Search for dissertations about: "Contemporary history since 1914"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words Contemporary history since 1914.

  2. 1. Making Sense of Suffering : Holocaust and Holodomor in Ukrainian Historical Culture

    Author : Johan Dietsch; Historia; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Contemporary history since 1914 ; Historia; History; Europeanisation; history education; Holodomor; 1932?1933 famine; Holocaust; national identity; diaspora; uses of history; historical culture; historical consciousness; Ukraine; post-Soviet; Nutidshistoria från 1914 ; Political history; Politisk historia;

    Abstract : This study deals with the problem of how Ukraine has incorporated and made use of the Holocaust and the 1932?1933 famine (Holodomor) in its new national history and historical culture. The investigation departs from the increased interest in and attention devoted to the Holocaust in recent years. READ MORE

  4. 2. Heroes and Victims : The Holocaust in Israeli Historical Consciousness

    Author : Mikael Tossavainen; Historia; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Jewish-Gentile relations; victimhood; heroism; Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day; press; use of history; historical culture; historical consciousness; Israel; Holocaust; History; Historia; Contemporary history since 1914 ; Nutidshistoria från 1914 ;

    Abstract : The interest in the Holocaust has been growing continuously over the last decades, and this study deals with how the Holocaust has been perceived, interpreted and used in an Israeli context. The central theoretical concept in this study is historical consciousness, and the aim is to analyze the place of the Holocaust in Israeli historical consciousness. READ MORE

  5. 3. Empire and identity. Biographies of Austrian identity in an age of imperial dissolution

    Author : Fredrik Lindström; Historia; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Contemporary history circa 1800 to 1914 ; Friedrich Naumann; Mitteleuropa; Karl Renner; Leopold von Andrian; Heinrich Friedjung; Josef Redlich; Hugo von Hofmannsthal; Ernest von Koerber; biography; Habsburg empire; Austrian identity; Modern historia ca. 1800-1914 ; Contemporary history since 1914 ; Nutidshistoria från 1914 ;

    Abstract : This study deals with the problem of Austrian identity in the late Habsburg empire. The investigation departs from an understanding of this problem as situated in the juncture between the historical Austrian imperial experience and the process of modern Austrian identity formation. READ MORE

  6. 4. Framing the Subjects : Human Rights and Photography in Contemporary Thai History

    Author : Karin Hongsaton Zackari; Mänskliga rättigheter; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; mänskliga rättigheter; Thailand; fotografi; Samtidshistoria; våld; Thailand; Human rights; Photography; Contemporary history since 1914 ; violence;

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  7. 5. Great Britain, the United States, and the Security of the Middle East: The Formation of the Baghdad Pact

    Author : Magnus P S Persson; Historia; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Iraq; Turkey; patron-client relationship; alliance formation; Anglo-American relations; special relationship; Northern Tier; Baghdad Pact; Great Britain; United States; Iran; Pakistan; Contemporary history since 1914 ; Nutidshistoria från 1914 ;

    Abstract : Anglo-American post-Second World War relations in the Middle East included cases of close cooperation and conflict. An example of the former was the Pentagon Talks in 1947 when an American statement pointed out the general objective of maintaining the security of the Middle East by retaining the British political, economic, and strategic position in areas supported by the United States. READ MORE