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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457781803321

Titolo

National, Nordic or European? [[electronic resource] ] : nineteenth-century university jubilees and Nordic cooperation / / edited by Pieter Dhondt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Brill, 2011

ISBN

1-283-35682-1

9786613356826

90-04-21830-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (340 p.)

Collana

History of science and medicine library, , 1872-0684 ; ; v. 25

Scientific and learned cultures and their institutions ; ; v. 4

Altri autori (Persone)

DhondtPieter

Disciplina

378.4809034

Soggetti

Universities and colleges - Scandinavia - History - 19th century

Anniversaries - Scandinavia - History - 19th century

University cooperation - Scandinavia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Non-Nordic jubilees in a Nordic context -- pt. 2. A different impact of the German unification wars in Norway, Sweden and Denmark -- pt. 3. A methodological-comparative perspective -- pt. 4. The end of Scandinavism?.

Sommario/riassunto

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.