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2. 1. Tools of the Trade : Medical Devices and Practice in Sweden and Denmark, 1855-1897

   Author : Kristin Halverson; Peter Josephson; Leif Runefelt; Thomas Kaiserfeld; Södertörns högskola; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; history of medicine; medical devices; nineteenth century medicine; medical technologies; Swedish history of medicine; Danish history of medicine; medicinhistoria; medicinska instrument; 1800tals medicinhistoria; medicinska teknologier; svensk medicinhistoria; dansk medicinhistoria; Historical Studies; Historiska studier; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

   Abstract : Nineteenth-century medicine is characterised by rapid technological change, new methods of diagnostics and treatments of disease, far-reaching developments in medical science, and professionalisation. This has led to great interest in the period and a large body of scholarly and popular research. READ MORE

4. 2. Uses of History in History Education

   Author : Robert Thorp; Monika Vinterek; Henrik Åström Elmersjö; Stuart Foster; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Uses of history; historical culture; historical consciousness; history education; historical media; textbooks; popular history magazines; history teachers; Historiebruk; historiekultur; historiemedvetande; historieundervisning; historiska medier; läroböcker; populärhistoriska tidskrifter; historielärare; historia med utbildningsvetenskaplig inriktning; history of education; historia; History; historiedidaktik; didactics of history; Utbildning och lärande;

   Abstract : This compilation thesis contains an introductory chapter and four original articles. The studies comprising this thesis all concern aspects of how historical culture is constituted in historical media and history teachers’ narratives and teaching. READ MORE

5. 3. In the Shadows of Poland and Russia : The Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Sweden in the European Crisis of the mid-17th century

   Author : Andrej Kotljarchuk; David Gaunt; Robert I Frost; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Swedish-Lithuanian Relations; Grand Duchy of Lithuania; Second Northern War; Swedish-Ukrainian Diplomacy; Swedish-Russian Diplomacy; Protestantism in Lithuania and Belarus; History; Historia;

   Abstract : This book examines and analyses the Union between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Sweden signed in 1655 at Kėdainiai and the political crisis that followed. The union was a result of strong separatist dreams among the Lithuanian-Ruthenian Protestant elite led by the Radziwiłł family, and if implemented it would radically change the balance of power in the Baltic Sea region. READ MORE

6. 4. The Politics of property in a European periphery : The ownership of books, berries, and patents in the Grand Duchy of Finland 1850–1910

   Author : Matti La Mela; Youssef Cassis; Pauli Kettunen; Lionel Bently; Luca Molà; Youssef Cassis; European University Institute; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; property; copyright; patents; property rights; natural resources; Finland; history; conceptual history; Historia; History; Idé- och lärdomshistoria; History of Sciences and Ideas;

   Abstract : In the late nineteenth century, the Grand Duchy of Finland benefited from its backward position in the peripheral corner of Europe; its export markets expanded, career opportunities were sought abroad, and foreign ideas and technology were translated and appropriated. At the same time, the identity of the young nation state as a part of the Russian Empire was being put together by its educated elite, whose national projects would react to foreign developments and amalgamate with the expertise acquired abroad. READ MORE

7. 5. Tools of teaching and means of managing : Educational and sociopolitical functions of languages of instruction in elementary schools with Sámi pupils in Sweden, Finland and Norway 1900–1940 in a cross-national perspective

   Author : Otso Kortekangas; Maija Runcis; Jukka Nyyssönen; David Sjögren; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; educational history; cross-national history; Sámi history; Nordic history; indigenous history; language of instruction; elementary schools; Norway; Sweden; Finland; utbildningshistoria; samisk historia; nomadskola; History; historia;

   Abstract : This dissertation contributes to recent research on Sámi education from two different angles. First of all, the dissertation pioneers as a cross-national study of the education of a cross-national population previously mainly studied within different nation states. READ MORE