral fellowship titled Constructing the Danish Colonial State in Global Contexts, and for himself, he is working on the project Scripture and Scholarship: The Swedish Search for Ancient Egypt, 1677 – 1739 funded by the Swedish Research Council.