Sökning: "5. Contemporary history"
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1. Historien i politiken : Historieanvändning i norsk och svensk EU-debatt 1990-1994
Sammanfattning : In this dissertation the use of history in public debate in Norway and Sweden in relation to membership in the European Union (EU) 1990–1994 is examined. The purpose is to contribute with new knowledge about the relationship between politics and writing history, as well as describe the role of history in national and other identities. LÄS MER
2. "Filmreformens förste avantgardist" : Experimentfilmaren Peter Kylberg
Sammanfattning : This dissertation is about the Swedish filmmaker, painter and composer Peter Kylberg (1938–). The study examines how Swedish film-cultural and film-political actors interacted with Kylberg in his ambition to create a particular type of expression in the film medium. LÄS MER
3. Battlefields of memory : The Macedonian conflict and Greek historical culture
Sammanfattning : In 1991, a diplomatic controversy arose between Greece and the newly independent Republic of Macedonia, regarding naming, minority rights and the use of historical symbols. The claims of the new state to the name Macedonia and the historical heritage associated with it were perceived as a threat against Greek national identity and history itself. LÄS MER
4. Coming Full Circle? : Return Migration and the Social Mobility on the Bjäre Peninsula 1860-1930
Sammanfattning : One million three hundred thousand people left Sweden for America between 1860 and 1930. In the same period, approximately two hundred thousand people returned to Sweden. "Coming Full Circle?" is an analysis of the fate and local impact of the local returnees on the Bjäre peninsula in southern Sweden. LÄS MER
5. Fäderneslandets rätta beskrivning : Mötet mellan antikvarisk forskning och ekonomisk nyttokult i 1700-talets Sverige
Sammanfattning : The purpose of the thesis is to deepen our understanding the meaning of the term "fatherland" as it was used in eighteenth- century Sweden. It is commonly known that the term could represent a local or cultural community as well as a national and political one. The Swedish realm consisted of several parts of which Finland was one important part. LÄS MER