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National, Nordic or European?: Nineteenth-Century University Jubilees and Nordic Cooperation
Author(s): Pieter Dhondt (Author)
- Publisher: Brill
- Publication Date: November 25, 2011
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 340 pages
- ISBN-10: 9004216944
- ISBN-13: 9789004216945
Book Description
Whereas nineteenth-century university jubilees traditionally led to the writing of histories that celebrated an individual university, in this volume they have inspired instead a stimulating comparative approach that studies jubilees themselves across Northern Europe. Starting from the bicentenary of Helsinki University in 1840 and finishing with the opening of the University of Iceland in 1911, this book focuses on the importance of these jubilees for the development of Scandinavist ideas and increasing cultural and scientific cooperation between the Nordic countries. Can these jubilees be regarded as the driving force of increasing Nordic cooperation? The analysis here shows that university and political authorities have always sought the right balance between the national, regional (in casu Nordic) and international character of their celebration.
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About the Author
Pieter Dhondt, Ph.D. (2005) in History, K.U.Leuven, is Professor in the History of Education at Ghent University (Belgium). His current research focuses on the history of university celebrations and on medical history, including the process of medicalisation in pre-school and primary education.”
