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Norden and the legacies of colonialism

An open research seminar by the research programme in History

Info about event

Time

Wednesday 3 May 2017,  at 12:15 - 15:00

Location

Aarhus University, Nobelparken, Building 1453, room 131

Organizer

Research Programme in History at Aarhus University

What are the long-term consequences of colonialism in the Nordic countries? What are the different patterns of the denial, repression, Vergangenheitsbewältigung and legitimization in the different countries or regions? And is it possible, or desirable, to talk of a characteristically Nordic legacy of colonialism?

Speakers

Peter Forsgren (Linnaeus university, Växjö)

Astrid Nonbo Andersen (Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen)

Magdalena Naum (Medieval and Renaissance archeology, Aarhus University)

 

Commentator: Niels Brimnes (History and Classical Studies, Aarhus University)