Sökning: "Scandinavians"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 9 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Scandinavians.
1. Baltic-Finns and Scandinavians : Comparative-Historical Linguistics and the Early History of the Nordic Region
Sammanfattning : The study investigates how the early nineteenth century invention of comparative-historical linguistics affected European ethnohistoric thought, and how this process altered ethnohistorical research on the early, pre-Christian history of the Nordic region. The case study of the Nordic region (Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Estonia) includes the discipline histories of Finno-Ugric studies, linguistics and the larger field of intellectual history. LÄS MER
2. Guests in the house : cultural transmission between Slavs and Scandinavians 900 to 1300
Sammanfattning : Scholarly texts on Slavic-Scandinavian relations have concentrated on two main areas of interest. During the Viking Age the economic and social contacts between the lake Mälaren district and Rus’ were extensive. LÄS MER
3. Tillbaka till Normandie : nordiska konstnärer i Normandie 1850-1900
Sammanfattning : This work aims to explore, examine and describe the sojourns and activities of artists from Scandinavia in Normandy from around 1850 to the turn of the century. The development of this temporary ”colony” is placed in its cultural context, its underlying canses analyzed. LÄS MER
4. Migration, Stress and Mental Ill Health : Post-migration Factors and Experiences in the Swedish Context
Sammanfattning : This predominantly empirical dissertation deals with how socio-economic living conditions and immigrant-specific factors can be linked to immigrants’ mental ill health. It is also explored how cultural representations can affect stress and whether mental ill health is expressed differently among immigrants from Iraq and Iran than among individuals of Nordic origin. LÄS MER
5. The impact of ethnicity on type 2 diabetes
Sammanfattning : Abstract Type 2 diabetes mellitus is among the fastest growing diseases in the world. The reported prevalence of T2D appears to differ among various ethnic groups. LÄS MER